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Beast Mastery Hunter

Damage specialisation · Tier B in Mythic+, 3.4% of the sample

PvE GuideRaid logs, Mythic+ players and PvE buildsACTIVEPvP GuideRated ladder talents, gear stats and builds

Opener

The order abilities first landed across 4 top-parsing pulls, with the median time into the fight. The percentage is how many of those parses used the ability at all — a step at 100% is the opener, one at 60% is a choice some players make.

  1. 1Barbed Shot+0.4s100%
  2. 2Light's Potential+1.7s75%
  3. 3Bestial Wrath+2.8s100%
  4. 4
Kill Command
+4s
100%
  • 5Cobra Shot+7.8s100%
  • What follows what

    What was pressed next, counted over every observed pair. This is the closest a log gets to a priority list — but it describes behaviour, not a rule: a player casting Execute because it lit up looks the same here as one following a plan.

    • Kill Command77 casts→Cobra Shot47%Barbed Shot20%Dire Beast19%
    • Cobra Shot70 casts→Kill Command42%Cobra Shot29%Barbed Shot25%
    • Barbed Shot50 casts→Kill Command73%Cobra Shot10%Bestial Wrath6%
    • Dire Beast17 casts→Cobra Shot53%Barbed Shot29%Dire Beast18%
    • Bestial Wrath10 casts→Kill Command60%Barbed Shot30%Survival of the Fittest10%
    • Dire Beast6 casts→Barbed Shot33%Kill Command33%Dire Beast17%

    Ability usage

    Casts per minute across 20 top-parsing kills in The Venomous Abyss. Per minute rather than totals, so a long fight does not read as a heavily used ability.

    Single target

    7 fights where almost all damage went to the boss

    1. 1Kill Command15.5per min
    2. 2Cobra Shot12.4per min
    3. 3Barbed Shot9.6per min
    4. 4Wild Thrash4.4per min
    5. 5Dire Beast2.5per min
    6. 6Bestial Wrath1.4per min

    Multi-target

    5 fights with substantial add damage

    1. 1Kill Command18.5per min
    2. 2Cobra Shot17.0per min
    3. 3Barbed Shot10.8per min
    4. 4Dire Beast

    Fights are sorted by how much damage landed on boss units rather than by a hand-kept list of which encounter is the AoE one, so the split stays right after a retune. Fights in between are left out of both columns.

    Updated 31/08/2026. These are observed casts, not a recommended priority — the order reflects how often an ability came up, which is not the same as when to press it.

    Secondary stats

    Secondary stat split across the 100 best-geared synced characters. Averaged per player, so one heavily geared character cannot define the answer for everyone.

    • Mastery33.4%904 avg
    • Versatility32.3%918 avg
    • Haste18.2%532 avg
    • Critical Strike16.1%432 avg

    What PvE players are playing

    Talent choices across 378 synced characters playing this specialisation. These are observed picks, not recommendations — they say what the ladder is doing, not what you should do.

    Where builds differ

    Taken by between 15% and 90% of players. This is where the real decisions are.

    • Camouflage89%

      325 players · Class

    • Dire Command86%

      314 players · Specialization

    • Dire Frenzy86%

      313 players · Specialization

    • Wildspeaker86%

      313 players · Specialization

    • Huntmaster's Call85%

      312 players · Specialization

    • Dire Beast84%

      309 players · Specialization

    • Concussive Shot82%

      300 players · Class

    • Pathfinding82%

      299 players · Class

    • Horsehair Tether81%

      297 players · Class

    • Improved Traps80%

      294 players · Class

    • Killer Instinct77%

      281 players · Specialization

    • Wilderness Medicine62%

      227 players · Class

    • Camouflage44%

      161 players · Class

    • Born To Be Wild38%

      139 players · Class

    • Disruptive Rounds34%

      123 players · Class

    • Kodo Tranquilizer33%

      121 players · Class

    • Improved Aspect of the Cheetah21%

      78 players · Class

    • Razor Sharp20%

      72 players · Specialization

    • Emergency Salve19%

      69 players · Class

    • Serrated Tips18%

      65 players · Class

    • Scare Beast17%

      62 players · Class

    Near-universal picks (59)taken by 90%+ — effectively baseline
    • Natural Mending100%

      366 players · Class

    • Padded Armor100%

      366 players · Class

    • Posthaste100%

      366 players · Class

    Rarely taken (99)under 15% — situational or out of favour
    • Serpentine Rhythm13%

      47 players · Specialization

    • Beast Cleave13%

      46 players · Specialization

    • Kill Cleave13%

    Import a real build

    Loadouts from the highest-rated synced players of this specialisation. Paste straight into the game.

    • Banshers

      stormrage · US3,741

    • Grimshunter

      illidan · US3,569

    • Eyl

      elune · EU3,505

    • Холичорт

      gordunni · EU3,495

    • Ynoom

      frostmourne · US3,109

    Learn the spec

    This page measures what players do. For rotation, stat priority and matchup play, these are the references.

    • WowheadpveRotation, stat priority, gear and consumables. The most complete free PvE reference.
    • Icy VeinspveRotation walkthroughs and talent reasoning, written for players learning a spec.
    • Raider.IOpveMythic+ routes, affix planning and dungeon-by-dungeon breakdowns.

    Other Hunter specs

    • Marksmanship
    • Survival
    5.3per min
  • 5Bestial Wrath2.0per min
  • 6Survival of the Fittest0.1per min
  • Precision Strikes100%

    366 players · Class

  • Rejuvenating Wind100%

    366 players · Class

  • Specialized Arsenal100%

    366 players · Class

  • Survival of the Fittest100%

    366 players · Class

  • Combat Experience100%

    365 players · Class

  • Improved Aspect of the Turtle100%

    365 players · Class

  • Unnatural Causes99%

    364 players · Class

  • Touch of Grass99%

    363 players · Class

  • Hunter's Avoidance99%

    362 players · Class

  • Guardian's Hide99%

    361 players · Class

  • Trigger Finger99%

    361 players · Class

  • Lone Survivor98%

    360 players · Class

  • Alpha Predator97%

    356 players · Specialization

  • 46 players · Specialization

  • Wild Thrash13%

    46 players · Specialization

  • Laceration12%

    45 players · Specialization

  • Aspect of the Beast7.9%

    29 players · Specialization

  • Misdirection6.8%

    25 players · Class

  • Thrill of the Hunt6.8%

    25 players · Specialization

  • Moment of Opportunity4.9%

    18 players · Class

  • Catlike Reflexes3.3%

    12 players · Class

  • Aimed Shot2.7%

    10 players · Specialization

  • Avian Specialization2.7%

    10 players · Specialization