Marksmanship Hunter DPS Liberation of Undermine Raid Guide — The War Within (11.1.0)
On this page, you will find tips, tricks, and strategies tailored to your Marksmanship Hunter for each boss of the following raid: Liberation of Undermine. All our content is updated for World of Warcraft — The War Within (11.1.0).
Introduction
Below, you can find class and spec-specific advice for every fight in Liberation of Undermine. If you are looking for a general overview of the Raid that is not spec-specific, check out our dedicated Liberation of Undermine Boss guides.
On this page, you will find tips and tricks specifically tailored toward Marksmanship Hunters and its toolkit based on the recommended talent build. It does not include general tips for mechanics, which are included in the full raid guide instead, whereas this page assumes that you are already familiar with most of the major mechanics of each encounter.
All recommendations are progression-based tips and will not necessarily be the best for an overall DPS ranking. If you are purely interested in the max DPS possible, in terms of Talent Builds, I recommend simply checking the
Liberation of Undermine Boss Guides for Marksmanship Hunter
Liberation of Undermine Raid Builds, Tips, and Tricks for Marksmanship Hunter
Tips for Vexie Fullthrottle for Marksmanship Hunter
Tips and Tricks
- Try to time your
Trueshot so it coincides with
Mechanical Breakdown.
- Apply crowd control tools like
Tar Trap,
Binding Shot, or
Implosive Trap to stop the Pit Mechanic from
Repairing the boss.
Mythic Tips
- Crowd control also comes in handy against the Support Rig. The Pit Mechanics remain immune until you handle it, so spread out your CC wisely.
- Make use of
Aspect of the Turtle to soak multiple
Oil Canister, even if you have already performed a soak recently.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for Cauldron of Carnage for Marksmanship Hunter
Tips and Tricks
- Employ crowd control such as
Tar Trap,
Binding Shot, and
Freezing Trap to keep the
Voltaic Image from reaching its targets.
Mythic Tips
- Activate a defensive cooldown and prepare to
Disengage while placing
Voltaic Image near the room's perimeter, limiting disruption to other players.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
We pick a 2-target build here on the assumption that you are able to reach both bosses with cleave from Aspect of the Hydra. If it turns out you cannot, swap it back to
Killer Mark.
Tips for Rik Reverb for Marksmanship Hunter
Tips and Tricks
- Aim to synchronize your
Trueshot with
Sparkblast Ignition whenever extra burst is beneficial.
- You can quickly
Disengage right after
Blowout! launches you back, allowing you to change direction and cover a large distance.
- If you are poorly positioned, consider using
Aspect of the Turtle to fully avoid
Blaring Drop.
Mythic Tips
- Use
Aspect of the Turtle to soak
Sound Cannon on your own if you become the target.
- When soaking multiple
Sound Cannons, employ a defensive cooldown to safeguard your health and prevent
Entranced.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for Stix Bunkjunker for Marksmanship Hunter
Tips and Tricks
- Attempt to use
Trueshot in sync with the add waves from
Electromagnetic Sorting, ideally every other spawn.
- Hold off on
Trueshot if
Rolling Rubbish is about to appear, as getting targeted can greatly hinder you.
- Deploy
Binding Shot to gather and manage the Junkyard Hyena.
- Activate
Aspect of the Turtle to avoid the DoT from an exploding Territorial Bombshell.
- It is possible to use
Feign Death (along with
Emergency Salve) to remove
Infected Bite from Hyenas if you are infected.
Mythic Tips
- Interrupt the
The Recycler cast by employing
Feign Death.
- If
Prototype Powercoil targets you, activate
Survival of the Fittest during the final six seconds of its eight-second timer to mitigate the heaviest damage.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for Sprocketmonger Lockenstock for Marksmanship Hunter
Tips and Tricks
- Employ
Aspect of the Turtle to soak multiple
Foot-Blasters without incurring
Unstable Shrapnel, even within the same set, by staggering your usage.
- Utilize
Exhilaration to remove the healing absorption from
Voidsplosion.
- Use
Aspect of the Turtle to handle multiple
Foot-Blasters soaks, or to soak while still affected by a debuff. You still need to wait for the raid-wide debuff to drop before soaking multiple!
Mythic Tips
- Remember that you can only soak multiple
Foot-Blasters if they share your polarization.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for One-Armed Bandit for Marksmanship Hunter
Tips and Tricks
- Use
Aspect of the Turtle to avoid the DoT from
Reward: Flame and Coin.
- Employ
Binding Shot to subdue the Fiery Dynamite Booty and Dynamite Booty.
- Utilize
Exhilaration to clear the absorb from
Foul Exhaust. Meanwhile,
Scout's Instincts can help you circumvent the slow effect.
- Keep a
Disengage on hand for the knockbacks triggered by Hyper Coil spawns in Phase 2.
- Try to schedule your
Trueshot around the Reel Assistant add spawns or the bomb add groups. You can also align
Trueshot with
High Roller!, but do not delay more than a few seconds since it only grants +10% damage.
- Consider reserving your final
Trueshot for the last phase if you prefer stronger execute damage.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for Mug'Zee for Marksmanship Hunter
Tips and Tricks
- Interrupt
Disintegration Beam with
Feign Death if you are targeted.
- Choosing
Entrapment can help contain the
Unstable Crawler Mines.
Bursting Shot can drive away an
Unstable Crawler Mines if the soak from a destroyed one appears under another
Unstable Crawler Mines. Meanwhile,
Intimidation prevents a Mine from straying into a soak area.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for Chrome King Gallywix for Marksmanship Hunter
Tips and Tricks
- Consider waiting to use
Trueshot until the boss hits 50% HP to swiftly overcome the
TOTAL DESTRUCTION!!! barrier.
- Utilize
Exhilaration to clear the absorption from
Mechengineer's Canisters.
- Employ
Tranquilizing Shot to remove
Lumbering Rage from the Darkfuse Wrenchmonger.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
General Offensive Cooldown Usage
Marksmanship Hunter has a few cooldowns to think about using optimally on the fights in Liberation of Undermine:
Trueshot — Our main, 2-minute cooldown, though it will usually have an effective cooldown of 70-90 seconds.
Volley — Our occasionally AoE 45-second cooldown.
In addition to the general rotation, you want to keep in mind that your goal is to use your cooldowns as often as possible during an encounter. With that in mind, your secondary goal is to use them at the correct time.
I highly suggest using some Addon or WeakAura to track the estimated time to
die of your target/boss target.
Method
Raid Tools has this as an option if you are already using this addon.
By tracking time to die, if you know that you can only fit one more cycle of
your cooldowns in before the boss dies, you can choose to hold these cooldowns
to better line up with Bloodlust, your Potion, or even your other
cooldowns, trying to look for opportunities to stack all of them.
General Defensive Cooldown Usage
Marksmanship Hunter has several defensive spells that you should plan to use and rotate
throughout mechanics. You should opt to use the smaller cooldown spells often
as needed with incoming mechanics and save bigger cooldowns like Aspect of the Turtle
for large incoming damage.
Exhilaration
Survival of the Fittest
Changelog
- 07 Mar. 2025: Updated builds based on real-world data.
- 04 Mar. 2025: Guide added.
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This guide has been written by Azortharion, a Hunter Guidewriter, Theorycrafter, and top player since 2014, who is widely considered one of the best PvE Hunters in the world. He is an accomplished player with hundreds of top parses across all Hunter specs. He is the Head Admin of Trueshot Lodge, the official Hunter Class Discord. You can find him on his stream on Twitch and his channel on YouTube. He also has his own, personal Discord server where you can freely ask him any Hunter questions you may have!
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