Sort of a strange request but hunter pet question

Im a longer than I want to admit player of WoW. I recently started leveling a hunter for something different trying to switch things up on myself to keep myself interested in playing. Its worked. So everytime ive leveled a hunter(only in wotlk/Mop) i have used a boar while leveling.

I want you guys to tell me some VIABLE underused pets to level with. (im a 20 Tauren Hunt rn in the barrens) something cool and different than a cat or boar or something. Thanks!

edit or some of your favorite pets to use while leveling!

the pets with species-specific special abilities are owls, bats, carrion birds, gorillas, boars, cats, turtles, wolves, and wind serpents

the following species of pets get claw:
owls, carrion birds, crabs, cats, raptors, scorpids, and bears

make your decision based off of this knowledge
p.s. viable means a level 60 guy can solo a raid boss if he dodges all of his attacks, so you may want to use a different term since such an extreme obviously isn’t what you meant, e.g. you probably didn’t mean spiders or crocolisks which are the worst pets in the game

edited it :wink:

so, Carrion Birds in Barrens are any of the Vultures there? Also, thoughts on wind serpents?

I was also, reallyy reallyyy considering using a turtle. but im torn…

there aren’t any vultures in the barrens, the easiest alternative is taloned swoops in mulgore
or, if you’re feeling gutsy, you can get on the org->GG zep and swim to westfall to tame a higher-level vulture
wind serpents get lightning breath, which is an actual ranged attack, but they’re all elite at that level
turtles are good for soloing elites that you can’t kite

nah, im okay on going to westfall, im leaning towards turtle tho ill have to look up on petopia or whatever where some are. And, can i not tame an elite wind serp if its lower level?

you can, but it’ll just be harder
as for where turtles are, im sure you’ve seen some in the barrens by now, and the boss in WC has shell shield, as does the boss in BFD; you’ll otherwise have to wait until level 30 to tame a turtle with shell shield

oh! i totally forgot about Kresh! would you recommend?

if pet defense is what you want, kresh is about the best you can get
go for it

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I’m a fan of cats, however my level 20 orc hunter is using the white rare bat from Tirisfal right now with rare nice results. It gets bite and I made the run to Westfall to get rank 1 screach to reduce damage taken as it’s essentially demo shout. Been enjoying it so far.

im on a PVP server, idk if ill make that trip lol. and is it the bat that spawns around the outside of brill?

If you mean the white bat, yes. Southwest of Brill.

i do! and cool nice to know. im thinking i might go turtle and just be solo boy all around as im not really playing with anyone. in that case defense or hyper offense i still dont know lmfao

Well the way I see it being an orc hunter is the 5% extra damage can either push your pet into a higher damage category if you go offensive… or it can help a defensive pet offset the fact they have lower attack. Honestly? Turtle sounds good as it makes it more offensive… While more offense is nice, talents can provide pets with more defense while nothing short of bite or claw can offer offense and the 5% racial affects autos and skills.

I recommended a pink strider, but my post was flagged then removed, even though the mob IS IN THE GAME. Hey mods; I didn’t put the mob in the game, nor can I remove it. If you don’t like it, take it up with the developers.