WoW Forever Marksmanship Hunter Guide

Hunting

Upkeep

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Switch your armor to Mail from here. Once your pet has the enemy, apply Serpent Sting first to start Rapid Recuperation, then fire Arcane Shot and Aimed Shot. Spend Rapid Killing on your first shot after a kill. Leave weak enemies to your pet and Auto Shot.

Solo

• AmmoAuto Shot needs arrows or bullets. Restock in every town.
• Your first petFinish your class quest to unlock Tame Beast. A bear suits pulling several enemies, and a cat or raptor suits killing one at a time. Keep Claw on autocast. To learn higher ranks, tame a beast that knows them and use the ability until you learn it.
• Pet foodKeep your pet full with Feed Pet before fights. Each family eats different food.
• Healing your petTop up your pet with Mend Pet when it gets low. You can't shoot while channeling.
• If your pet diesRevive Pet costs a lot of mana, so revive your pet before you drink, then feed it with Feed Pet.
• Making distanceWhen an enemy is on you, slow it with Wing Clip, back out past 8 yards and shoot again.
• Several enemiesWhen several come together, hit them all with Multi-Shot. Watch that it doesn't pull anything else nearby.
• TravelingTravel with Aspect of the Cheetah on. Getting hit dazes you, so switch back to your combat Aspect before you pull.
• Losing threatIf an enemy turns from your pet to you, lower your threat with Disengage. It turns off your auto attack, so start it again.
• Locking one downIf you have two or more, freeze one with Freezing Trap and kill the others first. Damage breaks the freeze.
• Tough enemiesUse Rapid Fire on elites and long fights. Save it on normal enemies.
• Peeling enemiesWhen several come for you, lead them over Frost Trap and get away while they're slowed.
• In troubleIf a fight turns bad, drop out of it with Feign Death. It can fail, so use it while you still have health.
• Grouped enemiesDrop Explosive Trap in the path of a pack. It costs a lot of mana, so save it for three or more.
• Large packsUse Volley only on big pulls. Your pet can't hold threat on all of them, so be careful.

Party

Deal damage with shots from range without pulling threat ahead of your tank.

• Pet threatTurn off Growl autocast. Send your pet only at the enemy your tank is hitting.
• When to startGive your tank time to build threat before you start Auto Shot.
• Main targetPut Hunter's Mark on the enemy to kill first so your party can see it.
• Healing your petHeal your pet yourself with Mend Pet to save your healer's mana.
• Protecting the healerIf an enemy goes for your healer, pull it to you with Distracting Shot and take it back to your tank.
• AoEUse Multi-Shot only after your tank has picked up the pack, and never near crowd-controlled enemies.
• Single targetApply Serpent Sting and fire Aimed Shot and Arcane Shot on cooldown. When mana drops, use only Aimed Shot on normal enemies.
• Party buffKeep Trueshot Aura on. It raises the Ranged Attack Power of party members within 45 yards.
• Enemy on youIf you draw threat in melee range, lower it with Disengage, then start your auto attack again.
• Crowd controlSet Freezing Trap ahead of time to freeze one enemy. No AoE near the frozen target.
• Dropping threatIf you pull threat, drop it with Feign Death and resume once your tank has the enemy back.
• CastersUse Viper Sting on enemies that use mana. You can only have one Sting per target.
• BossesUse Rapid Fire on bosses once your tank is settled.
• Large packsUse Volley on large packs, after your tank has them.
• Group travelUse Aspect of the Pack when traveling. Getting hit dazes the party, so switch back to your combat Aspect before pulls.

Dungeons

• Lower Blackrock Spire57–60
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• Dire Maul West59–60
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• Dire Maul North59–60
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• Stratholme Main Gate59–60
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• Stratholme Service Gate59–60
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Build Order

Beast Mastery15Marksmanship36Survival0

1. LV 10–14Lethal Attacks5/5
2. LV 15–19Careful Aim5/5
3. LV 20–21Rapid Killing2/2
4. LV 22–24Efficiency3/5
5. LV 25Trueshot Aura1/1
6. LV 26–29Mortal Shots4/5
7. LV 30–31Rapid Recuperation2/2
8. LV 32Mortal Shots5/5
9. LV 33–34Efficiency5/5
10. LV 35–39Ranged Weapon Specialization5/5
11. LV 40–44Deadly Aspects5/5
12. LV 45–46Focused Fire2/2
13. LV 47–49Endurance Training3/5
14. LV 50Bestial Swiftness1/1
15. LV 51Scatter Shot1/1
16. LV 52–55Unleashed Fury4/5
17. LV 56–60Improved Arcane Shot5/5

Recommended professions

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  Skinning

  Gather rugged leather, and save any scales rather than selling them.

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  Leatherworking

  Your trainer has no green mail here, so buy a Silithus vendor pattern for a heavy scorpid helm. From 57, expensive gear with hard-to-find patterns is also worth chasing.

  • LV 57Swift Flight BracersSkill 290×12×8×60×4×4
    Pattern · Knot Thimblejack's Cache
  • LV 57Shifting CloakSkill 300×30×12×4×8×4×8
    Pattern · Knot Thimblejack's Cache

Camping

• LV 1Camp ChairSkill 20×3×2
• LV 28Field GuideSkill 140×3×2×1
  Blueprint · drops in Wailing Caverns
• LV 1Camp TentSkill 20×5
• LV 28Tanning RackSkill 125×5×3×2
  Blueprint · drops in Shadowfang Keep

• Enchanted Lute (Enchanting), Fish Bowl and Camp Chair are the best camping pieces for Marksmanship Hunters. All give strong combat buffs that make questing much easier.

Mounts

• Apprentice Riding90g