Hunter specialization

Marksmanship Hunter in WoW Forever

Ranged weapon expertise.

  • Your role: Ranged damage
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Level 55 · Damage in a group

How to play dungeons at level 55

Your combat loop

Press the first one that is ready.

Marksmanship’s own loop, from level 25. Before that every Hunter plays the same loop.

Own loop from: Survival level 10Marksmanship level 25Beast Mastery never

  1. Rapid Fire Cooldown · every 3 min

    Use it whenever it is ready, every 180 sec. It raises the rest.

  2. Aimed Shot Rank 5 Every 6 sec

    Use it whenever it is ready, every 6 sec.

    21% of your damage
  3. Arcane Shot Rank 7 Every 4.5 sec

    Use it whenever it is ready, every 4.5 sec.

    27% of your damage
  4. Serpent Sting Rank 7 Keep on target · 15 sec

    Keep it on the target; it lasts 15 sec.

    17% of your damage
  5. Sniper Shot Rank 1 Every 15 sec

    Use it whenever it is ready, every 15 sec.

    9% of your damage
  6. Auto Shot All the time

    Fires on its own between your shots.

    26% of your damage

The first 30 seconds

When to press each one from the pull. The blue line under a press is the global cooldown (1.5 sec) or cast it holds: nothing else on the global cooldown can go until it ends, so of two that are ready together the higher one goes first. Rapid Fire is off the global cooldown, so it has no line and goes alongside.

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Auto Shot

How MaxDPS works this out

Talents at level 55

46 points at level 55: the first at level 10, then one every level.

The MaxDPS build at this level, in the game’s talent frame. Click a talent to learn it and right click to unlearn it, as in the game.

Talents
Unspent Talents
Point order: when each point goes in
  1. Lethal Attacks 5/5 · levels 10–14 +5.9% damage
  2. Careful Aim 5/5 · levels 15–19 +8.2% damage
  3. Lone Wolf 1/1 · level 20 +20% damage
  4. Improved Stings 3/3 · levels 21–23 +3.2% damage
  5. Improved Arcane Shot 5/5 · levels 24 and 26–29 +4.3% damage
  6. Trueshot Aura 1/1 · level 25 +3.3% damage
  7. Barrage 3/3 · levels 30–32 +2.7% damage
  8. Mortal Shots 5/5 · levels 33–34 and 46–48 +3.4% damage
  9. Ranged Weapon Specialization 5/5 · levels 35–39 +5% damage
  10. Sniper Shot 1/1 · level 40 +5.5% damage
  11. Efficiency 5/5 · levels 41–45 +4.2% damage
  12. Deadly Aspects 5/5 · levels 49–53 +2.1% damage
  13. Rapid Killing 2/2 · levels 54–55 +0.3% damage

Every Hunter talent

Preliminary item rankings · Dungeons

Marksmanship Hunter gear rankings

Ranged damage and mana; Careful Aim is talent-dependent · Level 55 · Calculated defaults

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Where it comes from
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Materials: . Each reagent counts at the lower of a vendor’s price and its lowest buyout.

Key stats show the stats behind the three largest score contributions, as the game tooltip states them; open an item’s details for every value and source.

Head items with imported stats, weighted scores and acquisition sources.
Rank Item Score (pts) Where to get it Actions
1 in this filtered list
Beastmaster's Cap Mail · iLvl 60 · Req. 55* · Quest Key stats: 22 Agility12 Intellect1.0% Hit
46.26

Score breakdown

  • Agility: 22 × 1 = 22.00 pts
  • Intellect: 12 × 0.9901 = 11.88 pts
  • Hit: 10 rating (1.0%) × 0.7837 = 7.84 pts
  • Stamina: 21 × 0.1715 = 3.60 pts
  • Armor: 314 × 0.003 = 0.94 pts

Epic

2 sources

2 in this filtered list
Chief Architect's Monocle Cloth · iLvl 55 · Req. 50 · Dungeon drop Key stats: 24 Intellect1.0% Hit10 Stamina
33.88

Score breakdown

  • Intellect: 24 × 0.9901 = 23.76 pts
  • Hit: 10 rating (1.0%) × 0.7837 = 7.84 pts
  • Stamina: 10 × 0.1715 = 1.72 pts
  • Spirit: 3 × 0.1258 = 0.38 pts
  • Armor: 64 × 0.003 = 0.19 pts

Rare

Source

3 in this filtered list
Helm of Narv Mail · iLvl 59 · Req. 54 · Other drop Key stats: 18 Agility22 Attack power32 Stamina
33.07
Blackthorne AdeptNPC drop · 100% · Mount Hyjal · also from 86 other creatures
Alliance: Horde: None on the auction house

Score breakdown

  • Agility: 18 × 1 = 18.00 pts
  • Attack power: 22 × 0.3935 = 8.66 pts
  • Stamina: 32 × 0.1715 = 5.49 pts
  • Armor: 309 × 0.003 = 0.93 pts

Epic

87 sources

Blackthorne AdeptNPC drop · 100% · Mount Hyjal · also from 86 other creatures
Crimson DefenderNPC drop · <0.1% · Stratholme
Risen BonewarderNPC drop · <0.1% · Scholomance
Rotting HighborneNPC drop · <0.1% · Dire Maul
All 87 sources
4 in this filtered list
Shapeshifter's Helm Leather · iLvl 54 · Req. 49* · Quest Key stats: 18 Agility12 Intellect12 Stamina
32.32

Score breakdown

  • Agility: 18 × 1 = 18.00 pts
  • Intellect: 12 × 0.9901 = 11.88 pts
  • Stamina: 12 × 0.1715 = 2.06 pts
  • Armor: 126 × 0.003 = 0.38 pts

Rare

Source

5 in this filtered list
Eye of Theradras Cloth · iLvl 54 · Req. 49 · Dungeon drop Key stats: 19 Intellect1.0% Critical strike10 Stamina
32.16
Princess TheradrasNPC drop · 20% · Maraudon

Score breakdown

  • Intellect: 19 × 0.9901 = 18.81 pts
  • Critical strike: 14 rating (1.0%) × 0.7277 = 10.19 pts
  • Stamina: 10 × 0.1715 = 1.72 pts
  • Spirit: 10 × 0.1258 = 1.26 pts
  • Armor: 63 × 0.003 = 0.19 pts

Rare

Source

Princess TheradrasNPC drop · 20% · Maraudon
6 in this filtered list
Helm of Exile Mail · iLvl 55 · Req. 50* · Quest Key stats: 18 Intellect11 Agility17 Spirit
31.76

Score breakdown

  • Intellect: 18 × 0.9901 = 17.82 pts
  • Agility: 11 × 1 = 11.00 pts
  • Spirit: 17 × 0.1258 = 2.14 pts
  • Armor: 266 × 0.003 = 0.80 pts

Rare

Source

7 in this filtered list
Braincage Mail · iLvl 52 · Req. 47 · Dungeon drop Key stats: 20 Intellect1.0% Hit9 Spirit
30.39
Alliance: Horde: None on the auction house

Score breakdown

  • Intellect: 20 × 0.9901 = 19.80 pts
  • Hit: 10 rating (1.0%) × 0.7837 = 7.84 pts
  • Spirit: 9 × 0.1258 = 1.13 pts
  • Stamina: 5 × 0.1715 = 0.86 pts
  • Armor: 253 × 0.003 = 0.76 pts

Rare

8 in this filtered list
Guise of Battle Mail · iLvl 45 · Req. 40 · Dungeon drop Key stats: 17 Agility10 Intellect12 Stamina
29.63
Riding WolfNPC drop · 1.2%
Alliance: Horde: None on the auction house

Score breakdown

  • Agility: 17 × 1 = 17.00 pts
  • Intellect: 10 × 0.9901 = 9.90 pts
  • Stamina: 12 × 0.1715 = 2.06 pts
  • Armor: 222 × 0.003 = 0.67 pts

Rare

2 sources

Riding WolfNPC drop · 1.2%
Twilight GruntNPC drop · 0.8%
9 in this filtered list
Horns of Eranikus Mail · iLvl 56 · Req. 51 · Dungeon drop Key stats: 27 Intellect10 Spirit271 Armor
28.80
Shade of EranikusNPC drop · 31% · Sunken Temple

Score breakdown

  • Intellect: 27 × 0.9901 = 26.73 pts
  • Spirit: 10 × 0.1258 = 1.26 pts
  • Armor: 271 × 0.003 = 0.81 pts

Rare

Source

Shade of EranikusNPC drop · 31% · Sunken Temple
10 in this filtered list
Tough Scorpid Helm Mail · iLvl 50 · Req. 45 · Crafted Key stats: 14 Agility14 Intellect222 Armor
28.53
Alliance: Horde: None on the auction house Materials about

Score breakdown

  • Agility: 14 × 1 = 14.00 pts
  • Intellect: 14 × 0.9901 = 13.86 pts
  • Armor: 222 × 0.003 = 0.67 pts

Uncommon

Source

11 in this filtered list
Mask of the Unforgiven Leather · iLvl 57 · Req. 52 · Dungeon drop Key stats: 2.0% Hit1.0% Critical strike13 Stamina
28.49
The UnforgivenBoss drop · 38% · Stratholme

Score breakdown

  • Hit: 20 rating (2.0%) × 0.7837 = 15.67 pts
  • Critical strike: 14 rating (1.0%) × 0.7277 = 10.19 pts
  • Stamina: 13 × 0.1715 = 2.23 pts
  • Armor: 132 × 0.003 = 0.40 pts

Rare

Source

The UnforgivenBoss drop · 38% · Stratholme
12 in this filtered list
Soulcatcher Halo Cloth · iLvl 51 · Req. 46 · Dungeon drop Key stats: 25 Intellect59 Armor
24.93
Alliance: Horde: None on the auction house

Score breakdown

  • Intellect: 25 × 0.9901 = 24.75 pts
  • Armor: 59 × 0.003 = 0.18 pts

Rare

13 in this filtered list
Winged Helm Leather · iLvl 48 · Req. 43 · Other drop Key stats: 23 Intellect10 Spirit115 Armor
24.38
Emerald Encrusted ChestContainer loot · 1.2%
Alliance: Horde: None on the auction house

Score breakdown

  • Intellect: 23 × 0.9901 = 22.77 pts
  • Spirit: 10 × 0.1258 = 1.26 pts
  • Armor: 115 × 0.003 = 0.35 pts

Rare

41 sources

Emerald Encrusted ChestContainer loot · 1.2%
Reinforced Steel LockboxContainer loot · <0.1%
Jade SludgeNPC drop · <0.1% · The Hinterlands
Deep LurkerNPC drop · <0.1% · Sunken Temple
Solid ChestObject loot · <0.1%
Twilight Fire GuardNPC drop · <0.1% · Searing Gorge
Spitelash Serpent GuardNPC drop · <0.1% · Azshara
Nightmare WhelpNPC drop · <0.1% · Sunken Temple
All 41 sources
14 in this filtered list
War Handler's Gaze Leather · iLvl 45 · Req. 40 · Other drop Key stats: 11 Agility10 Intellect17 Stamina
24.14
War Handler AshkaNPC drop · 31%

Score breakdown

  • Agility: 11 × 1 = 11.00 pts
  • Intellect: 10 × 0.9901 = 9.90 pts
  • Stamina: 17 × 0.1715 = 2.92 pts
  • Armor: 109 × 0.003 = 0.33 pts

Rare

Source

War Handler AshkaNPC drop · 31%
15 in this filtered list
Corpseshroud Cloth · iLvl 40 · Req. 35 · Other drop Key stats: 19 Intellect5 Agility47 Armor
23.95
Razorfen DownsZone loot
Alliance: Horde: None on the auction house

Score breakdown

  • Intellect: 19 × 0.9901 = 18.81 pts
  • Agility: 5 × 1 = 5.00 pts
  • Armor: 47 × 0.003 = 0.14 pts

Rare

Source

Razorfen DownsZone loot
16 in this filtered list
Khan's Helmet Mail · iLvl 48 · Req. 43 · Other drop Key stats: 16 Intellect7 Agility214 Armor
23.86
Defias MercenaryNPC drop · 8.3%
Alliance: Horde: None on the auction house

Score breakdown

  • Intellect: 16 × 0.9901 = 15.84 pts
  • Agility: 7 × 1 = 7.00 pts
  • Armor: 214 × 0.003 = 0.64 pts
  • Spirit: 3 × 0.1258 = 0.38 pts

Uncommon

59 sources

Defias MercenaryNPC drop · 8.3%
Alcaz ChaplainNPC drop · 2.9%
Strashaz SoldierNPC drop · 2.1%
Primordial BehemothNPC drop · <0.1% · Maraudon
Spitelash Serpent GuardNPC drop · <0.1% · Azshara
Spitelash ScreamerNPC drop · <0.1% · Azshara
Theradrim GuardianNPC drop · <0.1% · Maraudon
Subterranean DiemetradonNPC drop · <0.1% · Maraudon
Thistleshrub RootshaperNPC drop · <0.1% · Tanaris
Northspring HarpyNPC drop · <0.1% · Feralas
All 59 sources
17 in this filtered list
Felhide Cap Leather · iLvl 58 · Req. 53 · Dungeon drop Key stats: 21 Agility14 Stamina134 Armor
23.80
LethtendrisNPC drop · 51% · Dire Maul

Score breakdown

  • Agility: 21 × 1 = 21.00 pts
  • Stamina: 14 × 0.1715 = 2.40 pts
  • Armor: 134 × 0.003 = 0.40 pts

Rare

Source

LethtendrisNPC drop · 51% · Dire Maul
18 in this filtered list
Highborne Crown Cloth · iLvl 57 · Req. 52 · Other drop Key stats: 22 Intellect6 Spirit60 Armor
22.72
Warpwood GuardianNPC drop · 0.2% · Dire Maul
Alliance: Horde: None on the auction house

Score breakdown

  • Intellect: 22 × 0.9901 = 21.78 pts
  • Spirit: 6 × 0.1258 = 0.75 pts
  • Armor: 60 × 0.003 = 0.18 pts

Uncommon

83 sources

Warpwood GuardianNPC drop · 0.2% · Dire Maul
Ironbark ProtectorNPC drop · 0.2% · Dire Maul
Cobalt ScalebaneNPC drop · 0.2% · Winterspring
Gordok BruteNPC drop · 0.2% · Dire Maul
Cobalt MageweaverNPC drop · 0.2% · Winterspring
Warpwood TanglerNPC drop · 0.1% · Dire Maul
Eldreth ApparitionNPC drop · 0.1% · Dire Maul
Wildspawn HellcallerNPC drop · 0.1% · Dire Maul
Eldreth SorcererNPC drop · 0.1% · Dire Maul
Eldreth SpiritNPC drop · 0.1% · Dire Maul
All 83 sources
19 in this filtered list
Ragefury Eyepatch Leather · iLvl 57 · Req. 52 · Dungeon drop Key stats: 2.0% Critical strike10 Stamina132 Armor
22.49

Score breakdown

  • Critical strike: 28 rating (2.0%) × 0.7277 = 20.38 pts
  • Stamina: 10 × 0.1715 = 1.72 pts
  • Armor: 132 × 0.003 = 0.40 pts

Rare

Source

20 in this filtered list
Ghostshroud Leather · iLvl 57 · Req. 52 · Dungeon drop Key stats: 19 Agility18 Stamina132 Armor
22.48

Score breakdown

  • Agility: 19 × 1 = 19.00 pts
  • Stamina: 18 × 0.1715 = 3.09 pts
  • Armor: 132 × 0.003 = 0.40 pts

Rare

Source

Item stats from the WoW Forever game files; sources from data collected from the live game. Auction prices are the lowest buyout on the Americas · Normal auction houses, read from Blizzard every hour; pick another region or ruleset under Filters. Which house is which ruleset is matched by size and still being confirmed in game.

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