Marksmanship Hunter DPS Spec, Builds, Talents, and Pet Talents — The War Within (11.1.7)

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 for peak AoE potential in Mythic+, and will generally produce the biggest overall DPS numbers. It does have a single-target weakness, and also performs poorly on priority-target damage compared to Dark Ranger.

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 Ohn'ahran Winds for Salvo is a moderate single-target increase, and also does not suffer from variance as much as Ohn'ahran Winds. Both talents are within ~1% of each other, and while Winds is better on average, many find it annoying to play with due to it adding a layer of inconsistency to your essential Trueshot timings. Sometimes it will enable amazing Trueshot timings that would be otherwise unachievable, and sometimes it will do nothing of value as you are holding Trueshot anyway.
• 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 is my Dark Ranger recommendation for anything AoE-centric, like Mythic+, Delves, and so on. It has superior single-target DPS to Sentinel, but worse AoE.

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.

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This build grabs the 2-target cleave talent Aspect of the Hydra. It is used for bosses where passive cleave has value, but we do not want to lose significant single-target.

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!