Marksmanship Hunter DPS Gems, Enchants, and Consumables — The War Within (11.1.5)
On this page, we list the best gems, enchants, flasks, potions, and food you can get for your Marksmanship Hunter, based on your stat priority. We also give budget alternatives. This page is updated for World of Warcraft — The War Within (11.1.5).
If you were looking for WotLK Classic content, please refer to our WotLK Classic Marksmanship Hunter gems and enchants.
Best Gems, Enchants, Food, and Flasks for Marksmanship Hunter in The War Within
This section specifically covers the optimal gems, enchants, food, and flasks to use for your character. To get a more detailed rundown of the different stats for Marksmanship Hunter, please visit our dedicated Stats page.
Best Corruption Enchants for Marksmanship Hunter
Below, you can find the best Corruption Enchants to use for Raiding and Mythic+ Content on your Marksmanship Hunter. The Raiding recommendation is based on single-target DPS simulations, while the Mythic+ recommendation is based on a mixture of single-target and AoE.
Raiding Corruption Enchants for Marksmanship Hunter
Greater Rune of the Void Ritual is currently optimal for all scenarios. Single-Target, AoE, you name it. Expect some tuning to balance them out in the future, but for now, Greater Void Ritual dominates.
Mythic+ Corruption Enchants for Marksmanship Hunter
Greater Rune of the Void Ritual is currently optimal for all scenarios. Single-Target, AoE, you name it. Expect some tuning to balance them out in the future, but for now, Greater Void Ritual dominates.
Best Gems for Marksmanship Hunter in The War Within
We highly recommend using Raidbots to sim your character's ideal gems and enchants, as they might differ from our general recommendations.
Sentinel
You should use Culminating Blasphemite in one socket. Then, you
should ensure you have one gem of each type in other sockets to max out the Crit effect, ideally
Deadly Emerald/
Deadly Onyx/
Deadly Sapphire/
Masterful Ruby. Fill in remaining sockets with
Masterful Ruby.
Dark Ranger
You should use Culminating Blasphemite in one socket. Then, you
should ensure you have one gem of each type in other sockets to max out the Crit effect, ideally
Deadly Emerald/
Deadly Onyx/
Deadly Sapphire/
Quick Ruby. Fill in remaining sockets with
Quick Ruby.
You can also choose to take a 0.4% DPS hit to use the Elusive Blasphemite with the Gems above for 8-10% movement speed. Given
that we are, to some extent, a mobility-limited spec, this can actually work out to more DPS in the end, and is strongly worth considering
if you partake in high-level, deadly content.
Best The War Within Enchants for Marksmanship Hunter
Disclaimer:The Helmet enchant will only be available once the Horrific Visions open up on May 20th.
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Necklace |
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Weapon (Temporary) |
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Cloak |
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Chest |
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Bracers |
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Legs |
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Boots |
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Rings |
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Best Flask for Marksmanship Hunter in The War Within
You should be drinking the Flask of Alchemical Chaos at all times.
Best Potion for Marksmanship Hunter in The War Within
Your stat potion should be Tempered Potion. Use these when you will
do the most damage with your abilities, likely during your cooldowns and/or
Bloodlust/
Heroism. You can also obtain
Fleeting Tempered Potion from Cauldrons that can be spawned by
Alchemists.
You should keep a stock of Algari Healing Potions to use when at
low health, and if you have a Warlock in the group, grab their
Healthstones and use them as well. Do not macro these together, they
are best used separately! You can also obtain
Fleeting Algari Healing Potion from Cauldrons that can be spawned by
Alchemists.
Best Food for Marksmanship Hunter in The War Within
Since our secondary stats are stronger per-point than our primary stat, you should be eating secondary stat food at all times, either
Beledar's Bounty,
Outsider's Provisions,
Jester's Board,
Empress' Farewell personal food, or the
The Sushi Special Feast. They are all identical.
In addition, if you can afford it, you should use Crystallized Augment Runes to
increase your primary stat. Augment Runes are expensive, and disappear on death, so use them wisely!
Changelog
- 21 Apr. 2025: Added Corruption Enchants information.
- 25 Mar. 2025: Updated for March 25 Updates.
- 24 Feb. 2025: Updated for Patch 11.1.0.
- 15 Dec. 2024: Updated for Patch 11.0.7.
- 30 Oct. 2024: Updated for October 29 Hotfixes.
- 22 Oct. 2024: Updated for Patch 11.0.5.
- 10 Sep. 2024: Added note about Movement Speed Gem, and also updated the Gem setup recommendation in general.
- 09 Sep. 2024: Preliminary updates for The War Within Season 1.
- 22 Aug. 2024: Updated for The War Within.
- 23 Jul. 2024: Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch.
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Updated for Season 4.
- 19 Mar. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Updated for Patch 10.2.5
- 06 Nov. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.2
- 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7
- 10 Jul. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
- 22 May 2023: Updated the recommended Leg Enchant, as it was found that the Lambent Armor Kit does not provide Stamina as it was assumed.
- 12 May 2023: Updated the recommended food and Leg enchant.
- 01 May 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
- 23 Mar. 2023: Yet another update to the recommended Gemstones based on a slew of hotfixes.
- 23 Mar. 2023: Updated the recommended Gemstones after sim updates, and the discovery of a new, powerful combination.
- 21 Mar. 2023: Updated the Onyx Annulet Information in light of the March 21st buff.
- 20 Mar. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 04 Jan. 2023: Updated the recommended Phial.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Updated the recommendation and description of the optimal Flasks/Phials.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 24 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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