Marksmanship Hunter DPS Uldir Raid Guide — Battle for Azeroth (BfA) 8.3

This page will be a rough outline of the bosses and mechanics in Uldir. This page will focus primarily on how a Marksmanship Hunter can optimize its performance on the raid bosses in Uldir, and not on an actual raid strategy for the bosses. Initially, this page will focus on Heroic mode and lower, however, as more bosses are being killed on Mythic, the guide will also include optimizations for Mythic bosses.

Marksmanship Hunters are a mobile ranged spec capable of delivering very high burst damage. Playing it optimally involves managing your Aimed Shot charges around encounter mechanics. You never want an important add to spawn without having an Aimed Shot ready for it, for example.

We advise you to use the following talents against Taloc.

• Level 15: Master Marksman
• Level 30: Careful Aim
• Level 45: Natural Mending
• Level 60: Hunter's Mark
• Level 75: Posthaste (or Born To Be Wild, situationally)
• Level 90: Lethal Shots or Double Tap
• Level 100: Lock and Load (or Calling the Shots, situationally)

This encounter is moderately movement-heavy, but for the most part it is pure single-target, so we recommend the usual spec.

We recommend using a pet for this encounter.

This fight has nothing particular to it. If the fight is going to last more more than 6:30 minutes or so, then you can use Trueshot in the add phase, and once again in the end of the fight. If it is shorter than this, save your second Trueshot for the final part of the fight, when the boss is under 20% health, while ideally trying to save it for some trinket or Azerite Trait procs.

We advise you to use the following talents against M.O.T.H.E.R..

• Level 15: Master Marksman
• Level 30: Careful Aim
• Level 45: Natural Mending
• Level 60: Hunter's Mark
• Level 75: Posthaste (or Born To Be Wild, situationally)
• Level 90: Lethal Shots or Double Tap
• Level 100: Lock and Load (or Calling the Shots, situationally)

We recommend using a pet for this encounter.

Besides doing your rotation properly, there is not much to this fight. When you know adds are going to spawn, you should prepare to Multi-Shot into Rapid Fire to try and burst them down before they are killed.

We recommend not using a pet for this encounter.

We advise you to use the following talents against Fetid Devourer.

• Level 15: Master Marksman
• Level 30: Careful Aim
• Level 45: Natural Mending
• Level 60: Hunter's Mark
• Level 75: Posthaste (or Born To Be Wild, situationally)
• Level 90: Lethal Shots or Double Tap
• Level 100: Lock and Load (or Calling the Shots, situationally)

Your cooldown usage on this fight is entirely down to the assignment you are given by your guild. Ultimately, the best way to do damage is to use Trueshot on the pull (when the boss is above 80% health), but your guild might prefer to save the cooldown for the adds. On this front, you are at the mercy of your guild.

Your second Trueshot is similarly best used when the boss is below 20% health and in his Vulnerability phase, but you may be forced to use it on the adds.

We recommend not using a pet for this encounter.

We advise you to use the following talents against Zek'voz, Herald of N'Zoth.

• Level 15: Master Marksman
• Level 30: Careful Aim
• Level 45: Natural Mending
• Level 60: Hunter's Mark
• Level 75: Posthaste (or Born To Be Wild, situationally)
• Level 90: Lethal Shots or Double Tap
• Level 100: Lock and Load (or Calling the Shots, situationally)

If you are picking up an orb on this fight, it is extremely beneficial to get it when the boss is under 20% health. You should also save Trueshot for this if possible.

As for your other Trueshots in the fight, you can use them for the add phases, or on the pull. The adds spawn at the 1st, 3rd and 5th minutes. Therefore, it is generally best to use Trueshot on the pull, and on the second add spawn after 3 minutes.

We advise you to use the following talents against Vectis.

• Level 15: Master Marksman
• Level 30: Careful Aim
• Level 45: Natural Mending
• Level 60: Hunter's Mark
• Level 75: Posthaste (or Born To Be Wild, situationally)
• Level 90: Lethal Shots or Double Tap
• Level 100: Lock and Load (or Calling the Shots, situationally)

We recommend using a pet for this encounter.

This encounter is fairly simple as Marksmanship. You cannot cleave onto the adds, but you should still do your best to kill them when they spawn. It is especially beneficial if you can try and land your Aimed Shot when the add is under 20% health. Other than this, use your final Trueshot when the boss is under 20% health.

We advise you to use the following talents against Zul, Reborn.

• Level 15: Master Marksman
• Level 30: Careful Aim
• Level 45: Natural Mending
• Level 60: Hunter's Mark
• Level 75: Posthaste (or Born To Be Wild, situationally)
• Level 90: Lethal Shots or Double Tap
• Level 100: Lock and Load (or Calling the Shots, situationally)

We recommend using a pet for this encounter.

If you have a significant amount of Subtlety Rogues on this encounter, then you should not AoE more than absolutely necessary to keep the group from danger from the adds. Generally speaking, the priority is pure single-target damage. Your Trueshot cooldown should be used on pull, and towards the end of the fight, when the boss is under 20% health.

We advise you to use the following talents against Mythrax the Unraveler.

• Level 15: Master Marksman
• Level 30: Careful Aim
• Level 45: Natural Mending
• Level 60: Hunter's Mark
• Level 75: Posthaste (or Born To Be Wild, situationally)
• Level 90: Lethal Shots or Double Tap
• Level 100: Lock and Load (or Calling the Shots, situationally)

We recommend using a pet for this encounter.

The most significant part of this fight is the add phase. You want to prepare to Multi-Shot and Rapid Fire instantly when the adds spawn. You should try and cast Rapid Fire off of the biggest add, as it is by far the highest priority.

We advise you to use the following talents against G'huun.

• Level 15: Master Marksman
• Level 30: Careful Aim
• Level 45: Natural Mending
• Level 60: Hunter's Mark
• Level 75: Posthaste (or Born To Be Wild, situationally)
• Level 90: Lethal Shots or Double Tap
• Level 100: Lock and Load (or Calling the Shots, situationally)

We recommend using a pet for this encounter.

Your strength on this fight lies primarily in the final Execute phase, where you will benefit from Careful Aim all the way throughout.

Whenever adds spawn in the encounter — particularly in the first place, you want to make sure that Trick Shots is up for every single Rapid Fire cast, trying to focus those casts on the biggest clumps of Spawns of G'huun (Mythic Difficulty) that you can see.

You can also use Bursting Shot to knock back stray Spawns of G'huun, although this is more of a last resort option.