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Beast Mastery Hunter Guide — Class Guides · WoW Forever

Pet-focused damage: a stronger, faster pet and Bestial Wrath. The easiest hunter to level and solo with.

A ranged fighter in leather, and later mail, who fights at a distance with a bow, gun or crossbow, tames beasts as pets and controls enemies with traps and stings. More about the hunter

Class
Hunter
Roles
Damage
Used for
Raids and dungeons, Leveling
Top talent
Bestial Wrath
Popular builds
2
Version
WoW Forever

How to play

Beast Mastery in WoW Forever is pet-driven damage: Bestial Wrath and Frenzy power the pet, Focused Fire raises the damage you and your pet deal, Summon Hawk sends hawks at your target (it shares a cooldown with Arcane Shot), and Deadly Aspects gives Aspect of the Hawk a chance to speed up your shots.

Send the pet in, mark the target, keep Serpent Sting up and fill with Auto Shot, Summon Hawk and Multi-Shot. Bestial Wrath and Rapid Fire for the dangerous part of a fight.

Beast Mastery is the easiest leveling tree: the pet tanks while you shoot, and Pathfinding and Spirit Bond make travel and fights easier.

At a glance

Single-target damage
Damage to groups
Survivability
Utility for the group
Solo play and leveling
Ease of play

Rated 1 to 5 against the other specs in WoW Forever.

Rotation and priorities

  1. 1Send your pet in and let it build threat.
  2. 2Hunter's Mark, then Serpent Sting on enemies that will live.
  3. 3Summon Hawk when ready (it shares Arcane Shot's cooldown).
  4. 4Multi-Shot when ready, between Auto Shots.
  5. 5Bestial Wrath and Rapid Fire for burst.
  6. 6Mend Pet when it falls low; Feign Death if you pull threat.

Strengths and weaknesses

Strengths

  • The smoothest leveling of any hunter.
  • Focused Fire raises your damage and your pet's.
  • Your pet ignores crowd control during Bestial Wrath.

Weaknesses

  • Your pet must survive area damage.
  • Summon Hawk and Arcane Shot compete for one cooldown.
  • Less control than Survival.

Stats and gear

Stat priority

Most valuable first. Bars compare each stat with the best one; a cap in the note means the stat drops off once you reach it.

  1. 1

    Agility

  2. 2

    Hitto the cap against bosses

  3. 3

    Critical strike

  4. 4

    Ranged attack power

  5. 5

    Intellect

  6. 6

    Stamina

What to look for

  • Agility above all, then hit and crit.
  • A ranged weapon with high damage.
  • Some Intellect so you don't run dry.

Builds

Each bar splits the build's talent points by tree.

  • Beast Mastery
  • Marksmanship
  • Survival

  • Bestial Wrath Packmaster

    DamagePvE
    31/20/0

    Pet-driven damage: Bestial Wrath and Frenzy power the pet, Focused Fire raises damage for both of you, and Marksmanship adds Lethal Attacks and Mortal Shots.

    • Summon Hawk 1/1
    • Intimidation 1/1
    • Bestial Discipline 2/2
    • Frenzy 5/5
    • Bestial Wrath 1/1

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  • Pack Pathfinder

    DamageLeveling
    36/15/0

    Beast Mastery leveling: Pathfinding for travel, Spirit Bond and Improved Mend Pet for a sturdier pet, and Bestial Wrath for tough fights.

    • Summon Hawk 1/1
    • Spirit Bond 2/2
    • Intimidation 1/1
    • Frenzy 5/5
    • Bestial Wrath 1/1

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Key talents

  • Bestial Wrath · top talent, up to 1

    Send your pet into a rage causing 50% additional damage for 18 sec. While enraged, the beast does not feel pity or remorse or fear and it cannot be stopped unless killed.

  • Bestial Swiftness · tier 3, up to 1

    Increases the movement speed of your pets by 30%.

  • Unleashed Fury · tier 3, up to 5

    Increases the damage done by your pets and hawks by 15%.

  • Improved Mend Pet · tier 4, up to 2

    Gives your Mend Pet spell a 50% chance of cleansing 1 Curse, Disease, Magic, or Poison effect from your pet each time it heals and reduces the Mana cost by 20%.

  • Ferocity · tier 4, up to 5

    Increases the critical strike chance of your pets and hawks by 10%.

  • Summon Hawk · tier 4, up to 1

    Command a hawk to dive-bomb your targeted enemy, dealing 32 plus 5% of your Ranged Attack Power Physical damage and continuing its assault for 18 sec. Only 2 hawks can be active at once. Summon Hawk shares its cooldown with Arcane Shot.

  • Spirit Bond · tier 5, up to 2

    While your pet is active, you and your pet will regenerate 1% of total health every 5 sec.

  • Intimidation · tier 5, up to 1

    Command your pet to Stun the target for 3 sec on its next successful attack, which also gains 100% increased critical strike chance. Generates high threat.

  • Bestial Discipline · tier 5, up to 2

    Increases the Focus regeneration of your pets by 20% and allows 50% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.

  • Frenzy · tier 6, up to 5

    Gives your pet a 100% chance to gain a 30% attack speed increase for 8 sec after dealing a critical strike.

Beast Mastery abilities by level

When each ability arrives: trained abilities at the level a trainer first teaches them, talent abilities (gold frame) at the first level the talent can be taken.

What WoW Forever changed

New talents in this tree

  • Deadly AspectsWhile Aspect of the Hawk is active, Auto Shot has a 10% chance of increasing ranged attack speed by 30% for 12 sec. While Aspect of the Beast is active, all melee auto attacks have a 10% chance of increasing melee attack speed by 30% for 12 sec.
  • Focused FireIncreases all damage you and your pet deal by 2% while your pet is active.
  • Summon HawkCommand a hawk to dive-bomb your targeted enemy, dealing 32 plus 5% of your Ranged Attack Power Physical damage and continuing its assault for 18 sec. Only 2 hawks can be active at once. Summon Hawk shares its cooldown with Arcane Shot.

Classic Era talents the class no longer has

  • Improved Aspect of the Hawk
  • Improved Eyes of the Beast
  • Thick Hide

Spells

New: Summon Hawk. Changed: Aspect of the Hawk, Eyes of the Beast, Aspect of the Beast, Intimidation.

Related

Other hunter specs: Marksmanship, Survival