Beast Mastery Hunter Guide for Midnight Season 2 (Patch 12.1)
viewsAbout the Spec
Beast Mastery Hunter (BM) is a ranged fighter who wields a ranged weapon (bow, crossbow, gun). In combat it uses various pets to deal damage. It is a very mobile class that does not require the player to spend long casting spells during a fight.
Strengths
- Solid and consistent damage in both single-target and AoE.
- Simple rotation that lets you quickly grasp the spec and put up good numbers.
- Access to a raid buff granting 30% haste for 30 seconds (Bloodlust, Heroism).
Weaknesses
- A small number of abilities, which greatly limits the rotation. The class may feel boring to some players.
- You must manage your summoned pets both in and out of combat, since pets can pull mobs while moving.
- Few abilities to control enemy groups and few tools to help the group.
Stat Priority
Agility
Mastery
Haste
Critical Strike
VersatilityTalents
Rotation (Ability Priority)
- 1
Barbed Shot - 2
Tempered Potion - 3
Wild Instincts - 4
Bestial Wrath - 5Barbed Shot
- 6
Kill Command
- Barbed Shot — if Bestial Wrath is about to come off cooldown or if you are about to cap 2 charges
- Bestial Wrath — on cooldown
- Kill Command — if
Howl of the Pack Leader is ready - Kill Command — under
Friend of the Wild, but hold a charge if Bestial Wrath will be ready in the next 3 seconds or if Howl of the Pack Leader will proc in the next 4 seconds and you only have one charge left 
Cobra Shot — at 3 or more stacks of 
Cobra Fang- Barbed Shot — on cooldown
- Cobra Shot — if there is more than one GCD until Bestial Wrath
Best in Slot (BiS)
Don't forget to explore our class pages, where not only the best items in the slot are available, but also other alternatives for any class, spec or situation:
Enchants, Gems, Consumables
Leveling
From the very first level you already have abilities to deal damage. Your main abilities at early levels are Barbed Shot and Kill Command. As you level up you gain new abilities and get closer to the core rotation. We recommend sticking to the ability priority from the rotation section.
Useful Mythic+ Tips
Always use 
Misdirection on the tank before dealing damage, or when the tank asks you to redirect the threat of a monster group onto them (for example when pre-pulling mobs far from the tank, or if someone in the group did it by accident and the tank cannot redirect threat to themselves right now).
The 
Feign Death ability lets you drop aggro from mobs if you accidentally clip an extra pack. It also lets you shed a large number of targeted mob and boss abilities.
Use 
Camouflage if you need to slip past a group of enemies. This ability grants you full invisibility.
The 
Exhilaration and 
Survival of the Fittest abilities also work on your summoned pets. Use them when you need to protect or restore your pets’ health.
Macros
#showtooltip Misdirection /cast [@pet] Misdirection
#showtooltip Counter Shot /cast [@focus,harm,nodead][] Counter Shot
#showtooltip Intimidation /petattack /cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead][] Intimidation
Author
Fouren
Fouren has been playing World of Warcraft for over 15 years. He is an active player with 12 Cutting Edge achievements under his belt, and has reached the top 1% and 0.1% multiple times on various classes. His main classes are healers, particularly Holy Paladin.
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