Hunter
Beast Mastery
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Beast Mastery Hunter
Strengths
- Empowered pet: Unleashed FuryBeast Mastery · Row 3 · 5 ranksIncreases the damage done by your pet by 3% / 6% / 9% / 12% / 15%., FerocityBeast Mastery · Row 4 · 5 ranksIncreases your pet's critical strike chance by 2% / 4% / 6% / 8% / 10%., Kindred SpiritsBeast Mastery · Row 10 · 5 ranksIncreases your pet's damage by 4% / 8% / 12% / 16% / 20%, and your and your pet's movement speed by 2% / 4% / 6% / 8% / 10% while your pet is active. Does not stack with other movement speed effects. and FrenzyBeast Mastery · Row 6 · 5 ranksRequires: Ferocity (5 ranks)Gives your pet a 20% / 40% / 60% / 80% / 100% chance to gain 30% attack speed for 8 seconds after a critical strike. increase the pet's damage, and Bestial WrathBeast Mastery · Row 7 · 1 rankInstant · 2 min cooldown · Duration 10 secRequires: Intimidation (1 rank)Sends your pet into a rage for 10 seconds: it deals 50% more damage, feels no fear and cannot be stopped unless killed. makes it even more dangerous for 10 seconds.
- Exotic pets: Beast MasteryBeast Mastery · Row 11 · 1 rankLets you tame exotic pets and grants your pets 4 more talent points. lets you tame beasts that other Hunters cannot train.
- Group support: Ferocious InspirationBeast Mastery · Row 7 · 3 ranksIncreases all damage done by party and raid members within 100 yards of your pet by 1% / 2% / 3%, and the damage of Arcane Shot and Steady Shot by 3% / 6% / 9%. increases the damage of the whole raid near the pet.
- Accessible rotation: since Wrath of the Lich King, Steady Shot1.5 sec castA steady shot that deals weapon damage plus ammo plus 252, increased by ranged attack power. Deals 175 more damage to dazed targets. no longer delays Auto ShotInstantAutomatically shoots the target until cancelled. All of the Hunter's ranged attacks have 15% increased attack speed., and the rotation follows a simple priority order.
Weaknesses
- Pet dependency: part of the damage disappears if the pet dies, and it must then be revived.
- Minimum range: ranged attacks do not work against an enemy that is too close.
- Mana management: Multi-ShotInstant · 10 sec cooldownFires several missiles, hitting 3 targets for 408 additional damage. and VolleyChanneled · Duration 6 secChanneled: fires a volley of ammo at the target area, dealing 353 Arcane damage to enemies within 8 yards every second for 6 seconds, increased by ranged attack power. are expensive, and mana can run out in long fights.
- Few new abilities: the Beast Mastery rotation relies mostly on familiar shots.
