Beast Mastery Hunter DPS Castle Nathria Raid Guide — Dragonflight 10.2.5
On this page, you will find tips, tricks, and strategies tailored to your Beast Mastery Hunter for each boss of the following raid: Castle Nathria. All our content is updated for World of Warcraft — Dragonflight 10.2.5.
Introduction
On this page, you will find Beast Mastery Hunter specific information for each boss in Castle Nathria. This is no encounter guide, but a collection of Beast Mastery Hunter specific tips for each boss.
This page assumes that you already understand most of the mechanics of each encounter. These can be found on the full raid guide, so what is contained here are details specifically tailored toward Beast Mastery Hunter and what you can do to deal with each fight as best as possible.
You should be playing Kyrian with Pelagos on all fights except where otherwise noted.
During the Dragonflight Pre-Patch, Castle Nathria, Sanctum of Domination, and Sepulcher of the First Ones will be simultaneously featured as Fated Raids. During this time encounters within each specific raid will include an additional mechanic and items will drop at increased item levels. If you would like to learn more general information about the Fated Raids system as a whole, please see our overview below. Otherwise, continue to use this page for specialization-specific tips.
Best Talents for Raiding for Beast Mastery Hunter
Below is the most commonly used build in Castle Nathria. Scroll down to individual bosses to see any changes to the build that are specific to that boss.
Be sure to use the 'Export Talents' button on our calculator so that you can easily transfer our builds ingame!
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Note that if a fight has the Chaotic Essence Fated Affix active, you should always swap to the AoE/Mythic+ Build that is referred to throughout this page.
Shriekwing
We advise you to use the following Legendary against Shriekwing: Dire Command.
Tips
- Make sure to refresh Frenzy before dropping behind a pillar to LoS.
For more information, please refer to our Shriekwing guide.
Huntsman Altimor
We advise you to use the following Legendary against Huntsman Altimor: Dire Command.
Talent Changes
Swap to the AoE/Mythic+ Build for this boss, found on our Talent Page.
Tips
- You can solo Vicious Lunge with Aspect of the Turtle.
For more information, please refer to our Huntsman Altimor guide.
Sun King's Salvation
We advise you to use the following Legendary against Sun King's Salvation: Dire Command.
Talent Changes
Swap to Forgelite Prime Mikanikos for this fight, with Hammer of Genesis.
Swap to the AoE/Mythic+ Build for this boss, found on our Talent Page.
Tips
- Use Misdirection on a tank whenever the adds spawn to help them get aggro more quickly, and save yourself from unnecessary damage. Keep in mind that this will only transfer threat from your Multi-Shot, and not any pet threat.
- In addition to Misdirection, you could use Mend Pet pre-emptively in case your pet gets early aggro, to save it from dying.
For more information, please refer to our Sun King's Salvation guide.
Artificer Xy'Mox
We advise you to use the following Legendary against Artificer Xy'Mox: Dire Command.
Tips
- There are no Hunter-specific tips for this encounter.
For more information, please refer to our Artificer Xy'Mox guide.
For more information, please refer to our Hungering Destroyer guide.
Hungering Destroyer
We advise you to use the following Legendary against Hungering Destroyer: Dire Command.
Tips
- Use Aspect of the Turtle and Feign Death (if using Resilience of the Hunter) if your Health drops low while having the Gluttonous Miasma debuff.
- Use Exhilaration if you are on low Health just before dropping off the Expunge debuff to decrease the size of the effect.
- Use Aspect of the Turtle, in combination with Disengage (with Posthaste) and Aspect of the Cheetah, to soak as many of the blue orbs as possible.
- If you have no other sources of enemy healing reduction on your group, consider using a "Mortal Wounds"-pet such as a Carrion Bird (Ferocity), Riverbeast (Tenacity) or Raptor (Cunning). This will reduce the boss' healing done by Hungering Strikes significantly.
For more information, please refer to our Hungering Destroyer guide.
Lady Inerva Darkvein
We advise you to use the following Legendary against Lady Inerva Darkvein: Dire Command.
Swap to Forgelite Prime Mikanikos for this fight, with Hammer of Genesis.
Talent Changes
Swap to the AoE/Mythic+ Build for this boss, found on our Talent Page.
Tips
- There are no Hunter-specific tips for this encounter.
For more information, please refer to our Lady Inerva Darkvein guide.
The Council of Blood
We advise you to use the following Legendary against The Council of Blood: Dire Command.
Swap to Forgelite Prime Mikanikos for this fight, with Hammer of Genesis.
Tips
- Use Disengage with Posthaste to quickly get into position for the dance.
For more information, please refer to our The Council of Blood guide.
Sludgefist
We advise you to use the following Legendary against Sludgefist: Dire Command.
Tips
- Make use of the 12-second 100% damage taken debuff after he charges into a pillar. Keep in mind that both Wild Spirits and Aspect of the Wild last longer than this damage taken debuff, allowing you to use them a bit before. You should also be saving Bestial Wrath for this damage window, and it is very important to ensure that you have 3 stacks of Frenzy when it begins, even if that means sacrificing DPS earlier on.
For more information, please refer to our Sludgefist guide.
Stone Legion Generals
We advise you to use the following Legendary against Stone Legion Generals: Dire Command.
Swap to Forgelite Prime Mikanikos for this fight, with Hammer of Genesis.
Talent Changes
Swap to the AoE/Mythic+ Build for this boss, found on our Talent Page.
Tips
- There are no Hunter-specific tips for this encounter.
For more information, please refer to our Stone Legion Generals guide.
Sire Denathrius
We advise you to use the following Legendary against Sire Denathrius: Dire Command.
Swap to Forgelite Prime Mikanikos for this fight, with Hammer of Genesis.
Talent Changes
Swap to the AoE/Mythic+ Build for this boss, found on our Talent Page.
Tips
- There are no Hunter-specific tips for this encounter.
For more information, please refer to our Sire Denathrius guide.
Changelog
- 27 Oct. 2022: Updated recommended Covenant and Soulbinds.
- 24 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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This guide has been written by Azortharion, a Hunter Guidewriter, Theorycrafter, and top player since 2014, who is widely considered one of the best PvE Hunters in the world. He is an accomplished player with hundreds of top parses across all Hunter specs. He is the Head Admin of Trueshot Lodge, the official 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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