Beast Mastery Hunter DPS Gems, Enchants, and Consumables — Dragonflight 10.1
On this page, we list the best gems, enchants, flasks, potions, and food you can get for your Beast Mastery Hunter, based on your stat priority. We also give budget alternatives. This page is updated for World of Warcraft — Dragonflight 10.1.
If you were looking for WotLK Classic content, please refer to our WotLK Classic Beast Mastery Hunter gems and enchants.
Dragonflight Enchants, Gems and Consumables for Beast Mastery Hunter
This section specifically covers the optimal gems, enchants, food, and flasks to use for your character. To get a more detailed rundown of the different stats for Beast Mastery Hunter, please visit our dedicated Stats page.
Best Dragonflight Gems for Beast Mastery Hunter
We highly recommend using Raidbots to sim your character's ideal gems and enchants, as they might differ from our general recommendations.
You should use one Inscribed Illimited Diamond in an item you are
unlikely to replace. Your other sockets should be simulated on Raidbots, but
Crafty Ysemerald/
Crafty Alexstraszite are the most common
choices.
Best Dragonflight Enchants for Beast Mastery Hunter
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Onyx Annulet and Primordial Gemstones for Beast Mastery Hunter
Note that this section concerns a Patch 10.0.7 Mechanic, the Onyx Annulet. We include it, as it can still have relevance for early gearing in Patch 10.1.
Patch 10.0.7 introduced the Onyx Annulet, a special Ring with unique sockets that can only be filled by Primordial Gemstones, unique gems with special effects, but no secondary stats. The ring itself has no secondary stats either.
Below, we have ranked the best Primordial Gemstone combinations to use. Keep in mind that you should probably not use the Onyx Annulet at all if you are well-geared. Sim yourself to be sure.
Best Primordial Gemstones for Beast Mastery Hunter
Single-Target
Mythic+/AoE
Best Dragonflight Phials for Beast Mastery Hunter
Best Flask and Phial for Beast Mastery Hunter
The best Flask is a slightly complicated topic.
Iced Phial of Corrupting Rage is the best DPS for most scenarios, but will occasionally do hefty damage to you after you have taken enough damage. You need around 70% uptime on the Corrupting Rage buff (the beneficial part) in combat for this to beat other Phials, so check your buff uptimes to make sure you meet this requirement. Otherwise, swap to the Phial below.
Phial of Tepid Versatility is the best choice when the Iced Phial deals too much damage to be worth it or has too low uptime.
Phial of Elemental Chaos does similar DPS to Tepid Versatility but does not have the defensive benefits.
Phial of Static Empowerment and
Phial of Charged Isolation are the best on paper but highly dependent on their uptime. You need at least 80% uptime to beat out all other options. This is very rare.
Overall, your best single-target option is
Iced Phial of Corrupting Rage as
it provides the best DPS in realistic scenarios. Just be aware of the damage
penalty and keep some
/
Phial of Tepid Versatility/
Phial of Elemental Chaos on hand.
Best Dragonflight Potion for Beast Mastery Hunter
Your potion should be
Elemental Potion of Ultimate Power/
Fleeting Elemental Potion of Ultimate Power (obtained from Cauldrons).
Warlock Healthstones and Refreshing Healing Potion should be used when
at low health.
Best Food for Beast Mastery
You should eat the 75 Agility feasts
Grand Banquet of the Kalu'ak/
Hoard of Draconic Delicacies, or the
Fated Fortune Cookie when available. Otherwise, eat
Deviously Deviled Eggs for the same benefit, but at your own expense!
In addition, if you can afford it, you should use Draconic Augment Runes to
increase your primary stat. Since there is a finite amount of the consumable
runes available, you should make sure to use them wisely and to stock up on them
for when you need them.
Changelog
- 22 May 2023: Updated the recommended Leg Enchant, as it was found that the Lambent Armor Kit does not provide Stamina as it was assumed.
- 13 May 2023: Updated the recommended food and Leg enchant.
- 01 May 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
- 23 Mar. 2023: Yet another update to the recommended Gemstones based on a slew of hotfixes.
- 23 Mar. 2023: Updated the recommended Gemstones after sim updates, and the discovery of a new, powerful combination.
- 21 Mar. 2023: Updated the Onyx Annulet Information in light of the March 21st buff.
- 20 Mar. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
- 22 Feb. 2023: Updated and clarified optimal Gems and Enchants.
- 20 Feb. 2023: Added information about a DPS-increasing Glyph for Beast Mastery Hunters.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 04 Jan. 2023: Updated the recommended Phial.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Updated the recommendation and description of the optimal Flasks/Phials.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 24 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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