Marksmanship Hunter DPS Stat Priority — The War Within (Season 1)

Last updated on Sep 09, 2024 at 18:00 by Azortharion 149 comments
General Information

On this page, you will find out the optimal stat priority for your Marksmanship Hunter. We first present the stat priority, before delving into more complex explanations. Our content is updated for World of Warcraft — The War Within (Season 1).

If you were looking for WotLK Classic content, please refer to our WotLK Classic Marksmanship Hunter stat priority.

1.

Best Stats for Marksmanship Hunter in The War Within

Marksmanship likes Crit, and lots of it. There is practically no scenario where Crit is not your best stat. After that comes Mastery, Versatility, and Haste roughly spaced out in terms of value. The relative values of the bottom 3 stats can shift depending on the specifics of your character, but Crit being #1 is pretty reliable.

2.

Stat Priority for Marksmanship Hunter in The War Within

Single-Target AoE
3.

Marksmanship Hunter Single-Target Stat Priority

Our Single-Target and AoE Stat Priorities are the same, helped by the fact that our AoE kit is really just making our single-target abilities hit more enemies.

If you are Dark Ranger, Haste jumps in value and is about interchangeable with Mastery.

  1. Weapon DPS;
  2. Critical Strike;
  3. Mastery;
  4. Agility;
  5. Versatility;
  6. Haste.
4.

Marksmanship Hunter AoE Stat Priority

Our Single-Target and AoE Stat Priorities are the same, helped by the fact that our AoE kit is really just making our single-target abilities hit more enemies.

  1. Weapon DPS;
  2. Critical Strike;
  3. Mastery;
  4. Agility;
  5. Versatility;
  6. Haste.
5.

Diminishing Returns on Stats

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. This does not necessarily mean that a Stat will no longer be good past its point of diminishing returns, but if you find yourself crossing them, you should pay special attention to your sims and find out if you should look for different stats.

  • 21000 Crit, or 44%;
  • 19800 Haste, or 30%;
  • 23400 Versatility, or 30%
  • 21000 Mastery Rating
6.

How To Choose Gear For The Marksmanship Hunter

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.

7.

Best Gems, Enchants, and Consumables for Marksmanship Hunter

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.

7.1.

Stat Explanations

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 Icon 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 Icon Aimed Shot ability.

Critical Strike increases your chance to critically hit with all spells and abilities. Crits deal double damage by default, but several effects can increase your crit damage, and make crits even stronger.

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

8.

Changelog

  • 09 Sep. 2024: Preliminary updates for The War Within Season 1.
  • 22 Aug. 2024: Updated for The War Within.
  • 23 Jul. 2024: Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch.
  • 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
  • 22 Apr. 2024: Updated for Season 4.
  • 19 Mar. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
  • 15 Jan. 2024: Updated for Patch 10.2.5
  • 06 Nov. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.2
  • 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7
  • 10 Jul. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.5.
  • 01 May 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
  • 20 Mar. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
  • 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
  • 11 Dec. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight Season 1.
  • 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
  • 24 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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