Beast Mastery Hunter guide
Ranged DPS. Beast Mastery pushes damage through the pet and Forever's hawks. Unleashed Fury and Ferocity buff your pet and the hawks from Summon Hawk, a tier 4 Beast Mastery talent that shares Arcane Shot's cooldown, and the new Focused Fire adds 2% to everything you and your pet deal. Deadly Aspects gives Aspect of the Hawk a ranged haste proc, and Bestial Wrath is the burst window.
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Stat priority
- Hit (to cap)
- Agility
- Ranged Attack Power
- Critical Strike
- Intellect
- Stamina
Opener
- Hunter's Mark: Before the pull
- Aspect of the Hawk: Enables the Deadly Aspects haste proc
- Bestial Wrath: Send the pet in enraged
- Summon Hawk: First shot after Auto Shot starts
Single target
- Summon Hawk: On cooldown instead of Arcane Shot; Unleashed Fury and Ferocity boost it
- Multi-Shot: Weave between Auto Shots on its 6 sec cooldown
- Serpent Sting: Keep it up; only one of your Stings can be on a target
- Mend Pet: Keep the pet alive, it is most of your damage
Several targets
- Multi-Shot: On cooldown
- Volley: Channel on large packs
- Explosive Trap: Trap packs before they reach you
Cooldowns
- Bestial Wrath: 50% pet damage for 18 sec, line up with Rapid Fire
- Rapid Fire: Ranged haste burst
- Intimidation: Pet stun and threat
Key talents
- Unleashed Fury
- Ferocity
- Focused Fire
- Summon Hawk
- Deadly Aspects
- Bestial Wrath
- Intimidation
- Frenzy
- Bestial Discipline
- Endurance Training
- Spirit Bond
What Forever changed
Summon Hawk is a tier 4 Beast Mastery talent (trainers sell ranks 2 to 4); it shares Arcane Shot's cooldown and is buffed by Unleashed Fury and Ferocity. Summon Hawk's hawk dive-bombs for 32 (rank 1) to 108 (rank 4) plus 5% of your ranged attack power and keeps attacking for 18 sec, so compare it with Arcane Shot in play. Focused Fire is new, and Deadly Aspects procs ranged haste from Auto Shot while Aspect of the Hawk is active and melee haste under Aspect of the Beast. Every talent rank has its own value in the client: Unleashed Fury gives 3% per rank and Ferocity 2% per rank.
Tips
- Only 2 hawks can be active at once, so keep hawk casts on cooldown rather than saving them.
- Never clip Auto Shot: fire instants right after an Auto Shot lands.
- Bestial Discipline at 2/2 also lets 50% of your mana regeneration continue while casting (25% at rank 1).
Other Hunter specs: Marksmanship, Survival
Data from the WoW Forever client, build 1.60.1.70938, extracted .