Originally Posted by
Rasula Elfbiter
Levelling 85-90 as BM was fun for me. I mainly used a Spirit Beast due to its heal, but in Valley of the Four Winds a Water Strider is nearly mandatory due to its water walking ability, as else you'll have to swim a lot.
I agree Glyph of Disengage is great for soloing. However, Blink Strike followed by a Kill Command is a better opener, your pet blinks to the target and gains quite a lot of aggro within 2 seconds, also dealing a lot of damage. On 90, I sometimes get an unlootable 85-86 mob by this as my pet kills it before I even shoot.
I had no problems dealing with packs using simple Multi-Shot. Mobs at 85-90 are pretty easy and don't hit hard. Curiously, one of the hardest parts was the very first quest in Jade Forest, where you storm an Alliance-held stronghold (I assume its Alliance counterpart is similar). Mobs go in packs and keep respawning fast, died a few times there, something I didn't see happening often afterwards :P
Get Exhilaration. It's pretty much a life saver. Especially since its cooldown can be reset with Readiness.
Solo killing rare elites was not easy, but doable. Did a couple Kun-Lai rares at 87-88, and Sele'na at 86. Just pop all cooldowns, keep pet holding aggro and heal him well. Pets are not affected by AoE that one-shots players.
Oh, and if you're an engineer, don't waste Spirits and trillium on Long-Range Trillium Sniper. And if you're not, don't buy it. I made this mistake, only to realize same dps crossbow is a guaranteed reward for your first Arena of Annihilation scenario run. It misses a yellow gem socket, but that alone is not worth paying 10k or wasting valuable resources.