Beast Mastery Hunter DPS Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities — 12.0.5

Ensure Hunter's Mark is active on your primary target.

1. Pre-cast your Algeth'ar Puzzle Box around 2 seconds before combat begins if there is a pulltimer. If not, use it right before Bestial Wrath.
2. Cast all of your Barbed Shots as the pull is gathered.
3. Cast Black Arrow. If it hits 3 or more targets, it will grant Beast Cleave.
4. Use your Potion, Racials, etc.
5. Use Wild Thrash here only if the Black Arrow did not give you Beast Cleave.
6. Use Wild Thrash.
7. Bestial Wrath
8. Wild Thrash
9. Kill Command
10. Barbed Shot
11. Kill Command
12. Black Arrow
13. Continue with the priority list as described below.

Below is the priority system that describes the optimal AoE rotation for Beast Mastery Hunter.

1. Cast Barbed Shot if it is on 2 charges.
2. Cast Wild Thrash on cooldown.
3. Cast Bestial Wrath on cooldown.
4. Cast Wild Thrash on cooldown.
5. Cast Kill Command on cooldown. Notably, you do not need to worry about Nature's Ally here.
6. Cast Cobra Shot if Wild Thrash isn't coming up, Hogstrider is up, and you are fighting only 2-3 mobs. This is an extremely minor min-max not worth worrying about for most people.
7. Cast Kill Command on cooldown with Nature's Ally or Howl of the Pack Leader.
8. Cast Barbed Shot on cooldown.
9. Cast Cobra Shot as a filler. Do not cast it right before entering Bestial Wrath.
10. Cast Cobra Shot as a filler. Do not cast it right before Wild Thrash.
11. Cast Cobra Shot as a filler.
12. When Bestial Wrath is coming off cooldown or is about to be used, use all of your Barbed Shots.
13. Cast Black Arrow to activate Beast Cleave before Bestial Wrath.
14. Cast Bestial Wrath with Beast Cleave active.
15. Cast Wild Thrash on cooldown.
16. Cast Kill Command with Nature's Ally up. Hold a charge of it for Bestial Wrath if BW is available within the next 3 sec.
17. Cast Barbed Shot if it is on 2 charges.
18. Cast Black Arrow during Withering Fire. This buff is active for the first 10 seconds of Bestial Wrath.
19. Cast Wailing Arrow when there is less than 2 seconds left on Withering Fire, to sneak another Black Arrow into this window. If you miss this window by mistake, you should still cast a Wailing Arrow sometime before Bestial Wrath ends.
20. Cast Barbed Shot as a filler.
21. Cast Black Arrow as a filler.
22. Cast Wailing Arrow as a filler.
23. Cast Cobra Shot as a filler.

Beast Mastery does not have a lot of minmaxing, which makes this one thing even more important. This Apex Talent buffs Kill Command after using non- Kill Command abilities. In practice, this means that we are always trying to weave other abilities in-between our Kill Commands. Casting Kill Command twice in a row is never a good idea. Think of Barbed Shot and Cobra Shot as fillers that each buff your next Kill Command. Even so, it is fine to cast two fillers between Kill Command if you have to.

Beast Mastery does not have a lot of minmaxing, which makes this one thing even more important. This Apex Talent buffs Kill Command after using non- Kill Command abilities. In practice, this means that we are always trying to weave other abilities in-between our Kill Commands. Casting Kill Command twice in a row is never a good idea. Think of Black Arrow, Barbed Shot and Cobra Shot as fillers that each buff your next Kill Command. Even so, it is fine to cast two fillers between Kill Command if you have to.

FAQHow to prioritize Black Arrow?

The main thing is to never prioritize it over Kill Command. Prioritize it over Barbed Shot as a filler only if Withering Fire is up and Barbed Shot is not on 2 charges. In all other cases, prioritize it below Barbed, but above Cobra.