Beast Mastery Hunter DPS Gems, Enchants, and Consumables — Battle for Azeroth (BfA) 8.2.5
On this page, we list the best gems, enchants, flasks, potions, and food you can get for your Beast Mastery Hunter in World of Warcraft — Battle for Azeroth (BfA) 8.2.5. We also give budget alternatives.
If you were looking for WoW Classic content, please refer to our Classic DPS Hunter enchants and consumables.
Best Gems for Beast Mastery Hunter
You should be using one 
Leviathan's Eye of Agility
in a socket, 
Deadly Lava Lazuli Critical Strike Gems in all other sockets.
Best Enchants for Beast Mastery Hunter
| Slot | Enchantment | |
|---|---|---|
| Rings | ||
| Weapon | * Enchant Weapon - Masterful Navigation without  Dance of Death |
* Crow's Nest Scope with Dance of Death |
*Weapon Enchants are extremely close in performance and the best one can vary wildly with your gear, even beyond our generic recommendations above. We recommend simulating your enchant options using RaidBots.com for the best results.
Consumables for Beast Mastery Hunter
Best Flasks and Potions for Beast Mastery
Greater Flask of the Currents should be used for raids.
- Your default single-target potion should be
Potion of Unbridled Fury. - For AoE/Mythic+ purposes where you can be in melee, we recommend
Potion of Empowered Proximity, as long as
there are 4 targets or above. - For AoE/Mythic+ purposes where you can not be in melee, we recommend
Superior Battle Potion of Agility.
Warlock Healthstones and 
Abyssal Healing Potion should be used when
at low health.
Best Food for Beast Mastery
You should eat the 131 Agility feasts 
Famine Evaluator And Snack Table whenever possible. Otherwise, eat the 93
Critical Strike food, 
Mech-Dowel's "Big Mech".
With 
One with the Pack, you should always use the Critical Strike food, even if there is a feast available.
Augment Runes for Beast Mastery
If you can afford it, you should use 
Battle-Scarred Augment Runes to
increase your primary stat. Since there is a finite amount of these runes
available, you should make sure to use them wisely and to stock up on them
for when you need them.
Changelog
- 01 Jul. 2019: Updated the recommended potions and gems.
- 24 Jun. 2019: Updated the recommended gems, food, and potions. Weapon enchants cannot be evaluated yet and there might be updates coming to those in the near future.
- 14 Apr. 2019: This page has been reviewed for Crucible of Storms and no changes are necessary.
- 22 Feb. 2019: Updated the optimal weapon enchant, and updated the baseline Gem/Enchant recommendations to Critical Strike.
- 11 Jan. 2019: Updated the optimal food to use.
- 10 Dec. 2018: This page has been reviewed for Patch 8.1 and no changes are necessary.
- 09 Nov. 2018: Added note about using Gale-Force Striking for Mythic+.
- 14 Sep. 2018: Updated gems, enchants and food.
- 30 Aug. 2018: Updated the optimal potion to use.
- 17 Aug. 2018: Added the mention of using an Agility gem.
- 16 Aug. 2018: Updated the optimal healing potion to use.
- 13 Aug. 2018: Updated the optimal gems to correspond with the stat priority.
- 12 Aug. 2018: Updated for Battle for Azeroth launch.
- 22 Jul. 2018: Updated the optimal single-target potion.
- 21 Jul. 2018: Reverted the optimal flask, as the Flask of Falling Leaves was nerfed.
- 20 Jul. 2018: Reverted the optimal gem, as it was nerfed.
- 18 Jul. 2018: Various updates with old-world gems, enchants, and consumables.
- Updated the optimal potion to use.
- Updated the optimal flask to use. Added note about Belt Buckles to the Enchants table.
- Reverted the optimal potion to use, as Blizzard has nerfed the old one.
- Updated the wording on the Healthstones/Healing Potion paragraph to say "and", as you can now use both of them at once.
- Removed Belt Buckles as they were hotfixed.
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