Tag Archives: Beast Mastery

Hunter News

Beast Mastery buffs for 8.1.5 (don’t get too excited)

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Blizzard has finally announced a buff for Beast Mastery. This is what's happening with 8.1.5 next week:
  • Barbed Shot damage increased by 125%.
  • Barbed Shot’s bleed damage now ignores the target’s armor.
  • Cobra Shot damage increased by 25%.
It works out to roughly a 6-7% single target buff. It doesn't … Continue Reading ››
Opinion

The current state of Hunters in Battle of Dazar’alor

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I am pretty jealous of Warlocks right now. Imagine playing a pure DPS class where all 3 of your specs are not only competitive, but chart topping in the current raid. Imagine having that kind of choice. Hunters are sort of the opposite. Beast Mastery is far and away the worst spec (from a DPS perspective) … Continue Reading ››
Hunter Guides, Hunter News

Beast Mastery Hunter Guide for Battle for Azeroth

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Just thought I'd post that everything has been updated on my Wowhead Beast Mastery Guide and is now relevant for level 120. The guide is more detailed than it has been in the past as Wowhead has really upped their standards for class guides (seriously, this was a ton of work). You can easily … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News, Opinion

BfA Alpha: Changes to Dire Frenzy and Dire Beast, Bestial Wrath goes on the global cooldown

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There is no longer a choice between Dire Frenzy or Dire Beast, all BM Hunters will now be using Dire Frenzy for their Focus generator/Bestial Wrath reset. Well, now it's actually called Barbed Shot instead of Dire Frenzy, and it behaves totally like a shot (in that it requires a ranged weapon, and uses … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News

BfA Alpha: Beast Mastery gets a couple of new talents (build 26433)

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Finally, we have a bit of action in the Beast Mastery talent tree! In today's BfA alpha build, there is a brand new talent and one redesigned talent.

New Level 15 talent

Killer Instinct: Kill Command deals 50% increased damage against enemies below 35% health. (replaces Big Game Hunter)

BM has an execute again! … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News

Changes to Focus in Battle for Azeroth

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In Battle for Azeroth, Focus is still a resource across the whole Hunter class, but it works a little differently for each specialization. Beast Mastery is staying the same (mostly passive regeneration), while Marksmanship is going back to a pre-Legion type of Hunter where the majority of Focus regeneration is active rather than passive. Survival … Continue Reading ››
Opinion

BfA: Ideas to improve Beast Mastery Hunters in 8.0

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The release of Battle for Azeroth is coming up fast. Quickly enough that I'm getting a bit worried about the state of Beast Mastery. My main concern is the talents as there are a lot of mandatory and just plain dead talents that will never be considered. Beast Mastery in Legion is in a decent place … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News, Opinion

BfA Alpha: Opinions and feedback on the three Hunter specs in early April

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I've been trying to play all three Hunter specs pretty equally on the alpha, including leveling, dungeons, and island expeditions. This will be the first of hopefully several posts on my current opinion of the state of the class on alpha/beta. I'm also going to keep this bullet point form to make it easy for … Continue Reading ››
Hunter Pets, Opinion

BfA Alpha: Survival is starting to feel more like Beast Mastery than Beast Mastery

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After playing all 3 specs on the Battle for Azeroth alpha, I've come to the conclusion that Survival feels like what Beast Mastery should feel like. I'm not talking about melee combat. I'm talking about the pet and the hunter being an actual duo, playing off each other and reliant on each other. Beast Mastery Hunters … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News, Hunter Pets

Beast Mastery pet dual wielding to return in Battle for Azeroth

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If you were worried about losing Hati, worry no more. In today's alpha build a new talent has appeared called Animal Companion:

"Your Call Pet additionally summons the first pet from your stable. This pet will obey your Kill Command, but cannot use pet family abilities."

It replaces Way of the Cobra. It doesn't … Continue Reading ››