Marksmanship Hunter Guide for Midnight Season 2 (Patch 12.1)
viewsAbout the Spec
Marksmanship Hunter (MM) is a ranged fighter who wields projectile weapons (bow, crossbow, gun). In combat it uses a variety of shots and volleys to deal damage. Although the spec has many instant-cast abilities, its core abilities have fairly long cast times, which hurts mobility.
Strengths
- Solid, consistent damage in both single-target and AoE.
- A simple rotation that makes the spec easy to pick up while still performing well.
- A raid buff granting 30% haste for 30 seconds (Bloodlust/Heroism).
Weaknesses
- A small toolkit that heavily limits the rotation. The spec can feel dull to some players.
- Strong abilities take time to cast, which limits mobility.
- Few crowd-control abilities and few tools that help the group.
Stat Priority
Agility
Critical Strike
Mastery
Versatility
HasteTalents
Rotation (Ability Priority)
The opener is a set sequence of abilities you use as you engage an enemy. Memorising it helps initiate your rotation in the most optimal way possible.
- 1
Aimed Shot - 2
Explosive Shot - 3Explosive Shot
- 4
Volley - 5
Trueshot - 6
Tempered Potion - 7
Rapid Fire - 8
Rapid Fire - 9Aimed Shot
- 10Rapid Fire
- Explosive Shot — on cooldown; thanks to
Unstable Firebomb, it can and should be used twice in a row - Volley — on cooldown
- Trueshot — on cooldown; hold the last one of the fight until 30 stacks of
Bullseye 
Moonlit Shrike — if Trueshot is about to expire
Kill Shot — to spend 
Precise Shots
Arcane Shot — to spend Precise Shots; under Trueshot do this only right after Aimed Shot- Rapid Fire — on cooldown
- Aimed Shot — on cooldown
- Moonlit Shrike
Steady Shot — when nothing else is available
Best in Slot (BiS)
Don't forget to explore our class pages, where not only the best items in the slot are available, but also other alternatives for any class, spec or situation:
Enchants, Gems, Consumables
Leveling
From the very first level you already have abilities to deal damage. Your main abilities in the early levels are Aimed Shot and Rapid Fire. As you level up you gain new abilities, moving toward your core rotation. We recommend following the ability priority from the rotation section.
Mythic+ Tips
Always use 
Misdirection on the tank before dealing damage, or when the tank asks you to redirect threat from a pack (e.g. pre-pulling ranged mobs, or if someone else pulled by accident and the tank cannot grab threat right now).
Feign Death lets you drop aggro if you accidentally clip an extra pack. It also lets you shed many targeted abilities from mobs and bosses.
Use 
Camouflage if you need to slip past a group of enemies. This ability grants full invisibility.
Exhilaration and 
Survival of the Fittest also work on summoned pets. Use them when you need to protect or heal your pets.
Macros
#showtooltip Misdirection /cast [@pet] Misdirection
#showtooltip Counter Shot /cast [@focus,harm,nodead][] Counter Shot
#showtooltip Intimidation /petattack /cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead][] Intimidation
Author
Fouren
Fouren has been playing World of Warcraft for over 15 years. He is an active player with 12 Cutting Edge achievements under his belt, and has reached the top 1% and 0.1% multiple times on various classes. His main classes are healers, particularly Holy Paladin.
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