- Author: bobodingo
- Date: May 10, 2022
- Updated: March 23, 2025
- Expansion: TBC Classic
List of the pre-raid best in slot and overall best in slot gear and weapons for each phase for BM Hunters in TBC.
It is important to remember that this guide assumes you have no Draenei Paladin, Warrior or Hunter for Heroic Presence in your group and zero Moonkins for Improved Faerie Fire, so that we are able to cover all bases in terms of required stats, just in case!
Pre-Raid BiS
Armor
- Head: Beast Lord Helm or Stalker’s Helmet of Second Sight
- Neck: Choker of Vile Intent or Bone Chain Necklace or Jagged Bark Pendant or Talon Lord’s Collar
- Shoulders: Beast Lord Mantle
- Cloak: Auchenai Death Shroud or Cloak of the Inciter or Cloak of the Craft
- Chest: Ebon Netherscale Breastplate or Felstalker Breastplate
- Wrist: Ebon Netherscale Bracers or Felstalker Bracers
- Gloves: Beast Lord Handguards
- Waist: Ebon Netherscale Belt or Felstalker Belt
- Legs: Beast Lord Leggings
- Boots: Boots of the Outlander or Duro Footgear or Fleet Refugee’s Boots
- Ring: Ravenclaw Band or Band of Anguish
- Ring: Kaylaan’s Signet or Longstrider’s Loop
- Trinket: Abacus of Violent Odds or Terokkar Tablet of Precision
- Trinket: Hourglass of the Unraveller or Bloodlust Brooch
Weapons
- Fist Weapon:Â Claw of the Watcher and Void-Talon (Fist weapons are generally chosen at this time since the bonus from Adamantite Stone is currently affecting your ranged DPS potential)
- Note: When compared to Boggspine Knuckles, Void-Talon provides 18 additional Attack Power, while only losing 0.02% Critical Strike Chance
- One-Handed: Claw of the Netherwing Flight and Borak’s Reminder or Twin-Bladed Ripper
- Two-Handed: Sonic Spear or Terokk’s Quill
- Ranged: Don Santos’ Famous Hunting Rifle or Valanos’ Longbow
Phase 1 BiS
The phase 1 best in slot list consists of items from Karazhan, Gruul’s Lair, and Magtheridon’s Lair
- Head: Beast Lord Helm or Cowl of Defiance or Mask of the Deceiver or Malefic Mask of the Shadows
- Beast Lord Helm is positioned first so that we can maintain the 4-piece set bonus and still use different leggings
- Neck: Choker of Vile Intent or Worgen Claw Necklace
- Shoulders: Beast Lord Mantle or Demon Stalker Shoulderguards
- Cloak:Â Drape of the Dark Reavers or Blood Knight War Cloak
- Chest: Beast Lord Cuirass or Demon Stalker Harness or Ebon Netherscale Breastplate
- Wrist: Stalker’s War Bands or Bracers of the Hunt
- Gloves: Beast Lord Handguards or Gauntlets of the Dragonslayer or Gloves of Quickening
- Waist: Girdle of the Prowler or Girdle of Ferocity or Ebon Netherscale Belt
- Legs: Skulker’s Greaves or Demon Stalker Greaves or Beast Lord Leggings
- Honorable Mention: Scaled Greaves of the Marksman
- Boots: Edgewalker Longboots or Fiend Slayer Boots or Ferocious Swift-Kickers
- Ring: Garona’s Signet Ring
- Ring: Ring of a Thousand Marks
- Trinket: Bloodlust Brooch
- Trinket: Romulo’s Poison Vial or Dragonspine Trophy
- The decision between these two trinkets revolves around you being hit capped or not. Romulo’s Poison Vial is reported to have a 3% chance on every attack to proc while Dragonspine Trophy has an average of 1 proc per minute (PPM) for roughly a 20% haste increase with a hidden 20-second cooldown
- Fist Weapon: Claw of the Watcher and Void-Talon
- One-Handed: Blade of the Unrequited and Malchazeen
- Two-Handed: Sonic Spear
- Ranged: Sunfury Bow of the Phoenix or Barrel-Blade Longrifle
Phase 2 BiS
The phase 2 best in slot list consists of items from Serpentshrine Cavern and Tempest Keep (The Eye)
- Head: Rift Stalker Helm
- Neck: Telonicus’ Pendant of Mayhem or Choker of Vile Intent (This will help maintain your Hit Cap)
- Shoulders: Rift Stalker Mantle
- Cloak: Thalassian Wildercloak
- Chest: Rift Stalker Hauberk
- Wrist: Vambraces of Ending
- Hands: Rift Stalker Gauntlets
- Waist: Belt of Deep Shadow or Belt of One-Hundred Deaths
- Legs: Leggings of Murderous Intent
- Feet: Cobra-Lash Boots
- Ring: Ring of the Recalcitrant
- Ring: Band of the Ranger-General
- Trinket: Dragonspine Trophy
- Trinket: Tsunami Talisman or Bloodlust Brooch
- One-Handed: Talon of the Phoenix and Claw of the Phoenix
- Two-Handed: Twinblade of the Phoenix
- Ranged: Serpent Spine Longbow
Phase 3 BiS
The phase 3 best in slot list consists of items from Hyjal Summit and Black Temple.
- Head – Cursed Vision of Sargeras
- Neck – Choker of Serrated BladesÂ
- Shoulders – Gronnstalker’s Spaulders
- Cape – Thalassian Wildercloak
- Chest – Gronnstalker’s Chestguard
- Bracers – Insidious Bands
- Gloves – Gronnstalker’s Gloves
- Belt –Â Don Alejandro’s Money Belt, Belt of Deep Shadow(9% hit)
- Legs – Â Gronnstalker’s Leggings
- Boots – Shadowmaster‘s Boots
- Ring 1 – Band of the Eternal Champion
- Ring 2 –Â Stormrage Signet Ring
- Trinket 1 – Madness of the Betrayer
- Trinket 2 Dragonspine Trophy
- Bow – Bristleblitz Striker
- Main hand –Boundless Agony
- Offhand – Blade of Infamy
- Two hands – Halberd of Desolation (9% hit)
Phase 4 BiS
The phase 4 best in slot list consists of items from Zul’Aman and previous tiers.
- Head – Cursed Vision of Sargeras
- Neck – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/32260Â
- Shoulders – Gronnstalker’s Spaulders
- Cape – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/32323Â
- Chest – Gronnstalker’s Chestguard
- Bracers – Insidious Bands
- Gloves – Gronnstalker’s Gloves
- Belt –Â https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/32346Â
- Legs – Â Gronnstalker’s Leggings
- Boots – Shadowmaster‘s Boots
- Ring 1 – Band of the Eternal Champion
- Ring 2 –Â https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/33496
- Trinket 1 – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/33831Â
- Trinket 2 Dragonspine Trophy
- Bow – Bristleblitz Striker
- Main hand –https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/33389Â
- Offhand – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/33389Â
Phase 5 BiS
The phase 5 best in slot list consists of items from Sunwell Plateau and previous tiers.
- Head – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34333Â
- Neck – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34358 (JC) or https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34177Â
- Shoulders – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/31006Â
- Cape – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34241Â
- Chest – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34228Â
- Bracers – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34443Â
- Gloves – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34343Â
- Belt –Â https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34549Â
- Legs – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34188Â
- Boots – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34570Â
- Ring 1 – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/29301Â
- Ring 2 –Â https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34887Â
- Trinket 1 – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34427Â
- Trinket 2 –Â https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/33831Â
- Two handed – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34183Â
- Ranged – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34334 or https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34196
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bobodingo
Sup yall! My name is Bobodingo and I've been playing wow since its release. I'm an avid player trying to make some good, quality content and share my ideas with the rest of the WoW community. I'm always down to have a conversation and bounce ideas off each other!
No sign of Claw of the Watcher or Void Talon anywhere?
What is Void Talon?
Edit: Do you mean Void-Talon?
This BiS list looks like it was written be a rogue who would not want you to know that Dragonspine Trophy, Skulker’s Greaves, and Edgewalker Longboots are actually Best-in-Slot for hunters.
Appreciate the comment. I’ve updated the list to better reflect this.
is the gear that’s positioned first the best of the options?
Generally, yes. There are times that the other items listed may be better for you, depending on if you need Hit, for example.
Ahm… this is completely wrong. Do you not know that fist weapons are BiS because of weightstones work?
Sorry it took so long to get back to you.
You are correct as weightstones are currently affecting ranged attacks, as well. I have updated the guide to better reflect this.
Thanks.
Legacy kara twohand?instead of daggers or sonic spear?
I apologize – I’m just slightly confused. Are you asking if I’d replace Sonic Spear with Legacy?
This BIS list is just wrong don’t use it, it has wrong set.
Why would it be the wrong set?
Is not beastlord 4 set- piece the best option?
I was under the impression that The Night Blade was not a personal buff, but rather a debuff, so as long as Blizzard keeps it that way and we don’t experience glitches with it, then, yes, the Beast Lord set would be considered BiS with the exception of Beast Lord Leggings since they provide the same amount of critical strike rating, but lower attack power than Demon Stalker Greaves.
I have now updated the guide to reflect that.
the night blade procs on ranged attacks?
It shouldn’t, no, since it requires a “chance on hit” to trigger.
whuuut the hell is wrong with this guide HAHA
I’m sorry it didn’t work for you. What do you think needs improvement?
Literally if it’s not beastlord everyone is crying