Marksmanship Hunter DPS Gear and Best in Slot — Midnight Pre-Patch (12.0)

Welcome to our Gear and BiS Page for Marksmanship Hunter for Midnight Pre-Patch. Check this page to learn everything you need to know about gearing a Marksmanship Hunter, including the BiS Gear from all sources, Raiding, and Mythic+, information on the best Trinkets, Tier Sets, and much more.

The Midnight Pre-Patch brought a major stat squish, reducing the stats and numbers of virtually everything in the game, including Item Levels and the stats on gear.

For discussion and information on Stats specifically, check out our Stats page below.

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BiS Gear for Marksmanship Hunter

Overall BiS List for Pre-Patch Manaforge Omega Gear BiS List Mythic+ Gear BiS List

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Overall BiS List for Marksmanship Hunter in Pre-Patch

This list contains the best gear in every slot for Pre-Patch of The War Within, from all sources.

In general, BiS Items for Marksmanship are simply ones that have lots of Crit on them.

The items are evaluated in a vacuum for the most part, meaning that collecting every single item in this list and putting them together may not actually be the highest possible DPS — but on an individual slot basis, for the most gearsets, these items are the most likely to perform the highest. There is no substitute for simming your own character on Raidbots if you want to maximize your DPS.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Yasahm the Riftbreaker	Tazavesh: Streets of Wonder, or in Great Vault
Helm	Midnight Herald's Cowl (TIER SET)	Forgeweaver Araz/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Neck	Ornately Engraved Amplifier	Tazavesh: Streets of Wonder, or in Great Vault
Shoulder	Midnight Herald's Shadowguards (TIER SET)	The Soul Hunters/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Cloak	Reshii Wraps with Pure Precise Fiber	Pre-Patch Questline
Chest	Midnight Herald's Hauberk (TIER SET)	Fractillus/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Bracers	Glyph-Etched Vambraces — Dawnthread Lining	Crafted by Leatherworking
Gloves	Glyph-Etched Gauntlets — Dawnthread Lining	Crafted by Leatherworking
Belt	Colossal Lifetether	Loom’ithar in Manaforge Omega
Legs	Midnight Herald's Petticoat (TIER SET)	Loom’ithar/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Boots	Interloper's Chain Boots	The Soul Hunters in Manaforge Omega
Ring #1	Logic Gate: Alpha	Plexus Sentinel in Manaforge Omega
Ring #2	Devout Zealot's Ring	The Dawnbreaker, or in Great Vault
Trinket #1	Unyielding Netherprism	Fractillus in Manaforge Omega
Trinket #2	Astral Antenna	Loom’ithar in Manaforge Omega

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Manaforge Omega Raid Gear BiS List for Marksmanship Hunter

This list contains the Best in Slot Gear for Marksmanship Hunter in Midnight Pre-Patch from the Manaforge Omega Raid.

Note that this BiS List is for items from the Raid. I am separating the BiS lists by gear sources. This is what you send to your Raid Leader/Loot Council when they ask you what your BiS gear is from the Raid.

The items are evaluated in a vacuum for the most part, meaning that collecting every single item in this list and putting them together may not actually be the highest possible DPS — but on an individual slot basis, for the most gearsets, these items are the most likely to perform the highest. There is no substitute for simming your own character on Raidbots if you want to maximize your DPS.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Piercing Strandbow	Loom’ithar in Manaforge Omega
Helm	Midnight Herald's Cowl (TIER SET)	Forgeweaver Araz/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Neck	Salhadaar's Folly	Nexus King Salhadaar in Manaforge Omega
Shoulder	Claws of Failed Resistance	Dimensius The All Devouring in Manaforge Omega
Cloak	Reshii Wraps with Pure Precise Fiber	Pre-Patch Questline
Chest	Midnight Herald's Hauberk (TIER SET)	Fractillus/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Bracers	Pactbound Vambraces	Nexus King Salhadaar in Manaforge Omega
Gloves	Midnight Herald's Gloves (TIER SET)	Soulbinder Naazindhri/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Belt	Colossal Lifetether	Loom’ithar in Manaforge Omega
Legs	Midnight Herald's Petticoat (TIER SET)	Loom’ithar/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Boots	Interloper's Chain Boots	The Soul Hunters in Manaforge Omega
Ring #1	Logic Gate: Alpha	Plexus Sentinel in Manaforge Omega
Ring #2	Logic Gate: Omega	Forgeweaver Araz in Manaforge Omega
Trinket #1	Unyielding Netherprism	Fractillus in Manaforge Omega
Trinket #2	Astral Antenna	Loom’ithar in Manaforge Omega

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Midnight Pre-Patch Mythic+ Gear BiS List for Marksmanship Hunter

This list contains the Best in Slot Gear for Marksmanship Hunter from Midnight Pre-Patch Mythic+.

Note that this BiS List is for items from Mythic+. I am separating the BiS lists by gear sources. This is the list you can chase when you want to improve your gear by farming Mythic+ dungeons.

The items are evaluated in a vacuum for the most part, meaning that collecting every single item in this list and putting them together may not actually be the highest possible DPS — but on an individual slot basis, for the most gearsets, these items are the most likely to perform the highest. There is no substitute for simming your own character on Raidbots if you want to maximize your DPS.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Yasahm the Riftbreaker	Tazavesh: Streets of Wonder, or in Great Vault
Helm	Midnight Herald's Cowl (TIER SET)	Forgeweaver Araz/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Neck	Ornately Engraved Amplifier	Tazavesh: Streets of Wonder, or in Great Vault
Shoulder	Midnight Herald's Shadowguards (TIER SET)	The Soul Hunters/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Cloak	Reshii Wraps with Pure Precise Fiber	Pre-Patch Questline
Chest	Midnight Herald's Hauberk (TIER SET)	Fractillus/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Bracers	Confiscated Bracers of Concealment	Tazavesh: Streets of Wonder, or in Great Vault
Gloves	Order Bashers	Tazavesh: Streets of Wonder, or in Great Vault
Belt	Portable Power Generator	Operation: Floodgate, or in Great Vault
Legs	Midnight Herald's Petticoat (TIER SET)	Loom’ithar/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Boots	Shardskin Sabatons	Halls of Atonement, or in Great Vault
Ring #1	Ring of the Panoply	Tazavesh: Streets of Wonder, or in Great Vault
Ring #2	Devout Zealot's Ring	The Dawnbreaker, or in Great Vault
Trinket #2	Lily of the Eternal Weave	Eco-Dome Al'dani, or in Great Vault
Trinket #2	Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker	Operation: Floodgate, or in Great Vault

When Leveling up from 80-90 in the Midnight Expansion, there are a lot of items that can help ease the process.

• Avoid Trinkets that have a "target-bound" effect, such as Ara-Kara Sacbrood.
• On-use Trinkets are generally difficult to make great use of for open-world/ questing, unless you are deliberately making large pulls around them that will survive for the trinket's duration, though they are fine for dungeon leveling.

Note that the pre-patch has invalidated all the theorycrafting that went into this section for Patch 11.2.5, and there are no simulations. So, this section will be a tad more "generic" and will have recommendations that work well for both Hero Talents, since they are both competitive, and sims are required to truly know what is "objectively" best.

Patch 11.2.5 reintroduces the Puzzling Cartel Chip system. As before, you can complete a weekly quest to obtain these Chips, which are used to purchase high-value items from Manaforge Omega and Mythic+ dungeons. You may buy any trinkets or special cantrip items available, all the way up to Myth track quality.

However, purchasing an item requires you to have already defeated the boss it drops from, on the corresponding difficulty. For example, to purchase Araz's Ritual Forge Mythic, you must first defeat Mythic Forgeweaver Araz. Dungeon trinkets additionally require you to have timed every keystone at level 12 or higher.

For simplicity, your recommended purchase order assuming full Mythic boss access is:

Puzzling Cartel Chip Purchase Quick Guide

Unyielding Netherprism ➜ Interloper's Chain Boots ➜ Astral Antenna

Below is a breakdown of the high-value items to prioritize with Cartel Chips in Midnight Pre-Patch as a Marksmanship Hunter. This list is not exhaustive or strictly prioritized. Always sim yourself for the optimal choice, as the best item depends on your current gear.

Unyielding Netherprism (Myth) - Click for Details
• Our strongest trinket by a wide margin. Not only is it best for overall damage, but its on-use can be held for critical moments.
Interloper's Chain Boots (Myth) - Click for Details
• The Cantrip effect scales with item track. Mythic-track boots are a substantial upgrade compared to Heroic-track versions.
Astral Antenna (Myth) - Click for Details
• Astral Antenna is our best passive Trinket to pair with the Prism.
Piercing Strandbow (M+ Focus)/ Yasahm the Riftbreaker (Raid Focus) (Myth only) - Click for Details
• If you lack a Mythic weapon, this can be a fallback. Only buy if you have Mythic access, and delay until your final purchase.
Signet of the Priory (Alternative) - Click for Details
• The best Mythic+ trinket if you do not have access to anything from Mythic Raid.
Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker (Alternative to pair with Signet) - Click for Details
• The best Mythic+ trinket to pair with Signet of the Priory.

Since Mythic-level purchases require you to have defeated the corresponding bosses, avoid buying Heroic versions if you plan to progress further. You will only receive 3 total purchases for the rest of the season—choose carefully.

Patch 11.2 adds the unique Reshii Wraps Cloak that can be obtained through the Ghosts of K'aresh quest chain. It starts at iLvl 694, and can be upgraded throughout the Season to iLvl 730. There are no other Cloaks, this is it.

The unique effect is a high damage proc that splits damage on AoE, and gets stronger against low-HP targets. Its effect is made stronger by specific items from the Manaforge Omega Raid:

• Interloper's Chain Boots - Boots from The Soul Hunters. These simply increase the proc rate of your Cloak and are always BiS. Do not craft Boots, you will want these even from lower difficulties if you can.
• Band of the Shattered Soul - Ring from Dimensius The All Devouring, the final boss. Gives you occasional Cosmic damage reduction. The stats on this ring are nothing special, and we are not likely to use for the Cosmic damage reduction alone.

The stats of the Reshii Wraps are modified by the Fiber Socket, which can be swapped at any time out of combat. These Fiber Socket Gems can be acquired at Rare/Blue quality from Hashim on K'aresh, or crafted by Tailoring at Epic/Purple quality. As Marksmanship, you should generally use Precise Fiber / Pure Precise Fiber to get Crit.

For more information on acquiring your Cloak, check our dedicated page that goes into more detail:

This Trinket Tier List is based on an average of Single-Target Raid and Mythic+ AoE Performance, weighted 65/35 (Mythic+ has single-target too!).

Note that the Trinkets are compared at their highest possible Item Level, which is only 710 for Delve Trinkets. Not only that, but 723 Mythic+ Trinkets are only obtainable via the Great Vault. At equal iLvls, the picture may be very different and that is why you should sim yourself.

A "Tier" as defined by this list is around 0.5%-1% DPS.

• Astral Antenna
• Unyielding Netherprism

• Signet of the Priory

• Lily of the Eternal Weave
• Cursed Stone Idol
• Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker
• So'leah's Secret Technique (Crit)

• Sigil of the Cosmic Hunt
• Empowering Crystal of Anub'ikkaj
• Araz's Ritual Forge
• Ara-Kara Sacbrood
• Algari Alchemist Stone

• Incorporeal Essence-Gorger
• Harvester's Edict
• Screams of a Forgotten Sky

• Miniscule Mailemental in an Envelope
• Soulbreaker's Sigil
• Essence-Hunter's Eyeglass

• Void-Touched Fragment
• Automatic Footbomb Dispenser
• Mind-Fracturing Odium
• Perfidious Projector
• Depleted K'areshi Battery
• Chaotic Nethergate

Throughout this page, we regularly refer to the importance of simming yourself on Raidbots, as it is an indispensable aspect of optimizing your character.

While we do offer generic sim charts for Trinkets, this should not be a replacement for simming yourself, at least not if you want to minmax sub-1%!

If you are new to simming and Raidbots, check out our detailed guide below.

Our BiS Crafts are pretty straightforward. We want 2x Dawnthread Lining on some sensible slots.

For players coming right into the Season from its beginning, the choice is very different as we are not just concerned about the best Crafted Slots and Embellishments, but also potentially short-term Item Level gains. While the 2x Dawnthread Lining setup is optimal in the longer run, in the short-to-medium-term, crafting a Weapon with a Darkmoon Sigil can be preferable because of the immediate, short-term value of a weapon upgrade.

Please note that double- Dawnthread Lining has a tendency to not work outside of combat in some scenarios. If you have two of them equipped, but are only getting Crit from one of them, try to intentionally drop below 80% HP and then heal yourself back up. this WeakAura can help alert you when it is not working so you can fix it.

The sections below describe, in detail, the best endgame options for Raiding and Mythic+, but keep the above in mind.

As for the stats, Crit-Mastery is usually preferred via the Algari Missive of the Peerless.

1. P.0.W. x2 (Early Season, costs 2 Sparks) — This item is not our long-term BiS, but it is a very strong early Season option. It is not as good as the 2x Dawnthread Lining setup in the long run. The second boss on Mythic difficulty will drop a better Weapon, and you can get better weapons from the Great Vault. Crafting a Weapon does have some risk factor to it for this reason.
2. (BiS, 1 Spark) — Glyph-Etched Gauntlets with Dawnthread Lining — Note that if Crafting this right away will mess with your Tier Set acquisition, you may want to go for Bracers first.
3. (BiS, 1 Spark) — Glyph-Etched Vambraces with Dawnthread Lining
4. Next, chase Item Level where needed, preferring Weapon > Helm/Chest/Legs (though these are likely occupied by tier) > Boots/Belt/Shoulders > Rings/Necks > Cloaks.
5. At this point, you are mostly done crafting. You can spend future Sparks on off-spec items, alternatively statted crafts for different situations, and so on.

These are two weapon-only Embellishments with different secondary stat effects. On sustained encounters, ones that keep you in combat for several minutes, Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension is about 0.5% better. However, because Ascension takes a whole 80 seconds to reach full power, if you are primarily doing non-Raiding content, Darkmoon Sigil: Vivacity is better as it does not have this problem.

You will be able to upgrade your items via Crests such as Gilded Ethereal Crest. Once you have upgraded a slot to a certain item level, upgrading other items of that slot to that item level is free.

When you upgrade with Crests, you should think of it as upgrading slots and not items.

Additionally, since Crests are a limited resource, you will want to obtain the highest item-level possible before upgrading a given slot, as this means you will spend fewer Crests on that slot in total. If you are at all capable of doing a +10 Dungeon (701 iLvl), for example, it would be a VERY bad idea to upgrade an item from a +9 Dungeon (697), because you just wasted 15 Crests that could have been saved by just farming the slot on a +10.

We see a ton of players, even at a high level, mess up their upgrade priorities, and upgrading prematurely. Getting this right will put you far ahead of most players.

Below is the slot priority you should upgrade your items in. If you ever want to deviate from this, you should have a very good reason.

1. Weapons
2. Trinkets
3. Helm/Chest/Legs
4. Rings and Necks
5. Shoulders/Gloves/Belt/Boots
6. Cloaks and Bracers

Note that exceptions are possible, such as special items that have more Item Level scaling than their slot would imply.

The Tier Set is comprised of 5 items, all carrying the Midnight Herald's moniker.

Midnight Pre-Patch made all Tier Sets generic in preparation for the new expansion. They increase your damage by 6% and 10%, respectively.

The Tier Set Bonus is absolutely mandatory for competitive play, and you should prioritize obtaining it. You can use the Matrix Catalyst to convert regular items (from Mythic+, for example) into Tier Items.

You only need 4 pieces out of 5 to get both set bonuses. We recommend you get all items except for the Gloves, due to their Veratility. Check out the BiS List for more information.