Did Beast Mastery Hunter Just Shoot to the Top DPS Spot? - Estimated Class Tuning for Sept 9th

Posted 2025/09/08 at 1:00 PM by Squishei

full hotfix NotesSeptember 9th Class Tuning

Estimated Changes

Notes

Spec

Single

Mythic+

5.1%

Less if they forget to buff pet and guardian damage.

Blood DK
(San'layn)

5.1%

Less if they forget to buff pet and guardian damage.

Balance Druid

4.7%

1.5%

3.5%

2.0%

11.5%8%11%

Single target includes a Hero Talent Swap. Hotfix was changed mid day. SimC optimizations brought it back up. Please see writer comment below.

Discipline Priest

1-2%

Beast Mastery Hunter Writer Comment

Tarlo

Before last week's tuning buffs were announced, there was a SimC bugfix which increased the estimated Dark Ranger damage in single-target by ~6% (which by itself would not have been enough to overtake Pack Leader). The buffs in the hotfix coming tomorrow have buffed Dark Ranger by 18% in single-target. This has moved Dark Ranger from a bit behind to significantly ahead of Pack Leader in single-target. The newest Dark Ranger is about 11.5% ahead of the strongest current Pack Leader build in single-target and 6.5% ahead of the strongest Pack Leader build while accounting for the baseline Beast Mastery buff.

This also brings Beast Mastery a strong 1-minute burst damage profile which fits this particular raid very well. All in all, Dark Ranger will now be the default choice for most raid encounters, if not all.

Most Beast Mastery Hunters will want to re-asses their stat priorities and their trinket choices due to these changes. You will most likely want to drop some of your Mastery for some Versatility. We are also likely an excellent Power Infusion-target now. Bloody Frenzy is also once again an option for easy cleave in several raid encounters. The guide will be updated with reset.

For M+, this is a straightforward 5% buff to the spec, and we stick to Pack Leader. The No-Multi-Shot build benefits especially from this.

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Comment by mewhywhyNice bait to get BM nerfed to lowest on WCL again. GJ.Comment by OxyiaDevastation Evoker does not play Scalecommander. It is now closer to Flameshaper after this buff, but still not quite as strong. In other words, Dev did not actually get buffed. Thought it was worth pointing that out.Comment by MarkElfThe clickbaits get more and more wild with every post.Comment by AerogosaDevastation Evoker does not play Scalecommander. It is now closer to Flameshaper after this buff, but still not quite as strong. In other words, Dev did not actually get buffed. Thought it was worth pointing that out.Comment by snokesmaloneProbably still be in the low to middle area in terms of dps, which is alright.Comment by Seiryoku1And of course they happen to fix a significant bug at the same time. But even without that, why on earth did BM get an aura buff if the aim was raid performance, Blizzard? Can you please keep other areas of end-game content in mind when you make balance changes?

- Sincerely, a Windwalker playerComment by Xynth77The spec with the most mobility in the game now will have the highest sim too. Crazy.Comment by Owljinnice boomy buff, 4,7% of nothing is nothing?Comment by minka25Close all class discordsComment by BadbadDevastation Evoker does not play Scalecommander. It is now closer to Flameshaper after this buff, but still not quite as strong. In other words, Dev did not actually get buffed. Thought it was worth pointing that out.Comment by MarhaultIt will promptly get nerfed soon enough because it is not Blizzard's sacred mage.Comment by PhaentumRegardless of the outcome, this title was pure click-bait,Comment by BadbadProbably still be in the low to middle area in terms of dps, which is alright.Comment by GoyzaworldIn the nicest way possible this is absolutely pathetic.. not fair to the folks that have played for years and you guys wanna buff the specs / classes that take 2 brain cells to play…. But the in depth classes are weak and harder to play rotation wise? Make it make sense… you guys have developed this game and I’ve been played on and off for 20 years now. Seriously tighten up your staff or something got to give.. classes shouldn’t be stronger than others each patch. They should be equal and your skill cap determines your dps, healing, tank performance… “let’s me beast mastery hunter #1 dps”…. Like seriously ? Worst call in Blizzard history. They didn’t even use a hunter in the worlds first. LOL. Make the classes that take skill to play great again. Because it’s non sense to players playing with 20x more skills than people that play 2 brain cells classes and get out done by them…. Smh again make it make sense. You guys are rich as hell and have been developing this game for over 20 years and certain classes with high skill caps still suck… cmon… as a 20 year player of wow im really disappointed with how classes are performing. Like how’s a fury warrior aoe capped out dps a destro lock? That makes zero sense blizzard….. cmonComment by fokershow many articles for a nothingburger update?

no vengeance(especially felscarred) 10-20% aura dps buff,no nerf to mythic nexus king/dimensius this update is worthlessComment by Badbadhow many articles for a nothingburger update?

no vengeance(especially felscarred) 10-20% aura dps buff,no nerf to mythic nexus king/dimensius this update is worthlessComment by GoyzaworldBlizzard tuning has gotten so bad that some dps specs are doing equal or less than tanks in aoe situations. Again make it make sense….Comment by IsmashIn the nicest way possible this is absolutely pathetic.. not fair to the folks that have played for years and you guys wanna buff the specs / classes that take 2 brain cells to play…. But the in depth classes are weak and harder to play rotation wise? Make it make sense… you guys have developed this game and I’ve been played on and off for 20 years now. Seriously tighten up your staff or something got to give.. classes shouldn’t be stronger than others each patch. They should be equal and your skill cap determines your dps, healing, tank performance… “let’s me beast mastery hunter #1 dps”…. Like seriously ? Worst call in Blizzard history. They didn’t even use a hunter in the worlds first. LOL. Make the classes that take skill to play great again. Because it’s non sense to players playing with 20x more skills than people that play 2 brain cells classes and get out done by them…. Smh again make it make sense. You guys are rich as hell and have been developing this game for over 20 years and certain classes with high skill caps still suck… cmon… as a 20 year player of wow im really disappointed with how classes are performing. Like how’s a fury warrior aoe capped out dps a destro lock? That makes zero sense blizzard….. cmonComment by BonkyBeast master shouldnt be top no matter what.
Its a class that can do consistant damage no matter what.
If it get buffed that hard remove the ability to cast on the move.Comment by fokershow many articles for a nothingburger update?

no vengeance(especially felscarred) 10-20% aura dps buff,no nerf to mythic nexus king/dimensius this update is worthless

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