Beast Mastery Hunter DPS Stat Priority — The War Within (11.0.5)
On this page, you will find out the optimal stat priority for your Beast Mastery Hunter. We first present the stat priority, before delving into more complex explanations. Our content is updated for World of Warcraft — The War Within (11.0.5).
If you were looking for WotLK Classic content, please refer to our WotLK Classic Beast Mastery Hunter stat priority.
- 1. Best Stats for Beast Mastery Hunter in The War Within
- 2. Stat Priority for Beast Mastery Hunter in The War Within
- 3. Beast Mastery Hunter Pack Leader Single-Target Stat Priority
- 4. Beast Mastery Hunter Pack Leader Mythic+ Stat Priority
- 5. Beast Mastery Hunter Dark Ranger Single-Target Stat Priority
Best Stats for Beast Mastery Hunter in The War Within
Beast Mastery's Stat Priority generally breaks down to "Haste and Crit are good, everything else is not so good". I do not recommend fretting over stat priorities, as simming your gear is a far more objective and accurate way of determining the best gear for YOUR character.
Stat Priority for Beast Mastery Hunter in The War Within
Beast Mastery Hunter Pack Leader Single-Target Stat Priority
- Critical Strike;
- Haste;
- Mastery;
- Versatility.
Beast Mastery Hunter Pack Leader Mythic+ Stat Priority
- Critical Strike;
- Haste;
- Mastery;
- Versatility.
Beast Mastery Hunter Dark Ranger Single-Target Stat Priority
- Haste;
- Critical Strike;
- Mastery;
- Versatility.
Beast Mastery Hunter Dark Ranger Mythic+ Stat Priority
- Haste;
- Critical Strike;
- Mastery;
- Versatility.
How To Choose Gear For The Beast Mastery Hunter
If you are ever in doubt about what items to wear for any given situation, the only way to truly figure it out for your character is to use Raidbots (click for a guide on how to use it). This website allows you to easily compare gear you already have, as well as gear you do not have.
Gearing decisions will not always be clear-cut. This is obvious if you have ever had to choose between a high item level piece of loot with bad stats, and a lower item level piece of loot with perfect stats. These decisions and more are the reason we recommend using Raidbots to help simulate your character.
Raidbots takes everything into account including procs, RNG elements, your specific gear, racials and more. If you have made sure you performed the simulation correctly, then you can generally trust Raidbots' results to be accurate.
Best Gems, Enchants, and Consumables for Beast Mastery Hunter
The gems, enchants, and consumables you will use are directly derived from your stat priority and you can find our advice on this topic in our dedicated page.
Diminishing Returns on Stats
There are points at which certain stats will start offering less benefit. These are the points of diminishing return. After this point, stats will give progressively less benefit. This does not necessarily mean that a Stat will no longer be good past its point of diminishing returns, but if you find yourself crossing them, you should pay special attention to your sims and find out if you should look for different stats.
- 21000 Crit, or 44%;
- 19800 Haste, or 30%;
- 23400 Versatility, or 30%
- 21000 Mastery Rating
Stat Explanations
Agility is your primary stat. It provides you with Attack Power, which determines the damage your abilities do across the board.
Mastery, through Mastery: Master of Beasts, increases the damage done by all the pets and creatures that you summon. This includes your main pet, Dire Beasts and more.
Haste increases your attack speed and Focus regeneration, reduces your Global Cooldown from 1.5 seconds to a minimum of 0.750 seconds, and reduces the cooldown on your Kill Command and Barbed Shot abilities.
Critical Strike increases your chance to critically hit with all spells and abilities, causing them to deal double damage. For Beast Mastery Hunter, in particular, Critical Strike increases the frequency of Wild Call procs, which gives auto-shot critical strikes a 20% chance to reset the cooldown of Barbed Shot.
Versatility increases all your damage and healing done, and decreases all damage taken.
Changelog
- 30 Oct. 2024: Updated for October 29 Hotfixes.
- 22 Oct. 2024: Updated for Patch 11.0.5.
- 09 Sep. 2024: Added separate Stat Priorities for Pack Leader on AoE and Single-Target.
- 30 Aug. 2024: Preliminary update pass in preparation for Season 1.
- 22 Aug. 2024: Updated for The War Within.
- 23 Jul. 2024: Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch.
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