Beat Beast Mastery Hunter

What they want to do

Keep the pet on a target, stack Barbed Shot, then Bestial Wrath plus Call of the Wild. They win Solo Shuffle if you ignore the pet and dump a go into Aspect of the Turtle.

Main danger

Pet damage during Bestial Wrath, plus Aspect of the Turtle eating a stun. Intimidation is the setup — the pet is the kill.

Interrupt priority

1. 1 Their healer

   You almost never interrupt the hunter. Hold the interrupt for the healer they are killing.

2. 1 Your casts in Counter Shot range

   They interrupt you. Do not hard-cast at 40 yards during Bestial Wrath — they lock you out while the pet kills you.

3. 2 Intimidation (pet stun — not a cast)

   You cannot kick it. Crowd-control the pet or trinket the stun. Looking for a hunter cast is how you die.

Watch for

• Bestial Wrath overlapping Call of the Wild — that is the go you die to. Wall or crowd-control the pet before it lands.
• Aspect of the Turtle used to immune a crowd control, then Bestial Wrath. Sit Turtle; do not dump into it.
• Intimidation on you as the pet is already attacking. Crowd-control the pet or trinket the stun.
• Feign Death into Freezing Trap at your feet. Look down before you recast.

Offensive cooldowns

• Bestial Wrath. Hunter and pet both spike. Wall or crowd-control the pet before this lands, not after.
• Call of the Wild. Extra pets, extra Kill Commands. This is the overlap with Bestial Wrath you actually die to.
• Barbed Shot. Uptime engine. If the pet is hitting you, Barbed Shot is rolling. Crowd-control the pet to break the loop.
• Kill Command. The pet hit. You cannot line it if the pet is on you — crowd-control or kill the pet.

Defensive cooldowns

• Aspect of the Turtle. Full immunity. Sit. They often Turtle a stun, then immediately Bestial Wrath. Do not dump offensive cooldowns into it.
• Survival of the Fittest. Damage reduction. Keep chip pressure unless Bestial Wrath is also up.
• Feign Death. Drops targeting and some damage-over-time effects. Do not recast instantly — Freezing Trap is coming.
• Roar of Sacrifice. Pet external on a partner. Treat it like a small wall; swap or wait the duration.
• Exhilaration. Self and pet heal. Keep going unless Aspect of the Turtle is also up.

Crowd control

• Intimidation
• Freezing Trap
• Binding Shot
• Concussive Shot
• Scatter Shot if talented

Dispels

• Freezing Trap is the crowd control to immune or wait — do not trinket into a second trap.
• Do not trinket Binding Shot; it roots you for Bestial Wrath. Trinket Intimidation if you have to trinket something.

Mobility

Disengage, Aspect of the Cheetah, pet dash. They reset range for free. Do not chase a Disengage in a straight line; Binding Shot is at the landing.

Kill windows

• Aspect of the Turtle and Survival of the Fittest are down and the pet is crowd-controlled
• After Bestial Wrath without a kill
• When they Feign Death in the open with no trap down

When to run

Bestial Wrath is up, the pet is free, and you have no wall. Line the hunter; crowd-control the pet. Do not hard-cast in Counter Shot range.

When to attack

After Aspect of the Turtle. When the pet is trapped or crowd-controlled. After Bestial Wrath without a kill. After a wasted Intimidation.

Common tricks

• The pet is the spec. Intimidation, Kill Command, and half the damage disappear if it is crowd-controlled.
• They Turtle crowd control, not damage — your stun is the bait, Bestial Wrath is the punish. Force Turtle with cheap crowd control, then go.
• Feign Death into Freezing Trap is still real. Look at their feet before you recast.

Common mistakes against them

• Ignoring the pet so Kill Command and Intimidation keep landing.
• Hard-casting in Counter Shot range during Bestial Wrath.
• Dumping your offensive cooldowns into Aspect of the Turtle.
• Trinketing Binding Shot instead of Intimidation.