Marksmanship Hunter DPS Spec, Builds, Talents, and Pet Talents — The War Within (11.1.0)

Dark Ranger is optimal for pure single-target scenarios, at about ~4-5% stronger than Sentinel.

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This build is suboptimal for pure single-target compared to Dark Ranger, which is around 4-5% stronger.

Note that if you are not actually getting use out of the Sentinel Watch Hero Talent's cooldown reduction on Trueshot due to encounter timings, you should swap it to Eyes Closed for less frequent, but more powerful burst.

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This build is my recommendation for anything AoE-centric, like Mythic+, Delves, and so on.

This Talent is supposed to be extremely powerful and mandatory. However, we believe it is currently bugged and is conferring close to 0 benefit in actual Mythic+, as it almost never procs. Until this is fixed, it will not be recommended, but be prepared for the recommendation to change if this situation develops.

While I strongly recommend that you run the build exactly as listed, there are a few changes you could make to suit your personal preferences, though I cannot stress enough that significant deviations are likely to cost you significant performance. A lot of work went into every talent picked, combining simulations of single-target, pure AoE, and mixed dungeon simulation scenarios with a variety of pull sizes and durations.

• Prior to getting the 4PC Tier Set Bonus, running Quickdraw over Precision Detonation is optimal.
• Sacrificing Salvo for Small Game Hunter is a moderate AoE increase, especially on larger packs, but is a loss on smaller pulls and burst AoE. For higher-end key pushing and large-pull dungeons, I tend to prefer Small Game Hunter.
• I have tried to collect as many relevant "Flex" Talents in a single Talent Build here, so that you do not have to swap very often. Still, some omissions have been made. If you want to pick up some utility that is not in the default build, I recommend dropping Talents in this order of priority: Bursting Shot, Emergency Salve.

We cannot have everything we could possibly want for every single dungeon in a single build, unfortunately. Here are the recommended utility talents to swap to for different, specific Mythic+ dungeons in The War Within Season 2.

• For Cinderbrew Meadery, Darkflame Cleft, Theater of Pain, and The MOTHERLODE!!, swap Kodo Tranquilizer over to Devilsaur Tranquilizer.

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This build is my heavier AoE Dark Ranger recommendation for anything AoE-centric, like Mythic+, Delves, and so on. The problem with this build, as I see it, is that it offers no advantage over Sentinel anywhere. It is simply just worse than Sentinel in every way, whereas the single-target-heavy Dark Ranger build at least offers a substantial single-target advantage over Sentinel. Still, it is here if you prefer Dark Ranger strongly and want to do big overall DPS with it.

While I strongly recommend that you run the build exactly as listed, there are a few changes you could make to suit your personal preferences, though I cannot stress enough that significant deviations are likely to cost you significant performance. A lot of work went into every talent picked, combining simulations of single-target, pure AoE, and mixed dungeon simulation scenarios with a variety of pull sizes and durations.

• I have tried to collect as many relevant "Flex" Talents in a single Talent Build here, so that you do not have to swap very often. Still, some omissions have been made. If you want to pick up some utility that is not in the default build, I recommend dropping Talents in this order of priority: Bursting Shot, Emergency Salve.

We cannot have everything we could possibly want for every single dungeon in a single build, unfortunately. Here are the recommended utility talents to swap to for different, specific Mythic+ dungeons in The War Within Season 2.

• For Cinderbrew Meadery, Darkflame Cleft, Theater of Pain, and The MOTHERLODE!!, swap Kodo Tranquilizer over to Devilsaur Tranquilizer.

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

This build grabs our AoE essential Trick Shots for the smallest possible single-target DPS loss. This build is ideal for fights that have a primary, single target, as well as add spawns that need to be burst down quickly.

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

This build grabs our AoE essential Trick Shots for the smallest possible single-target DPS loss. This build is ideal for fights that have a primary, single target, as well as add spawns that need to be burst down quickly.

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