Marksmanship Hunter DPS Mythic+ Guide — The War Within (11.1.0)

This build is my recommendation for anything AoE-centric, like Mythic+, Delves, and so on.

While I strongly recommend that you run the build exactly as listed, there are a few changes you could make to suit your personal preferences, though I cannot stress enough that significant deviations are likely to cost you significant performance. A lot of work went into every talent picked, combining simulations of single-target, pure AoE, and mixed dungeon simulation scenarios with a variety of pull sizes and durations.

• I have tried to collect as many relevant "Flex" Talents in a single Talent Build here, so that you do not have to swap very often. Still, some omissions have been made; if you want to pick up Bursting Shot or Kodo Tranquilizer/ Devilsaur Tranquilizer, I recommend dropping Trailblazer, Emergency Salve, and Misdirection, in that order of priority.

We cannot have everything we could possibly want for every single dungeon in a single build, unfortunately. Here are the recommended utility talents to swap to for different, specific Mythic+ dungeons in The War Within Season 2.

• For Cinderbrew Meadery, Darkflame Cleft, Theater of Pain, and The MOTHERLODE!!, swap Kodo Tranquilizer over to Devilsaur Tranquilizer.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!

This build is my Dark Ranger recommendation for anything AoE-centric, like Mythic+, Delves, and so on. It does significantly less damage in AoE scenarios compared to Sentinel.

While I strongly recommend that you run the build exactly as listed, there are a few changes you could make to suit your personal preferences, though I cannot stress enough that significant deviations are likely to cost you significant performance. A lot of work went into every talent picked, combining simulations of single-target, pure AoE, and mixed dungeon simulation scenarios with a variety of pull sizes and durations.

• The Single-Target damage of this build is bad. The only way to get significantly more single-target involves losing significantly more AoE, so I do not recommend this.
• I have tried to collect as many relevant "Flex" Talents in a single Talent Build here, so that you do not have to swap very often. Still, some omissions have been made; if you want to pick up Bursting Shot or Kodo Tranquilizer/ Devilsaur Tranquilizer, I recommend dropping Trailblazer, Emergency Salve, and Misdirection, in that order of priority.

We cannot have everything we could possibly want for every single dungeon in a single build, unfortunately. Here are the recommended utility talents to swap to for different, specific Mythic+ dungeons in The War Within Season 2.

• For Cinderbrew Meadery, Darkflame Cleft, Theater of Pain, and The MOTHERLODE!!, swap Kodo Tranquilizer over to Devilsaur Tranquilizer.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!

Counter Shot is your "kick" and your most important bit of utility in Mythic+, used to stop enemy casts for the benefit of the group and especially the tank. It is highly recommended to use a Focus Kick macro for this.

• /stopcasting
• /stopcasting
• /cast [@focus,exists,nodead][@mouseover,exists,nodead] [] Counter Shot

This macro will kick your focus target if you have one, mouseover if you have no Focus target, and your target if you have neither of those.

To quickly set a focus target in hectic scenarios, we also recommend a Focus Mouseover macro.

• /focus [@mouseover]

Make sure that your UI shows your Focus Target's casts clearly, so that you are always able to kick it on cooldown, or in coordination with the rest of your group.

Implosive Trap is your "AoE stop". shortly after arming, it will knock up all targets in a generous radius, stopping their casts. This is very potent when combined with Binding Shot cast beforehand, as the knock-up effect will trigger the stun from Binding Shot, turning your AoE stop into a 3-4 second AoE stun for the cost of a global cooldown usage.

Intimidation is your second-most important utility and is your single-target "stop" for negating casts that cannot be normally interrupted. We recommend using this in the same way as your Counter Shot, with the same macro (with Intimidation swapped in for Counter Shot, of course).

Binding Shot can be used to save your tank in hectic moments by helping them kite mobs and generate some range. It will most commonly be used in conjunction with Implosive Trap to enable a stun alongside the knockback offered by the latter.

Freezing Trap can be used as an additional stop alongside Intimidation, but it has a slow travel time and you will need to be close to land it before most stunnable casts are finished.

Bursting Shot can be used as an additional stop, like Implosive Trap, but it will knock enemies back which can be disruptive and so it should be a last resort. Sometimes, you will use it to knock straggling enemies into the "deathball" of AoE that your tank has made.

Feign Death can not only be used to drop aggro, but also negate certain casts and channels on you. In some cases, these mechanics will simply re-target someone else in the group, but occasionally the mechanic will be entirely negated with huge benefits. If you notice a cast or effect on you, try to Feign Death it! It will also remove all Poisons and Diseases on you, and this WeakAura can help alert you when that is possible.

Tranquilizing Shot can negate beneficial Enrage and Magic effects from enemy targets, and with the Disruptive Rounds Talent, we do not lose meaningful damage from doing so. If the Dungeon is especially heavy on these dispels, you may choose to change our default Talents into grabbing either Kodo Tranquilizer or Devilsaur Tranquilizer.

Tar Trap can be used to aid your tank in kiting by slowing mobs. It is good to reflexively throw down a Tar Trap if your Tank dies, as it gives everyone else a better chance at kiting and surviving.

Use AoE Crowd Control tools like Implosive Trap and Bursting Shot on dense clusters of Orbs to take out as many as possible. You can use Intimidation and Freezing Trap for remaining, singular ones.

Nothing specific to say here — use your solid target-swapping capabilities to focus the Void Emissary down as quickly as possible.

Pop Aspect of the Cheetah and dash around with your excellent mobility to grab as many orbs as quickly as possible.

Feign Death's Poison/Disease dispel (via Emergency Salve) is a source of dispel type for removing Void Rift. You can also Exhilaration to heal it off, but that costs a GCD.