Beast Mastery Hunter DPS Gear and Best in Slot — The War Within (11.1.7)

Welcome to our Gear and BiS Page for Beast Mastery Hunter for The War Within Season 2. Check this page to learn everything you need to know about gearing a Beast Mastery Hunter, including the BiS Gear from all sources, Raiding, and Mythic+, information on the best Trinkets, Tier Sets, and much more.

For discussion and information on Stats specifically, check out our Stats page below.

Durable Information Securing Container is a Belt item added in Patch 11.1.7, and is obtained by completing Overcharged Delves as part of a short questline that is easily accessible once the Patch releases. The Belt comes pre-socketed, and also offers the ability to embellish it with "Titan Discs", special effects that offer stat boosts or damage-dealing cantrip effects. To get the most out of the Belt, it is essential you choose the right Titan Disc!

Eventually, this Belt will be upgraded all the way to 701 Item Level, at which point you can expect roughly a 2-3% gain over a 681 Crafted Belt with BiS Stats.

These recommendations should be correct for the vast majority of characters. However, if you truly want to minmax the last 0.1%, you should sim these for yourself. When simming these for Mythic+, I recommend simming a mixture of single-target and 8-target AoE (at 5-minute duration), rather than using MDT Sim.

• Static Charge — Our best option here. Neatly, its stacks are not consumed by all Beast Mastery abilities that you would expect, and so it actually performs stronger for Beast Mastery than other specs. Note that a single-target talent swap from A Murder of Crows to Serpentine Rhythm is advisable when using this Talent, as Crows eats its stacks.

For more information on how to acquire or upgrade the Belt, make sure to check out our dedicated Overcharged Delves guide!

The War Within Season 2 offers a way to acquire specific items from Liberation of Undermine through the new Puzzling Cartel Chip. You can learn more about them and their acquisition on our Puzzling Cartel Chips page.

We have compiled a list of high-value items that you should prioritize with your Cartel Chips in The War Within Season 2 as Beast Mastery Hunter. This list is not exhaustive, and you are best served simming yourself for optimal results as the best pick will depend on the gear you already have available.

Below, set the checkboxes according to what bosses you have killed, and whether you have done all +12 Keys to unlock Mythic-track Trinkets from the Cartel Chip vendor.

1. Mythic The Jastor Diamond - The best Ring in the game by a substantial margin. Universally useful and powerful.
2. Mythic Signet of the Priory - One of our BiS Trinkets. This is interchangeable with Mythic House of Cards. If you have access to both and need to pick one, see below for some thoughts.
3. Mythic House of Cards - One of our BiS Trinkets. This is interchangeable with Mythic Signet of the Priory. If you have access to both and need to pick one, see below for some thoughts.
4. Mythic Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker - One of our BiS Trinkets from the Mythic+ pool.
5. Mythic Eye of Kezan - A strong Trinket for Mythic+ if you chainpull aggressively, and good for long Mythic raid fights like Bandit, Mug'Zee, and Gallywix.
6. Heroic The Jastor Diamond - The best Ring in the game by a substantial margin. Universally useful and powerful.
7. Mythic Tiny Pal - Our best Mainhand weapon. High priority if you do not have a Mythic Weapon already. If you do, however, the Cantrip effect is only ~0.2-0.8% better than other Weapons, so it is not an especially high priority.
8. Heroic House of Cards - One of our BiS Trinkets, at least from the Raid. Only sensible to buy if you do not have all +12's done.
9. Heroic Eye of Kezan - A strong Trinket for Mythic+ if you chainpull aggressively, and good for long Mythic raid fights like Bandit, Mug'Zee, and Gallywix.

These Trinkets are essentially equal, so your choice of which one will come down to any of a few, other small factors:

• House of Cards is better for Raiding Marksmanship Hunters, if you ever see yourself multispeccing.
• However, if you are clearing the Mythic raid each week, then the chances of a House of Cards dropping and being given to you are reasonably high. A full-clear Mythic Vault gives a ~10% chance of a House of Cards each week, on top of whatever chance you may have to just get one that drops.

Below, you can find the best Corruption Enchants to use for Raiding and Mythic+ Content on your Beast Mastery Hunter. The Raiding recommendation is based on single-target DPS simulations, while the Mythic+ recommendation is based on a mixture of single-target and AoE.

1. Greater Rune of the Void Ritual is currently optimal for all scenarios. Single-Target, AoE, you name it.

1. Greater Rune of the Void Ritual is currently optimal for all scenarios involving multiple targets, including but not limited to Raid Fights with AoE, Delves, Mythic+, Open-World Content, and Horrific Visions.

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BiS Gear for Beast Mastery Hunter

Overall BiS List for Season 2 Liberation of Undermine Gear BiS List Mythic+ Gear BiS List

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Overall BiS List for Beast Mastery Hunter

This list contains the best gear in every slot for Season 2 of The War Within, from all sources.

In general, BiS Items for Beast Mastery are simply ones that have Crit and Haste on them in some distribution, and ideally 0 Versatility.

On Single-Target, Crit and Haste are close to equal, but on AoE, Haste is a little bit ahead of Crit. For this reason, this BiS List biases towards Haste over Crit where possible.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Tiny Pal (684)	Mug'Zee in Liberation of Undermine
Helm	Tireless Collector's Chained Cowl (684)	One-Armed Bandit/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Neck	Semi-Charmed Amulet (684)	Rik Reverb in Liberation of Undermine
Shoulder	Epaulettes of Failed Enforcers (684)	Mug'Zee in Liberation of Undermine
Cloak	Consecrated Cloak — Dawnthread Lining (681)	Crafted by Tailoring
Chest	Tireless Collector's Battlegear (684)	Sprocketmonger Lockenstock/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Bracers	Glyph-Etched Vambraces — Dawnthread Lining (681)	Crafted by Leatherworking
Gloves	Tireless Collector's Gauntlets (684)	Cauldron of Carnage/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Belt	Durable Information Securing Container with Static Charge (701)	Patch 11.1.7 Questline & Overcharged Delves & Static Charge from Sidestreet Sluice
Legs	Tireless Collector's Armored Breeches (684)	Stix Bunkjunker/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Boots	Boots of Shuddering Matter (684)	Theater of Pain (671), or in Great Vault
Ring #1	The Jastor Diamond (684)	Chrome King Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine
Ring #2	Faded Championship Ring (684)	Cauldron of Carnage in Liberation of Undermine
Trinket #1	Signet of the Priory or House of Cards (684)	Priory of the Sacred Flame (671), or in Great Vault // One-Armed Bandit in Liberation of Undermine, or in Great Vault
Trinket #2 (4+ Minute Encounters)	Eye of Kezan (684)	Chrome King Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine
Trinket #2 (Fallback)	Mechano-Core Amplifier (671)	Delves

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Liberation of Undermine Raid Gear BiS List for Beast Mastery Hunter

This list contains the Best in Slot Gear for Beast Mastery Hunter in The War Within Season 2 from the Liberation of Undermine Raid.

Note that this BiS List is for items from the Raid. I am separating the BiS lists by gear sources. This is what you send to your Raid Leader/Loot Council when they ask you what your BiS gear is from the Raid.

Note that there is no such thing as a singular, all-encompassing "BiS". The best items vary per character and situation, and there are many items that are essentially equivalent in terms of DPS, namely when we are just shuffling secondary stats around. I will list one "BiS" item per slot, sometimes two if I feel there is a significant difference for Raiding and Mythic+, but ultimately, BiS lists are not very practically useful and you should be simming your character to find out what gear to equip next. Nonetheless, there is a huge demand for this list and thus, despite me not thinking you should really care much about it, it is here for your perusal.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Tiny Pal (684)	Mug'Zee in Liberation of Undermine
Helm	Tireless Collector's Chained Cowl (684)	One-Armed Bandit/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Neck	Semi-Charmed Amulet (684)	Rik Reverb in Liberation of Undermine
Shoulder	Epaulettes of Failed Enforcers (684)	Mug'Zee in Liberation of Undermine
Cloak	Test Pilot's Go-Pack (684)	Sprocketmonger Lockenstock in Liberation of Undermine
Chest	Tireless Collector's Battlegear (684)	Sprocketmonger Lockenstock/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Bracers	Made Manacles (684)	Mug'Zee in Liberation of Undermine
Gloves	Tireless Collector's Gauntlets (684)	Cauldron of Carnage/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Belt	Durable Information Securing Container with Static Charge (701)	Patch 11.1.7 Questline & Overcharged Delves
Legs	Tireless Collector's Armored Breeches (684)	Stix Bunkjunker/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Boots	Shrapnel-Ridden Sabatons (684)	Vexie and the Geargrinders in Liberation of Undermine
Ring #1	The Jastor Diamond (684)	Chrome King Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine
Ring #2	Faded Championship Ring (684)	Cauldron of Carnage in Liberation of Undermine
Trinket #1	House of Cards (684)	One-Armed Bandit in Liberation of Undermine
Trinket #2 (4+ Minute Encounters)	Eye of Kezan (684)	Chrome King Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine
Trinket #2 (Fallback)	Reverb Radio (684)	Rik Reverb in Liberation of Undermine

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The War Within Season 2 Mythic+ Gear BiS List for Beast Mastery Hunter

This list contains the Best in Slot Gear for Beast Mastery Hunter from The War Within Season 2 Mythic+.

Note that this BiS List is for items from Mythic+. I am separating the BiS lists by gear sources. This is the list you can chase when you want to improve your gear by farming Mythic+ dungeons.

Note that there is no such thing as a singular, all-encompassing "BiS". The best items vary per character and situation, and there are many items that are essentially equivalent in terms of DPS, namely when we are just shuffling secondary stats around. I will list one "BiS" item per slot, sometimes two if I feel there is a significant difference for Raiding and Mythic+, but ultimately, BiS lists are not very practically useful and you should be simming your character to find out what gear to equip next. Nonetheless, there is a huge demand for this list and thus, despite me not thinking you should really care much about it, it is here for your perusal.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Keeza's 'B.' B.B.B.F.G (684)	Operation: Floodgate (671), or Great Vault
Helm	Tireless Collector's Chained Cowl (684)	One-Armed Bandit/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Neck	Strapped Rescue-Keg (684)	Cinderbrew Meadery (671), or Great Vault
Shoulder	Crashguard Spaulders (684)	The MOTHERLODE!! (671), or in Great Vault
Cloak	Cloak of Questionable Intent (684)	The MOTHERLODE!! (671), or in Great Vault
Chest	Tireless Collector's Battlegear (684)	Sprocketmonger Lockenstock/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Bracers	Consecrated Baron's Bindings (684)	Priory of the Sacred Flame (671), or Great Vault
Gloves	Tireless Collector's Gauntlets (684)	Cauldron of Carnage/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Belt	Durable Information Securing Container with Static Charge (701)	Patch 11.1.7 Questline & Overcharged Delves
Legs	Tireless Collector's Armored Breeches (684)	Stix Bunkjunker/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Boots	Boots of Shuddering Matter (684)	Theater of Pain (671), or Great Vault
Ring #1	Bloodoath Signet (684)	Theater of Pain (671), or Great Vault
Ring #2	Footbomb Championship Ring (684)	The MOTHERLODE!! (671), or in Great Vault
Trinket #1	Signet of the Priory (684)	Priory of the Sacred Flame (671), or Great Vault
Trinket #2	Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker (684)	Operation: Floodgate (671), or Great Vault

Cyrce's Circlet is a ring introduced in Patch 11.0.7 that you can still acquire by completing several activities on Siren Isle. The ring has 3 sockets, which can fit a different kind of gem each. There are four different gems available for each of the three sockets, for a total of 12 gems, so there is quite a bit of choice on what to socket.

For Beast Mastery, the Circlet is roughly as strong as a good iLvl 665 Ring — Usually just a little worse. In other words, if you have a Crit/ Haste 665 iLvl Ring, it is probably time to replace your Circlet.

You can use the contents of this Pastebin by pasting it under your /simc input in an Top Gear Raidbots Sim, in order to sim all the relevant gem combinations.

These are generally considered to be the best gems, but it is highly recommended to sim yourself to figure out the best choices and combinations for your specific gear and the specific gems and other rings you already own:

• For all scenarios, you will want to play Stormbringer's Runed Citrine/ Windsinger's Runed Citrine/ Fathomdweller's Runed Citrine.

For more information on how to get the ring, as well as acquiring all of the different gems that you can possibly socket into it, check out our Cyrce's Circlet guide below!

You can also get a video version of this breakdown here:

Throughout this page, we regularly refer to the importance of simming yourself on Raidbots, as it is an indispensable aspect of optimizing your character.

While we do offer generic sim charts for Trinkets, this should not be a replacement for simming yourself, at least not if you want to minmax sub-1%!

If you are new to simming and Raidbots, check out our detailed guide below.

Our BiS Crafts are pretty straightforward. We want 2x Dawnthread Lining on some sensible slots. While Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension and its Writhing Armor Banding can perform similarly for some characters, it takes 80 seconds to stack up Ascension to full power while in combat, and it will regularly drop off between packs in Mythic+.

For players coming right into the Season from its beginning, the choice is very different as we are not just concerned about the best Crafted Slots and Embellishments, but also potentially short-term Item Level gains. While the 2x Dawnthread Lining setup is optimal in the longer run, in the short-to-medium-term, crafting a Weapon with a Darkmoon Sigil is preferable because of the immediate, short-term value of a weapon upgrade.

Please note that double- Dawnthread Lining has a tendency to not work outside of combat in some scenarios. If you have two of them equipped, but are only getting Crit from one of them, try to intentionally drop below 80% HP and then heal yourself back up. this WeakAura can help alert you when it is not working so you can fix it.

The sections below describe, in detail, the best endgame options for Raiding and Mythic+, but keep the above in mind.

As for the stats, you cannot go wrong with Crit/Haste for all situations.

1. P.0.W. x2 (Early Season, costs 2 Sparks) — This item is not our long-term BiS, but if you are coming fresh into the Season and have the two Sparks "saved up", then the sheer Item Level value of a Weapon is going to exceed the value of the best Embellishments. For reference, the value of upgrading a Weapon by 30 iLvl is around 8% before even considering an Embellishment, while the value of upgrading some other slots (as below) with Embellishment by 30 iLvl is only around 4-5%. That said, if you wait until your first Great Vault (or killing the second boss of the Raid on Mythic) and it has a Weapon, then you may wish to craft something else instead. As for Embellishments, I recommend Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension for Raiding and Darkmoon Sigil: Vivacity for Mythic+.
2. (BiS, 1 Spark) — Glyph-Etched Binding with Dawnthread Lining — A Cloak is technically a little bit more DPS here, but the Test Pilot's Go-Pack movement speed bonus is nice to have. If you cannot access this Mythic Raid Item, go for a Consecrated Cloak here instead.
3. (BiS, 1 Spark) — Glyph-Etched Vambraces with Dawnthread Lining — Similarly to the Belt, we get Bracers here as it is the best long-term play.
4. Next, chase Item Level where needed, preferring Weapon > Helm/Chest/Legs (though these are likely occupied by tier) > Boots/Belt/Shoulders > Rings/Necks > Cloaks.
5. At this point, you are mostly done crafting. You can spend future Sparks on off-spec items, alternatively statted crafts for different situations, and so on.

These are two weapon-only Embellishments with different secondary stat effects. On sustained encounters, ones that keep you in combat for several minutes, Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension is about 0.5% better. However, because Ascension takes a whole 80 seconds to reach full power, if you are primarily doing non-Raiding content, Darkmoon Sigil: Vivacity is better as it does not have this problem.

You will be able to upgrade your items via Crests such as Gilded Undermine Crest. Once you have upgraded a slot to a certain item level, upgrading other items of that slot to that item level is free.

When you upgrade with Crests, you should think of it as upgrading slots and not items.

Additionally, since Crests are a limited resource, you will want to obtain the highest item-level possible before upgrading a given slot, as this means you will spend fewer Crests on that slot in total. If you are at all capable of doing a +9 Dungeon, for example, it would be a VERY bad idea to upgrade an item from a +8 Dungeon, as those are wasted Crests you may not get back for a very long time.

We see a ton of players, even at a high level, mess up their upgrade priorities, and upgrading prematurely. Getting this right will put you far ahead of most players.

Below is the slot priority you should upgrade your items in. If you ever want to deviate from this, you should have a very good reason.

1. Weapons
2. Trinkets
3. Helm/Chest/Legs
4. Shoulders/Gloves/Belt/Boots
5. Rings and Necks
6. Cloaks and Bracers

Note that exceptions are possible, such as special items that have more Item Level scaling than their slot would imply.

The Tier Set is comprised of 5 items, all carrying the Lightless Scavenger moniker. Unique DPS bonuses are unlocked when wearing 2, and 4 pieces from the set:

• BM 2PC Set Bonus — Your spells and abilities have a chance to hit a Jackpot that fires a Barbed Shot at 200% effectiveness. Casting Bestial Wrath always triggers a Jackpot. This Barbed Shot also refreshes Frenzy.
• BM 4PC Set Bonus — Hitting a Jackpot infuses your Pet with a mutagen, causing its auto-attacks to deal extra Nature damage to its target, and up to 5 enemies within 10 yards, for 8 sec. Mutagenic auto-attacks reduce the cooldown of Bestial Wrath by 0.5 sec.

The Tier Set Bonus is absolutely mandatory for competitive play, and you should prioritize obtaining it. You can use the Matrix Catalyst to convert regular items (from Mythic+, for example) into Tier Items.

You only need 4 pieces out of 5 to get both set bonuses. We recommend you get all items except for the Shoulders, due to their Versatility. Check out the BiS List for more information.