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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+2.4s50%
  3. 3Bestial Wrath+2.9s100%
  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 Command80 casts→Cobra Shot53%Barbed Shot19%Dire Beast18%
  • Cobra Shot67 casts→Kill Command45%Barbed Shot26%Cobra Shot21%
  • Barbed Shot51 casts→Kill Command76%Cobra Shot8%Bestial Wrath6%
  • Dire Beast17 casts→Barbed Shot41%Cobra Shot41%Dire Beast18%
  • Bestial Wrath10 casts→Kill Command70%Barbed Shot20%Survival of the Fittest10%
  • Dire Beast6 casts→Barbed Shot33%Kill Command33%Dire Beast17%

Ability usage

Casts per minute across 12 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

5 fights where almost all damage went to the boss

  1. 1Kill Command16.3per min
  2. 2Cobra Shot12.7per min
  3. 3Barbed Shot9.8per min
  4. 4Wild Thrash3.7per min
  5. 5Dire Beast3.6per min
  6. 6Bestial Wrath1.2per min

Multi-target

3 fights with substantial add damage

  1. 1Kill Command18.0per min
  2. 2Cobra Shot16.9per min
  3. 3Barbed Shot10.7per min
  4. 4Dire Beast4.3per min
  5. 5Bestial Wrath2.0per min
  6. 6Hunter's Mark0.2per 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 30/08/2026. 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.

  • Versatility37.0%829 avg
  • Mastery32.8%765 avg
  • Haste17.3%411 avg
  • Critical Strike12.8%322 avg

What PvE players are playing

Talent choices across 343 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 Frenzy88%

    292 players · Specialization

  • Dire Command85%

    280 players · Specialization

  • Dire Frenzy84%

    279 players · Specialization

  • Wildspeaker84%

    279 players · Specialization

  • Huntmaster's Call84%

    278 players · Specialization

  • Dire Beast84%

    277 players · Specialization

  • Horsehair Tether82%

    273 players · Class

  • Pathfinding82%

    273 players · Class

  • Concussive Shot82%

    272 players · Class

  • Improved Traps81%

    269 players · Class

  • Killer Instinct77%

    254 players · Specialization

  • Wilderness Medicine63%

    207 players · Class

  • Improved Snaring44%

    147 players · Class

  • Born To Be Wild37%

    124 players · Class

  • Kodo Tranquilizer34%

    113 players · Class

  • Disruptive Rounds33%

    108 players · Class

  • Improved Aspect of the Cheetah20%

    66 players · Class

  • Emergency Salve18%

    59 players · Class

  • Razor Sharp18%

    59 players · Specialization

  • Serrated Tips17%

    56 players · Class

  • Scare Beast16%

    54 players · Class

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

    331 players · Class

  • Improved Aspect of the Turtle100%

    331 players · Class

  • Natural Mending100%

    331 players · Class

  • Padded Armor100%

    331 players · Class

  • Posthaste100%

    331 players · Class

  • Precision Strikes100%

    331 players · Class

  • Rejuvenating Wind100%

    331 players · Class

  • Specialized Arsenal100%

    331 players · Class

  • Survival of the Fittest100%

    331 players · Class

  • Touch of Grass99%

    329 players · Class

  • Unnatural Causes99%

    329 players · Class

  • Guardian's Hide99%

    328 players · Class

  • Hunter's Avoidance99%

    328 players · Class

  • Lone Survivor99%

    327 players · Class

  • Trigger Finger98%

    326 players · Class

  • Scout's Instincts97%

    321 players · Class

Rarely taken (116)under 15% — situational or out of favour
  • Beast Cleave11%

    38 players · Specialization

  • Kill Cleave11%

    38 players · Specialization

  • Serpentine Strikes11%

    38 players · Specialization

  • Wild Thrash11%

    38 players · Specialization

  • Laceration11%

    36 players · Specialization

  • Aspect of the Beast6.9%

    23 players · Specialization

  • Misdirection6.0%

    20 players · Class

  • Thrill of the Hunt6.0%

    20 players · Specialization

  • Moment of Opportunity5.1%

    17 players · Class

  • Aimed Shot4.5%

    15 players · Specialization

  • Avian Specialization4.5%

    15 players · Specialization

  • Counter Shot4.5%

    15 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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