Marksmanship Hunter DPS Mythic+ Guide — Dragonflight 10.2

Last updated on Nov 27, 2023 at 15:25 by Azortharion 121 comments
General Information

In this guide, you will find tips and advice to tackle Mythic+ dungeons with your Marksmanship Hunter in World of Warcraft — Dragonflight 10.2.

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Mythic+ Guide for Marksmanship Hunter

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.

If you are unfamiliar with Mythic+ and its associated general mechanics, you can read more about it on our dedicated Mythic+ page below.

To learn more about the Mythic+ Meta, check out our Mythic+ Tier List below.

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The Role of Marksmanship Hunter in Dragonflight Mythic+

Marksmanship Hunter specializes in overwhelmingly massive AoE Burst damage, particularly on 8 targets or below, and amazing AoE damage in general. Almost nothing can achieve higher burst DPS numbers than Marksmanship Hunters in Mythic+.

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Best Mythic+ Talents for Marksmanship Hunter in Dragonflight

For a more general overview of Talents for Marksmanship Hunter, please visit our dedicated Talents page.

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Best Talents for Marksmanship Hunter

Mythic+ Talents Heavy AoE Mythic+ Talents Pre-T31-4PC Mythic+ Talents
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Best Mythic+ Talents for Marksmanship Hunter

This build is optimal for most Mythic+ situations.

Be sure to make use of the 'Copy Export String' button to import the best build directly into your game!

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Best Heavy AoE Mythic+ Talents for Marksmanship Hunter

The only change here is swapping Bulletstorm Icon Bulletstorm for Light Ammo Icon Light Ammo, thereby increasing our AoE cap from 6 to 8 for big AoE dungeons.

Be sure to make use of the 'Copy Export String' button to import the best build directly into your game!

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Best Mythic+ Talents for Marksmanship Hunter for Pre-T31

This build is optimal for essentially all Mythic+ situations, before you have obtained the Hunter Marksmanship 10.2 Class Set 4pc Icon Hunter Marksmanship 10.2 Class Set 4pc Tier Set Bonus.

Be sure to make use of the 'Copy Export String' button to import the best build directly into your game!

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Mythic+ Utility for Marksmanship Hunter in Dragonflight

This section talks mostly about the uses of different spells. For in-depth explanations of all Hunter Abilities and Talents, including these, check out our Spells page.

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Utility of Marksmanship Hunter in Dragonflight

Interrupts, Stuns and Stops Other Utility
6.1.

Interrupts, Stuns and Stops

Counter Shot Icon Counter Shot is your "kick" and your most important bit of utility in Mythic+, used to stop enemy casts for the benefit of the group and especially the tank. It is highly recommended to use a Focus Kick macro for this.

  • /stopcasting
  • /stopcasting
  • /cast [@focus,exists,nodead][@mouseover,exists,nodead] [] Counter Shot

This macro will kick your focus target if you have one, mouseover if you have no Focus target, and your target if you have neither of those.

To quickly set a focus target in hectic scenarios, we also recommend a Focus Mouseover macro.

  • /focus [@mouseover]

Make sure that your UI shows your Focus Target's casts clearly, so that you are always able to kick it on cooldown, or in coordination with the rest of your group.

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Stunning and "Stops"

Binding Shot Icon Binding Shot can be used to save your tank in hectic moments by helping him kite mobs and generate some range.

Freezing Trap Icon Freezing Trap can be used as an additional stop in place of Intimidation Icon Intimidation (which we cannot use with no Pet), but it has a slow travel time and you will need to be close to land it before most stunnable casts are finished.

Scatter Shot Icon Scatter Shot (mutually exclusive with Binding Shot Icon Binding Shot) can be used as an additional stop in place of Intimidation Icon Intimidation and Freezing Trap Icon Freezing Trap, but you have to be within 20 yards of the mob you are stopping. It will also remove any DoTs like Master Marksman Icon Master Marksman, giving it a small DPS cost.

7.1.

Other Utility

Feign Death Icon Feign Death can not only be used to drop aggro, but also negate certain casts and channels on you. In some cases, these mechanics will simply retarget someone else in the group, but occasionally the mechanic will be entirely negated with huge benefits. If you notice a cast or effect on you, try to Feign it!

Tranquilizing Shot Icon Tranquilizing Shot can negate beneficial Enrage and Magic effects from enemy targets.

Tar Trap Icon Tar Trap can be used to aid your tank in kiting by slowing mobs.

8.

Dungeon Tips and Tricks for Marksmanship Hunter in Dragonflight

This section has Hunter-specific tips and tricks that may not seem obvious, for all dungeons' bosses and trash. If you want general guides for each of our Dungeons or Mythic+ in general, check out our dedicated page below.

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Dungeon Tips for Marksmanship Hunter in Dragonflight

Atal'Dazar Black Rook Hold Darkheart Thicket Dawn of the Infinite: Galakrond's Fall Dawn of the Infinite: Murozond's Rise The Everbloom Throne of the Tides Waycrest Manor
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Bosses

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Trash

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Affix Tips, Tricks and Management for Marksmanship Hunter in Dragonflight

This section has Hunter-specific tips for dealing with the various affixes of Mythic+. If you want general guides for each of our Dungeons or Mythic+ in general, check out our dedicated page below.

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Affix Guide for Marksmanship Hunter in Dragonflight

Affix: Afflicted Affix: Incorporeal Affix: Entangling Affix: Storming Affix: Spiteful Affix: Raging Affix: Bolstering Affix: Bursting Affix: Sanguine
11.1.

Afflicted Affix Management for Marksmanship Hunter

Marksmanship Hunter has no way of dealing with the Afflicted Icon Afflicted Affix, as it has no friendly dispel. The best you can do is remind your teammates to do it.

11.2.

Incorporeal Affix Management for Marksmanship Hunter

Marksmanship Hunter is well-equipped to deal with Incorporeal Icon Incorporeal. You can pre-Freezing Trap Icon Freezing Trap one of the circles that spawn, and then use Scare Beast Icon Scare Beast (Talent) on another and solo the affix every time.

11.3.

Entangling Affix Management for Marksmanship Hunter

Marksmanship Hunter can use Disengage Icon Disengage to immediately break and move out of Entangling, thanks to our Posthaste Icon Posthaste Talent.

11.4.

Storming Affix Management for Marksmanship Hunter

Marksmanship Hunter is fully mobile, and can run around and intentionally soak the Skittish Icon Storming tornados and help your group not have to deal with them, since other Ranged are usually movement-limited, and melee do not want to risk being knocked out of melee range.

11.5.

Spiteful Affix Management for Marksmanship Hunter

Marksmanship Hunter can use Binding Shot Icon Binding Shot and Tar Trap Icon Tar Trap to best deal with Skittish Icon Spiteful Shades. Consider speccing into Entrapment Icon Entrapment to make your Tar Trap even more useful for this.

11.6.

Raging Affix Management for Marksmanship Hunter

Marksmanship Hunter has Tranquilizing Shot Icon Tranquilizing Shot to deal with Raging Icon Raging. We do not recommend spamming it mindlessly, but instead it helps to know which mobs need CC in a pack and preparing to enrage-dispel those when they hit 30% HP.

11.7.

Bolstering Affix Management for Marksmanship Hunter

Marksmanship Hunter has nothing special to deal with Bolstering Icon Bolstering, but it is extremely important to always be hitting the highest HP target in a pack on Bolstering Icon Bolstering weeks. We highly recommend this WeakAura to help mark out this target in hectic situations.

11.8.

Bursting Affix Management for Marksmanship Hunter

Marksmanship Hunter can use Aspect of the Turtle Icon Aspect of the Turtle when a lot of mobs are dying to prevent stacks of Bursting Icon Bursting being applied.

11.9.

Sanguine Affix Management for Marksmanship Hunter

Marksmanship Hunter can use High Explosive Trap Icon High Explosive Trap (Talent) to knock mobs out of Sanguine and reposition them.

12.

How To Sim Mythic+ for Marksmanship Hunter

When choosing your trinkets, we recommend simulating yourself on Raidbots Top Gear or Gear Compare using the DungeonSlice Fight Style to roughly simulate a Mythic+ dungeon.

If you are an advanced user, the true best way to sim Mythic+ is to use MDT Sim, a WeakAura/Tool that lets you simulate real Mythic+ dungeons, based on routes from the Mythic Dungeon Tools Addon.

On our Gear Page below, we have compiled BiS items for Marksmanship Hunter that also apply to Mythic+.

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Changelog

  • 27 Nov. 2023: Updated Talents for Mythic+.
  • 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.
  • 25 May 2023: Updated the recommended builds to assume the set bonus as default.
  • 04 May 2023: Updated the recommended M+ Talent Build. This is likely a temporary change, until the new Tier Set becomes more widespread.
  • 01 May 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
  • 20 Mar. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
  • 15 Feb. 2023: Updated the utility talents in the M+ Build.
  • 30 Jan. 2023: Small updates to the recommended builds and talent swaps.
  • 25 Jan. 2023: Updated the Talent Builds again after the discovery of a sim bug. Updated the recommended "swap" talent to Bullseye.
  • 24 Jan. 2023: Updated the page for relevant changes in Patch 10.0.5.
  • 23 Dec. 2022: Updated the recommended builds to reflect that Unerring Vision is fixed and worth using again.
  • 18 Dec. 2022: Updated the recommended talent build for Mythic+ to reflect that Unerring Vision is bugged.
  • 12 Dec. 2022: Added note about Wailing Arrow for Mythic+.
  • 11 Dec. 2022: Added information about talent changes for individual dungeons.
  • 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
  • 24 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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