My bad I realized that post came off slightly offensive. I just meant I didn’t have any problems with out a pet. Some how I preferred it because I like kiting. With my pet I sent him in and didn’t really need to kite. I then got the idea to attack a second target for me to kite at the same time.
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I’ve heard Owls Screech is also VERY good at holding aggro in addition to Growl if all pets get it. But yeah Boars also seem to be beasts for aggro from what I was reading. I’ll be trying both at release, but might stick to boar due to the charge which gets dps up a little bit.
I went with a bear most of the time. The cat did not hold well at all. The boar held much better but I wanted that sweet sweet white bear baby 
Mangeclaw for the win.
I was reminded, quickly, that classic is not live when it comes to agro. . It was nice to have to micro-manage again.
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As I recall, bears were also quite good due to their Swipe affecting multiple targets (boars are mainly one-target-at-a-time).
Whatever you pick, have some fun with it! I remember at one point I had a crocolisk named “Suitcase”, to remind him what would happen if he didn’t do his job.
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I think I said it earlier but I will repeat it because I cant find the post.
The pet is going to lose aggro, it is a 100% fact. Even if the pet taunts on the pull it will lose aggro after the second or third shot from you.
Having the Growl in your hands, rather than in the hands of the pet ensures I am never kiting. Also Cower shares a CD with Growl so I bind Cower as well to use as soon as I use the first growl to regain aggro.
In my testing, this has lead to faster pulling and the ability to chain pull if I feel like it. I can also micro manage mobs if inadvertently pull 2 or more
EDIT: That is using a DPS pet and not a tanking pet like a Boar or Bear.
Yeah bears are very good at holding threat on their own.
I mainly run a Cat because I like to chain pull and not have a lot of downtime.
I should point out for ppl who care, that the crocs, crabs, and spiders of vanilla are the worst pets in the game (besides maybe those with caster-stats). Pets have 4 ability slots, and those three families can’t even fill all of them.
Pretty much anything without dash/dive sucks or is super niche, but those three are even worse. Most of the abilities anyone might be thinking of are absent in vanilla (google classic petopia to see them all). I’ll be rolling with a spider anyway though.
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Don’t expect them to keep aggro at all unless you spec beast, which you should, like everyone else. Beast makes the most sense for leveling because energy is an infinite damage source. Pets also have high armor, better than you. Them keeping aggro means you can shoot too. Then you have mend to heal them. You can’t heal yourself. You’ll also get imp revive, which is fantastic.
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Boars are the best for leveling IMO
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If you are unhappy with your cat’s Growl auto-cast, stop whining about it and make a macro for you to cast it yourself when you need it to be cast.
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https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=2649/growl
Taunt the target, increasing the likelihood the creature will focus attacks on you.
I was refraining from posting but your ignorance made me do it. I played a Hunter back in Beta 2004 and beyond and Pet Growl is certainly a TAUNT.
Distracting Shot is a THREAT Generator, Not a TAUNT.
https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=20736/distracting-shot
Distract the target, causing threat.
You seem to have things mixed up.
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Thanks, I was in the middle of searching for the spell.
During vanilla, I used a cat 98% of the time. Love my cat DPS. At the lower level, he just was not cutting it sadly.
You’re double confusing me now. Cower lowers the amount of threat your pet has on the target. Using Cower makes it easier for you to pull aggro off of your pet.
https ://classicdb.ch/?spell=355#taught-by-quest Warrior Taunt: Applies aura Taunt.
https ://classicdb.ch/?spell=6795 Growl(Druid): Applies aura Taunt.
https ://classicdb.ch/?spell=14921 Growl(Pet) Adds Threat 415.
https ://classicdb.ch/?spell=355#taught-by-quest Warrior Taunt: Applies aura Taunt.
https ://classicdb.ch/?spell=6795 Growl(Druid): Applies aura Taunt.
https ://classicdb.ch/?spell=14921 Growl(Pet) Adds Threat 415.
I think I will trust classic wowhead over classicdb
thanks
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Even classic wowhead shows that it adds threat, it doesn’t apply “taunt”
LOL I was just reading that and thinking to myself, “what was I trying to say here”
This is what happens when you are commenting on reddit and on the forums.
Let me clarify my thought on cower.
I bind them both in order to pull the mob off my pet if he is about to be killed, I concussive the mob then throw a bandage on my pet while the mob is coming after me. Then I use growl to pull aggro back and I move back out or range.
Sorry I need to just focus on one thread at a time.
EDIT: Basically play ping pong with the mob in order to keep my pet up.
https ://classic.wowhead.com/spell=355/taunt Warrior: Applies Aura Taunt
https ://classic.wowhead.com/spell=6795/growl Druid: Applies Aura Taunt
https ://classic.wowhead.com/spell=14921/growl Pet: Adds threat
Not for growl it doesn’t.