Beast Mastery Hunter DPS Mythic+ Guide — Season 4
In this guide, you will find tips and advice to tackle Mythic+ dungeons with your Beast Mastery Hunter in World of Warcraft — Season 4.
- 1. Mythic+ Guide for Beast Mastery Hunter
- 2. The Role of Beast Mastery Hunter in Dragonflight Mythic+
- 3. Best Mythic+ Talents for Beast Mastery Hunter in Dragonflight
- 4. Best Talents for Beast Mastery Hunter
- 5. Mythic+ Utility for Beast Mastery Hunter in Dragonflight
- 6. Utility of Beast Mastery Hunter in Dragonflight
- 7. Stunning and "Stops"
- 8. Dungeon Tips and Tricks for Beast Mastery Hunter in Dragonflight
- 9. Dungeon Tips for Beast Mastery Hunter in Dragonflight
- 10. Affix Tips, Tricks and Management for Beast Mastery Hunter in Dragonflight
- 11. Affix Guide for Beast Mastery Hunter in Dragonflight
- 12. How To Sim Mythic+ for Beast Mastery Hunter
Mythic+ Guide for Beast Mastery Hunter
In this guide, we will talk about getting the most out of your Hunter in Mythic+ dungeons, including the best way to set up your character, how your rotation may change, and tips and tricks for using your abilities in the most optimal way.
If you are unfamiliar with Mythic+ and its associated general mechanics, you can read more about it on our dedicated Mythic+ page below.
To learn more about the Mythic+ Meta, check out our Mythic+ Tier List below.
The Role of Beast Mastery Hunter in Dragonflight Mythic+
Beast Mastery Hunter specializes in solid all-round damage, with relatively low burst but higher-than-average sustained damage. Its AoE is largely uncapped, making it very versatile at doing different kinds of damage.
Best Mythic+ Talents for Beast Mastery Hunter in Dragonflight
For a more general overview of Talents for Beast Mastery Hunter, please visit our dedicated Talents page.
Best Talents for Beast Mastery Hunter
Best Mythic+ Talents for Beast Mastery Hunter
This build is optimal for all Mythic+ situations, focusing on an optimized blend of AoE and single-target that is optimal for completing high Mythic+ dungeons as quickly as possible.
Be sure to make use of the 'Copy Export String' button to import the best build directly into your game!
Best Heavy AoE Mythic+ Talents for Beast Mastery Hunter
This build focuses on pure AoE damage and offers the highest burst AoE numbers. It is not strictly optimal for high Mythic+ pushing, but when you just want to dish out the highest overall DPS numbers possible in mob-dense dungeons, it can be better for looking good on the meter.
Be sure to make use of the 'Copy Export String' button to import the best build directly into your game!
Mythic+ Utility for Beast Mastery Hunter in Dragonflight
This section talks mostly about the uses of different spells. For in-depth explanations of all Hunter Abilities and Talents, including these, check out our Spells page.
Utility of Beast Mastery Hunter in Dragonflight
Interrupts, Stuns and Stops
Counter Shot is your "kick" and your most important bit of utility in Mythic+, used to stop enemy casts for the benefit of the group and especially the tank. It is highly recommended to use a Focus Kick macro for this.
- /stopcasting
- /stopcasting
- /cast [@focus,exists,nodead][@mouseover,exists,nodead] [] Counter Shot
This macro will kick your focus target if you have one, mouseover if you have no Focus target, and your target if you have neither of those.
To quickly set a focus target in hectic scenarios, we also recommend a Focus Mouseover macro.
- /focus [@mouseover]
Make sure that your UI shows your Focus Target's casts clearly, so that you are always able to kick it on cooldown, or in coordination with the rest of your group.
Stunning and "Stops"
Intimidation is your second-most important utility and is your "stop" for negating casts that cannot be normally interrupted. We recommend using this in the same way as your Counter Shot, with the same macro (with Intimidation swapped in for Counter Shot, of course).
Binding Shot can be used to save your tank in hectic moments by helping him kite mobs and generate some range.
Freezing Trap can be used as an additional stop alongside Intimidation, but it has a slow travel time and you will need to be close to land it before most stunnable casts are finished.
Scatter Shot (mutually exclusive with Binding Shot) can be used as an additional stop alongside Intimidation and Freezing Trap, but you have to be within 20 yards of the mob you are stopping. It will also remove any DoTs like Barbed Shot, giving it a small DPS cost.
Other Utility
Feign Death can not only be used to drop aggro, but also negate certain casts and channels on you. In some cases, these mechanics will simply re-target someone else in the group, but occasionally the mechanic will be entirely negated with huge benefits. If you notice a cast or effect on you, try to Feign Death it!
Tranquilizing Shot can negate beneficial Enrage and Magic effects from enemy targets, and with the Improved Tranquilizing Shot Talent, we do not lose meaningful damage from doing so.
Tar Trap can be used to aid your tank in kiting by slowing mobs.
Dungeon Tips and Tricks for Beast Mastery Hunter in Dragonflight
This section has Hunter-specific tips and tricks that may not seem obvious, for all dungeons' bosses and trash. If you want general guides for each of our Dungeons or Mythic+ in general, check out our dedicated page below.
Dungeon Tips for Beast Mastery Hunter in Dragonflight
Bosses
- Crawth: Your defensive rotation should be Bear > SoTF > Turtle > Repeat. Start using these defensives when you are pretty sure that the next Screech will kill you, as they do increasing damage.
- Overgrown Ancient: Use cooldowns at 25s and 2:25.
- Echo of Doragosa: When targeted by Energy Bomb, use Feign Death quickly to cancel it.
Trash
- Arcane Ravager: Bait the Vicious Ambush (stand at max range), and Feign once it targets you.
Bosses
- No special tips.
Trash
- Arcane Tender — Feigning the Erratic Growth on you will cancel it entirely.
- Rune Seal Keeper — If Icy Bindings goes through (it really shouldn't!), you can Disengage the root.
- Drakonid Breaker — Shoulder Slam can be Feigned if it is on you.
Bosses
- Rira Hackclaw — You can feign Savage Charge.
Trash
- Bracken Warscourge — You can pre-cast Tranquilizing Shot just before the Ragestorm cast finishes to insta-stop it.
Bosses
- No specific tips.
Trash
- Containment Apparatus — You can feign Containment Beam when it targets you.
Bosses
- Magmatusk — You can feign Lava Spray, but it will re-target. You can also Turtle an application of Magma Eruption.
Trash
- Qalashi Bonesplitter — You can feign Dragonbone Axe.
Bosses
- Teera — Aspect of the Turtle will not immune Gale Arrow, even though you might expect it to.
- Balakar Khan — You can feign Static Spear.
Trash
- No specific tips.
Bosses
- Kyrakka — You can pre- Aspect of the Turtle Flamespit.
Trash
- Thunderhead — You can pre- Aspect of the Turtle Rolling Thunder. You cannot know if you are targeted ahead of time, so this is a sort of gamble.
- Blazebound Destroyer — You can Feign ~0.75s before Living Bomb on you expires, and not take any damage.
Bosses
- Olaf — You can feign Ricocheting Shield.
Trash
- No specific tips.
Affix Tips, Tricks and Management for Beast Mastery Hunter in Dragonflight
This section has Hunter-specific tips for dealing with the various affixes of Mythic+. If you want general guides for each of our Dungeons or Mythic+ in general, check out our dedicated page below.
Affix Guide for Beast Mastery Hunter in Dragonflight
Afflicted Affix Management for Beast Mastery Hunter
Beast Mastery Hunter has no way of dealing with the Afflicted Affix, as it has no friendly dispel. The best you can do is remind your teammates to do it.
Incorporeal Affix Management for Beast Mastery Hunter
Beast Mastery Hunter is well-equipped to deal with Incorporeal. You can pre- Freezing Trap one of the circles that spawn, and then use Scare Beast (Talent) on another and solo the affix every time.
Entangling Affix Management for Beast Mastery Hunter
Beast Mastery Hunter can use Disengage to immediately break and move out of Entangling, thanks to our Posthaste Talent.
Storming Affix Management for Beast Mastery Hunter
Beast Mastery Hunter is fully mobile, and can run around and intentionally soak the Storming tornados and help your group not have to deal with them, since other Ranged are usually movement-limited, and melee do not want to risk being knocked out of melee range.
Spiteful Affix Management for Beast Mastery Hunter
Beast Mastery Hunter can use Binding Shot and Tar Trap to best deal with Spiteful Shades. Consider speccing into Entrapment to make your Tar Trap even more useful for this.
Raging Affix Management for Beast Mastery Hunter
Beast Mastery Hunter has Tranquilizing Shot to deal with Raging. We do not recommend spamming it mindlessly, but instead it helps to know which mobs need CC in a pack and preparing to enrage-dispel those when they hit 30% HP.
Bolstering Affix Management for Beast Mastery Hunter
Beast Mastery Hunter has nothing special to deal with Bolstering, but it is extremely important to always be hitting the highest HP target in a pack on Bolstering weeks. We highly recommend this WeakAura to help mark out this target in hectic situations.
Bursting Affix Management for Beast Mastery Hunter
Beast Mastery Hunter can use Aspect of the Turtle when a lot of mobs are dying to prevent stacks of Bursting being applied.
Sanguine Affix Management for Beast Mastery Hunter
Beast Mastery Hunter can use High Explosive Trap (Talent) to knock mobs out of Sanguine and reposition them.
How To Sim Mythic+ for Beast Mastery Hunter
When choosing your trinkets, we recommend simulating yourself on Raidbots Top Gear or Gear Compare using the DungeonSlice Fight Style to roughly simulate a Mythic+ dungeon.
If you are an advanced user, the true best way to sim Mythic+ is to use MDT Sim, a WeakAura/Tool that lets you simulate real Mythic+ dungeons, based on routes from the Mythic Dungeon Tools Addon.
On our Gear Page below, we have compiled BiS items for Beast Mastery Hunter that also apply to Mythic+.
Changelog
- 22 Apr. 2024: Updated for Season 4.
- 19 Mar. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Updated for Patch 10.2.5
- 03 Jan. 2024: Updated the Mythic+/AoE Build in light of recent discoveries. Only one build is now needed.
- 23 Dec. 2023: Updated the Mythic+/AoE Talents to have a new, Tyrannical/single-target focused AoE build.
- 18 Dec. 2023: Added Mythic+ Dungeon Tips.
- 06 Dec. 2023: Updated the Mythic+ Build. Added the Dire Pack Build as an alternative.
- 04 Dec. 2023: Updated with new builds accounting for recent changes.
- 24 Nov. 2023: Swapped back the AoE/Mythic+ Build.
- 18 Nov. 2023: Small update to the AoE/Mythic+ Build. Same DPS, but nicer to play.
- 12 Nov. 2023: Updated the recommended Mythic+ build.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.2
- 04 Sep. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.7
- 18 Aug. 2023: Added more dungeon tips.
- 17 Aug. 2023: Restructured the page. Work in progress.
- 10 Jul. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
- 01 May 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
- 20 Mar. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 30 Nov. 2022: Fixed an issue where the Mythic+ Talent Tree did not match the Talents Page.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 04 Nov. 2022: Updated the optimal Conduits back again, due to APL updates and the Alpha Predator bugfix.
- 03 Nov. 2022: Updated the best Conduit to use for Beast Mastery in Mythic+.
- 01 Nov. 2022: Earlier changes reverted due to a simulation bug.
- 01 Nov. 2022: Updated the recommended Mythic+/AoE Talents in light of recent 10% nerf to BM.
- 30 Oct. 2022: Updated the optimal Mythic+/AoE Talents.
- 27 Oct. 2022: Updated the recommended Covenant.
- 24 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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This guide has been written by Azortharion, a Hunter Theorycrafter and Guidewriter since 2014, and considered one of the best Hunters in the world. He is an accomplished player with dozen of top parses for all specs throughout the game's history. He is also the Founder/Owner/Head Admin of Trueshot Lodge, the Hunter Class Discord. You can find him on his stream on Twitch and his channel on YouTube. He also has his own personal Discord server where you can freely ask him any Hunter questions you may have!
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