Marksmanship Hunter DPS Mythic+ Guide — Battle for Azeroth (BfA) 8.1.5

1. Unique Challenges of Mythic+

Mythic+ Dungeons, especially high ones, are arguably the highest level of competitive PvE content that WoW has to offer aside from Mythic raiding.

In Mythic Dungeons as a Hunter, you will be responsible for a large part of the group's total damage output, while in a Mythic Raiding group, you may only be responsible for maybe 7% of it. The skill and execution from the individual players in the group is much more important.

Aside from just doing damage, in Mythic+ you will be responsible for many things to make the group's run faster and easier. Interrupting, offensively dispelling enemy targets, soaking mechanics, using your traps and stuns are all much more common in Mythic+ than your usual Mythic raid.

In this guide, we will talk about getting the most out of your Hunter in Mythic+ dungeons, including the best way to set up your character, how your rotation may change, and tips and tricks for using your abilities in the most optimal way.

2. Marksmanship Hunter Mythic+ Build

For Mythic+ Dungeons as a Marksmanship Hunter, your focus will be on a mix of single-target and AoE damage. A big strength of Marksmanship is that it can deal very high single-target damage while simultaneously doing high AoE.

These are our recommended talents for Marksmanship Hunter in Mythic+.

Level	Choices
15	✓ Master Marksman	✗ Serpent Sting	✗ A Murder of Crows
30	✓ Careful Aim	✗ Volley	✗ Explosive Shot
45	? Trailblazer	? Natural Mending	? Camouflage
60	✗ Steady Focus	? Streamline	✓ Hunter's Mark
75	? Born To Be Wild	? Posthaste	? Binding Shot
90	✗ Lethal Shots	? Barrage	✓ Double Tap
100	✓ Calling the Shots	✓ Lock and Load	✗ Piercing Shot

2.1. Level 15 Talents for Mythic+ as a Marksmanship Hunter

✔ Master Marksman

✘ Serpent Sting

✘ A Murder of Crows

Master Marksman is the best choice of talent in this tier. The other two options have a slightly higher single-target potential, but Master Marksman is good for both single-target and multi-target.

2.2. Level 30 Talents for Mythic+ as a Marksmanship Hunter

✔ Careful Aim

✘ Volley

✘ Explosive Shot

Careful Aim is usually the best choice from a pure DPS perspective.

2.3. Level 45 Talents for Mythic+ as a Marksmanship Hunter

? Trailblazer

? Natural Mending

? Camouflage

Generally speaking, we recommend using Natural Mending. It will allow you to use your Exhilaration self-heal much more often, which can save your life if you have made a mistake, or a very powerful spell has hit you.

2.4. Level 60 Talents for Mythic+ as a Marksmanship Hunter

✘ Steady Focus

? Streamline

✔ Hunter's Mark

Hunter's Mark should be the standard choice, providing superior single-target and very competitive multi-target damage.

Streamline needs a very trash-heavy, Fortified dungeon such as Freehold to beat out Hunter's Mark. Generally, it is not recommended.

2.5. Level 75 Talents for Mythic+ as a Marksmanship Hunter

? Born To Be Wild

? Posthaste

? Binding Shot

This tier is mostly a question about mobility, survivability, or utility.

Generally, we recommend using Posthaste for the helpful movement speed boost, but if you are doing a very high-level Mythic+ Dungeon, then you might find Born To Be Wild more valuable, as it is more likely to save your life than Posthaste.

Binding Shot is much more situational, and there would need to be specific requirements in the dungeon for you to use it. Remember that it is a root and not a stun, so its primary benefit is to help keep mobs stacked.

2.6. Level 90 Talents for Mythic+ as a Marksmanship Hunter

✘ Lethal Shots

? Barrage

✔ Double Tap

Double Tap is the best choice, providing superior single-target and multi-target as well as excellent burst DPS potential.

2.7. Level 100 Talents for Mythic+ as a Marksmanship Hunter

✔ Calling the Shots

✔ Lock and Load

✘ Piercing Shot

Calling the Shots should be the default choice for all Mythic+ situations.

3. Rotational Considerations for Marksmanship Hunter in Mythic+

For the most part, your rotation will remain the same as normal in Mythic+ dungeons. Because of the nature of dungeons, however, with mobs dying constantly and there sometimes being downtime in between packs, we recommend taking the following extra considerations.

3.1. Trueshot

Trueshot is best used on cooldown, and the goal is to end the dungeon with as many uses of Trueshot as possible, but without wasting its duration. It may be worth saving it for particularly difficult packs as well. Try to use it right before combat.

3.2. Double Tap

Double Tap should essentially always be spent on Rapid Fire in Mythic+. You can precast it alongside Trueshot and then start big packs with a Multi-Shot and Rapid Fire combination for extremely heavy burst.

4. Key Abilities for Marksmanship Hunter in Mythic+

Bursting Shot is a useful AoE interrupt that works in melee range. It can be used to interrupt abilities that cannot be interrupted normally, and you can aid in getting caster mobs to join the main pack using this ability.

Freezing Trap plays the same role as Bursting Shot for the most part, allowing you to interrupt dangerous casts that cannot be interrupted normally. It can also allow you to remove dangerous caster mobs from the equation. If there are caster mobs out of position hitting your group, those are ideal targets to be trapped until they can be pulled into the remaining group.

Counter Shot is your main interrupt and will be used often in any Mythic+. As you get to know the dungeons, you should know which spells are worth spending your valuable, long-cooldown interrupt on, and which ones you can safely leave to those with shorter cooldowns. Chances are that you will have one of the only ranged interrupts in your group. Using this on caster mobs that are out of position in order to force them to run for the tank is extremely valuable.

Feign Death is an extremely powerful spell in Mythic+. It can be used to effectively nullify a lot of targeted effects that mobs and bosses channel on you. It can also be used to nullify targeted spells where you can see that it will land on you before the cast finishes. Using Feign Death can cause the boss to pick another target, or completely stop casting the ability.

5. Azerite Traits for Marksmanship Hunter in Mythic+

The best Marksmanship Hunter traits for Mythic+ are usually ones that proc stats with a long duration, and ideally ones that are not reliant on mobs being alive for a long time.

5.1. The Best Traits

• Unerring Vision enhances your main cooldown and is generally a very strong multi-target trait. It is the best trait for Mythic+ in general and having more than one is great. If you have this Trait, you might even consider using Calling the Shots to capitalize on it even further.
• Focused Fire is another extremely strong AoE trait.
• Archive of the Titans is a decent all-rounder trait for both single-target and multi-target. If you raid in Uldir, it is also very common and is never a bad choice.

5.2. Traits to Avoid

• Dagger in the Back is a powerful pure single-target trait, but it loses value on multi-target scenarios. It also does less damage if you are attacking from the front. Finally, because its damage comes in the form of a stacking DoT, it is very undesirable when fighting big packs where mobs can often die before the DoT gets to do any damage, thereby wasting it.
• Azerite Globules is a Tier 2 trait with the same problem as Dagger in the Back. It applies a stacking debuff to a target, and it only does damage when that debuff hits 3 stacks. Because mobs die constantly in Mythic+ packs, you will waste a lot of Azerite Globules procs as mobs die with only a few stacks of the debuff.

To summarize Marksmanship Hunter Azerite Traits for Mythic+, try and stick to the following guidelines:

• Avoid traits and effects that stack debuffs on targets.
• Avoid purely single-target traits. Generally speaking, you want traits that give you more stats, as those will help both single-target and AoE damage.

Finally, and perhaps above all, sim yourself.

6. Trinket Considerations for Marksmanship Hunter in Mythic+

When choosing your trinkets, we recommend simulating yourself on Raidbots using the "Dungeon Slice" Simulation Option. This is designed to emulate Mythic+ and will tell you the best setup to use.

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