How to use Stampede in PVP ?

Stampede is one of the most powerful spells for us hunters in Mists of Pandaria. The problem is the the CD of the spell is 5 minutes ,so we must be very careful when to use it. There are many uses of the spell - some hunters combine pets with high DPS and use Stampede for greater burst of damage, others use Spirit beast to heal themselves with the spell.

I personally use five different pets with specific abilities and I would like to share them with you. I think that with this combination of pets you can get very good burst of damage as well as nice CC on the target.

The combination in not oriented on direct damage , the goal is to get the right debuffs on the target.

So my pets are Bird of prey,Boar,Raptor,Spider and Devilsaur.

From the Bird of prey I get the Snatch ability which is 8 second disarm.

The Boar gives me Gore - "Your boar gores the enemy, causing it to take 4% increased physical damage for 30 sec."

The Raptor - Tear Armor -Tears at the enemy's armor with the raptor's talons, causing Weakened Armor.

 Weakened Armor -Weakens the armor of the target by 4% for 30 sec.  Stacks up to 3 times.

From the Spider I get - Web- 5 second root on the target.

And from the Devilsaur I get Monstrous Bite and Terrifying Roar.

Monstrous Bite- Your devilsaur ferociously bites the enemy, reducing the effectiveness of any healing received for 10 sec.

Terrifying Roar-The devilsaur lets out a terrifying roar, increasing the critical strike chance of all party and raid members by 5%.

So in total I get :
-8 seconds Disarm
-30 seconds increased physical damage by 4%
-30 seconds reduced armor by 12 %
-5 seconds root
-5% Crit chance increased
- reduced healing on the target

So this is my tactic for Stampede and I hope that you will find it useful. Tell me how you use the spell and keep hunting !

STAMPEDE- Wave of pets

I heard much talking about the new hunter spell -Stampede. You all know what this spell does so I won't talk about this. More interesting for me is the answer of the question- Is this spell sufficient enough for increasing the total DPS ?

I will start with the bad things that I see in this ability. The first thing is the big cast time(3 sec). Yes some other classes may say-"This is not much!" ,but every hunter knows that one of the most important thing for us is the mobility. In PVE combat where the tank is holding the aggro you may have time to cast Stampede,but in PVP those 3 sec can make you very tasty target. The second bad thing is that when you summon the pets ,they need some time to get to the target. If the target is ranged ,they may need up to 2 or 3 seconds. With total duration of 10 sec , 2-3 sec can reduce the total Damage of the spell by 30%.The last bad thing is the huge cooldown-10min.

On the other side I see two very useful things in this spell. The first thing is the intimidation! As you can see on the video below ,when the pets are out the look like a wave of beasts and death. In PVP combat any enemy (specially in the eyes of the new players). This can buy you some time to deal with you enemy. The other thing is that if you manage to cast the spell and IF your foe is a melee one. He will take the full damage of the pets.

I still can't say is this spell useful and usable or not . Every player has his own fighting style and I think that some people will love this spell ,other will find it useless...

The truth is that the spell is very fresh and it deserves a chance.

Here is a video of the spell: