Welcome to our Rotation page for Marksmanship Hunters. On this page you will find everything you need to know about actually playing the spec in Raiding and Mythic+ scenarios.

If the rotations below seem overwhelming to you, you might benefit from visiting our Easy Mode page which outlines a close-to-optimal rotation in simpler terms.

The content on this page is purely PvE-related. If you are looking for PvP Rotation Tips, please visit our PvP page below.

Important Abilities, Procs and The General Rotation of Marksmanship Hunter

To play Marksmanship Hunter, there are a few basic mechanics you must understand to fully unlock the potential of the spec.

Precise Shots is a buff that is activated whenever you cast Aimed Shot. It causes your next 1-2 Arcane Shots or Multi-Shots after casting Aimed Shot to do 75% more damage. You do not want to waste this buff by casting Aimed Shot when you have it active. You always want to spend the charges first, provided that Aimed Shot is not going to reach 2 charges.

Trick Shots is the primary AoE mechanic. When you cast Multi-Shot on 3 targets or above, your next Aimed Shot or Rapid Fire will cleave up to 5 additional targets for 55% of its original damage. You simply want this buff to be active when casting Aimed Shot or Rapid Fire while dealing with 3 or more targets.

Our tier set has no impact on our rotation in any way. It will passively increase your damage in the background, and your priorities are the same.

Use the buttons below to select your talents to see how that changes the rotation. This affects both the single-target and multi-target rotation.

Note that we have automatically checked recommended talents from our single-target and AoE builds to save you some time. Feel free to experiment with the checkboxes to see how the rotation changes with and without certain talents.

Active Talents	Passive Talents
Barrage	Bombardment
Chimaera Shot	Bulletstorm
Death Chakram	Careful Aim
Salvo	Hydra's Bite
Explosive Shot	Poison Injection
Multi-Shot	Pouch of Razor Fragments
Rapid Fire	Precise Shots
Serpent Sting	Serpentstalker's Trickery
Stampede	Steady Focus
Steel Trap	Streamline
Trueshot	Surging Shots
Volley	Trick Shots
Wailing Arrow

• Ensure that you have eaten appropriate Food, according to our Consumables page.
• Ensure you have your Flask buff (see our Consumables page).
• Activate your Draconic Augment Rune.

The single target rotation for a Marksmanship Hunter is based on the following priority system.

1. Use Steady Shot to apply and maintain the Steady Focus buff. Refresh when it drops below 5 seconds and you would have cast one Steady Shot regardless, or apply it if it is down. Do not bother refreshing or applying during Trueshot.
2. Cast Kill Shot when it is available.
3. Cast Steel Trap on cooldown. Remember to throw it at your target's feet.
4. Use Serpent Sting to apply and maintain the DoT. Refresh it when it drops below 5 seconds.
5. Use Explosive Shot on cooldown.
6. Use Death Chakram on cooldown.
7. Use Stampede on cooldown.
8. Use Volley on cooldown. Macro Salvo into it as well. You can find the Macro on our AddOns and Macros page.
9. Use Trueshot, your main cooldown, as many times as possible during the fight. Save it for important add spawns and damage amplification phases.
10. Use Multi-Shot to activate the Salvo effect when it is available. A debuff indicates if it is currently on cooldown.
11. On 2 targets and with Bombardment talented and active after casting 4 Arcane Shot/ Chimaera Shots, you should also use Multi-Shot to activate Trick Shots.
12. Use Rapid Fire on cooldown.
13. Use Aimed Shot on cooldown at all times. You should always spend all of your Precise Shots stacks first, provided that Aimed Shot is not about to reach 2 charges.
14. Use Steady Shot twice to refresh Steady Focus if it drops below ~3 seconds.
15. Use Wailing Arrow on cooldown. Do not use it during Trueshot.
16. Use Chimaera Shot to spend your Precise Shots stacks or when you have over 55 Focus.
17. Use Arcane Shot to spend your Precise Shots stacks or when you have over 55 Focus.
18. Use Steady Shot when you have nothing else to do, as a filler.

This Opener assumes that you are using the recommended Single-Target Talents for Marksmanship Hunter, which you can find on our Talents page.

1. Pre-cast Aimed Shot when there is 2.5 seconds left on the pulltimer.
2. Throw your Steel Trap on the enemy's feet.
3. Cast Explosive Shot
4. Cast 2x Steady Shots
5. Use Death Chakram.
6. Use Volley at your enemy's feet.
7. Activate Trueshot
8. Cast Aimed Shot
9. Cast Rapid Fire
10. Cast Aimed Shot
11. Continue with your normal rotation, according to the priority list above. Remember to react if Kill Shot becomes available due to Deathblow procs!

The AoE rotation is almost entirely similar to the single-target rotation. The main difference is that you want to activate Trick Shots for every Aimed Shot and Rapid Fire that you do, including during Trueshot.

The AoE rotation for a Marksmanship Hunter is based on the following priority system.

1. Use Steady Shot to apply and maintain the Steady Focus buff. Refresh when it drops below 8 seconds and you would have cast one Steady Shot regardless, or apply it if it is down. Do not bother refreshing or applying during Trueshot.
2. Cast Kill Shot when available to spend Pouch of Razor Fragments procs.
3. Use Serpent Sting to apply and maintain the DoT on all targets. Hydra's Bite causes it to hit multiple targets, but you should still ensure that all targets are covered.
4. Use Explosive Shot on cooldown.
5. Use Barrage on cooldown when there are 8 or more targets active. It is not worth using otherwise.
6. Use Death Chakram on cooldown.
7. Use Stampede on cooldown.
8. Use Volley on cooldown. Macro Salvo into it as well. You can find the Macro on our AddOns and Macros page.
9. Use Rapid Fire on cooldown. Make sure that Trick Shots is active before casting it.
10. Use Wailing Arrow on cooldown.
11. Use Trueshot, your main cooldown, as many times as possible during the fight. Save it for important add spawns and damage amplification phases.
12. Use Aimed Shot on cooldown at all times. You should always spend all of your Precise Shots stacks first. The only exception is if Trueshot is active, where you ignore Precise Shots. You should cycle it between multiple targets to spread the Serpent Sting DoT. Make sure that Trick Shots is active before casting it.
13. Use Aimed Shot on cooldown at all times. You should always spend all of your Precise Shots stacks first. The only exception is if Trueshot is active, where you ignore Precise Shots. You should cycle it between multiple targets to consume the Latent Poison stacks.Make sure that Trick Shots is active before casting it.
14. Use Rapid Fire on cooldown.Make sure that Trick Shots is active before casting it.
15. Use Chimaera Shot on 2-3 targets to spend your Precise Shots stacks and when you have over 55 Focus
16. Cast Multi-Shot to apply Trick Shots if it is down. You should also cast it to spend your Precise Shots stacks and you should also cast it if you have 10 stacks of Bulletstorm.
17. Multidot Serpent Sting.
18. Cast Steel Trap on cooldown. Remember to throw it at your target's feet.
19. Cast Kill Shot whenever it is available and you have more than 45 Focus.
20. Use Steady Shot when you have nothing else to do, as a filler.

This Opener assumes that you are using the recommended Mythic+/AoE Talents for Marksmanship Hunter, which you can find on our Talents page.

1. Pre-cast Steady Shot when there is 1.75 seconds left on the pulltimer.
2. Cast a second Steady Shot to activate Steady Focus.
3. Throw your Steel Trap on the enemy's feet.
4. Cast Explosive Shot.
5. Use Death Chakram.
6. Use Volley at your enemy's feet.
7. Activate Trueshot
8. Cast Aimed Shot
9. Cast Rapid Fire
10. Cast Aimed Shot
11. Continue with your normal rotation, according to the priority list above. Remember to react if Kill Shot becomes available due to Deathblow procs!

For information about Mythic+ as a Marksmanship Hunter, please refer to our Mythic+ page.

WeakAuras can have a tremendously positive effect on your performance. Since this is a broad topic, we made a page dedicated to it.

Thanks for reading my Rotation Guide for Marksmanship Hunter. If you have any questions about it that you would like to ask me directly, feel free to drop into my Discord Server and drop me (Azortharion) a ping at any time.