OAK Beast Mastery Hunter - Midnight Pre-Patch - Pack Leader and Dark Ranger - TWO BUTTON - Updated 3/11/26

hey folks what build are you running for PL with this macro and yes i know the icy veins builds but which one in specific the single target or high keys aoe no multi

:sauropod:Currently running No Multi ST build below with 2pc S2 and 2pce S3 but 4pce is fine once geared ~700+ilvl and the following talents:
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Sorry, should have clarified… it’s not stopping but slowing down, like a lul in the sequence then after a 10 count it starts back up. 150ms, 700 ilvl

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I’m getting the same. Sim level is 2M+ but I’m only pulling about 900k with this thing. Will try to figure it out.

:sauropod:Really appreciate the tweaks you made to help us out but for me the Dark ranger is still suffering from hanging / locking up and focus capped - however others are having success with it so it’s clearly something on my end! As always your macros are exceptional and a pillar of this community and I’ll def be ko-fing you in the near future! :bullseye:

It’s hard to make the sequence do exactly what it’s supposed to do when it’s supposed to dot. It’s not just hard, it’s impossible. DR has proven to be not as great as I’d been hoping and it’s likely because it’s not an easy sequence to build. For those people who say the SBA does better, GREAT!! Use the SBA! I have no issues with the SBA and think it’s a great tool. Honestly, it will likely outdo most sequences for those difficult to sequence classes/specs, so use it! :slight_smile:

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Ok im done with raid so i will post some data. On Seltinel HC i did 3,7M dps on Packleader i did last week 3,3M dps with similar ilvl (i had to click manualy Black Arrow tho, because it was out cooldown too often for me). On Loom HC 4M dps almost exactly same damage last week on Packleader. For sure DR can do more damage at single target. Oak DR is imo pretty ok for single target Manaforge encounters.

In raid this week I was top DPS on multiple ST bosses using this DR build, even outperforming Mage. Averaged around 5.5 mil DPS on last pull of Nexus King. Thanks for all you do OAK!

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Im not sure what im doing wrong with this - have been using OAK’s sequences for quite some time with great success, 90%+ of SIM achieved in all other uses.

However, Dark Ranger, im struggling to get to 75% of SIM and in most cases its ~70% of SIM.

Any ideas as to why the gap would be so big and am i missing something obvious?

I think the biggest issue with DR is that Black Arrow, while sounding easy to fill in, you still need to juggle keeping frenzy stacks up and if Black Arrow is the sole priority, stacks will drop. What I made, stacks were not dropping for me and Black Arrow was firing close to immediately upon procs. And Black Arrow procs A LOT. Sadly, I do NOT raid on my hunter, so it’s really hard for me to make adjustments and I cannot make adjustments mid-raid even if I did.

this is because u have low haste i think, im 711 now and i have 44% haste buffed

also for people who want to play dark ranger u need to have at least 12-15 % versa other than that u wont be doing high dmg so before respecing u need to change at least all ur jewlery to versa /haste / mastery instead of crit/haste

Macro works very well for me. Thank you OAK. After my major surgery didn’t think I would be able to play this season. Can easily run high level keys and hero raids.


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I simply cannot figure this one out. I’m simmed at 2.1M and can barely hold 1.3M on the Kelpfist dummy (~62%). Gear is still low at 666, I’m using the DR macro, and using IV BM ST DR talents. Anyone have any generic thoughts on this? Has anyone had better luck? I see no lockups and everything seems to be proccing at roughly ideal points.

:bullseye: That is super inspiring and fantastic to hear - it’s why authors do what they do at the core! Just to verify your using the latest Dark ranger seq 3, unmodified? Are you holding / lining up CDs or sending and simply holding if packs are about to die? Approx. what ilvl are you rocking?

Huge shout-out to OAK and posts like yours are what keeps us hunters striving to learn and better ourselves! :dragon_face:

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I think your stats must not be right with gear. Sim shows 2.88M for me in DR spec and 2.58M for the Raid ST Pack leader. So for me, its not worth changing to DR unless i swap out gear to get differenet 2nd stats. im currently 695.9ilvl,
35% Crit
24%hast (although during combat its pretty consistantly over 34%
Mastery 38%..
Vers 11%
my mastery is way too high for DR spec.
and on the dummy it was 1.95M for DR and 2.2M for PL no buffs.

Using the pack leader macro he uploaded at the start of season 3. My ilvl is now 712. Only thing I got blocked was the mend pet sequence at the start. I just spam the same don’t hold any CDs. I run M+ talents on both raid and dungeons.

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What ms you run and whats your in game ms. Just wondering. Great numbers your doing

whatever ms someone runs at doesnt mean its gonna work for you. you need to figure out what ms works for you.

Yup just like to see is all not holding him liable lol