Marksmanship Hunter DPS Gear and Best in Slot — 12.1

Welcome to our Gear and BiS Page for Marksmanship Hunter for Midnight Season 2. 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 Expansion brought a major stat squish, reducing the stats and numbers of virtually everything in the game, including Item Levels and the stats on gear.

Upgrading gear in Midnight continues to use the Crest system which lets you increase the item level of gear along tracks that relate to where you obtained the item, with harder content dropping gear that can be upgraded to higher Item Levels. For more information, read up on our dedicated page on how the gearing system works and what has changed in the Midnight expansion.

OverallMythic+Raid

This list contains the best gear in every slot for Season 2 of Midnight, from all sources.

There are many different setups that perform within the margin of error. This one chooses as many Raid items as possible, since they are easier to obtain than hoping for the right Mythic+ item from your Great Vault. Mythic+ items are chosen when there is no equally strong Raid alternative. This list is not the end-all-be-all list where any item that is not listed is far behind this specific selection.

This list is by no means a replacement for simming yourself. Depending on your previous Great Vault choices and the gear you have available, your BiS gear might look different in some spots than the below list.

FAQWhich Items Do I Use in the Catalyst?

The Catalyst now keeps the secondary stats and any passive effects of the item you Catalyze, so what you put in matters more than which slot you use to complete the set. Critical Strike and Mastery are what you want most.

Do not hold the set bonus back over this. Two weeks without your 4-piece costs far more than slightly wrong secondaries, and you can Catalyze a better item later in the season.

These are the best items to Catalyze:

• Helmet: Crown of the Eternal Fang from Nek'zali
• Shoulders: Soulslither Spaulders from Coiled Altar
• Chest: Awoken Dreadfang Cuirass from Ula'tek
• Gloves: Galerattle Gauntlets from Ruby Life Pools
• Legs: Cuisses of the Uncoiled Union from Coiled Altar

FAQWhat to Get From The Great Vault?

Take the Nebulous Voidcore almost every week. The exception is when the Vault offers the last thing you wanted from a boss or dungeon, because taking it there means you never have to bonus roll that source again.

A Voidcore bonus rolls one raid boss or one Mythic+ dungeon and gives you something you have not rolled from it before. Heroic raid bosses and Mythic+ give 1/6 Myth, Mythic raid bosses give 6/6 Myth, and late-raid bosses give 9/6.

Two things make this stronger than it looks. The item level is decided when you spend the Voidcore rather than when you take it, so you can sit on one until you have a Mythic boss worth rolling on. And gear you take out of the Vault stays in the bonus roll pool, so a piece you were going to replace anyway can cost you a roll later.

The bosses worth rolling on are listed under Nebulous Voidcores further down this page.

Marksmanship Hunter

1.1.

Overall Best in Slot

Skulking Viper's Weeping Fangs Helm

Catalyst from Nek'zali Empowered Hex of Leeching

Skulking Viper's Hidepiercers Hands

Catalyst from Ruby Life Pools

Aqirbane Reliquary Neck

Ula'tek

Farstrider's Trophy Belt Waist

Crafted by Leatherworking

Jaws of the Skulking Viper Shoulders

Catalyst from Coiled Altar Silvermoon's Mending

Skulking Viper's Coiled Legwraps Legs

Catalyst from Coiled Altar Forest Hunter's

Silken Voodoo Drape Cloak

Coiled Altar

Ferocious Scaleboots Feet

Sszorak Shaladrassil's Roots

Skulking Viper's Scuteplate Chest

Catalyst from Ula'tek Mark of the Worldsoul

Signet of Snarling Servitude Ring

Murder Row Eyes of the Eagle

Shirt

Vile Alchemist's Band Ring

Vashnik Eyes of the Eagle

Tabard

Voracious Heart of Ula'tek Trinket

Ula'tek

Farstrider's Plated Bracers Bracers

Crafted by Leatherworking

Zul'jin's Guillotine Technique Trinket

Coiled Altar

Caustic Repose Greatbow Main Hand

Ula'tek Jan'alai's Precision

Off Hand

This list contains the best gear in every slot for Season 2 of Midnight, from Midnight Season 2 Mythic+. This is aimed at people who do not intend to engage much with Raid content.

There are many different setups that perform within the margin of error. This list is not the end-all-be-all list where any item that is not listed is far behind this specific selection.

This list is by no means a replacement for simming yourself. Depending on your previous Great Vault choices and the gear you have available, your BiS gear might look different in some spots than the below list.

FAQWhich Items Do I Use in the Catalyst?

The Catalyst now keeps the secondary stats and any passive effects of the item you Catalyze, so what you put in matters more than which slot you use to complete the set. Critical Strike and Mastery are what you want most.

Do not hold the set bonus back over this. Two weeks without your 4-piece costs far more than slightly wrong secondaries, and you can Catalyze a better item later in the season.

These are the best dungeon drops to Catalyze:

• Helmet: Sethraliss' Fanged Helm from Temple of Sethraliss
• Shoulders: Jangling Felpaulets from Murder Row
• Chest: Loa-Blessed Chestguard from King's Rest
• Gloves: Galerattle Gauntlets from Ruby Life Pools
• Legs: Legguards of the Awakening Brood from Temple of Sethraliss

TipsWhich Dungeons Should I Farm?

If you have limited time to play the game, we recommend farming the following dungeons:

• The Blinding Vale: BiS Trinket
• Temple of Sethraliss: BiS Boots and Ring
• Murder Row: BiS Weapon, Cloak and Ring
• King's Rest: BiS Trinket
• Voidscar Arena: BiS Neck

Marksmanship Hunter

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Best Gear from Mythic+

Skulking Viper's Weeping Fangs Helm

Catalyst from Temple of Sethraliss Empowered Hex of Leeching

Skulking Viper's Hidepiercers Hands

Catalyst from Ruby Life Pools

Graft of the Domanaar Neck

Voidscar Arena

Farstrider's Trophy Belt Waist

Crafted by Leatherworking

Jaws of the Skulking Viper Shoulders

Catalyst from Murder Row Silvermoon's Mending

Skulking Viper's Coiled Legwraps Legs

Catalyst from Temple of Sethraliss Forest Hunter's

Speakeasy Shroud Cloak

Murder Row

Sabatons of Coruscating Energy Feet

Temple of Sethraliss Shaladrassil's Roots

Skulking Viper's Scuteplate Chest

Catalyst from King's Rest Mark of the Worldsoul

Charged Sandstone Band Ring

Temple of Sethraliss Eyes of the Eagle

Shirt

Signet of Snarling Servitude Ring

Murder Row Eyes of the Eagle

Tabard

Lightspire Core Trinket

The Blinding Vale

Farstrider's Plated Bracers Bracers

Crafted by Leatherworking

Lustrous Golden Plumage Trinket

King's Rest

Sinseared Repeater Main Hand

Murder Row Jan'alai's Precision

Off Hand

This list contains the best gear in every slot for Season 2 of Midnight, from the Midnight Season 2 Raids. It is very similar to our Overall BiS List, since that is biased towards Raid Gear as well, but in this case, absolutely no Mythic+ items are included.

There are many different setups that perform within the margin of error. This list is not the end-all-be-all list where any item that is not listed is far behind this specific selection.

This list is by no means a replacement for simming yourself. Depending on your previous Great Vault choices and the gear you have available, your BiS gear might look different in some spots than the below list.

FAQWhich Items Do I Use in the Catalyst?

The Catalyst now keeps the secondary stats and any passive effects of the item you Catalyze, so what you put in matters more than which slot you use to complete the set. Critical Strike and Mastery are what you want most.

Do not hold the set bonus back over this. Two weeks without your 4-piece costs far more than slightly wrong secondaries, and you can Catalyze a better item later in the season.

These are the best raid drops to Catalyze. A Mythic+ item can beat any of them if you run keys as well:

• Helmet: Crown of the Eternal Fang from Nek'zali
• Shoulders: Soulslither Spaulders from Coiled Altar
• Chest: Awoken Dreadfang Cuirass from Ula'tek
• Gloves: There is nothing worth Catalyzing, as no Mail gloves drop in the raid at all.
• Legs: Cuisses of the Uncoiled Union from Coiled Altar

TipsWhich Raid-Items Do I Want Most?

If you need to submit a list of highly-important items to your raidleader, or simply want to focus on the most important bosses and items, we have you covered!

• Caustic Repose Greatbow from Ula'tek: BiS Weapon, and Venomcursed.
• Aqirbane Reliquary from Ula'tek: BiS Neck, and Venomcursed. Most specs want it, so expect competition.
• Voracious Heart of Ula'tek from Ula'tek: BiS on-use Trinket.
• Zul'jin's Guillotine Technique from Coiled Altar: BiS Trinket.
• Apex Brute's Claw Ring from Sszorak: BiS Ring.
• Vile Alchemist's Band from Vashnik: BiS Ring.

Marksmanship Hunter

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Best Gear from Raid

Skulking Viper's Weeping Fangs Helm

Catalyst from Nek'zali Empowered Hex of Leeching

Skulking Viper's Hidepiercers Hands

Entombed Sentinels

Aqirbane Reliquary Neck

Ula'tek

Farstrider's Trophy Belt Waist

Crafted by Leatherworking

Jaws of the Skulking Viper Shoulders

Catalyst from Coiled Altar Silvermoon's Mending

Skulking Viper's Coiled Legwraps Legs

Catalyst from Coiled Altar Forest Hunter's

Silken Voodoo Drape Cloak

Coiled Altar

Ferocious Scaleboots Feet

Sszorak Shaladrassil's Roots

Skulking Viper's Scuteplate Chest

Catalyst from Ula'tek Mark of the Worldsoul

Apex Brute's Claw Ring Ring

Sszorak Eyes of the Eagle

Shirt

Vile Alchemist's Band Ring

Vashnik Eyes of the Eagle

Tabard

Voracious Heart of Ula'tek Trinket

Ula'tek

Farstrider's Plated Bracers Bracers

Crafted by Leatherworking

Zul'jin's Guillotine Technique Trinket

Coiled Altar

Caustic Repose Greatbow Main Hand

Ula'tek Jan'alai's Precision

Off Hand

Itemization

Enchants and Stat Priority

Looking to optimize your character? Check out our Enchant and Stat Priority guides for more information!

EnchantsStats

As Marksmanship, we want a powerful on-use Trinket to pair with our Trueshot, and a strong passive Trinket option in our second slot.

Marksmanship Hunter Trinkets

On-Use - Voracious Heart of Ula'tek or, alternatively, Lustrous Golden Plumage
Passive - Zul'jin's Guillotine Technique or, alternatively, Gebbo's Bottomless Bag

There are quite a few other valuable trinkets out there, so make sure to click on our ranking chart to see if they are worth equipping. Note that you do not want to have more than 1 on-use Trinket. You can almost think of the "On-Use" Trinkets ranked as being separate from the others.

Click for Marksmanship Hunter Trinket Rankings

Ranking	Trinkets
S Tier	Gebbo's Bottomless Bag Voracious Heart of Ula'tek: On-Use Zul'jin's Guillotine Technique
A Tier	Keeper's Seething Core Lightspire Core Lustrous Golden Plumage: On-Use Font of Venomous Rage: On-Use
B Tier	Vile Vial of Volatile Venom: On-Use Void Execution Mandate: On-Use Resonant Bellowstone Ruby Whelp Shell Vashnik's Sanguine Rancor
C Tier	Tiny Electromental in a Jar Sapling of the Dawnroot Freightrunner's Flask: On-Use
D Tier	Tattered Amani War Banner: On-Use

• Nebulous Voidcore is a new currency that can be used to "Bonus Roll" on certain dungeons and items. Using it will guarantee a drop from that source, but the item you get is random. However, you are protected from repeats. Use this enough times on a boss or dungeon, and you are guaranteed your desired item.

You get them from Great Vault by passing on its item rewards, which needs three reward slots unlocked, and they only start showing up from the second week of the season onwards. From the eighth week you also get one extra at no cost, from Orin Straylight, who stands beside the Catalyst in Silvermoon.

Obviously, the straightforward answer to this question is to use the Voidcores on the best upgrade that you have not yet gotten. This is unique to your character, but we will offer a list of some of the most important items for Marksmanship Hunter, with the goal being that you can just go down the list and chase the #1 thing you see that you do not already have.

Bonus Rolling for an item you may get from an upcoming raid boss can be a bad idea, depending on how you value "power now" versus "power later".

Voidcore (Bonus Roll) Priority

1. Mythic Lost Explorers for Gebbo's Backup Blaster and Gebbo's Bottomless Bag
2. Ula'tek for Aqirbane Reliquary and Caustic Repose Greatbow
3. Remaining BiS List Items

You can have two Embellishments, which are special effects that come from Crafted Gear. In other words, all good gearsets have two Embellished, crafted items, and below, we list the best items to craft and the Embellishments to put on them, in the order you should prioritize crafting them.

1. Farstrider's Plated Bracers and Farstrider's Trophy Belt, both with Arcanoweave Lining and Crafted with Thalassian Missive of the Peerless for Crit/Mastery.

You should ideally sim the optimal stats to craft for your particular character, but Crit/Mastery is most likely your best option with a Thalassian Missive of the Peerless.

For more information about crafting gear you can visit our Professions page.

Helmets, Belts and Bracers can drop with a socket, and you can also add one yourself with Miasmic Jewelbinder. It costs six Thalassian Token of Merit, the currency Great Vault gives you for passing on its rewards. You get six of them directly as long as you have three reward slots unlocked.

Save them for pieces you do not expect to replace, so Mythic items or your two crafted slots, since a crafted Belt or Bracer cannot get a socket any other way.

You will be able to upgrade your items via Crests such as Myth Mistcrest. 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.

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, for example, it would be a VERY bad idea to upgrade an item from a +9 Dungeon, because you just wasted 20 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 upgrade 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.

Marksmanship Hunter Crest Upgrade Priority

Weapon → Trinkets → Helmet/Chest/Legs → Shoulder/Gloves/Belt/Boots → Rings/Neck → Cloak/Bracer

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

Throughout this page and elsewhere in our guide, we regularly refer to the importance of simming yourself on Raidbots. This is because every character is unique, and each gear piece you have access to can change what is best right now for you.

While we do offer recommendations for gear and trinkets, these are not complete replacements for simming yourself. The only way to truly optimize your character to that degree is by making use of the tools available!

Optimization

Simulations and Tools

For further reading on how to truly maximize your character's potential, check out our guide on Raidbots!

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