Marksmanship Hunter DPS Mythic+ Guide — The War Within (11.2)

Last updated on Aug 27, 2025 at 15:29 by Azortharion 165 comments
General Information

In this guide, you will find tips and advice to tackle Mythic+ dungeons with your Marksmanship Hunter in World of Warcraft — The War Within (11.2).

1.

Marksmanship Hunter Mythic+ Guide for The War Within Season 3

In this guide, we will talk about getting the most out of your Hunter in Mythic+ dungeons, including the best way to set up your character, how your rotation may change, and tips and tricks for using your abilities in the most optimal way.

If you are unfamiliar with Mythic+ and its associated general mechanics, you can read more about it on our dedicated Mythic+ page below.

2.

Marksmanship Hunter in The War Within Mythic+

Marksmanship Hunter specializes in AoE damage, and particularly burst. Expect to top the meters on most AoE trash packs from 4-8 mobs, especially if you have Trueshot Icon Trueshot available.

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Best Mythic+ Talents for Marksmanship Hunter in The War Within

For a more general overview of Talents for Marksmanship Hunter, please visit our dedicated Talents page.

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Best Mythic+ Talent Builds for Marksmanship Hunter

Dark Ranger Mythic+ Talent Build Sentinel Mythic+ Talent Build
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Best Dark Ranger Mythic+/AoE/Delve Talents for Marksmanship Hunter in The War Within Season 3

This build is my general recommendation for anything AoE-centric, like Mythic+, Delves, and so on. It offers the best blend of single-target and AoE for Mythic+, and has a strong defensive profile as well.

Swapping Unerring Vision Icon Unerring Vision to Calling the Shots Icon Calling the Shots is roughly equal on paper, and may be better suited to lower keys where the longer-CD, more powerful Unerring Vision Icon Unerring Vision is overkill. You can mostly pick by preference here. Do also note that 2-minute Trinkets like Signet of the Priory Icon Signet of the Priory and Araz's Ritual Forge Icon Araz's Ritual Forge will tend to prefer 1-minute builds, while the optimal Trinket, Unyielding Netherprism Icon Unyielding Netherprism, tends to prefer 1.5-minute builds.

Prior to getting the new Season 3 4PC, go with Sentinel instead.

4.1.

Marksmanship Hunter Utility Talent Considerations in Mythic+

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 3.

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

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Best Sentinel Mythic+/AoE Talents for Marksmanship Hunter in The War Within Season 3

This build is a solid Mythic+ build for beginners. It does similar AoE to Dark Ranger, and has an arguably more fun Explosive Shot Icon Explosive Shot-based playstyle, but the single-target suffers greatly.

4.2.

Marksmanship Hunter Utility Talent Considerations in Mythic+

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 3.

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

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Mythic+ Utility for Marksmanship Hunter in The War Within Season 3

This section talks mostly about the uses of different spells. For in-depth explanations of all Hunter Abilities and Talents, including these, check out our Spells page.

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Utility of Marksmanship Hunter in The War Within

Interrupts, Stuns and Stops Other Utility
6.1.

Interrupts, Stuns and Stops

Counter Shot Icon 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.

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Stunning and "Stops"

Implosive Trap Icon 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 Icon Binding Shot cast beforehand, as the knock-up effect will trigger the stun from Binding Shot Icon Binding Shot, turning your AoE stop into a 3-4 second AoE stun for the cost of a global cooldown usage.

Intimidation Icon 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 Icon 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 Icon Implosive Trap to enable a stun alongside the knockback offered by the latter.

Freezing Trap Icon Freezing Trap can be used as an additional stop alongside Intimidation Icon 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 Icon Bursting Shot can be used as an additional stop, like Implosive Trap Icon 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.

7.1.

Other Utility

Feign Death Icon 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 Icon 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 Icon Tranquilizing Shot can negate beneficial Enrage and Magic effects from enemy targets, and with the Disruptive Rounds Icon 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 Icon Kodo Tranquilizer or Devilsaur Tranquilizer Icon Devilsaur Tranquilizer.

Tar Trap Icon 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.

8.

Affix Tips, Tricks and Management for Marksmanship Hunter in The War Within Season 3

This section has Hunter-specific tips for dealing with the various affixes of Mythic+. If you want general guides for each of our Dungeons or Mythic+ in general, check out our dedicated page below.

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Affix Guide for Marksmanship Hunter in The War Within

Affix: Ascendant Affix: Voidbound Affix: Pulsar Affix: Devour
8.1.

Ascendant Affix Management for Marksmanship Hunter

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

8.2.

Voidbound Affix Management for Marksmanship Hunter

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

8.3.

Pulsar Affix Management for Marksmanship Hunter

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

8.4.

Devour Affix Management for Marksmanship Hunter

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

9.

How To Sim Mythic+ for Marksmanship Hunter

9.1.

MDT Sim

MDT Sim is the best way to sim Mythic+ for Marksmanship Hunter. It allows you to sim an entire dungeon, pull-by-pull, with appropriate HP amounts and so on. In this way, you get a full picture within a single sim, of various target counts and durations. I have created a route that I feel is a good "average" of all dungeons that you can use. Drop the contents of the Pastebin into your Raidbots > SimC Expert Mode at the bottom > 'Footer'. Detailed instructions and more info on MDT Sim can be found on the MDT Sim Wago page.

On our Gear Page below, we have compiled BiS items for Marksmanship Hunter that also apply to Mythic+.

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Changelog

  • 02 Sep. 2025: Updated DR M+ Talent Build, specifically utility picks.
  • 27 Aug. 2025: Expanded on reasoning for 1.5-min and 1-min builds.
  • 26 Aug. 2025: Updated note on swapping between Unerring Vision and Calling the Shots for Dark Ranger M+.
  • 11 Aug. 2025: Updated the Mythic+ Build Recommendation.
  • 06 Aug. 2025: Sent M+ Class Tree talent update.
  • 04 Aug. 2025: Updated for Patch 11.2.
  • 15 Jun. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.1.7.
  • 15 May 2025: Updated the Sentinel Mythic+ build to grab Ohn'ahran Winds, as evidence suggests that it has been fixed and now works properly in Mythic+ keys.
  • 21 Apr. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.1.5.
  • 02 Apr. 2025: Updated the Sentinel Mythic+ Talent Build, adding a note about Ohn'ahran Winds being bugged.
  • 02 Apr. 2025: Updated the Mythic+ Talent Builds.
  • 30 Mar. 2025: Added note on Small Game Hunter viability.
  • 25 Mar. 2025: Updated for March 25 Updates.
  • 18 Mar. 2025: Updated the recommended MDT Sim/Mythic+ Simulation Route Pastebin. Updated the Mythic+ Talent Build. Added a note about Volley to it.
  • 27 Feb. 2025: Updated the Sentinel Mythic+ Talent Build in light of recent simulation tool developments.
  • 24 Feb. 2025: Updated for Patch 11.1.0.
  • 15 Dec. 2024: Updated for Patch 11.0.7.
  • 30 Oct. 2024: Updated for October 29 Hotfixes.
  • 22 Oct. 2024: Updated for Patch 11.0.5.
  • 28 Sep. 2024: Updated the M+ Talent Build - one-point swap.
  • 27 Sep. 2024: Updated Ara-Kara Tips.
  • 13 Sep. 2024: Updated and clarified some tips.
  • 09 Sep. 2024: Preliminary updates for The War Within Season 1.
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