Marksmanship Hunter DPS Castle Nathria Raid Guide — Shadowlands 9.2.5

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.

You should be playing Night Fae with Dreamweaver on all fights except where otherwise noted.

During Shadowlands Season 4, Castle Nathria, Sanctum of Domination, and Sepulcher of the First Ones will each spend time being featured as a Fated Raid. During these times encounters within the specific raid will include an additional mechanic and items will drop at increased item levels. If you would like to learn more general information about the Fated Raids system as a whole, please see our overview below. Otherwise, continue to use this page for specialization-specific tips.

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: Secrets of the Unblinking Vigil.

• 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: 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 Huntsman Altimor: Secrets of the Unblinking Vigil.

• 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.

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: 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 Sun King's Salvation: Secrets of the Unblinking Vigil.

• 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: Secrets of the Unblinking Vigil.

• 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: Secrets of the Unblinking Vigil.

• 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: Secrets of the Unblinking Vigil.

• You should be constantly aware of add spawn timers and be ready to use Volley and Double Tap for them.

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: Secrets of the Unblinking Vigil.

• 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: Secrets of the Unblinking Vigil.

• 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' pillar timer as a pull timer.

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: 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 Stone Legion Generals: Secrets of the Unblinking Vigil.

• 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 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: Secrets of the Unblinking Vigil.

• 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 for these moments.

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