Beast Mastery Hunter
vs
Marksmanship Hunter
What’s the best spec for Hunters, Marksmanship or Beast Mastery? Below breaks down their current DPS potential and compares the two.
This page analyzes multiple simulations for both Marksmanship Hunters and Beast Mastery Hunters using profiles and settings intended to achieve their maximum DPS. Multiple sim environments are used to test how they perform in various conditions. Is one the AoE king? Does one scale better with gear upgrades? Is one more bursty, and more reliant on big cooldowns? Below analyzes the data to find the strengths of each.
Simulation results were created with SimulationCraft
Using game data from Patch 10.0.5 • WoW Dragonflight •
- Beast Mastery Hunter
- Best boss DPS (in perfect settings)Beast Mastery Hunter achieved 5.86% more maximum boss DPS than Marksmanship Hunter when there was no movement or lag.
- Best boss DPS (in realistic settings)Beast Mastery Hunter achieved 7.73% more maximum boss DPS than Marksmanship Hunter when dealing with occasional movement, lag and crowd-control.
- Best AoE DPS (in perfect settings)Beast Mastery Hunter achieved 2.43% more AoE DPS than Marksmanship Hunter when there was no movement or lag.
- Least affected by movement (single-target)Beast Mastery Hunter’s single-target DPS was -38.08% less affected by increased movement compared to Marksmanship Hunters.
- Best gear scalingBeast Mastery Hunter scaled better with increased item-levels, single-target DPS benefited 7.92% more from 372 ilvl to 422 compared to Marksmanship Hunters.
- Simplest GameplayBeast Mastery Hunter has fewer damaging abilities which could indicate a simpler rotation.
- DPS less dependant on big cooldownsBeast Mastery Hunter’s DPS is less bursty, meaning it had more consistent damage. With 36.84% less difference in lowest and peak DPS during a fight when compared to Marksmanship Hunters.
Marksmanship Hunter
While the above highlights the DPS advantages between Beast Mastery and Marksmanship Hunters, the DPS potential should not be the only factor in your decision. Ultimately, you should also consider the playstyle that you enjoy most while crushing it in Mythics+ and Raids!
Resources
- Beast Mastery Hunter
- DPS Rankings
- Beast Mastery Hunter Class Guide
- Beast Mastery Hunter Sim Details
- Marksmanship Hunter
- DPS Rankings
- Marksmanship Hunter Class Guide
- Marksmanship Hunter Sim Details
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