Marksmanship Hunter DPS Stat Priority — Dragonflight 10.0.7

The general stat priority for a Marksmanship Hunter is:

1. Mastery;
2. Critical Strike;
3. Versatility;
4. Haste.

Mastery is nearly always the best stat, with Crit and Versatility a bit behind. Of course, your own particular gear setup may change these numbers drastically, and you should always sim yourself and treat this as a generic guide.

Haste is generally inferior to the other stats, although it is still helpful to have some of it to speed up the rotation and to allow for more manageable cast times.

If you are ever in doubt about what items to wear for any given situation, the only way to truly figure it out for your character is to use Raidbots (click for a guide on how to use it). This website allows you to easily compare gear you already have, as well as gear you do not have.

Gearing decisions will not always be clear-cut. This is obvious if you have ever had to choose between a high item level piece of loot with bad stats, and a lower item level piece of loot with perfect stats. These decisions and more are the reason we recommend using Raidbots to help simulate your character.

Raidbots takes everything into account including procs, RNG elements, your specific gear, racials and more. If you have made sure you performed the simulation correctly, then you can generally trust Raidbots' results to be accurate.

There are points at which certain stats will start offering less benefit. These are the points of diminishing return. After this point, stats will give progressively less benefit. Do not treat these as stat caps or breakpoints.

• 40% Crit
• 30% Haste
• 30% Versatility
• ~5400 Mastery Rating

The gems, enchants, and consumables you will use are directly derived from your stat priority and you can find our advice on this topic in our dedicated page.

Agility is your primary stat. It provides you with Attack Power, which determines the damage your abilities do across the board.

Mastery, through Mastery: Sniper Training, grants you increased damage on all your abilities and increases your maximum shot range.

Haste increases your auto attack speed and Focus regeneration, reduces your Global Cooldown from 1.5 seconds to a minimum of 0.750 seconds, and reduces the cooldown on your Aimed Shot ability.

Critical Strike increases your chance to critically hit with all spells and abilities.

Versatility increases all your damage and healing done, and decreases all damage taken.