Beast Mastery Hunter DPS Macros and Addons — Midnight (12.0.1)

This automatically MD's your tank in the group with no need for targeting or focusing or anything. Install the AddOn, set up the macro, and you're golden.

1. Grab this AddOn.
2. Set up this Macro:

Master's Call mouseover macros seem really buggy. This macro has a workaround for mouseover Master's Call. If you have a Tenacity pet out, it will use Fortitude of the Bear. If you want, you can add /use Primal Rage to it at the bottom if you want it to Lust with a Ferocity pet out, I personally dislike that due to risks of accidentally Lusting.

An essential macro for serious Mythic+. Sets your mouseover to be your focus target and marks it with a Green marker (unless it's already marked with something else), letting you kick it with the macros below.

This Macro will automatically use your Kick on a random, casting target with no need for targeting or mouseover or focus. I like it for lower/uncoordinated keys. See a cast? Hit the macro. The third macro does the same concept but for Intimidation.

Note that it will prefer kicking your focus if you have one. If you want it to prefer your mouseover, just swap out "focus" with "mouseover".

This macro will stop casts like Steady Shot and force a Disengage, but it will not cancel casts like Rapid Fire that you can actually Disengage in the middle of.

These macros skip the green target circle placement step of using ground-targeted abilities. I use it for everything from Flare to Traps to Binding Shot to Volley and Flamefang Pitch (SV Midnight Ability). Just place your cursor where you want it to go.

This macro is useful when jumping off ledges where you really want your pet to follow you. Petpassive and Petfollow can make the pet "snap" to you more readily. The Dash line ensures your pet gets back to you as quickly as possible.

In Mythic+ it is sometimes useful to taunt powerful mobs right before their tank busters which can help save your tank's life. You'll wanna use a Beetle, Boar, Carapid (BM only), Core Hound (BM only), Mechanical, Scalehide, Shale Beast (BM only), or Turtle for this as they have a 50% DR on a 1-min CD.

Simply Tranqs your mouseover enemy, or your target if there is no valid mouseover.

The default game lets you cancel Turtle by pressing it again but there is a "grace" period built into this. This macro skips the grace period and lets you activate and then cancel Turtle immediately. Do NOT use this if you're the kind of person who spams Turtle, this macro requires you to be deliberate with a single key press to activate/deactivate!

Mainly useful for Marksmanship which may want to Multi-Shot something separate from its main target just to activate Trick Shots, but also works fine for Beast Mastery, so I recommend using it for both.

I recommend macroing petassist to offensive BM abilities to ensure it is always on assist. I also recommend /petattack for abilities that force you pet to start attacking a certain target ( Kill Command) or incentivize you to have your pet in a particular spot ( Multi-Shot, for Beast Cleave positioning).

Multidotting Barbed Shot on AoE is essential. This macro prefers your mouseover target, or your target if there isn't one.

If you open with Bestial Wrath from Camouflage/ Shroud of Concealment in Pack Leader, it can glitch out your Howl of the Pack Leader and prevent them from spawning, massively hindering your DPS. This macro ensures it cannot happen.

The same can happen with Black Arrow and Deathblow procs. In addition, this macro prefers our mouseover enemy for Black Arrows. There are many scenarios where you can Black Arrow a secondary target but not your main target and this macro is essential for that. It is also sometimes optimal to Black Arrow something other than your current target due to positional constraints, like if your main target is a prio target but is currently out of AoE position. The nochanneling element is an MM addition that just prevents this cast from cancelling Rapid Fire.

This macro will summon/ress your pet if you do not have one summoned, and is otherwise just a regular Kill Command macro. Set the Call Pet X number to whatever pet you default to. When I am Lusting in a group, I go in and change the macro to my Lust pet's number so that if I die in the key and hit KC, it will summon the right pet. Takes the thinking out of it. Note that the ress part is not 100% reliable if you pet unit is not actually present which can happen if you try to ress and then cancel the cast. So, you should still have Revive Pet bound separately.

Midnight Disclaimer

Due to the pruning of the access that many Addons have to game information, many well-known Addon developers have struggled in maintaining or updating their Addons for the Midnight launch, while others have stopped development altogether. Below is a list of Addons that still receive support, and will be working properly for the Midnight launch. Thank you to all the Addon devs who keep going for us.

Before you go downloading a bunch of different Addons, we recommend you set up your base UI first. Blizzard has added a wide variety of improvements to the base UI, and many Addons you may think you cannot do without, are now available through the standard interface. Once you've set up your UI, we recommend thinking about which aspects or customization layers you would like to add, and then look for Addons that do those things, instead of downloading an entire suite's worth of Addons that you may not even need anymore.

It might even be worth it to see how far you can get without any additional Addons, and maybe you'll even enjoy not having to spend hours every Patch updating and reconfiguring your UI. Many Addons are still in development or are specifically aiming to launch with all their options for Midnight launch, so some of your favorites may not be available just yet.

ElvUI is a complete replacement for the default User Interface, and you will often find even the best players in the world use ElvUI for certain customization options. ElvUI is extremely user friendly, and takes very little time to set up and master. It also comes already furnished with almost everything you need; unit frames, raid frames, minimap, buffs and debuffs, and much more. You can easily unlock and drag all the components around so your UI will look exactly the way you want it to. ElvUI is clean, easy to use, and a great starting point for your UI.

Boss Mods are helpful pre-made timers that allow you to keep track of the noteworthy mechanics in any given encounter. Usually they come equipped with helpful prompts, visuals, and sounds to ensure you do not miss anything important.

BigWigs is the best boss mod available currently. It is extremely customizable, allowing you to change what is displayed on an individual boss level and how boldly you want each alert customized.

This is really just BigWigs, but for dungeons. It has the same customization options, and allows you to prepare as best as you can for all mechanics that will be thrown at you in regular or Mythic+ dungeons.

Deadly Boss Mods is an alternative to BigWigs, and offers almost the exact same customization options for keeping track of boss abilities, trash mobs, and combat timers. It is a great tool to help you focus more on your own character, instead of having to worry about keeping track of all those pesky boss mechanics!

Nameplates are essential for allowing you to easily keep track of basic debuffs and quickly select new targets in combat. While ElvUI nameplates do come standard with the AddOn, they are a little limited and occasionally buggy. Listed below are some good alternatives.

Plater offers a very high degree of customization and accuracy, although somewhat limited due to the Addon changes in Midnight. You can still configure the nameplates to enlarge and change color in certain circumstances, and it might help you keep track of important buffs and debuffs in a chaotic fight, so you do not get lost in the weeds. Some setup is required, although it is very simple and straightforward.

Platynator is a new Addon developed by plusmouse, who is known for many super helpful addons like Auctionator, Baganator, Prat, and many more. They have now developed a very customizable Nameplate addon that offers numerous options for debuffs, status colors, icons, textures, and much more. It is definitely worth checking out, especially if you end up having any issues with Plater for any reason.

Details is still around as the #1 Addon to customize damage and healing meters. While it may not offer as many tracking options as before due to the limits imposed by Blizzard, it is still around and kicking to help you customize the Blizzard Damage, Healing, and Other metrics pane.

Currently, we feel that there is no need for additional addons to play a Beast Mastery Hunter to its full potential.