ClassHunter

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Marksmanship

Marksmanship Hunter Raid Build

Last updated: 20 hours ago · Based on top players in the last 7 days

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Marksmanship Hunter Cheat Sheet

Raid · most popular build — 5% of top players run it

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Stat priority

CritMasteryHasteVers

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Consumables

Flask of the Shattered SunHearty Well Fed

Key talents — Dark Ranger

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Dark Ranger: Black Arrow damage increased by 40% in PvP combat.

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Build popularity

of top players run the most popular build

The most popular Marksmanship build is run by 5% of top players.

Builds

Top 100 players sampled

These are the most popular Marksmanship Hunter builds. The most popular build is run by 5% of sampled players (5 of 100 players).

Open in Wowhead calc

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HunterSpent: 11

Dark RangerSpent: 7

MarksmanshipSpent: 4

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Dark Ranger

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Alternative Builds

vs. the recommended build

Talent import codes

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Dark Ranger

Most popular · 5%Build →
Alt #2 · 4%Build →
Alt #4 · 3%Build →
Alt #5 · 3%Build →
Alt #6 · 3%Build →
Alt #8 · 2%Build →

Sentinel

Alt #3 · 3%Build →
Alt #7 · 3%Build →

Consumables

Flask of the Shattered Sun

flask / 100%

Hearty Well Fed

food / 100%

Warcraft Logs CombatantInfo events

Macros

Well-established universal and Hunter macro conventions. Copy a macro, then adapt spell names to your talents.

Curated conventions — not derived from logs

Universal

Set focus (mouseover, else target)
```
/focus [@mouseover,exists][]
```
Use top trinket
```
#showtooltip 13
/use 13
```
Use bottom trinket
```
#showtooltip 14
/use 14
```
Stop casting
```
/stopcasting
```

Hunter basics

Focus interrupt — Counter Shot

#showtooltip Counter Shot
/cast [@focus,harm,nodead][] Counter Shot

Utility — Misdirection

#showtooltip Misdirection
/cast [@focus,help,nodead][@pet,exists] Misdirection

Race distribution

Dwarf45% Alliance

Orc12% Horde

Tauren11% Horde

Void Elf9% Alliance

Night Elf8% Alliance

Blood Elf5% Horde

Human3% Alliance

Gnome2% Alliance

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FAQ

How is this Marksmanship Hunter Raid guide generated?

WoWPulse aggregates the talents, gear, enchants, gems, races, and top players observed on the highest-rated US Raid players into one statistical guide.

How often is this guide updated?

Guides refresh automatically every few hours from the latest leaderboard data.

Why should I trust these recommendations?

Every recommendation is derived from what top players actually run, not manually written assumptions.

Does region or mode change the build?

Yes. Region and mode can change talent, item, race, and stat distributions. Use the region selector and mode switcher to compare Marksmanship Hunter builds across PvP and PvE contexts.