Marksmanship Hunter PvP Stat Priority, Gear, and Trinkets (Dragonflight / Patch 10.0.5)
Choosing your gear carefully is important for your Marksmanship Hunter in PvP. We give you a stat priority to help you choose items with the right stats, followed by advice on how to choose the rest of your gear and your trinkets.
This page is part of our Marksmanship Hunter PvP Guide.
Stat Priority for Marksmanship Hunters in PvP
The stat priority for Marksmanship Hunter in PvP is as follows:
- Agility;
- Versatility to 30%;
- Mastery;
- Versatility beyond 30%;
- Critical Strike;
- Haste.
Agility is the best stat in all situations. Versatility is the most important secondary stat as it increases the damage you deal and reduces the damage you take. Mastery is also crucial as it increases the range and damage of all of your damaging spells.
Gear Recommendations
General Guidelines
In general, Marksmanship Hunters want to get trinkets that line up well with
Trueshot, while chasing as much Versatility and Mastery as possible
Below we have listed the BiS List for Marksmanship Hunters in PvP.
- Head:
Crimson Gladiator's Chain Helm
- Neck:
Crimson Gladiator's Amulet
- Shoulders:
Crimson Gladiator's Chain Shoulderguard
- Cloak:
Crimson Gladiator's Shawl
- Chest:
Crimson Gladiator's Chain Tunic
- Wrists:
Crimson Gladiator's Chain Wristguards
- Hands:
Crimson Gladiator's Chain Gauntlets
- Waist:
Crimson Gladiator's Chain Girdle
- Legs:
Crimson Gladiator's Chain Leggings
- Feet:
Infurious Boots of Reprieve (Crafted)
- Ring 1:
Crimson Gladiator's Signet
- Ring 2:
Crimson Gladiator's Band
- Weapon:
Crimson Gladiator's Hand Cannon
Recommended Trinkets
Note: it is important to be wearing 2 PvP trinkets. This will give you an Agility and Stamina boost that will increase your damage and survivability.
Crimson Gladiator's Medallion is a mandatory trinket to have
equipped at all times. This allows you to remove any crowd control on yourself.
You will normally use this when you are stuck in crowd control and a teammate
is at low health.
Crimson Gladiator's Badge of Ferocity grants you a bit of Crit and a
powerful Agility on-use every minute. Synchronize this with
Trueshot.
Crimson Gladiator's Emblem increases your maximum health when used.
This gives you an additional defensive when you think a team will be focusing
you.
Crimson Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity increases your Haste and has
a chance to proc your primary stat. This is an overall strong trinket, as the
stat will proc often throughout an arena match. It is best when paired with
Venthyr for consistent pressure.
Gems and Enchants
Here are the best enchants and gems for a Marksmanship Hunter:
- Boots:
Enchant Boots - Plainsrunner's Breeze
- Cloak:
Enchant Cloak - Writ of Speed
- Chest:
Enchant Chest - Waking Stats
- Rings:
Enchant Ring - Devotion of Versatility/
Enchant Ring - Devotion of Mastery
- Weapon Enchant:
Gyroscopic Kaleidoscope
You should use one Resplendent Illimited Diamond/
Skillful Illimited Diamond depending on your stat needs, and
Zen Malygite/
Zen Neltharite, also depending on your stat needs.
Changelog
- 30 Jan. 2023: Updated the page for relevant changes in Patch 10.0.5.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 22 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 29 Jul. 2022: Reviewed and updated for Shadowlands Season 4.
- 31 May 2022: Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
- 22 Feb. 2022: Updated the BiS List, Enchants, and information on when you might want to use different Trinkets.
- 10 Nov. 2021: Reviewed for Patch 9.1.5.
- 06 Jul. 2021: Updated recommended gear and added Shards of Domination section.
- 18 Mar. 2021: Reviewed for Patch 9.0.5.
- 06 Dec. 2020: Added BiS gear list for Shadowlands.
- 29 Nov. 2020: Removed outdated Traits and Essences.
- Removed outdated gear.
- Added gems section.
- 15 Oct. 2020: Updated for Shadowlands pre-patch (9.0.1)
This guide has been written by Azortharion, a Hunter Theorycrafter and Guidewriter since 2014, and considered one of the best Hunters in the world. He is an accomplished player with dozen of top parses for all specs throughout the game's history. He is also the Admin of Trueshot Lodge, the Hunter Class Discord, and you can watch his stream on Twitch. He even has his own personal Discord channel where you can get notifications about when the guides get updated and have direct communications with him.
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