PvE Beast Mastery Hunter Stat Priority – WoW Classic

• Author: Nevermore
• Date: January 18, 2025
• Updated: January 18, 2025
• Expansion: WoW Classic

Here you can find a list of the best stats for Beast Mastery Hunters, ordered in terms of importance! Each stat will be explained in-depth, alongside any existing caps that you may be required to reach. Beast Mastery Hunters have an identical stat priority to the rest of the Hunter specializations, favoring stats such as Agility, Critical Strike Chance, Attack Power, and Intellect.

PvE Beast Mastery Hunter

Stat Priority

Best Professions

Talents & Builds

Rotation & Cooldowns

Pre-Raid & Best in Slot (BiS)

Enchants & Consumables

Stat Priority

1. Hit Chance
2. Critical Strike Chance
3. Agility
4. Attack Power
5. Intellect
6. Haste (Attack Speed)
7. Stamina
8. Strength

Hit Chance is the most important stat in WoW Classic for Beast Mastery Hunters! Without Hit Chance, none of their shots will hit their targets, meaning that only their pets will manage to deal damage. The cap for Hit Chance in WoW Classic is 9% but Hunters can function with 6% Hit Chance. Beast Mastery Hunters can spec into the Survival Tree to acquire the Surefooted talent for an extra 3% Hit Chance, but only in the beginning as the build is not good in the long run. The Hit Chance you will acquire will be mainly from gear, including special enchantments such as the Biznicks 247×128 Accurascope. In addition, certain races such as Trolls and Dwarves also have innate Hit Chance when using certain weapons through their Gun Specialization and Bow Specialization racials.

Critical Strike Chance is an extremely important stat for Hunters in general, with Beast Mastery Hunters making full use of it! It increases the overall chance of all your Auto-Attacks and Abilities to deal Critical Strikes! Hunters have talents that improve Critical Strike Chance, benefiting from Mortal Shots and Lethal Shots, meaning that players should aim to stack as much of this stat as possible. Sadly, both Mortal Shots and Lethal Shots don’t affect pets as well, meaning that only Ferocity directly impacts your pet, alongside any other Pet Critical Strike Chance stat that you will find on certain Tier sets.

There is a hard cap for Critical Strike Chance, however, in WoW Classic it is so hard to achieve the cap, that players shouldn’t bother worrying about it.

Agility is a primary stat for Beast Mastery Hunters, increasing their overall Critical Strike Chance, Attack Power with both Melee and Ranged Weapons, Armor, and Dodge Chance. You will want to stack as much of this stat as possible besides Intellect, to increase your Attack Power and Critical Strike Chance! Since every bit of Attack Power increases your damage while Critical Strike Chance simply scales amazingly, you will want to grab as much Agility as possible.

Attack Power is a stat that increases the entirety of your Damage Output, boosting both your Auto-Shots and your Abilities. You should never aim to get items that directly grant raw Attack Power unless there is no other better option. Ideally, You should get Ranged Attack Power from special items such as your Quiver or Enchants only. Some Ranged Weapons in the game also provide raw Attack Power being a great pick until you can get something better (Agility/Critical Strike Chance).

Intellect is a primary stat that increases the overall Mana Pool of Beast Mastery Hunters along with the chance to score a Critical Strike Chance with spells. You will want to stack a considerable amount of Intellect to acquire a large Mana Pool since you won’t use any Spell that can benefit from Intellect. The only ability that realistically benefits from Spell Critical Strike Chance is Arcane Shot, which is only used until you acquire Aimed Shot.

Haste (Attack Speed) is a stat that increases the frequency of your attacks! This stat is somewhat rare, being available only from a few sources such as specific enchants or quivers. Hunters can also gain this stat from the Improved Aspect of the Hawk talent and from the Rapid Fire ability for burst sequences.

Stamina is a stat that increases the overall Health Pool of a Beast Mastery Hunter! The stat is mainly found on your core items so you shouldn’t go out of your way to acquire it.

Strength is a stat that increases Melee Attack Power for Hunters. This stat is absolutely useless for you if you don’t plan on consistently Melee Weaving in combat, which is often sub-optimal in terms of Damage Output.