Introduction to the Marksmanship Hunter

 A Marksman has embraced the class fantasy of the ranger, drawing inspiration from the likes of the Windrunner sisters, Sylvanas, Alleria and Vereesa. Marks Hunters fire a flurry of shots on the move, then stop to take Careful Aim for precise heavy hitting shots. Players can customize their Marksman Hunters to fulfill several variations of the fantasy: they’re the only Hunter spec that can function with or without a pet; and they have several choices which can convert the spec to either a carefully planned out long-range sniper play-style, or a quick moving spray-and-pray play-style.

Below you will find a beginners guide to the Marksmanship Hunter, you can click on highlighted abilities, for a more in depth description of them.

Strengths and Weaknesses of the Marksmanship Hunter

Talents

Level	Choices
15	Master Marksman ✅	Serpent Sting	A Murder of Crows
30	Careful Aim ✅	Volley	Explosive Shot
45	Trailblazer	Natural Mending ✅	Camouflage
60	Steady Focus	Streamline	Hunter’s Mark ✅
75	Born To Be Wild	Posthaste ✅	Binding Shot
90	Lethal Shots ✅	Barrage	Double Tap
100	Calling the Shots ✅	Lock and Load	Piercing Shot

Rotation of the Marksmanship Hunter

The basic rotation of the Marksmanship Hunter is as follows:

• Use  Rapid Fire on cooldown.

• Use  Aimed Shot on cooldown, but make sure that you have spent all of your  Precise Shots charges on  Arcane Shot before casting it.

• Shoot  Arcane Shot to spend  Precise Shots stacks, and to prevent yourself from capping on Focus.

• Use  Steady Shot when you have nothing else to do.

• Make sure to apply  Hunter’s Mark before the pull, if you are using this talent

• Start casting  Aimed Shot roughly 2 seconds before the fight begins

• Shoot  Multi-Shot to activate  Trick Shots

• Cast  Rapid Fire

• Cast  Trueshot

Cooldowns

Trueshot is your primary and only offensive cooldown. It reduces the cooldown of Aimed Shot and Rapid Fire by 60%, and reduces the cast time of Aimed Shot by 50%

Stat Priority

The stat priority for the Marksmanship Hunter is

1. Mastery
2. Haste
3. Versatility
4. Critical Strike

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