Beast Mastery Hunter Leveling Guide From 1 to 80 for WotLK Classic
On this page, you will find our level-by-level Beast Mastery leveling guide for Wrath Classic. Make sure to use the slider to make the guide adapt to your level. For more general leveling information, please refer to our Hunter leveling guide. We also have an Marksmanship Hunter leveling guide and a Survival Hunter leveling guide.
Level by Level Rotation, Talents, and Trainer Skills
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Leveling Talent Tree & Build
Your first talent unlocks at Level 10.
- Levels 10 to 14 — 5 points in
Improved Aspect of the Hawk
- Levels 15 & 16 — 2 points in
Improved Revive Pet
- Levels 17 & 18 — 2 points in
Focused Fire
- Level 19 — 1 points in
Endurance Training
Improved Aspect of the Hawk is a
huge damage gain when it procs, making it a solid choice for both leveling and
at Level 80, regardless of spec.
Improved Revive Pet is highly
important for those times your pet ever dies during combat. It also helps to
make it easier to cast in general.
Focused Fire is just a solid
damage gain. The point in
Endurance Training is optional for where it
goes, but the extra health is generally the best option.
- Level 20 — 1 point in
Aspect Mastery
- Levels 21 to 25 — 5 points in
Unleashed Fury
- Levels 26 to 29 — 4 points in
Ferocity
Aspect Mastery gives you additional AP, making it just a nice 1-point
damage increase.
Unleashed Fury and
Ferocity are solid damage increases for your pet which will also
increase its threat generation.
Improved Mend Pet is also an option
here, but is not nearly as valuable as it once was.
- Level 30 — 1 point in
Intimidation
- Level 31 & 32 — 2 points in
Bestial Discipline
- Level 33 — 1 point in
Ferocity
- Level 34 — 1 point in
Spirit Bond
- Levels 35 to 38 — 4 points in
Frenzy
- Level 39 — 1 point in
Animal Handler
Intimidation is a great
ability to have for threat generation, crowd control, and as a survival tool.
You should talent it before finishing
Ferocity, or as soon as you
hit Level 30.
Bestial Discipline is an excellent talent that lets
your pet generate more Focus, meaning it both deals more damage and generates
more threat.
Frenzy is one of the most powerful talents you will
pick up, and will help your pet's damage and threat immensely. It is also worth
noting that once you pick up this talent, pets with faster attack speeds become
much stronger due to the higher uptime they will have from this talent. Note
that you only need 4 points in Frenzy for full uptime. Finally, you can point your last
point here into
Animal Handler for another excellent damage increase.
- Level 40 — 1 point in
Bestial Wrath
- Levels 41 — 1 point in
Animal Handler
- Levels 42 to 44 — 3 points in
Ferocious Inspiration
- Levels 45 to 49 — 5 points in
Serpent's Swiftness
Bestial Wrath is an
incredible damage cooldown that you should use whenever possible.
Animal Handler is still a solid damage increase and worth the point.
Catlike Reflexes is an option if you want more defenses for your pet, but
generally you should go for more damage over more defense.
Ferocious Inspiration
is also one of your most important talents in the tree, and is critical for any group play.
Finally,
Serpent's Swiftness is extremely powerful for the attack speed it gives.
- Level 50 — 1 point in
The Beast Within
- Levels 51 & 52 — 2 points in
Invigoration
- Levels 53 & 54 — 2 points in
Longevity
- Level 54 to 59 — 5 points in
Kindred Spirits
The Beast Within is a huge upgrade to
Bestial Wrath, definitely worth the immediate point.
Invigoration
is another solid talent that should help you tremendously with mana issues, and finally
Longevity will help ensure your cooldowns are more readily available.
Kindred Spirits is one of your biggest damage increase talents in the tree,
and is mandatory.
- Level 60 — 1 point in
Beast Mastery
- Levels 61 to 65 — 5 points in
Lethal Shots
- Level 66 to 70 — 5 points in
Mortal Shots
Finish off the BM tree with Beast Mastery,
which finally allows you to train your exotic pets now. With the final 10 points, you should
move over into the MM tree to put points into
Lethal Shots and
Mortal Shots
for the damage increase and to prepare the points needed to grab
Aimed Shot.
- Level 71 — 1 point in
Aimed Shot
- Levels 72 & 73 — 2 points in
Rapid Killing
- Levels 74 & 75 — 2 points in
Go for the Throat
- Level 76 — 1 point in
Spirit Bond
- Level 77 to 79 — 3 points in
Focused Aim
- Level 80 — 1 point in
Longevity
Once you immediately grab Aimed Shot
at Level 71, the next 9 points are more or less yours to do with as you please.
Rapid Killing
is a great choice if you want to level efficiently with chain pulling, but is not required.
You should absolutely grab at least 1 point in
Go for the Throat for the
pet Focus, but 2 points is also good while leveling when you do not have much crit.
The final 4 points especially are really your choice, but we would recommend
3 points in
Focused Aim for the hit chance and 1 more point in
Longevity
for better CD usage. Other possible talents include
Hawk Eye for better range
or some of the more defensive options in the BM tree.
Leveling Rotation
- Command your pet to attack the target;
Misdirection on your pet;
Hunter's Mark;
Kill Shot when target is below 20%;
Kill Command whenever available;
Serpent Sting;
Intimidation;
Aimed Shot;
Arcane Shot;
- Fill with
Steady Shot.
The key at any level is getting as many
Auto Shots off as possible before the target reaches you. The best
way to accomplish this is by kiting backwards, moving in between each shot. At
Level 8
Concussive Shot can help with this.
Do your class quest to get your pet. Once you have your pet, your kill speed and efficiency should become much better. Make sure you are careful with your threat, and try to let your pet tank whenever possible.
Feign Death is a great way to
drop threat while fighting enemies. You can combine this with
Aimed Shot or
Multi-Shot to deal a burst of damage
right before dropping threat to ensure your pet keeps aggro.
Steady Shot is a spammable
ability, and is one of your best DPS spells. This will be most of your damage
from here on out.
List of Trainer Skills to Buy
All Hunter specs benefit from upgrading the same skills, so our list of skills to buy from trainers is the same, regardless of the spec. For this reason, you will find that list in our general Hunter leveling page.
How to Continue to Improve your Beast Mastery Hunter at Level 80
Once you achieve Level 80 we suggest you check out our Beast Mastery Hunter Guide, which goes more in detail of how to play your Level 80 Beast Mastery Hunter.
Some of the most relevant pages to dive deeper into are:
- The Beast Mastery Hunter Talent builds guide offers a default build to maximize your damage as a Beast Mastery Hunter;
- Our Beast Mastery Hunter Rotation guide teaches you how to actually deal damage in a variety of situations. It also includes tips on how to utilize your cool downs and utility.
- Check out the Beast Mastery Hunter Stats guide if you would like to learn how each stat affects your damage;
- The Gear guide for Beast Mastery Hunter includes a list of gear to for you to acquire and where to find it.
Changelog
- 31 Aug. 2022: Page added.
This guide has been written by Impakt, an Officer in BDGG, the #2 North American guild on retail. In addition to live WoW, he has also been a classic theorycrafter and enthusiast for many years. You can watch him stream on Twitch, or follow him on Twitter.
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