Trying to decide between these two classes. Which would be more fun (yes subjective but I like hearing what people think).
This really comes down to if you want to melee wreck face, or stand at range and shoot people in the face to wreck face. Both have a great spec for DPS right now, so it really is melee, or ranged imo.
Edit to say: I prefer ranged, so therefore i say hunter. 
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I find the rune system to be painful.
Hunter has a few different play styles.
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See also “I read the current dps rankings and want to do a fotm swap”.
Just teasing op. I’m leveling my dk too atm and swapped from frost to unholy. I don’t plan to switch mains but it’s depressing how even though I feel I’m not playing the dk well yet damage just falls out of her. The warrior feels like I have to work my butt off to just stay average.
I would be careful if you are planning a main swap right now as a more balancing is definitely coming.
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I get you. This will be more of a messing around character but still want to at least be able to get through normal raids maybe a little heroic depending on the time I have.
I do have a main I’m sticking with but trying to decide on one dedicated alt. I don’t have the time to keep up with the army I created in BFA lol.
I prefer BM hunter.
I know its not the meta right now but its fun.
- Extra things to collect.
- Ranged which is always in demand.
- Can dps on the move.
- Low skill floor fairly high skill ceiling.
The only down sides are its pure dps so no tanking and most of the class specific transmogs are some of the worst in the game. Luckily some of the shaman look alike sets are ok and the Night Fae and Sprite Darter sets are amazing looking.
As far as DPS MM is really good right now (although so is unholy in M+,) I still manage to top the charts with BM but its hard to judge as I play with a wide range of players of different skills and I average about a mid 80% on parses. Went 6/10 normal tonight being in the top three dps and 1/10 heroic.
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They are also good at “doing other things in dungeons and raids”, like disarming bombs in DoS, and move soak mechanics (glowy balls on the spires boss) while losing less DPS than many other classes due to pet damage.
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Hunter. WAY more utility.
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Personally, between those two choices I would go DK. But keep in mind that I’m someone who re-rolled because I hate MM and refuse to play it for the whole tier. If you can deal with the hard casts, hunter is probably the better choice.
AMZ is a solid raid utility button and DKs have pretty solid defensives and ways of keeping themselves alive. But full disclosure, frost isn’t good right now. So unholy is the way to go, and it’s a bit more complex.
I have like 10 years experience playing Dk. This was the first expansion i tried another main and im leveling my dk and hes 59 now.
Well played unholy can beat nearly every spec and class in the game and does moooonster damage.
In dungeons popping abom limb/transform/apoc/dnd and outbreak explodes everything.
In raids i havent tried only 59 but ive read its amazing damage.
In pvp which is what i mainly do, i feel that even with large class imbalances and some frustrating counters, Dk has the tools for every scenario when played well.
I vote hunter because they are very cute and can have lots of pets! They also are ranged dps which makes a lot of encounters easier because you can ignore most melee mechanics/smashes. We have lots of traps and we can move a LOT, so much more than Death Knights who don’t get a lot of mobility spells, unfortunately. I love Disengage + Posthaste! We also get a lot of traps and if you’re BM/SV, a stun. If you’re MM, you get a knockback!
What spec? Unholy is the only good DPS dk spec and MM/BM is the only good hunter specs right now. SV and frost are garbage.
Hunter, Bliz rarely hurts their baby class vs other classes nerfs.
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I agree, we are so lovable and blizz keeps blessing us! 
Thanks Blizz!
I was torn between a DK, Shadow Priest and Hunter.
I went Hunter. As good as Death Knights and Shadow Priests are, you just can’t question the utility of a Hunter. They basically have everything - need an immune, got one. Need speed, we got it. Need bloodlust? Got it. Need DPS while moving and are across the room from the boss to do mechanics? Got it.
Need strong Single Target? Got talents for that.
Need strong AoE? Got talents for that.
Need strong 2 target cleave? Okay, got me there. I guess. But then again DKs and Shadow Priests also kinda suck there too, so its a wash.
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So true haha XD
go with hunter (msg me in game and i will share with you the darker path)
BM parses pretty close to survival atm. MM or go home is the general consensus unfortunately.
My prot pally feels like she does more dmg then my warrior X.X. as for OP I personally like dk more due to it fitting the theme of SL better then hunter. But hunter is safer in terms of solo due to pet.
This is really true as well. If you like doing more then just dps then hunter ofers a ton of additional things to use.
- Interrupt
- Stun as an interrupt for non-interruptible spells.
- Concussive shot and tar trap for snares.
- Flare in SoA and plague fall for hidden mobs.
- Tranq shot which has tons of uses.
- Decent self heals
- An immunity for soaking.
- Binding shot is amazing for several pulls and affixes.
- Tons of speed with Trailblazer, Cheetah, and Soulshape.
- Can provide Hero
- And save on the repair bill with FD.
- Misdirect if your tank needs help with threat.
- Freezing trap at high keys.
- Scare beast for the enraged bears.
I’m not sure about DK’s but torghast is a breeze on hunters if that effects your decision at all.
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