Macho's PvE Build

Hunter class icon Beast Mastery Hunter specialization icon
Beast Mastery Hunter
Night Elf race icon
Night Elf
488 ilvl
Season 3
3673 Mythic+

Macho (Dalaran EU) is a Top Mythic+ Beast Mastery Hunter in World of Warcraft Dragonflight Season 3, achieving a rating of 3673 with 488 ilvl equipment.

Here is the breakdown of his 10.2.6 PvE character build from , featuring stats, talents, gear, embellishments, enchantments, and gems. Use this as a reference to enhance and inspire your own Beast Mastery Hunter build.

Stat Priority

Stats are crucial attributes that directly influence a character's power in World of Warcraft. They not only determine the character's strength but also define the overall feel and playstyle. Stat bonuses can be found on various pieces of equipment, in consumables created by the Alchemy profession, certain foods, some enchantments , and gems .

It's important to note that each stat experiences diminishing returns once its equipped bonus reaches +20%. This means that optimizing a character's performance involves more than just maximizing each stat; it's about finding a balanced distribution. Here is how Macho's Secondary and Minor stats are distributed.

Secondary Stats
+5048
42% Critical Strike
+4919
29% Haste
+5713
75% Mastery
+1001
5% Versatility
  1. Mastery
  2. Critical Strike
  3. Haste
  4. Versatility
Minor Stats
+657
9% Avoidance
+0
0% Leech
+250
5% Speed
  1. Avoidance
  2. Speed
  3. Leech

Class Talents

Talents are the main element defining a character's build, significantly influencing the playstyle by adding, modifying, and enhancing character abilities and behaviors. They are crucial in shaping how a character functions in battle.

Class talents represent a common tree shared across all Hunter specializations. These talents provide foundational skills and enhancements that are essential and universal to the Hunter class. They offer a range of abilities that lay the groundwork for a Hunter's overall capabilities, regardless of the chosen specialization.

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Take a peek at Macho's selected Class Talents below:

Kill Command
1
Concussive Shot
Kill Shot
1
Trailblazer
Posthaste
2
Improved Kill Shot
Wilderness Medicine
Counter Shot
1
Natural Mending
2
Tar Trap
1
Misdirection
Survival of the Fittest
1
Tranquilizing Shot
1
Entrapment
Improved Traps
Nature's Endurance
1
Born To Be Wild
2
Scare Beast
Improved Tranquilizing Shot
Intimidation
1
Binding Shot
1
Rejuvenating Wind
2
Camouflage
1
Sentinel
Binding Shackles
1
Hunter's Avoidance
1
Pathfinding
1
Sentinel's Perception
Beast Master
2
Keen Eyesight
2
Master Marksman
2
Improved Kill Command
2
Serrated Shots
1
Arctic Bola
Serpent Sting
Alpha Predator
1
Steel Trap
Death Chakram
1
Explosive Shot
Poison Injection

Specialization Talents

Specialization talents constitute a specialized tree, providing Beast Mastery Hunters with unique abilities and enhancements tailored to their combat style.

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Take a peek at Macho's selected Specialization Talents below:

Cobra Shot
1
Pack Tactics
1
Multi-Shot
1
Barbed Shot
1
Aspect of the Beast
1
Kindred Spirits
Training Expert
1
Animal Companion
1
Beast Cleave
2
Killer Command
Sharp Barbs
Cobra Sting
Thrill of the Hunt
2
Kill Cleave
1
A Murder of Crows
Cobra Senses
Dire Beast
Bestial Wrath
1
War Orders
2
Hunter's Prey
Stomp
2
Barbed Wrath
1
Wild Call
1
Savagery
1
Dire Command
2
Scent of Blood
2
One with the Pack
Master Handler
1
Dire Frenzy
2
Wailing Arrow
Brutal Companion
Call of the Wild
1
Dire Pack
Piercing Fangs
1
Bloody Frenzy
1

PvP Talents

PvP talents are specifically tailored for player-versus-player combat scenarios. Activated in arenas, battlegrounds, and the open world with war mode enabled, these talents are designed to optimize a Beast Mastery Hunter's performance in PvP encounters. They provide specialized enhancements and strategies that give players an edge in combat against other players, reflecting the unique demands of PvP gameplay.

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Take a peek at Macho's selected PvP Talents below:

The Beast Within
Dire Beast: Hawk
Dire Beast: Basilisk
Interlope
Survival Tactics
1
Chimaeral Sting
1
Hunting Pack
Tranquilizing Darts
Wild Kingdom
Kindred Beasts
1
Diamond Ice

Best In Slot And Gear

Gear consists of items that directly determine a character's power level. It can be acquired from diverse sources: dungeon, raid, world drops, crafted through various professions, obtained from PvP vendors, or chosen as rewards from the Great Vault.

Each piece of gear significantly boosts a character's overall strength and capabilities. Here are the items currently equipped by Macho.

Head

  1. Blazing Dreamstalker's Flamewaker Horns item set icon
    set
    Blazing Dreamstalker's Flamewaker Horns

Neck

  1. Chain of the Green Flight item icon
    Chain of the Green Flight

Shoulders

  1. Blazing Dreamstalker's Finest Hunt item set icon
    set
    Blazing Dreamstalker's Finest Hunt

Back

  1. Vibrant Wildercloth Shawl item icon
    Vibrant Wildercloth Shawl

Chest

  1. Blazing Dreamstalker's Scaled Hauberk item set icon
    set
    Blazing Dreamstalker's Scaled Hauberk

Wrist

  1. Flame-Touched Cuffs item icon
    Flame-Touched Cuffs

Hands

  1. Blazing Dreamstalker's Skinners item set icon
    set
    Blazing Dreamstalker's Skinners

Waist

  1. Forlorn Leaf Clasp item icon
    Forlorn Leaf Clasp

Legs

  1. Blazing Dreamstalker's Shellgreaves item set icon
    set
    Blazing Dreamstalker's Shellgreaves

Feet

  1. Cleats of the Savage Claw item icon
    Cleats of the Savage Claw

Ring 1

  1. Anthia's Ring item icon
    Anthia's Ring

Ring 2

  1. Signet of Titanic Insight item icon
    Signet of Titanic Insight

Trinket 1

  1. Witherbark's Branch item icon
    Witherbark's Branch

Trinket 2

  1. Ember of Nullification item icon
    Ember of Nullification

Main Hand

  1. Magmatic Volcannon item icon
    Magmatic Volcannon

Embellishments

Embellishments are unique effects that can be added to crafted items, either as predefined elements in recipes or through an optional embellishment reagent, creating embellished gear. These enhancements diversify and amplify characters' capabilities.

Here are the embellishments equipped by Macho for the Beast Mastery Hunter specialization.

  1. Flame-Touched Cuffs embellishment item icon
    Blue Silken Lining

Enchantments

Enchantments provide minor yet valuable enhancements to various items, including Head, Back, Chest, Wrist, Waist, Legs, Rings, Feet, Main Hand, and Off Hand.

Most enchantments are crafted via the Enchanting profession. However, Waist enchantments specifically require Blacksmithing, Legs enhancements are crafted by Leatherworkers, and Head enchantments come from the Incandescent Essence , a reward obtained through a quest in the Amirdrassil raid.

Enchantments are usually available at the auction house, making them accessible for upgrades. Here are the specific enchantments chosen by Macho for each equipment slot.

Head

  1. Incandescent Essence enchantment icon
    Incandescent Essence

Back

  1. Graceful Avoidance enchantment icon
    Graceful Avoidance

Chest

  1. Waking Stats enchantment icon
    Waking Stats

Wrist

  1. +200 Avoidance enchantment icon
    +200 Avoidance

Waist

  1. Shadowed Belt Clasp enchantment icon
    Shadowed Belt Clasp

Legs

  1. Fierce Armor Kit enchantment icon
    Fierce Armor Kit

Feet

  1. Plainsrunner's Breeze enchantment icon
    Plainsrunner's Breeze

Ring 1

  1. +82 Haste enchantment icon
    +82 Haste

Ring 2

  1. +82 Haste enchantment icon
    +82 Haste

Main Hand

  1. High Intensity Thermal Scanner enchantment icon
    High Intensity Thermal Scanner

Gems

Gems are crafted stones from the Jewelcrafting profession, typically offering stat bonuses to enhance your gear. These gems can be socketed into specific items such as Head, Neck, Wrist, Waist, and Rings. The presence of sockets on items is usually random upon their drop.

Notably, Neck items can be uniquely modified to have up to three sockets by using 3 Tiered Medallion Setting . Additionally, a single socket can be added to other eligible items with a Nature's Cradle , which requires 6 Aspects' Tokens of Merit obtained from the Great Vault.

Available through both the auction house and the crafting order system, here are the gems currently socketed by Macho.

  1. Crafty Ysemerald gem icon
    Crafty Ysemerald
    7
  2. Fierce Illimited Diamond gem icon
    Fierce Illimited Diamond
    1