This beast master build deals large amounts of single target damage without sacrificing the pet's survivability or mobility; fits into any kind of team build but will benefit from cracked armor. Requires blood is power support.
PropheciesRanger. Beast Mastery 16Brutal StrikePet AttackYour animal companion attempts a Brutal Strike that deals +37 damage. If that attack strikes a foe whose Health is below 50%, that foe takes an additional +37 damage.65
CoreRanger. Beast Mastery 16Scavenger StrikePet AttackYour animal companion attempts a Scavenger Strike that deals +26 damage. If the attack strikes a foe who is suffering a condition, you gain 16 Energy.310
NightfallRanger. Beast Mastery 16Strike as OneElite ShoutYour animal companion instantly moves to your target and causes Bleeding for 16 seconds with its next attack. The next time you hit with an attack, target foe is Crippled for 16 seconds.310
CoreRanger. Beast Mastery 16Comfort AnimalSkillYou heal your animal companion for 110 Health. If your companion is dead, it is resurrected with 61% Health. If you have Comfort Animal equipped, your animal companion will travel with you.311
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Variants:
Otyugh's CryPropheciesRanger. Beast Mastery 16Otyugh's CryShoutFor 26 seconds, your animal companion gains +24 armor and cannot be blocked.530 can replace Call of Protection if you need to circumvent blocking. The additional armor somewhat offsets the loss of flat damage reduction.
Smiting prayers wand and any shield or a smiting prayers staff.
Use
Set the hero to Fight mode.
Open the hero control panel by clicking on the number next to the hero's name in the party window. Hold down left shift and left click once on Strength of HonorCoreMonk. Smiting Prayers Strength of HonorEnchantment SpellWhile you maintain this Enchantment, target ally deals 5..21..26 more damage in melee.-110215 to disable it. When entering the mission, click on the hero's pet and then left click once on Strength of Honor, so the hero will maintain the enchantment on its pet.
If the pet somehow dies and the hero isn't using Comfort AnimalCoreRanger. Beast Mastery Comfort AnimalSkillYou heal your animal companion for 20..87..110 Health. If your companion is dead, it is resurrected with 10..48..61% Health. If you have Comfort Animal equipped, your animal companion will travel with you.511 to revive it, force the skill use.
Counters
Blindness condition and hexes such as Blurred VisionCoreElementalist. Water Magic Blurred VisionHex SpellFor 4..9..10 seconds, target foe and adjacent foes are Hexed with Blurred Vision. While Hexed, those foes have a 50% chance to miss with attacks.10112 used on the pet.
Hero refusing to automatically res pet if it dies.
Notes
Pets receive 33% less damage by default and all damage they deal is increased by 33%, applying on bonus damage from weapon spells, pet attack skills and other sources.
Otyugh's Cry can replace Call of Protection if you need to circumvent blocking. The additional armor somewhat offsets the loss of flat damage reduction.
Fight mode.
