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Beast Mastery Hunter

Damage specialisation · Tier B in Mythic+, 3.5% 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. 4Kill Command+4s100%
  5. 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

8 fights where almost all damage went to the boss

  1. 1Kill Command15.7per min
  2. 2Cobra Shot12.7per min
  3. 3Barbed Shot9.7per min
  4. 4Wild Thrash3.8per min
  5. 5Dire Beast3.0per 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 Beast5.3per min
  5. 5Bestial Wrath2.0per min
  6. 6Survival of the Fittest0.1per min

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.

  • Versatility35.8%802 avg
  • Mastery32.8%767 avg
  • Haste17.5%417 avg
  • Critical Strike13.8%347 avg

What PvE players are playing

Talent choices across 353 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.

  • Bloody Frenzy89%

    304 players · Specialization

  • Dire Command85%

    290 players · Specialization

  • Dire Frenzy85%

    289 players · Specialization

  • Wildspeaker85%

    289 players · Specialization

  • Huntmaster's Call84%

    288 players · Specialization

  • Dire Beast84%

    287 players · Specialization

  • Concussive Shot82%

    281 players · Class

  • Pathfinding82%

    281 players · Class

  • Horsehair Tether82%

    280 players · Class

  • Improved Traps81%

    277 players · Class

  • Killer Instinct77%

    262 players · Specialization

  • Wilderness Medicine62%

    213 players · Class

  • Improved Snaring44%

    151 players · Class

  • Born To Be Wild38%

    129 players · Class

  • Kodo Tranquilizer34%

    115 players · Class

  • Disruptive Rounds33%

    111 players · Class

  • Improved Aspect of the Cheetah21%

    70 players · Class

  • Razor Sharp18%

    63 players · Specialization

  • Emergency Salve18%

    61 players · Class

  • Serrated Tips17%

    58 players · Class

  • Scare Beast16%

    55 players · Class

Near-universal picks (59)taken by 90%+ — effectively baseline
  • Combat Experience100%

    341 players · Class

  • Improved Aspect of the Turtle100%

    341 players · Class

  • Natural Mending100%

    341 players · Class

  • Padded Armor100%

    341 players · Class

  • Posthaste100%

    341 players · Class

  • Precision Strikes100%

    341 players · Class

  • Rejuvenating Wind100%

    341 players · Class

  • Specialized Arsenal100%

    341 players · Class

  • Survival of the Fittest100%

    341 players · Class

  • Touch of Grass99%

    339 players · Class

  • Unnatural Causes99%

    339 players · Class

  • Hunter's Avoidance99%

    338 players · Class

  • Guardian's Hide99%

    337 players · Class

  • Lone Survivor99%

    337 players · Class

  • Trigger Finger99%

    336 players · Class

  • Tranquilizing Shot97%

    331 players · Class

Rarely taken (116)under 15% — situational or out of favour
  • Beast Cleave12%

    40 players · Specialization

  • Kill Cleave12%

    40 players · Specialization

  • Serpentine Strikes12%

    40 players · Specialization

  • Wild Thrash12%

    40 players · Specialization

  • Laceration11%

    38 players · Specialization

  • Aspect of the Beast7.3%

    25 players · Specialization

  • Misdirection6.2%

    21 players · Class

  • Thrill of the Hunt5.9%

    20 players · Specialization

  • Moment of Opportunity5.0%

    17 players · Class

  • Aimed Shot3.8%

    13 players · Specialization

  • Avian Specialization3.8%

    13 players · Specialization

  • Counter Shot3.8%

    13 players · Class

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.

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