Beast Mastery Hunter Raid Guide

Binding Shot -- Casts Binding Shot on your cursor without confirmation.

#showtooltip
/cast [@cursor] Binding Shot

Tar Trap - Uses Tar Trap on your cursor position without confirmation.

#showtooltip Tar Trap
/cast [@cursor] Tar Trap

Barbed Shot -- Casts Barbed Shot on your mouseover or target.

#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover] Barbed Shot

Tranquilizing Shot -- Casts Tranquilizing Shot on your mouseover target.

#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover] Tranquilizing Shot

Concussive Shot -- Casts Concussive Shot on your mouseover target.

#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover] Concussive Shot

Kill Command pet attack -- Casts Kill Command and your pets basic attack at your target.

#showtooltip Kill Command
/petattack
/cast Kill Command
/cast [@pettarget]Claw
/cast [@pettarget]Bite
/cast [@pettarget]Smack

Multi-Shot pet attack -- Casts Multi-Shot and your pets basic attack at your target.

#showtooltip Multi-Shot
/petattack
/cast Multi-Shot
/cast [@pettarget]Claw
/cast [@pettarget]Bite
/cast [@pettarget]Smack

Barbed Shot pet attack -- Casts Barbed Shot and your pets basic attack at your target.

#showtooltip Barbed Shot
/petattack
/cast Barbed Shot
/cast [@pettarget]Claw
/cast [@pettarget]Bite
/cast [@pettarget]Smack

Cobra Shot pet attack -- Casts Cobra Shot and your pets basic attack at your target.

#showtooltip Cobra Shot
/cast Cobra Shot
/cast [@pettarget]Claw
/cast [@pettarget]Bite
/cast [@pettarget]Smack

Counter Shot focus -- Casts Counter Shot at your focus target or your current target if your focus target doesn't exist.

#showtooltip Counter Shot
/cast [@focus,exists,harm,nodead][] Counter Shot

Aspect of the Turtle cancelaura -- Casts Aspect of the Turtle and allows you to immediately cancel it upon pressing it again.

#showtooltip
/cast Aspect of the Turtle
/cancelaura Aspect of the Turtle

• MRT -- Notes, Raid cooldowns, and more
  • Helpful addon for Raiders, especially for Raid leaders and officers.
• ElvUI -- Full User Interface replacement
  • A user interface designed around user-friendliness with extra features that are not included in the standard UI.
  • Alternatively, you can also use Shadowed Unit Frames (SUF) and an action bar addon of your choice or of course the stock UI.
• BigWigs -- Generic Boss Mod
  • BigWigs is a boss encounter add-on. It consists of many individual encounter scripts, or boss modules; mini add-ons that are designed to trigger alert messages, timer bars, sounds, and so forth, for one specific Raid encounter.
• WeakAuras -- Jack of all trades
  • WeakAuras is a powerful and flexible framework that allows the display of highly customizable graphics on World of Warcraft's user interface to indicate buffs, debuffs, and other relevant information. This addon was created to be a lightweight replacement for Power Auras but has since introduced more functionalities while remaining efficient and easy to use.
• Plater -- Advanced Nameplates
  • Plater is a nameplate addon with an extraordinary amount of settings, out of the box debuff tracking, threat coloring, and support for scripting similar to WeakAuras and wago.io + the WeakAuras-Companion for Mod/Script/Profile updates.
• Details -- In-depth Damage Meter
  • Most powerful, reliable, handsome, damage meter.

• Hunter
  • New Talent: Deathblow – Kill Command/Aimed Shot has a 10% chance to grant Deathblow.
    • Deathblow: The cooldown of Kill Shot is reset. Your next Kill Shot can be used on any target, regardless of their current health.Developer’s note: Each Hunter specialization has a way to generate Deathblow, but only Marksmanship referred to it as Deathblow. These changes are meant to unify the Deathblow design while still allowing each specialization to interface with it in a unique way.
  • Steady Shot now generates 10 Focus baseline for all specs.
  • Updated animation for Volley and Rapid Fire.
  • Improved Kill Shot has been removed.
  • Tranquilizing Shots empowered by Kodo Tranquilizer will now prioritize players.
    • Beast Mastery
      • New Talent: Snakeskin Quiver – Your auto shot has a 15% chance to also fire a Cobra Shot.
      • New Talent: Serpentine Rhythm – Casting Cobra Shot increases its damage by 15%, stacking up to 6 times. Upon reaching 6 stacks, the bonus is removed, and you gain 8% increased pet damage for 10 seconds.
      • New Talent: Barbed Scales – Casting Cobra Shot reduces the cooldown of Barbed Shot by 2 seconds.
      • Cobra Senses has been redesigned – Now reduces the Focus cost of Cobra Shot by 5 and increases its damage by 35%.
      • Hunter’s Prey has been redesigned – Kill Shot will strike 1 additional target and deal 10% increased damage for each of your active pets. Stacks up to 5 times.
      • Barbed Shot damage increased by 100%.
      • Barbed Shot cooldown increased to 18 seconds (was 12 seconds) and duration increased to 12 seconds (was 8 seconds).
      • Barbed Shot’s pet frenzy duration increased to 12 seconds (was 8 seconds).
      • Thrill of the Hunt duration increased to 12 seconds (was 8 seconds).
      • Pack Tactics energy regeneration increased to 125% (was 100%). Pack Tactics now replaces Steady Shot.
      • Animal Companion no longer reduces the damage of all your pets by 35%
      • The following pet ability damage has been reduced by 35%:
        • Kill Command
        • Bloodshed
        • Claw
        • Bite
        • Smack
        • Stomp
      • The following talents have been removed:Kindred Spirits
      • Improved Kill Command
      • Frenzy’s Personal Resource Display aura has had its duration corrected.

• Hunter
  • Rejuvenating Wind now heals 12% maximum health over its duration (was 20%).
  • An issue with Ghillie Suit not activating when uncovered by Flare effect has been resolved.
    • Beast Mastery
      • Pet melee damage reduced by 10%.
      • Laceration damage reduced to 8% (was 15%).
      • Kill Command damage reduced by 20%.
      • Huntmaster's Call Hati and Fenryr attack damage reduced by 33%.
      • Dire Beast damage reduced by 10%.
      • Smack damage reduced by 10%
      • Stomp damage reduced by 10%.
      • Barbed Shot damage reduced by 25%.
      • Laceration now has proper support attribution.
      • Fixed an issue with Territorial Instincts summoning an extra pet when talented into Animal Companion.
      • Fixed an issue that was causing Laceration to contribute 100% of pet critical strike damage instead of 8%.

• Hunter
  • New Talent: Laceration – Whenever your pets critically strike, they cause their target to bleed for 15% of the damage dealt.
  • New Talent: Go For the Throat – Kill Command deals increased critical strike damage equal to 100% of your critical strike chance.
  • New Talent: Venom's Bite – Kill Shot applies Serpent Sting for 12 seconds.
  • New Talent: Venomous Bite – Bloodshed damage bonus increased by an additional 15% and makes Kill Command deal 20% increased damage to the target.
  • New Talent: Shower of Blood – Bloodshed now hits two additional targets near the primary target.
  • New Talent: Basilisk Collar – Each damage over time effect on your target increases the damage they receive from your pet's attacks by 5%/10%.
  • New Talent: Huntmaster's Call – Every 3 casts of Dire Beast sounds the Horn of Valor, summoning either Hati or Fenryr to battle. Hati increases the damage of all your pets by 8%. Fenryr pounces your primary target, inflicting a heavy bleed that deals damage over 8 seconds and grants you 10% Haste.
  • New Talent: Explosive Venom – Every 5 casts of Cobra Shot or Multi-Shot makes your next Multi-Shot or Explosive Shot apply Serpent's Sting to up to 5 targets.
  • Bloodshed has been updated – Command your pet to tear into your target, causing your target to bleed for high damage over 18 seconds and take 15% increased damage from your pet.
  • A Murder of Crows is now passive and has been updated – Every 5 casts of Kill Command summons a Murder of Crows. Murder of Crows no longer resets its cooldown if the affected target dies.
  • Barrage, Kill Command, Improved Kill Command, Killer Instinct, and Alpha Predator are now Beast Mastery talents (was Class).
    • Killer Instinct now deals 25/50% increased damage against enemies below 35% health.
  • Barrage now also grants Beast Cleave.
    • Bestial Wrath initial damage increased by 280%.
    • Kill Command damage increased by 8%.
    • Dire Beast damage increased by 10% and now grants 20 Focus.
    • War Orders now properly grants a 50% chance to reset the cooldown of Kill Command.
  • Improved Kill Command has a new icon.
  • Many 2-point talents are now 1 point.
  • The following talents have been removed:
  • One With the Pack
  • Sharp Barbs
  • Wailing Arrow
  • Cobra Sting

A: You need to space out your Barbed Shots better. In general outside of the opener or right before Bestial Wrath windows you should never send 2 Barbed Shots back-to-back.