Marksmanship Hunter DPS Guide — The War Within Pre-Patch

Hunter's Class Tree has had a complete rework, with new pathing for every talent, and a bunch of new talents altogether. I have edited this extensive list for brevity so that you get the most relevant changes. The full, exhaustive list of changes can be found in the Class Changes page linked further below.

• New Talent: Padded Armor — Survival of the Fittest gains an additional charge.
• New Talent: Kodo Tranquilizer — Tranquilizing Shot removes up to 1 additional Magic effect from its target.
• New Talent: Devilsaur Tranquilizer — If Tranquilizing Shot removes only an Enrage effect, its cooldown is reduced by 5 seconds.
• New Talent: Scout's Instincts — You cannot be slowed below 80% of your normal movement speed while Aspect of the Cheetah is active.
• New Talent: Scrappy — Casting Aimed Shot reduces the cooldown of Intimidation and Binding Shot by 0.5 seconds.
• New Talent: Kindling Flare — Stealthed enemies revealed by Flare remain revealed for 3 seconds after exiting the flare.
• New Talent: Moment of Opportunity — When a trap triggers, you gain Aspect of the Cheetah for 3 seconds. Can only occur every 1 minute.
• New Talent: No Hard Feelings — When Misdirection targets your pet, it reduces the damage they take by 50% for 5 seconds.
• New Talent: Territorial Instincts — Intimidation summons a pet if you do not have one out and reduces Intimidation's cooldown by 5 sec.
• New Talent: Tar-Coated Bindings — Binding Shot's root duration is increased by 1 second.
• New Talent: Ghillie Suit — You take 20% reduced damage while in Camouflage. This bonus persists 3 seconds after leaving Camouflage.
• Lone Survivor now also reduces Counter Shot and Muzzle's cooldown by 2 seconds.
• Survival of the Fittest now reduces all damage you and your pet take by 30% (was 20%).
• Disruptive Rounds now also grants 10 focus when you interrupt an effect with Counter Shot or Muzzle.
• Explosive Shot now explodes early when applied to a target that already is affected by Explosive Shot.
• Bursting Shot is now a choice node with Scatter Shot (was in Marksmanship tree).
• The following talents have been removed:
  • Sentinel Owl
  • Sentinel's Perception
  • Sentinel's Protection
  • Serpent Sting
  • Poison Injection
  • Stampede
  • Beast Master
  • Arctic Bola
  • Nature's Endurance
  • Serrated Shots

Marksmanship's Talent Tree has had a complete rework, with new pathing for every talent, and a bunch of new talents altogether. I have edited this extensive list for brevity so that you get the most relevant changes. The full, exhaustive list of changes can be found in the Class Changes page linked further below.

• New Talent: Rapid Fire Barrage — Your Barrage now instead shoots Rapid Fires at up to four nearby enemies at 30% effectiveness but has its cooldown increased to 60 seconds.
• New Talent: Small Game Hunter — The damage of Multi-Shot is increased by 75% and the damage of Explosive Shot is increased by 25%.
• New Talent: Penetrating Shots — Gain critical strike damage equal to 40% of your critical strike chance.
• New Talent: Kill Zone — Your spells and attacks deal 8% more damage and ignore line of sight against any target in your Volley.
• Legacy of the Windrunners has been redesigned — Each time Rapid Fire deals damage, there is a 5% chance to coalesce a Wind Arrow at your target. Aimed Shot still fires 2 Wind Arrows on every cast.
• Wind Arrow damage increased by 300%. Wind Arrows are longer affected by Aimed Shot modifiers. No longer grants Focus or Aimed Shot charges after firing 24 Wind Arrows.
• Wailing Arrow has been redesigned and is now passive — Now replaces your Aimed Shot with a Wailing Arrow after generating 20 Wind Arrows.
• Wailing Arrow only silences the primary target and it now benefits from bonuses to Aimed Shot such as Trick Shots.
• Readiness now causes Trueshot to immediately grant you Wailing Arrow and you generate 2 additional Wind Arrows while in Trueshot. Wailing Arrow resets the cooldown of Rapid Fire and generates 2 charges of Aimed Shot.
• Eagletalon's True Focus has been redesigned — Trueshot lasts an additional 3 seconds. During Trueshot, Aimed Shot's Focus cost is reduced by 50% and Arcane Shot and Multi-Shot casts an additional time at 30% effectiveness.
• Barrage, Master Marksman, and Hydra's Bite are now Marksmanship talents (was Class).
• Hydra's Bite has been redesigned — When Aimed Shot strikes an enemy affected with your Serpent Sting, it spreads Serpent Sting to up to 2 nearby enemies. Serpent Sting’s damage over time is increased by 20%.
• Lone Wolf reduced to 5% increased damage when you do not have an active pet (was 10%).
• Precise Shots now always grants 2 stacks and reduces the Focus cost of your next Multi-Shot or Arcane Shot by 50%.
• Many 2-pointer talents are now 1 point.
• Bursting Shot has moved to the Class tree.