Marksmanship Hunter Best Covenants, Soulbinds, and Conduits — Dragonflight 10.0.2
Covenants, Soulbinds, and Conduits are the most important character customization options in Shadowlands. They have a substantial impact on your toolkit and performance as Marksmanship Hunter. This page's purpose is to help you pick the right options according to the content you intend to do in Shadowlands.
Dragonflight Disclaimer
Please be aware that as of the Dragonflight Pre-Patch and Dragonflight expansion, all Covenant abilities, Soulbinds, and Conduits will only function while within the Shadowlands. This page will temporarily remain as a reference.
Introduction: Prerequisites
This page assumes that you are already familiar with Covenants, Soulbinds, and Conduits. If that is not the case, we have a number of pages that can help you get up to speed:
- Covenants Guide, which explains what Covenants are, what perks they bring, and how you can join one;
- Hunter Covenant Abilities, which lists all the abilities that Hunters gain by joining each Covenant;
- How To Change Covenant?, which tells you how you can switch Covenant (rejoining a former Covenant will require you to perform a number of tasks to regain their trusts);
- General Soulbind Guide, which explains what Soulbinds are and how you can pledge yourself to them to open up their Soulbind tree;
- Hunter Conduits, which lists all of the Conduits available to Hunters.
Best Covenant for Marksmanship Hunter
- Night Fae with Dreamweaver is the best Raiding Covenant
build for
Marksmanship Hunters with its
extremely powerful burst damage via the
Fragments of the Elder Antlers Legendary Power. The Dreamweaver Soulbind grants
Podtender, which is a "cheat death"-style ability every 10 minutes. It is very important to stand in the
Field of Blossoms circle for the full duration of
Wild Spirits when using this Soulbind, to enhance your burst.
- Kyrian with Forgelite Prime Mikanikos is the best Mythic+ Covenant build for Marksmanship Hunters. It has supreme AoE on 5+ targets which is useful for large pulls in Mythic+.
- Venthyr with Theotar the Mad Duke is the best Venthyr setup for
Marksmanship Hunters. It is generally weaker than Kyrian
and Night Fae
in all situations, especially AoE and burst, but it has a high-speed, reactive
playstyle that many enjoy. Standing in the Parasol provided by
Soothing Shade is important.
- Necrolord with Marileth is the best
Necrolord setup for Marksmanship Hunters. It is weak for all
situations and should never be played in an optimal setup, but many enjoy the
burst damage provided by the
Bag of Munitions Legendary Power for Mythic+ especially.
Best Soulbind for Marksmanship Hunter
- Night Fae always runs Dreamweaver with the 3 Potency
Conduits
Spirit Attunement,
Sharpshooter's Focus, and
Powerful Precision. For AoE, we swap out
Powerful Precision for
Deadly Chain. We recommend the right path at the bottom of the Tree, allowing you 2 Endurance and 1 Finesse Conduits.
- Kyrian always runs Forgelite Prime Mikanikos with the Soulbind
Conduits
Enfeebled Mark,
Sharpshooter's Focus, and
Powerful Precision. For AoE, we swap out
Powerful Precision for
Deadly Chain. Mikanikos uses
Hammer of Genesis, and so it runs only
Enfeebled Mark and
Deadly Chain for its two Potency Conduit slots. It is mandatory to pick the left side at the bottom of the tree to pick up the DPS Soulbind Ability
Soulglow Spectrometer.
- Venthyr always runs Theotar the Mad Duke with the 3 Potency
Conduits
Empowered Release,
Sharpshooter's Focus, and
Powerful Precision. For AoE, we swap out
Powerful Precision for
Deadly Chain. We recommend going for any path that allows 2 Endurance Conduits, but the path you choose to get there is up to your personal preference and situation.
- Necrolord always runs Plague Deviser Marileth with the 3
Potency
Conduits
Necrotic Barrage,
Sharpshooter's Focus, and
Powerful Precision. For AoE, we swap out
Necrotic Barrage for
Deadly Chain. We recommend picking up 2 Endurance Conduits, and then going for the right path at the bottom of the tree to pick up
Undulating Maneuvers.
Best Conduits for Marksmanship Hunter
Best Potency Conduits for Marksmanship Hunter
We have mentioned the Potency Conduits in our Soulbind recommendations above.
In short, Sharpshooter's Focus is always ideal, while you go
Powerful Precision for single-target, and
Deadly Chain for AoE.
The Covenant-specific
Conduit (for example
Spirit Attunement) is always picked.
Best Endurance Conduits for Marksmanship Hunter
Marksman's Advantage
Resilience of the Hunter
Condensed Anima Sphere
Rejuvenating Wind
Harmony of the Tortollan
Best Finesse Conduits for Marksmanship Hunter
Reversal of Fortune (provided you can interrupt)
Cheetah's Vigor
Ambuscade/
Tactical Retreat
Changelog
- 24 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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This guide has been written by Azortharion, a Hunter Theorycrafter and Guidewriter since 2014, and considered one of the best Hunters in the world. He is an accomplished player with dozen of top parses for all specs throughout the game's history. He is also the Admin of Trueshot Lodge, the Hunter Class Discord, and you can watch his stream on Twitch. He even has his own personal Discord channel where you can get notifications about when the guides get updated and have direct communications with him.
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