Marksmanship Hunter DPS Spec, Builds, Talents, and Pet Talents

Last updated on May 07, 2024 at 11:20by Azortharion131 comments

General Information

On this page, you will find out the best talents for each tier for your Marksmanship Hunter in World of Warcraft —Dragonflight 10.2.7. We also have default talent lists for various types of content, such as raiding or Mythic+.If you play with Warmode on, we have your PvP talents covered as well.

If you were looking for WotLK Classic content, please refer to our WotLK Classic Marksmanship Hunter talents.

Best Dragonflight Talents for Marksmanship Hunter

Note that these builds are generic recommendations for various content. Check out the dedicated pages below for more specific recommendations for the Raid and Mythic+.

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Best Talents for Marksmanship Hunter

Single Target Talents BuildMythic+ Talents BuildRaid AoE Talents BuildTalents Explained

Best Single-Target Talents for Marksmanship Hunter

This build is optimal for single-target scenarios. Given the huge cost ofgoing for AoE builds as Marksmanship, you will be playing this most of the timein Raid.

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Best Mythic+ Talents for Marksmanship Hunter

This is our recommended build for Mythic+ Dungeons.

You can get a bit more single-target for Tyrannical by swapping Light Ammo, Salvo for an extra point of Precise Shots, and Target Practice.

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Best Raid AoE Talents for Marksmanship Hunter

This is our recommended build for Raid Encounters with significant AoErequirements. Note that the single-target cost of playing this build is high,and that in many cases, you are better off playing a single-target build evenif a fight has AoE.

For some fights, like Primal Council and Council of Dreamswhere you primarily fight 2-4 targets, swap Light Ammo for Heavy Ammo.

Be sure to make use of the 'Copy Export String' button to import the bestbuild directly into your game!

Talent Explanations for Marksmanship Hunters

Note that we do not explain EVERY Talent in the tree on this page. We onlyexplain Talents that are part of our optimal builds for single-target and AoE.For full details and explanations of every Talent, please visit our Spells pagevia the button below.

Marksmanship Hunter Dragonflight Spell Glossary

3.1.

Class Talents

3.1.1.

Row 1-4

Kill Shot	A strong DPS button and a mandatory pick.
Posthaste	Essential as one of our strongest mobility talents.
Improved Kill Shot	A passive, powerful increase to our Kill Shot's damage.
Counter Shot	Our main interrupt.
Natural Mending	Provides incredible CDR to Exhilaration and is a must-pick for survivability. If you are not using Exhilaration very liberally, you can get away with dropping a point here for other utility.
Tar Trap	Not great, but it leads us on a path to better talents, as we need to get to the left side of the tree later on.
Survival of the Fittest	A strong defensive for both one-shots and powerful DoTs.

3.1.2.

Row 5-7

Tranquilizing Shot	Useful for many scenarios and leads us to better talents on the left side of the tree.
Nature's Endurance	A must-pick, as it doubles the damage reduction of Survival of the Fittest.
Born To Be Wild	A solid pick for lower Turtle and Cheetah cooldowns, making it strong for both survivability and mobility.
Improved Tranquilizing Shot	A bit of an incentive to Tranquilizing Shot when we can, and leads us nicely to the left side of the tree, which becomes important.
Intimidation	Hugely useful for add control in Mythic+ and some Raiding scenarios, but requires a pet which makes it useless.
Binding Shot/ Scatter Shot	Both viable options in this choice node are necessary to pick up other essential Talents. For most Mythic+, we recommend Binding Shot, but Scatter Shot can be used as a single-target cast stopper, since we do not have Intimidation.
Rejuvenating Wind	Increases our maximum health and gives our Exhilaration some extra power, which can be useful or weak depending on how liberal you are with Exhilaration usage. This is mandatory for the maximum HP.
Camouflage	Useful for skips and out-of-combat self-healing in Mythic+, but it has no use for Raiding.
Hunter's Avoidance	A much-needed boost to our survivability on unavoidable mechanics.
Pathfinding	A solid boost to movement speed, but you can drop a point here to pick up other utilities as needed.

3.1.3.

Row 8-10

Keen Eyesight	A potent DPS increase and is a mandatory pick.
Master Marksman	A substantial DPS increase and is a mandatory pick.
Serrated Shots	Affects Master Marksman/ Serpent Sting and is a potent DPS talent.
Arctic Bola	A decent DPS increase for 1 point.
Steel Trap	An unpopular, but potent pick for single-target.
Death Chakram	Introduces a mini-cooldown to our rotation, enhancing our burst a little and focusing on amplifying other damage.

3.2.