Marksmanship Hunter DPS Guide The War Within 11.2

This The War Within 11.2 Marksmanship Hunter DPS Guide is a concise, practical summary of verified, current-season guidance from reputable class resources and official patch notes. It focuses on how Marksmanship performs in raids and Mythic Plus right now, and what to pick and play to do well. Last updated reference: August 27, 2025.

Marksmanship Hunter brings high burst ranged DPS with a very clean toolkit. You rely on hard-hitting shots during cooldown windows, with precise target swapping and strong execute damage when enemies are low. The spec is gear-sensitive and rewards clean cooldown timing and crisp resource management.

Why Play Marksmanship Hunter In 11.2

Marksmanship delivers big, predictable burst with strong execute damage and excellent priority target control. You are mobile for most of your rotation, with only Aimed Shot requiring you to stand still. You do not rely on pet AI for damage, which many players prefer for consistency.

On the downside, your AoE is hard capped without specific talents, needs setup, and generally wants tightly stacked targets. You also give up some group utility if you play without a pet by default. Marksmanship is at its best when you plan your cooldowns and funnel damage cleanly.

Talents For Raids For Marksmanship Hunter DPS Guide The War Within 11.2

Note:  Calling the Shots can be swapped to instead of  Unerring Vision if you need the 1-minute (with S3 4PC) cooldown timing. In a vacuum, this is a lot worse, so this swap should not be made too lightly.

Single Target with Cleave

Marksmanship has little to no AoE/Cleave potential in our single-target build. This build tries to grab as much AoE and cleave as possible while also trying to avoid significant single-target performance loss. This ensures that we are contributing to AoE while still predominantly focusing on single-target damage.

Talents For Mythic Plus For Marksmanship Hunter DPS Guide The War Within 11.2

Your choice of Dark Ranger and Sentinel is rather close. Their numbers are broadly similar, but Dark Ranger provides upwards of 10% higher single-target in Mythic+, which is quite a big difference for bosses! That is what makes it our default.

Dark Ranger Build

Sentinel Build

Stat Priority For Marksmanship Hunter DPS Guide The War Within 11.2

Marksmanship prioritizes Critical Strike in 11.2, then focuses on Mastery and Versatility, with Haste trailing.

Critical Strike is your best secondary in almost all cases. Begin simming your character as you approach roughly 54% crit to watch for diminishing returns.
After Crit, favor Mastery, then Versatility, then Haste.
For AoE builds the order remains effectively the same. Any differences between Mastery, Versatility, and Haste are relatively small compared to Crit.

Diminishing return references worth noting:

• Crit DR around 44% rating equivalent.
• Haste DR around 30%.
• Versatility DR around 30%.
• Mastery DR at a similar rating threshold to Crit.

When you are close to or across these lines, simming your character becomes more important for exact choices.

Best In Slot Gear For Marksmanship Hunter DPS Guide The War Within 11.2

Overall Gear

Best in Slot Manaforge Omega

Best in Slot Mythic+

Enchants

Consumables

Rotation And Cooldowns Overview For Marksmanship Hunter DPS Guide The War Within 11.2

The 11.2 changes make the rotation faster and more responsive. You are still focused on planning Trueshot windows, consuming Deathblow procs for Kill Shot, and leveraging Precise Shots quickly under its sped-up GCD. Always activate Trick Shots with Multi-Shot before firing your main shots in cleave situations.

Opener

• Pre-pull, ensure you are in position. If cleave is needed immediately, prepare to Multi-Shot for Trick Shots.
• Open with Trueshot into your strongest on-use trinket windows.
• Prioritize Aimed Shot and Rapid Fire casts inside Trueshot, spending Deathblow procs on Kill Shot as they occur.
• If talented, weave Explosive Shot in a timing that does not delay your major shots, especially now that Shrapnel Shot ties it to Lock and Load value.

Single Target Priority

• During Trueshot, fire Aimed Shot and Rapid Fire as your primary spenders.
• Outside Trueshot, keep Aimed Shot charges from capping and cast Rapid Fire on cooldown.
• Spend Deathblow procs on Kill Shot immediately unless holding for a split second aligns two major abilities.
• Use Precise Shots quickly on Arcane Shot when buffed. Do not overcap Focus or Precise Shots stacks.
• Save cooldowns for priority burn windows unless the fight script rewards strict on-cooldown use.

AoE And Cleave Priority

• Use Multi-Shot to activate Trick Shots before Aimed Shot and Rapid Fire.
• In sustained cleave, maintain Trick Shots while cycling through your main shots.
• Time Trueshot for high-density packs, and make sure Trick Shots is active before spending your big shots.
• Use Explosive Shot in cleave when talented, but do not let it delay your main casts.
• Light Ammo talents, where chosen, expand your cleave cap and make proper setup even more valuable.

Cooldown Usage

• Trueshot is your main throughput button. Align with group cooldowns, dangerous mechanics, or add waves.
• If your build prefers a (Incomplete: max_output_tokens)