Marksmanship Hunter DPS Castle Nathria Raid Guide — Shadowlands 9.0.5

On this page, you will find Marksmanship Hunter specific information for each boss in Castle Nathria. This is no encounter guide, but a collection of Marksmanship Hunter specific tips for each boss.

All information on this page is work in progress and will be updated once the raid has launched.

We advise you to use the following talents against Shriekwing.

• Level 15: Master Marksman
• Level 25: Careful Aim
• Level 30: Natural Mending
• Level 35: Steady Focus
• Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
• Level 45: Double Tap
• Level 50: Lock and Load

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Shriekwing: Serpentstalker's Trickery.

• There are no specific tips for this boss.

For more information, please refer to our Shriekwing guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Huntsman Altimor.

• Level 15: Master Marksman
• Level 25: Explosive Shot
• Level 30: Natural Mending
• Level 35: Chimaera Shot
• Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
• Level 45: Double Tap
• Level 50: Volley

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Huntsman Altimor: Serpentstalker's Trickery.

• You can solo Vicious Lunge with Aspect of the Turtle.
• When the dogs are being moved out of the boss' range, try to hold on to your Precise Shots stacks until they are stacked again.
• Remember that when there are 2 targets up during Trueshot, spending Precise Shots stacks on Chimaera Shot is more important than not capping your Aimed Shot charges.
• On 2 targets, it is especially important to fully saturate your Volley window, because it is your only source of Trick Shots. So you should synchronize your Double Tap, Volley and Wild Spirits if used. You want to cast Aimed Shot followed by Rapid Fire or vice versa in your Volley window.
• Make sure that you are alternating your Aimed Shot on the boss and miniboss when using Serpentstalker's Trickery Legendary.

For more information, please refer to our Huntsman Altimor guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Sun King's Salvation.

• Level 15: Master Marksman
• Level 25: Explosive Shot
• Level 30: Natural Mending
• Level 35: Streamline
• Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
• Level 45: Double Tap
• Level 50: Volley

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Sun King's Salvation: Serpentstalker's Trickery.

• Use Misdirection on a tank whenever the adds spawn to help them get aggro more quickly, and save yourself from unnecessary damage.
• Be sure to maximize targets hit by Volley, and plan out its usage so that mobs are not moving outside of it.
• When cleaving, try to target the Vanquisher, because the Assassins will regularly teleport around the room and possibly cost you cleave damage.

For more information, please refer to our Sun King's Salvation guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Artificer Xy'Mox.

• Level 15: Master Marksman
• Level 25: Careful Aim
• Level 30: Natural Mending
• Level 35: Steady Focus
• Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
• Level 45: Double Tap
• Level 50: Lock and Load

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Artificer Xy'Mox: Serpentstalker's Trickery.

• You can use Aspect of the Turtle while running over Stasis Traps to clear them. Combine with Aspect of the Cheetah to get further.

For more information, please refer to our Artificer Xy'Mox guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Hungering Destroyer.

• Level 15: Master Marksman
• Level 25: Careful Aim
• Level 30: Natural Mending
• Level 35: Steady Focus
• Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
• Level 45: Double Tap
• Level 50: Lock and Load

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Hungering Destroyer: Serpentstalker's Trickery.

• Use Aspect of the Turtle and Feign Death (if using Resilience of the Hunter) if your Health drops low while having the Gluttonous Miasma debuff.
• Use Exhilaration if you are on low Health just before dropping off the Expunge debuff to decrease the size of the effect.
• Use Aspect of the Turtle, in combination with Disengage (with Posthaste) and Aspect of the Cheetah, to soak as many of the blue Expunge orbs as possible.
• If you have no other sources of enemy healing reduction on your group, consider using a "Mortal Wounds"-pet such as a Carrion Bird (Ferocity), Riverbeast (Tenacity) or Raptor (Cunning). This will reduce the boss' healing done by Hungering Strikes significantly.

For more information, please refer to our Hungering Destroyer guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Lady Inerva Darkvein.

• Level 15: Master Marksman
• Level 25: Careful Aim
• Level 30: Natural Mending
• Level 35: Steady Focus
• Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
• Level 45: Double Tap
• Level 50: Volley

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Lady Inerva Darkvein: Serpentstalker's Trickery.

• You should be constantly aware of add spawn timers and be ready to use Volley and Double Tap for them.
• Remember to use Aimed Shot to multidot Serpent Sting on the adds with Serpentstalker's Trickery.

For more information, please refer to our Lady Inerva Darkvein guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against The Council of Blood.

• Level 15: Master Marksman
• Level 25: Careful Aim
• Level 30: Natural Mending
• Level 35: Steady Focus
• Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
• Level 45: Double Tap
• Level 50: Lock and Load

We advise you to use the following Legendary against The Council of Blood: Serpentstalker's Trickery.

• Use Disengage with Posthaste to quickly get into position for the dance.
• Abuse Careful Aim on the adds that spawn whenever possible.
• Remember that bosses heal when you kill one of them, so you should not be using Multi-Shot unless there are adds stacked on the boss.

For more information, please refer to our The Council of Blood guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Sludgefist.

• Level 15: Master Marksman
• Level 25: Careful Aim
• Level 30: Natural Mending
• Level 35: Steady Focus
• Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
• Level 45: Double Tap
• Level 50: Lock and Load

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Sludgefist: Serpentstalker's Trickery.

• Make use of the 12-second 100% damage taken debuff after he charges into a pillar. Keep in mind that both Wild Spirits and Trueshot last longer than this damage taken debuff, allowing you to use them a bit before. You can also "pre-cast" a Double Tap- Aimed Shot into the debuff, treating the boss timer as a pull timer almost.

For more information, please refer to our Sludgefist guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Stone Legion Generals.

• Level 15: Master Marksman
• Level 25: Explosive Shot
• Level 30: Natural Mending
• Level 35: Steady Focus or Chimaera Shot
• Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
• Level 45: Double Tap
• Level 50: Volley

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Stone Legion Generals: Serpentstalker's Trickery.

• For Mythic Difficulty, use Steady Focus instead of Chimaera Shot.
• For this fight, you should "delay" your opener for when the first add spawns. This means that you should not precast Double Tap, but instead save it for your Wild Spirits/ Trueshot combo. You should also save Volley and Explosive Shot for these moments.

For more information, please refer to our Stone Legion Generals guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Sire Denathrius.

• Level 15: Master Marksman
• Level 25: Careful Aim or Explosive Shot
• Level 30: Natural Mending
• Level 35: Steady Focus
• Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
• Level 45: Double Tap
• Level 50: Volley

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Sire Denathrius: Serpentstalker's Trickery.

• For this fight, you should "delay" your opener for when the first add spawns. This means that you should not precast Double Tap, but instead save it for your Wild Spirits/ Trueshot combo. You should also save Volley and Explosive Shot for these moments.
• Try and cast Explosive Shot when there is ~1s remaining on the cast timer of Cleansing Pain. This will cause its explosion to happen just as the adds spawn.

For more information, please refer to our Sire Denathrius guide.