Beast Mastery Hunter DPS Castle Nathria Raid Guide — Shadowlands 9.2.5

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 Night Fae with Dreamweaver on all fights except where otherwise noted.

During Shadowlands Season 4, Castle Nathria, Sanctum of Domination, and Sepulcher of the First Ones will each spend time being featured as a Fated Raid. During these times encounters within the 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.

We advise you to use the following talents against Shriekwing.

• Level 15: Animal Companion
• Level 25: Scent of Blood
• Level 30: Natural Mending
• Level 35: Thrill of the Hunt
• Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
• Level 45: Stomp
• Level 50: Killer Cobra

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Shriekwing: Rylakstalker's Piercing Fangs.

• Make sure to refresh Frenzy before dropping behind a pillar to LoS.

For more information, please refer to our Shriekwing guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Huntsman Altimor.

• Level 15: Animal Companion
• Level 25: Scent of Blood
• Level 30: Natural Mending
• Level 35: Thrill of the Hunt
• Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
• Level 45: Stomp
• Level 50: Killer Cobra

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Huntsman Altimor: Rylakstalker's Piercing Fangs.

• You can solo Vicious Lunge with Aspect of the Turtle.

For more information, please refer to our Huntsman Altimor guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Sun King's Salvation.

• Level 15: Animal Companion
• Level 25: Scent of Blood
• Level 30: Natural Mending
• Level 35: Thrill of the Hunt
• Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
• Level 45: Stomp
• Level 50: Killer Cobra

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Sun King's Salvation: Rylakstalker's Piercing Fangs.

• 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.

We advise you to use the following talents against Artificer Xy'Mox.

• Level 15: Animal Companion
• Level 25: Scent of Blood
• Level 30: Natural Mending
• Level 35: Thrill of the Hunt
• Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
• Level 45: Stomp
• Level 50: Killer Cobra

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Artificer Xy'Mox: Rylakstalker's Piercing Fangs.

• 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.

We advise you to use the following talents against Hungering Destroyer.

• Level 15: Animal Companion
• Level 25: Scent of Blood
• Level 30: Natural Mending
• Level 35: Thrill of the Hunt
• Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
• Level 45: Stomp
• Level 50: Killer Cobra

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Hungering Destroyer: Rylakstalker's Piercing Fangs.

• 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.

We advise you to use the following talents against Lady Inerva Darkvein.

• Level 15: Animal Companion
• Level 25: Scent of Blood
• Level 30: Natural Mending
• Level 35: Thrill of the Hunt
• Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
• Level 45: Stomp
• Level 50: Killer Cobra

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Lady Inerva Darkvein: Rylakstalker's Piercing Fangs.

• There are no Hunter-specific tips for this encounter.

For more information, please refer to our Lady Inerva Darkvein guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against The Council of Blood.

• Level 15: Animal Companion
• Level 25: Scent of Blood
• Level 30: Natural Mending
• Level 35: Thrill of the Hunt
• Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
• Level 45: Stomp
• Level 50: Killer Cobra

We advise you to use the following Legendary against The Council of Blood: Rylakstalker's Piercing Fangs.

• Use Disengage with Posthaste to quickly get into position for the dance.

For more information, please refer to our The Council of Blood guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Sludgefist.

• Level 15: Animal Companion
• Level 25: Scent of Blood
• Level 30: Natural Mending
• Level 35: Thrill of the Hunt
• Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
• Level 45: Stomp
• Level 50: Killer Cobra

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Sludgefist: Rylakstalker's Piercing Fangs.

• 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.

We advise you to use the following talents against Stone Legion Generals.

• Level 15: Animal Companion
• Level 25: Scent of Blood
• Level 30: Natural Mending
• Level 35: Thrill of the Hunt
• Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
• Level 45: Stomp
• Level 50: Killer Cobra

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Stone Legion Generals: Rylakstalker's Piercing Fangs.

• There are no Hunter-specific tips for this encounter.

For more information, please refer to our Stone Legion Generals guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Sire Denathrius.

• Level 15: Animal Companion
• Level 25: Scent of Blood
• Level 30: Natural Mending
• Level 35: Thrill of the Hunt
• Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
• Level 45: Stomp
• Level 50: Killer Cobra

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Sire Denathrius: Rylakstalker's Piercing Fangs.

• There are no Hunter-specific tips for this encounter.

For more information, please refer to our Sire Denathrius guide.