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Beast Mastery Hunter Guide for WoW Forever 1.60.1

Anes presents a guide to the Beast Mastery (BM) Hunter, covering version changes, race choices, talents, pet training, stats, and damage rotation. He says the spec felt comfortable and enjoyable in beta, while noting that some details may need further testing or correction.

Race Choices

• Horde: Anes favors the Orc. Its attack-power cooldown boosts both the Hunter and pet, while its axe specialization adds critical strike chance. He ranks the Troll second, mainly for its attack-speed cooldown, which pairs with Rapid Fire but does not speed up the pet.
• Alliance: Anes favors the Night Elf, citing its temporary critical strike bonus and other useful passives.
• Other options: Dwarves, Tauren, and the cross-faction Heavenly Born each have situational benefits, but Anes considers them less compelling for maximizing damage.

Class and Talent Changes

• Aimed Shot is learned at level 20 rather than through a talent, and shares a cooldown with Volley.
• Traps can now be set during combat. Fire and ice traps have separate cooldown groups, allowing one of each to be active.
• Several BM talents have been changed or added. Notable examples include:
  • Unquestioning Obedience, which enables mana regeneration in combat.
  • Intimidation, which now gives the pet a guaranteed critical hit—useful for triggering Frenzy.
• For maximum damage once geared, Anes recommends a 31/20/0 BM/Marksmanship build. For leveling, he suggests prioritizing pet survivability, movement, and utility choices that suit the player.

Pets: Training, Loyalty, and Selection

Pet loyalty increases through time spent together and experience gained. Higher loyalty provides training points, and keeping the pet happy improves its damage, so carry suitable food.

To teach a pet an ability, tame a donor pet that already knows the desired rank. Use it until the ability is learned, then teach the ability to your main pet through the training interface. Pet attack speed is an inherent trait of each beast, not a trainable ability.

Anes’s pet recommendations include:

• Cats: His top choice for single-target damage. Their attacking-family bonus and fast attacks work well with Bite, Claw, Dash, and Prowl. He points to progressively faster cat options as the Hunter levels, highlighting Broken Tooth as a rare, exceptionally fast cat.
• Bears: A durable choice that can hit multiple nearby targets.
• Boars: Durable pets that can charge to establish threat.
• Raptors: May compete with cats in single-target damage because of their damage-over-time ability, though Anes says this needs more testing.

He also surveys other pet families, noting abilities that can be useful in PvP or particular encounters.

Stats and Key Mechanics

• Aim for the 9% hit cap.
• Agility is a high priority after hit. Intellect is also valuable because the Marksmanship talent True Aim converts it into attack power.
• Ranged attack power boosts Hunter damage and contributes to the summoned hawk’s scaling.
• Critical strike and pet attack speed are especially important. Pet critical strikes trigger Frenzy, which increases the pet’s attack speed. Faster pets make Frenzy easier to maintain.
• Anes says the pet inherits the Hunter’s critical strike chance, and that updated training and talents improve pet durability.

Opener and Rotation Priorities

1. Activate Hawk effects, apply Hunter’s Mark, and send the pet in. Time Aimed Shot so it does not disrupt auto-shot.
2. Summon the hawk, apply the damage-over-time sting, and use Intimidation early to trigger a guaranteed pet critical strike and Frenzy.
3. Combine racial damage cooldowns with Bestial Wrath where appropriate. Orcs can pair their attack-power cooldown with it; Trolls and Night Elves can time their cooldowns alongside Rapid Fire.
4. Use Aimed Shot between auto-shots, keep the sting active, summon the hawk as its cooldown allows, and use Bestial Wrath and other damage cooldowns when available.
5. Avoid interrupting auto-shot. With a fast, well-geared pet, Frenzy may stay active reliably enough that Intimidation is less necessary after the opener.

Overall Assessment

Anes recommends trying BM Hunter, particularly for solo play, farming, and leveling. He considers the revamped pet toolkit and improved pet survivability major strengths, while cautioning that some calculations and beta-era details may change.

Featured creator/source: Anes (ANES | WoW Guides and Analytics) Game discussed: WoW Forever 1.60.1. Blizzard is mentioned in connection with possible future game changes.