What are the most important attributes for a hunter?

• Agility, Critical Strike Bonus, Intellect, Attack Power Bonus, Stamina (not necessarily in that order, depending on your spec).

• In the early game, the two stats of primary importance are Agility and Stamina. Hunter items with Intellect, Attack Power, and Critical Strike chance will generally not be seen before the Hunter reaches Outland at around level 60.

• Intellect only governs the mana supply of a Hunter. The Marksmanship tree has a couple of talents which scale based on Intellect, so for Marks Hunters it is important, also due to Marksmanship's comparative mana inefficiency. For the other two specs it is less so. While we do need some, for non-Marksmanship Hunters, Intellect should generally be considered low priority; if you find an item which will give you some Intellect in addition to the more important stats of Agility, Stamina, and/or attack power, you should take it, but do not seek out items which give Intellect alone without giving any points in the more important other three.

• Do not itemise for Strength at all, as this stat does virtually nothing for a Hunter. Each point of Strength grants one point of melee Attack Power only, and nothing else. Also, although marginally useful for mana regeneration, Spirit also should not be sought on items as a priority, as it will consume space far better allocated to Agility.