Marksmanship Hunter DPS Nerub-ar Palace Raid Guide — The War Within (Season 1)

Last updated on Sep 26, 2024 at 11:05 by Azortharion 147 comments
General Information

On this page, you will find tips, tricks, and strategies tailored to your Marksmanship Hunter for each boss of the following raid: Nerub-ar Palace. All our content is updated for World of Warcraft — The War Within (Season 1).

1.

Introduction

Below, you can find class and spec-specific advice for every fight in Nerub-ar Palace. If you are looking for a general overview of the Raid that is not spec-specific, check out our dedicated Nerub-ar Palace guides.

This page assumes that you already understand most of the mechanics of each encounter. These can be found on the full raid guide, so what is contained here are details specifically tailored toward Marksmanship Hunter and how you can deal with each fight as best as possible.

All recommendations are progression-based tips and will not necessarily be the best for an overall DPS ranking.

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Nerub'ar Palace Boss Guides for Marksmanship Hunter

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Nerub'ar Palace Raid Builds, Tips, and Tricks for Marksmanship Hunter

Ulgrax the Devourer The Bloodbound Horror Sikran Rasha'nan Broodtwister Ovi'nax Nexus-Princess Ky'veza The Silken Court Queen Ansurek
3.

Tips for Ulgrax the Devourer for Marksmanship Hunter

Note that it is early days, and that this section will be far more fleshed out as the Season progresses and cool tricks and tips are found.

2.1.

Defensive Tips

  • You may want to defensive if you are at low HP when Hungering Bellows Icon Hungering Bellows happens.
  • The DoT that you get from collecting bugs to feed Ulgrax can hurt, prepare a defensive if you are doing multiple.
2.2.

Cooldown Usage

  • It is not generally worth using CD's on the Add Phase unless you are attempting to parse. Simply use cooldowns on pull, and then again when the boss returns.
2.3.

Mechanical Tips

  • Use Disengage Icon Disengage to counter the pull of Carnivorous Contest Icon Carnivorous Contest.
  • Save Aspect of the Cheetah Icon Aspect of the Cheetah for when you are feeding Bugs to Ulgrax to do so as quickly as possible.
2.4.

Best Talents

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

I recommend an AoE build on this encounter, but we are not sacrificing absolutely everything to do maximal AoE, we are only grabbing our most essential AoE kit abilities and passives to not hamper our single-target too much.

3.

Tips for Bloodbound Horror for Marksmanship Hunter

Note that it is early days, and that this section will be far more fleshed out as the Season progresses and cool tricks and tips are found.

2.5.

Defensive Tips

  • Consider using a defensive if you are at low HP when Bloodcurdle Icon Bloodcurdle happens, or if you are about to go down via Gruesome Disgorge Icon Gruesome Disgorge.
2.6.

Cooldown Usage

  • I do not recommend using cooldowns on the add waves if you do not have to. Try to use your cooldowns as they come up on the boss.
2.7.

Mechanical Tips

  • You can Aspect of the Turtle Icon Aspect of the Turtle to bypass Spewing Hemorrhage Icon Spewing Hemorrhage, but do not rely on this, it is a crutch if you get in trouble.
2.8.

Best Talents

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

I recommend an AoE build on this encounter, but we are not sacrificing absolutely everything to do maximal AoE, we are only grabbing our most essential AoE kit abilities and passives to not hamper our single-target too much.

3.

Tips for Sikran for Marksmanship Hunter

Note that it is early days, and that this section will be far more fleshed out as the Season progresses and cool tricks and tips are found.

2.9.

Defensive Tips

  • As you run to place your Simulacrum, you may want to use a defensive if you are at low HP, since you may be running out of Healer range, and if you are not, they are probably busy running as well.
2.10.

Cooldown Usage

  • On cooldown.
2.11.

Mechanical Tips

  • Nothing fancy here yet, but do check back in after the Season has been out for a couple of weeks to see if any tricks or tips have been found.
2.12.

Best Talents

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

3.

Best Dark Ranger Single-Target Talents for Marksmanship Hunter in The War Within Season 1

This pure single-target encounter has enough boss movement that you will not likely be able to achieve sufficient uptime on Sentinel to make it worth using. Because of this, I recommend Dark Ranger here.

3.

Tips for Rasha'nan for Marksmanship Hunter

Note that it is early days, and that this section will be far more fleshed out as the Season progresses and cool tricks and tips are found.

2.13.

Defensive Tips

  • If you are low on HP as Erosive Spray Icon Erosive Spray is going out, consider using a defensive.
2.14.

Cooldown Usage

2.15.

Mechanical Tips

  • You can Disengage Icon Disengage to more quickly break Spinneret's Strands Icon Spinneret's Strands.
  • Binding Shot Icon Binding Shot + Implosive Trap Icon Implosive Trap can be a good combo for add CC if they are grouped up.
  • Disengage Icon Disengage to counter the pull by Web Reave Icon Web Reave.
  • Mythic: It might be possible to jump off the platform when Enveloping Webs Icon Enveloping Webs are about to expire to drop the Web off the platform, and then Disengage Icon Disengage back. Live testing pending for this tip.
2.16.

Best Talents

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

I recommend an AoE build on this encounter, but we are not sacrificing absolutely everything to do maximal AoE, we are only grabbing our most essential AoE kit abilities and passives to not hamper our single-target too much.

3.

Tips for Broodtwister Ovi'nax for Marksmanship Hunter

Note that it is early days, and that this section will be far more fleshed out as the Season progresses and cool tricks and tips are found.

2.17.

Defensive Tips

  • Nothing specific.
2.18.

Cooldown Usage

  • It is not obvious, pre-launch, what the best strategy is here. It will depend on the tuning of the adds and whether they are dying in a timely fashion. As a default, use cooldowns on the boss, but you may want to change this strategy.
2.19.

Mechanical Tips

  • Use Binding Shot Icon Binding Shot and Tar Trap Icon Tar Trap liberally for the Parasites. Consider speccing Entrapment Icon Entrapment for further CC.
  • Disengage Icon Disengage breaks Sticky Web Icon Sticky Web. Make sure you are not near anyone else when you do so, or they will get Webbed too!
2.20.

Best Talents

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

I recommend an AoE build on this encounter, but we are not sacrificing absolutely everything to do maximal AoE, we are only grabbing our most essential AoE kit abilities and passives to not hamper our single-target too much.

3.

Tips for Nexus-Princess Ky'veza for Marksmanship Hunter

Note that it is early days, and that this section will be far more fleshed out as the Season progresses and cool tricks and tips are found.

2.21.

Defensive Tips

  • Nothing specific here. Use defensives primarily to cover for mistakes, and if you are at low HP when placing your Images.
2.22.

Cooldown Usage

  • On cooldown.
2.23.

Mechanical Tips

  • Disengage Icon Disengage to counter the Nether Rift Icon Nether Rift pull.
  • Note that the Starless Night Icon Starless Night pizza slice mechanic is very easy to dodge once you realize that the pizza slices are pre-drawn on the ground. You should only ever have to walk a single step to side-step them.
2.24.

Best Talents

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

3.

Best Dark Ranger Single-Target Talents for Marksmanship Hunter in The War Within Season 1

This pure single-target encounter has enough boss movement that you will not likely be able to achieve sufficient uptime on Sentinel to make it worth using. Because of this, I recommend Dark Ranger here.

3.

Tips for The Silken Court for Marksmanship Hunter

Note that it is early days, and that this section will be far more fleshed out as the Season progresses and cool tricks and tips are found.

2.25.

Defensive Tips

  • Nothing specific to note yet.
2.26.

Cooldown Usage

  • On cooldown.
2.27.

Mechanical Tips

2.28.

Best Talents

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

This build is exclusively for Silken Court on Heroic Difficulty, the only 2-target scenario in Raiding in Nerub-ar Palace.

3.

Tips for Queen Ansurek for Marksmanship Hunter

Note that it is early days, and that this section will be far more fleshed out as the Season progresses and cool tricks and tips are found.

2.29.

Defensive Tips

  • There are no special moments where defensives are always required, but Phase 2 is dangerous and there will not be a lot of Healers on your side. Using Survival of the Fittest Icon Survival of the Fittest around 4:30 to mitigate Gloom Blast Icon Gloom Blast is generally optimal.
2.30.

Cooldown Usage

  • On cooldown, while ensuring you are getting full duration value out of every use. Depending on your group, Phase 2 adds may die so quickly that it does not make sense to use cooldowns on them.
2.31.

Mechanical Tips

  • You can both Feign Death Icon Feign Death and Disengage Icon Disengage Roots in Phase 1. You can also Aspect of the Turtle Icon Aspect of the Turtle their application
  • Binding Shot Icon Binding Shot on the adds spawned by Infest Icon Infest in Phase 3.
2.32.

Best Talents

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

I recommend an AoE build on this encounter, but we are not sacrificing absolutely everything to do maximal AoE, we are only grabbing our most essential AoE kit abilities and passives to not hamper our single-target too much.

2.33.

General Defensive Usage Notes

Marksmanship Hunter has several defensive spells that you should plan to use and rotate throughout mechanics. You should opt to use the smaller cooldown spells often as needed with incoming mechanics and save bigger cooldowns like Aspect of the Turtle Icon Aspect of the Turtle for large incoming damage.

  • Exhilaration Icon Exhilaration
  • Survival of the Fittest Icon Survival of the Fittest
  • Fortitude of the Bear Icon Fortitude of the Bear
2.34.

General Cooldown Usage

Marksmanship Hunter has a few cooldowns to think about using optimally on the fights in Nerub-ar Palace:

  • Trueshot Icon Trueshot — Our main, 2-minute cooldown, though its actual cooldown will be closer to 60-80s on average thanks to Calling the Shots Icon Calling the Shots and Sentinel Watch Icon Sentinel Watch.
  • Volley Icon Volley — Not always used, but it is a vehicle for our best burst AoE and timings its use, especially with Salvo Icon Salvo, is relevant on fights with intermittent add spawns.

In addition to the general rotation, you want to keep in mind that your goal is to use your cooldowns as often as possible during an encounter. With that in mind, your secondary goal is to use them at the correct time.

I highly suggest using some Addon or WeakAura to track the estimated time to die of your target/boss target. Method Raid Tools has this as an option if you are already using this addon. By tracking time to die, if you know that you can only fit one more cycle of your cooldowns in before the boss dies, you can choose to hold these cooldowns to better line up with Bloodlust Icon Bloodlust, your Potion, or even your other cooldowns, trying to look for opportunities to stack all of them.

3.

Changelog

  • 14 Sep. 2024: Updated the Raid AoE build, and swapped the ST recommendation to Dark Ranger for a couple of bosses.
  • 13 Sep. 2024: Re-visited the best builds on every boss after Heroic experience and made some changes.
  • 09 Sep. 2024: Guide added.
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