Beast Mastery Hunter DPS Spec, Builds, Talents, and Pet Talents — The War Within (11.2)

This build is by far the strongest single-target build that we have. It is a 1-minute build based around Bloodshed. Unfortunately, in Season 3, Call of the Wild is not viable.

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This is our heavier AoE Mythic+ Build variant for Beast Mastery. It competes with the No Multi build for raw DPS efficiency, but is far more AoE-biased. It is recommended for most Mythic+ as a default pick.

Misdirection is an optional Talent for us, because it only transfers threat from damage that is considered to be ours. That means that the vast majority of our damage output, which comes from our Pets and Summons, is not counted. In Patch 11.2, the 4PC Tier Set Bonus provides Stampede, which accounts for 10-15% of our total damage and, despite thematically being a bunch of Beasts, does count as damage from us. However, it means that it does not really make sense to actually press Misdirection unless you have a Stampede incoming.

We cannot have everything we could possibly want for every single dungeon in a single build, unfortunately. Here are the recommended utility talents to swap to for different, specific Mythic+ dungeons in The War Within Season 3.

• For Halls of Atonement and Tazavesh: So'leah's Gambit, swap Kodo Tranquilizer over to Devilsaur Tranquilizer.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!

This build offers excellent AoE for little effort (all you have to do is the single-target rotation!), and ~98% of maximum single-target performance in a single build. It can be a build worth considering for Mythic+ dungeons where single-target and priority-target damage is more important than outright AoE, and it is the default pick for Raid AoE encounters where single-target is more important than raw AoE.

With that said, the lower overall damage of this build makes it a dubious choice for pugging where others will wrongly attribute your contribution to your overall DPS rather than where your DPS went. Save this for playing with premade teams that will appreciate the practical benefits of its higher prio and single-target damage, even if the overall DPS is lower.

If you could only ever run a single build for Beast Mastery without ever swapping, this is it!

With all that said, this build's AoE is heavily reliant on Barbed Shot multi-dotting, worth over 8% DPS while only being worth around 5% for the traditional build.

Misdirection is an optional Talent for us, because it only transfers threat from damage that is considered to be ours. That means that the vast majority of our damage output, which comes from our Pets and Summons, is not counted. In Patch 11.2, the 4PC Tier Set Bonus provides Stampede, which accounts for 10-15% of our total damage and, despite thematically being a bunch of Beasts, does count as damage from us. However, it means that it does not really make sense to actually press Misdirection unless you have a Stampede incoming.

We cannot have everything we could possibly want for every single dungeon in a single build, unfortunately. Here are the recommended utility talents to swap to for different, specific Mythic+ dungeons in The War Within Season 3.

• For Halls of Atonement and Tazavesh: So'leah's Gambit, swap Kodo Tranquilizer over to Devilsaur Tranquilizer.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!

This build is recommended if you want to play Dark Ranger on single-target. It performs massively worse than Pack Leader, upwards of 15-20%.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!

Dark Ranger offers significantly lower performance Pack Leader, upwards of 30%, but we offer it for completion and for masochists!

Misdirection is an optional Talent for us, because it only transfers threat from damage that is considered to be ours. That means that the vast majority of our damage output, which comes from our Pets and Summons, is not counted. In Patch 11.2, the 4PC Tier Set Bonus provides Stampede, which accounts for 10-15% of our total damage and, despite thematically being a bunch of Beasts, does count as damage from us. However, it means that it does not really make sense to actually press Misdirection unless you have a Stampede incoming.

We cannot have everything we could possibly want for every single dungeon in a single build, unfortunately. Here are the recommended utility talents to swap to for different, specific Mythic+ dungeons in The War Within Season 3.

• For Halls of Atonement and Tazavesh: So'leah's Gambit, swap Kodo Tranquilizer over to Devilsaur Tranquilizer.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!