Hunter PvP Gear Guide

The list below is following the stat priority of Hit Cap (5%) > Resilience ≥ Agility > Attack Power > Critical Strike and will include items available exclusively from TBC dungeons/raids, professions, PvP, and reputation rewards. It is worth noting that this setup is designed to be slightly more defensive, but you could choose to go for a more offensive gear set if you wanted to. Keep in mind that sockets are quite valuable on gear as well, and usually should be how you choose off-pieces.

Gearing for PvP as a Hunter is actually quite easy early on. Start off by getting your pre-raid BiS on your Hunter, going for the Beastlord set and the crafted pieces of gear. Do the dungeons and raids for whatever you can get, then eventually start farming arenas for your epic PvP set.

This is a list of items that are considered to be best in each slot.

If you are looking for a PvE gearing guide for either pre-raid or best in slot gear make sure to check out our Hunter PvE gearing hub instead.

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Brutal Gladiator's Chain Helm	Epic PvP set, purchased with Arena Points
Neck	Guardian's Pendant of Triumph	Epic PvP off-piece, purchased with Honor Points
Shoulders	Brutal Gladiator's Chain Spaulders	Epic PvP set, purchased with Arena Points
Back	Dory's Embrace	Purchased for Badges of Justice in Shattrath
Chest	Brutal Gladiator's Chain Armor	Epic PvP set, purchased with Arena Points
Wrists	Guardian's Chain Bracers	Epic PvP off-piece, purchased with Honor Points
Hands	Brutal Gladiator's Chain Gauntlets	Epic PvP set, purchased with Arena Points
Waist	Guardian's Chain Girdle	Epic PvP off-piece, purchased with Honor Points
Legs	Brutal Gladiator's Chain Leggings	Epic PvP set, purchased with Arena Points
Feet	Guardian's Chain Sabatons	Epic PvP off-piece, purchased with Honor Points
Rings	Band of Ruinous Delight Guardian's Band of Triumph	Eredar Twins in Sunwell Plateau Epic PvP off-piece, purchased with Honor Points
Trinkets	Medallion of the Alliance Madness of the Betrayer	Epic PvP off-piece, purchased with Honor Points The Illidari Council — Black Temple
Melee Weapon	Brutal Gladiator's Decapitator	Epic PvP weapon, purchased with Arena Points
Ranged Weapon	Brutal Gladiator's Heavy Crossbow	Epic PvP weapon, purchased with Arena Points

Slot	Enchantment
Head	Glyph of Ferocity — from the Cenarion Expedition in Zangarmarsh.
Shoulders	Might of the Scourge — drops from Sapphiron in Naxxramas. Greater Inscription of the Blade or Greater Inscription of Vengeance from either the Aldors or Scryerss is also a perfectly fine alternative if you do not want to do Naxxramas.
Back	Enchant Cloak - Greater Agility
Chest	Enchant Chest - Major Resilience
Bracers	Enchant Bracer - Assault
Gloves	Enchant Gloves - Superior Agility
Legs	Nethercleft Leg Armor
Feet	Enchant Boots - Surefooted
One-Handed Weapons	Enchant Weapon - Greater Agility
Two-Handed Weapon	Enchant 2H Weapon - Major Agility
Ranged Weapon	Stabilized Eternium Scope

• Red - Delicate Crimson Spinel
• Yellow - Wicked Pyrestone
• Blue - Jagged Seaspray Emerald. Blue sockets are typically low value, but using these green gems can satisfy both the yellow and blue requirement for a meta gem at once, allowing you to use more red gems elsewhere in your gear.

Finally, Swift Skyfire Diamond is the best meta gem for PvP because of the movement speed increase.