Beast Mastery Hunter DPS Mythic+ Guide — Dragonflight 10.1
In this guide, you will find tips and advice to tackle Mythic+ dungeons with your Beast Mastery Hunter in World of Warcraft — Dragonflight 10.1.
Unique Challenges of Dragonflight Mythic+
Mythic+ Dungeons, especially high ones, are arguably the highest level of competitive PvE content that WoW has to offer aside from Mythic raiding.
In Mythic Dungeons as a Hunter, you will be responsible for a large part of the group's total damage output, while in a Mythic Raiding group, you may only be responsible for maybe 7% of it. The skill and execution from the individual players in the group is much more important.
Aside from just doing damage, in Mythic+ you will be responsible for many things to make the group's run faster and easier. Interrupting, offensively dispelling enemy targets, soaking mechanics, using your traps and stuns are all much more common in Mythic+ than your usual Mythic raid.
In this guide, we will talk about getting the most out of your Hunter in Mythic+ dungeons, including the best way to set up your character, how your rotation may change, and tips and tricks for using your abilities in the most optimal way.
If you are unfamiliar with Mythic+ and its associated general mechanics, you can read more about it on our dedicated Mythic+ page below.
To learn more about the Mythic+ Meta, check out our Mythic+ Tier List below.
Beast Mastery Hunter's' Role in Dragonflight Mythic+
Beast Mastery Hunter specializes in solid all-round damage, with relatively low burst but higher-than-average sustained damage. Its AoE is largely uncapped, making it very versatile at doing different kinds of damage.
Best Dragonflight Mythic+ Talent Build for Beast Mastery Hunter
For a more general overview of Talents for Beast Mastery Hunter, please visit our dedicated Talents page.
These are our recommended talents for Beast Mastery Hunter in Mythic+.
You can swap out Wailing Arrow for a third point of
Dire Command if you are never getting value from the interrupt. We do
not generally recommend this, as the DPS loss of
Wailing Arrow is tiny,
and the potential benefits are huge.
Key Utility for Beast Mastery Hunter in Dragonflight Mythic+
This section talks mostly about the uses of different spells. For in-depth explanations of all Hunter Abilities and Talents, including these, check out our Spells page.
Counter Shot is your "kick" and your most important bit of utility in
Mythic+, used to stop enemy casts for the benefit of the group and especially
the tank. It is highly recommended to use a Focus Kick macro for this.
- /stopcasting
- /stopcasting
- /cast [@focus,exists,nodead][@mouseover,exists,nodead] [] Counter Shot
This macro will kick your focus target if you have one, mouseover if you have no Focus target, and your target if you have neither of those.
To quickly set a focus target in hectic scenarios, we also recommend a Focus Mouseover macro.
- /focus [@mouseover]
Make sure that your UI shows your Focus Target's casts clearly, so that you are always able to kick it on cooldown, or in coordination with the rest of your group.
Intimidation is your second-most important utility and is your
"stop" for negating casts that cannot be normally interrupted. We recommend
using this in the same way as your Counter Shot, with the same macro (with
Intimidation swapped in for Counter Shot, of course).
Binding Shot can be used to save your tank in hectic moments by
helping him kite mobs and generate some range.
Freezing Trap can be used as an additional stop alongside
Intimidation, but it has a slow travel time and you will need to be
close to land it before most stunnable casts are finished.
Scatter Shot (mutually exclusive with
Binding Shot) can be
used as an additional stop alongside
Intimidation and
Freezing Trap, but you have to be
within 20 yards of the mob you are stopping. It will also remove any DoTs like
Barbed Shot, giving it a small DPS cost.
Feign Death can not only be used to drop aggro, but also negate
certain casts and channels on you. In some cases, these mechanics will simply
retarget someone else in the group, but occasionally the mechanic will be
entirely negated with huge benefits. If you notice a cast or effect on you, try
to Feign it!
Tranquilizing Shot can negate beneficial Enrage and Magic effects
from enemy
targets, and with the
Improved Tranquilizing Shot Talent, we do not lose
meaningful damage from doing so.
Tar Trap can be used to aid your tank in kiting by slowing mobs.
Gear Considerations and How To Sim Mythic+ for Beast Mastery Hunter in Mythic+
When choosing your trinkets, we recommend simulating yourself on Raidbots Top Gear or Gear Compare using the DungeonSlice Fight Style to roughly simulate a Mythic+ dungeon.
On our Gear Page below, we have compiled BiS items for Beast Mastery Hunter that also apply to Mythic+.
Changelog
- 01 May 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
- 20 Mar. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 30 Nov. 2022: Fixed an issue where the Mythic+ Talent Tree did not match the Talents Page.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 04 Nov. 2022: Updated the optimal Conduits back again, due to APL updates and the Alpha Predator bugfix.
- 03 Nov. 2022: Updated the best Conduit to use for Beast Mastery in Mythic+.
- 01 Nov. 2022: Earlier changes reverted due to a simulation bug.
- 01 Nov. 2022: Updated the recommended Mythic+/AoE Talents in light of recent 10% nerf to BM.
- 30 Oct. 2022: Updated the optimal Mythic+/AoE Talents.
- 27 Oct. 2022: Updated the recommended Covenant.
- 24 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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This guide has been written by Azortharion, a Hunter Theorycrafter and Guidewriter since 2014, and considered one of the best Hunters in the world. He is an accomplished player with dozen of top parses for all specs throughout the game's history. He is also the Founder/Owner/Head Admin of Trueshot Lodge, the Hunter Class Discord. You can find him on his stream on Twitch and his channel on YouTube. He also has his own personal Discord server where you can freely ask him any Hunter questions you may have!
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