Beast Mastery Hunter 10.0 Guide
Introduction
Welcome to our guide on the Beast Mastery Specialization for the Hunter Class in WoW Dragonflight patch 10.0! This article covers everything regarding the Beast Mastery spec, such as the leveling, gearing, and min-maxing your Hunter for the most challenging PvE content in World of Warcraft - Mythic Raiding and Mythic+ Dungeons.
First, we'll check out the specialization's particularities and see how well the BM Hunter performs in Dragonflight, Season 1. Then you'll learn how to gear your Beast Mastery Hunter, what stats to prioritize, and the best leveling spec, talents, and rotation that will get you to max level in no time.
Finally, we'll go deep into min-maxing your character for the end-game content and teach you what gear to use for Mythic Raiding and Mythic Plus dungeons. By the end of the guide, you will become a master of Hunter's Beast Mastery specialization! Sounds good, right? Let's get started!
Table of Contents
- Beast Mastery Hunters: Strengths and Weaknesses
- How to gear a Beast Mastery Hunter
- How to level a Beast Mastery Hunter. Beast Mastery Hunter leveling tips
- Best Beast Mastery Hunter talents for end-game content
- Beast Mastery Hunter in Dragonflight - FAQ
Beast Mastery Hunters in Dragonflight: Strengths and Weaknesses
The hunter class has three DPS specializations in World of Warcraft: Survival, Marksmanship, and Beast Mastery. The hunter's spending resource is called Focus.
The Beast Mastery Hunter represents one of the decent classes for Mythic Dungeons and Mythic Raiding in Dragonflight Season 1. The BM spec is an extremely mobile ranged DPS with tons of utility and strong, pet-based class identity, ideal for leveling. It is the only ranged spec in the game that can fully execute its rotation while moving.
Regarding weapons, the Beast Mastery Hunter uses bows, crossbows, and guns. As for raid gear, the Hunter shares the Protector Tier Token with Monks, Shamans, and Warriors for legacy content. In the Dragonflight expansion, the Vault of the Incarnates raid, hunters share the Mystic Tier Token with Druids and Mages.
In the table below, we present the Beast Mastery Hunter's strengths and weaknesses:
| Advantages | Disadvantages |
| + Exceptional mobility | - Weak AoE damage |
| + Can provide damage while moving | - Pet AI can be tricky sometimes |
| + Excellent solo spec | - Poor burst damage outside main cooldowns |
| + Easy to play | |
| + Best utility of the hunter class |
How to gear a Beast Mastery Hunter
In World of Warcraft, gearing is one of the most important aspects that enhances your character's overall performance by providing massive amounts of stats, armor, procs, and set bonuses. This guide will teach you how to properly gear up for the most challenging content in WoW Dragonflight, Mythic Raiding, and Mythic+ Dungeons.
We'll start with the basics and cover the Beast Mastery Hunter's stats priority, check out the tier set bonuses, and finally, the best in slot gear you can get from mythic raids and dungeons.
Beast Mastery Hunter stat priority
Regardless of the class and spec you roll into in World of Warcraft, the stats are a key component when gearing up and min-maxing your character for the end-game content. Beast Mastery Hunters wear Mail gear with Agility as the main stat.
As a hunter, the Agility stat increases the attack power of your abilities, in other words - the damage you are dealing to the enemies. Also, please note that a higher and adequate item level will better impact your character's performance than a perfect stat distribution, so always keep an eye on the gear's item level!
The Beast Mastery Hunter stats priority looks like this:
- 1. Agility
- 2. Critical Strike
- 3. Haste
- 4. Mastery
- 5. Versatility
So as a Beast Mastery Hunter, you will primarily value item level for Agility as the primary stat, then Critical Strike, followed by Haste, Mastery, and Versatility as secondary stats.
In other words: Agility > Critical Strike > Haste > Mastery > Versatility. And here's why:
Agility: Increases your attack power and, therefore, all the damage you are dealing to your enemies
Critical Strike: Increases the chances of dealing double damage on attacks for both you and your pet
Haste: Increases your attack speed and your focus regen rate and decreases the cooldowns of some abilities
Mastery: Increases the damage of all attacks
Versatility: Increases damage dealt and reduces damage taken
Beast Mastery Hunter Tier Set Bonus
To start with, what is a tier set in World of Warcraft?
In WoW, a tier set is a unique class armor set with powerful 2-set and 4-set specific bonuses for each specialization of that particular class. Tier set bonuses change based on the character's active talent specialization, ensuring that the bonus is appropriate and useful to that spec.
So to recap, tier sets are unique pieces of armor that, when equipped simultaneously, provide you with a bonus, different for each spec of the chosen class. This bonus is based on the number of pieces from the set you have equipped, with most tier sets providing bonuses when equipping 2 or 4 pieces.
How to get the Beast Mastery Hunter Tier Set in Dragonflight Patch 10.0
There are three ways you can get tier set items in WoW in the Dragonflight expansion:
- Vault of the Incarnates Raid: You can get tier set items from specific bosses in the Vault of the Incarnates raid.
- Revival Catalyst: You can craft Tier armor from non-set pieces of the same item level using the Revival Catalyst crafting system.
- Great Vault: You can obtain tier set items from all activities that normally give Great Vault rewards, such as raiding, Mythic+ dungeons, and PvP.
The fastest way to obtain tier set items is to take advantage of these three sources that can reward you with the Beast Mastery Hunter Tier Set items. The best advice is to complete the Vault of the Incarnates raid weekly - this is probably the fastest way to get your hands on the desired tier armor. In case you don't have a team to raid with, complete some Mythic+ Dungeons or some PvP matches.
Mythic dungeons and PvP are highly beneficial because even if you can't drop the set items while participating in these activities, you increase the chances of getting your set items at the Great Vault or the Revival Catalyst console in Thaldraszus. At the revival catalyst console, you can convert the non-set pieces obtained in dungeons or PvP into tier set items.
Let's have a closer look at the Great Vault feature:
And this is what the Revival Catalyst looks like:
Back to our Beast Mastery Hunter Tier Set. Now that you learned how to obtain the tier set, let's see some set bonuses and particularities, shall we?
The Beast Mastery Hunter Tier set is called Stormwing Harrier's Camouflage. It comes with the following bonuses for two pieces and four pieces equipped:
- 2-Set: - Kill Command damage increased by 10% and it has a 10% chance to reset the cooldown on Barbed Shot.
- 4-Set: - Barbed Shot damage increased by 5% and Barbed Shot increases damage of your next Kill Command by 20%.
In the table below, we present you the sources for Beast Mastery Hunter Tier Set items:
| Slot | Tier Piece | Source |
| Helm | Stormwing Harrier's Skullmask | Raszageth |
| Shoulders | Stormwing Harrier's Pinions | Broodkeeper Diurna |
| Chest | Stormwing Harrier's Cuirass | Kurog Grimtotem |
| Gloves | Stormwing Harrier's Handguards | Dathea, Ascended |
| Legs | Stormwing Harrier's Greaves | Sennarth |
The remaining tier set items (Cloak, Wrists, Waist, and Boots) can be obtained by using the Revival Catalyst in Thaldraszus.
As previously stated, you unlock the tier set bonuses for your Beast Mastery Hunter when you equip any two or four pieces of the Stormwing Harrier's Camouflage set. For itemization and build optimization, your four pieces of tier set as a BM Hunter will be the Head, Chest, Legs, and Gloves.
Raid Best in Slot (BiS) Gear for Beast Mastery Hunters
In the table below, you can find the best item to use in each slot from the raid as a Beast Mastery Hunter:
| Slot | Item Name | Encounter |
| Helm | Stormwing Harrier's Skullmask | Raszageth |
| Neck | Eye of the Vengeful Hurricane | Dathea, Ascended |
| Shoulders | Stormwing Harrier's Pinions | Broodkeeper Diurna |
| Cloak | Acid-Proof Webbing | Sennarth |
| Chest | Stormwing Harrier's Cuirass | Kurog Grimtotem |
| Wrists | Surging-Song Conductors | Kurog Grimtotem |
| Gloves | Stormwing Harrier's Handguards | Raszageth and Revival Catalyst |
| Waist | Unnatural Dripstone Cinch | Sennarth |
| Legs | Stormwing Harrier's Greaves | Broodkeeper Diurna and Revival Catalyst |
| Boots | Daring Chasm-Leapers | Dathea, Ascended |
| Ring #1 | Seal of Diurna's Chosen | Eranog |
| Ring #2 | Seal of Filial Duty | Broodkeeper Diurna |
| Trinket #1 | Controlled Current Technique | Kurog Grimtotem |
| Trinket #2 | Whispering Incarnate Icon | Kadros Icewrath |
| Main Hand | Neltharax, Enemy of the Sky | Raszageth |
Mythic+ Best in Slot (BiS) Gear for Beast Mastery Hunters
In the table below, you can find the best item to use in each slot for the Mythic+ Dungeons as a Beast Mastery Hunter:
| Slot | Item Name | Location |
| Helm | Stormwing Harrier's Skullmask | Halls of Valor |
| Neck | Wolfstride Pendant | Halls of Valor |
| Shoulders | Neverdare Shoulders | Temple of the Jade Serpent |
| Cloak | Goldscar Pelt | Halls of Valor |
| Chest | Stormwing Harrier's Cuirass | Halls of Valor |
| Wrists | Runebands of the Worthy | Halls of Valor |
| Gloves | Stormwing Harrier's Handguards | Temple of the Jade Serpent |
| Waist | Thundercaller's Chain | Halls of Valor |
| Legs | Stormwing Harrier's Greaves | The Azure Vault |
| Boots | Felstep Footguards | Halls of Valor |
| Ring #1 | Jeweled Signet of Melandrus | Court of Stars |
| Ring #2 | Val'kyr Ascension Signet | Halls of Valor |
| Trinket #1 | Windswept Pages | Temple of the Jade Serpent |
| Trinket #2 | Hunger of the Pack | Halls of Valor |
| Weapon | Firebelcher Hand Cannon | Temple of the Jade Serpent |
Best in Slot (BiS) Trinkets for Beast Mastery Hunters
The best Beast Mastery Hunter trinkets for end-game content are:
| Tier | Item Name | Drop Location |
| S | Controlled Current Technique | Kurog Grimtotem - Vault of the Incarnates |
| S | Whispering Incarnate Icon | The Primal Council - Vault of the Incarnates |
| A | Manic Grieftorch | Broodkeeper Diurna - Vault of the Incarnates |
| A | Hunger of the Pack | Halls of Valor |
| A | Algeth'ar Puzzle Box | Algeth'ar Academy |
| B+ | Windswept Pages | Temple of the Jade Serpent |
| B+ | Bottle of Spiraling Winds | The Nokhud Offensive |
| B+ | Eye of Skovald | Halls of Valor |
| B | Decoration of Flame | Eranog - Vault of the Incarnates |
| B | Alacritous Alchemist Stone | Crafting - Alchemy |
| B | Spiteful Storm | Raszageth - Vault of the Incarnates |
| B | Darkmoon Deck Box: Inferno | Crafting - Inscription |
This wraps up everything you should know about gearing your Beast Mastery Hunter: the stats priority, how to obtain the tier set, and what items to use in the end-game activities. Moving on to the next section of our guide, we'll teach you how to level your Beast Mastery Hunter in Dragonflight patch 10.0. Sounds good, right? Let's dive in!
How to level a Beast Mastery Hunter. Beast Mastery Hunters leveling tips
Before leveling your BM Hunter, you must first create and customize the character. That brings us to the first question: what race should you go for when creating the character? Let's find out, shall we?
Best Beast Mastery Hunter Races
When it comes to racials, with so many options to choose from, you are probably wondering what would be the best race for your hunter. In World of Warcraft, each race has different racial abilities and spells, but no races offer an immediate advantage compared to others regarding the Beast Mastery spec. I highly recommend choosing the race you like the most, aesthetically speaking.
However, in the table below, you can see the top 10 best races for Beast Mastery Hunters based on performance gain:
| Race | Performance Gain |
| Orc | +1.62% |
| Dwarf | +1.10% |
| Tauren | +0.99% |
| Dark Iron Dwarf | +0.99% |
| Mechagnome | +0.95% |
| Human | +0.76% |
| Troll | +0.67% |
| Blood Elf | +0.58% |
| Zandalari Troll Paku | +0.54% |
| Draenei | +0.53% |
Now, if you want to make an idea of what race players generally choose for their Beast Mastery Hunters:
- For Alliance: Night Elf, Human, and Dwarf.
- For Horde: Blood Elf, Orc, and Troll.
Best Beast Mastery Hunter Leveling Talents and Rotation in Dragonflight 10.0
The best talents to use while leveling to level 60 as a Beast Mastery Hunter are:
What is the best leveling pet for Beast Mastery Hunters? The best leveling pet for Beast Mastery Hunters is any Ferocity type of pet, as these pets heal themselves whenever they deal damage, allowing you to make larger pulls and rely on their own damage for self-healing.
Now let's check out how you should prioritize your abilities. Here is what most people consider to be the best leveling rotation for a Beast Mastery Hunter:
- 1. Use Bestial Wrath on cooldown.
- 2. Use Death Chakram on cooldown.
- 3. Use Multi-Shot to maintain Beast Cleave, if you are facing more than one enemy.
- 4. Use A Murder of Crows on cooldown. Aim for enemies you would expect to live fairly long but still give value from the reset effect.
- 5. Use Barbed Shot if you expect your target to live for most of its duration.
- 6. Use Kill Command on cooldown.
- 7. Use Kill Shot to finish off an enemy below 20% hp.
- 8. Use Cobra Shot.
Follow the rotation, and you'll get to max level in no time! Now that we've covered the leveling part, it's time to move on to the end-game.
In the next section of our Beast Mastery Hunter Guide, we'll present the best talents to use for PvE end-game content, such as raiding and Mythic+ dungeons. In the end game, it's crucial to use the right talents and prioritize the skills you use depending on the activity. Choosing the best talents will significantly impact your performance as a DPS!
Best Beast Mastery Hunter End-game Talents
From the PvE perspective, there are two main end-game activities we'll take into consideration: Mythic raiding and Mythic+ Dungeons. We'll treat them separately to keep things clear and avoid confusion.
Best Talents for Mythic Raiding in Season 1 (patch 10.0)
In the picture below, you can see the best talents for mythic raiding as a Beast Mastery Hunter:
Single-Target build:
AoE build:
Best Talents for Mythic+ Dungeons in Season 1 (patch 10.0)
As a Beast Mastery Hunter, these are the talents you should use to maximize your damage in M+ Dungeons:
Beast Mastery Hunters in Dragonflight - FAQ
1. Are Beast Mastery Hunters good in Dragonflight 10.0?
Yes, Beast Mastery Hunter represents one of the best solo specs in WoW Dragonflight in Season 1.
2. Is Beast Mastery Hunter easy to play?
Yes. The Beast Mastery Hunter specialization qualifies as one of the most accessible specs in WoW Dragonflight.
3. What is the stats priority for Beast Mastery Hunters?
The stats priority for Hunter's Beast Mastery specialization looks like this: Agility > Critical Strike > Haste > Mastery > Versatility.
4. Which hunter spec is best for leveling in 10.0?
The Beast Mastery Specialization is the best spec for hunter leveling in Dragonflight Season 1.
5. What is the most popular race for Beast Mastery Hunters in Dragonflight?
- Alliance's most popular Beast Mastery Hunter races are Night Elf, Human, and Dwarf.
- The most popular Beast Mastery Hunters races for horde are Blood Elf, Orc, and Troll.
Final thoughts
This wraps up everything you should know regarding the Hunter's Beast Mastery specialization in World of Warcraft Dragonflight for Season 1, patch 10.0. By reading this guide, you should now better understand the Beast Mastery Hunters' spec and particularities and how they perform in certain circumstances and different end-game activities. It's one of the game's easiest specs in Dragonflight, so you should definitely give try it!