Tier Sets
Tier Sets
Season 3 Tier Sets now give you a different bonus depending on the Hero Talent Tree chosen:
Season 3 Sentinel Tier Set:
- (2) Set Bonus: Rapid Fire damage increased by 25%. When Lunar Storm fades, gain the Boon of Elune, causing your next 2 Aimed Shots to deal Arcane damage and have their damage increased by 10%.
- (4) Set Bonus: Sentinel's damage is increased by 20%. The Boon of Elune is now active for the duration of Lunar Storm at 100% effectiveness.
Extremely powerful Tier Set, changing the damage type of Aimed Shot into Arcane damage, allowing it to bypass armor and do a lot more damage. You can expect around half your Aimed Shots to be buffed by the Set.
Season 3 Dark Ranger Tier Set:
- (2) Set Bonus: Black Arrow arrow damage increased by 10% and Bleak Powder damage increased by 20%. The cooldown of Trueshot is reduced by 30 sec.
- (4) Set Bonus: Withering Fire's Black Arrow damage increased by 50%. Consuming Deathblow has a 50% chance to cause all Black Arrow barrages during your next Withering Fire to fire 1 additional Black Arrow.
Besides the passive bonuses to Black Arrow, this Tier Set shaves a flat 30 seconds off of Trueshot, allowing for much more frequent bursting. The 4 Set essentially stacks up between usages of Trueshot allowing us to spew out a whole lot of Black Arrows every time we are in our cooldowns.
marksmanship hunter Best in Slot Gear
You should still prioritize the gear you use by running a sim for your character, but the lists below will give you a good idea of what items are considered good for Marksmanship Hunter, and help you target the right content for each piece of loot.
Overall Best Gear for MM Hunter
| Slot | Item | Source |
| Head | Midnight Herald's Cowl | Forgeweaver Araz/Catalyst |
| Neck | Ornately Engraved Amplifier | Tazavesh: Streets of Wonder |
| Shoulders | Midnight Herald's Shadowguards | The Soul Hunters/Catalyst |
| Cloak | Reshii Wraps | K’aresh Questline |
| Chest | Midnight Herald's Hauberk | Fractillus/Catalyst |
| Wrist | Glyph-Etched Vambraces | Crafted |
| Gloves | Glyph-Etched Gauntlets | Crafted |
| Belt | Durable Information Securing Container | Delves |
| Legs | Midnight Herald's Petticoat | Loom'ithar/Catalyst |
| Boots | Interloper’s Chain Boots | The Soul Hunters |
| Ring | Devout Zealot’s Ring | The Dawnbreaker |
| Ring | Logic Gate: Omega | Forgeweaver Araz |
| Trinket | Astral Antenna | Loom'ithar |
| Trinket | Araz's Ritual Forge | Forgeweaver Araz |
| Head | Yasahm the Riftbreaker | Tazavesh: So’leah’s Gambit |
Best Gear from the Raid for MM Hunter
| Slot | Item | Source |
| Head | Midnight Herald's Cowl | Forgeweaver Araz/Catalyst |
| Neck | Salhadaar's Folly | Nexus-King Salhadaar |
| Shoulders | Midnight Herald's Shadowguards | The Soul Hunters/Catalyst |
| Cloak | Reshii Wraps | K’aresh Questline |
| Chest | Midnight Herald's Hauberk | Fractillus/Catalyst |
| Wrist | Glyph-Etched Vambraces | Crafted |
| Gloves | Glyph-Etched Gauntlets | Crafted |
| Belt | Colossal Lifetether | Loom'ithar |
| Legs | Midnight Herald's Petticoat | Loom'ithar/Catalyst |
| Boots | Interloper’s Chain Boots | The Soul Hunters |
| Ring | Logic Gate: Alpha | Plexus Sentinel |
| Ring | Logic Gate: Omega | Forgeweaver Araz |
| Trinket | Astral Antenna | Loom'ithar |
| Trinket | Araz's Ritual Forge | Forgeweaver Araz |
| Head | Piercing Strandbow | Loom'ithar |
Best Gear from Mythic+ for MM Hunter
| Slot | Item | Source |
| Head | Midnight Herald's Cowl | Forgeweaver Araz/Catalyst |
| Neck | Ornately Engraved Amplifier | Tazavesh: Streets of Wonder |
| Shoulders | Midnight Herald's Shadowguards | The Soul Hunters/Catalyst |
| Cloak | Reshii Wraps | K’aresh Questline |
| Chest | Midnight Herald's Hauberk | Fractillus/Catalyst |
| Wrist | Glyph-Etched Vambraces | Crafted |
| Gloves | Glyph-Etched Gauntlets | Crafted |
| Belt | Portable Power Generator | Operation: Floodgate |
| Legs | Midnight Herald's Petticoat | Loom'ithar/Catalyst |
| Boots | Interloper’s Chain Boots | The Soul Hunters |
| Ring | Devout Zealot’s Ring | The Dawnbreaker |
| Ring | Signet of the False Accuser | Halls of Atonement |
| Trinket | Signet of the Priory | Priory of the Sacred Flame |
| Trinket | Empowering Crystal of Anub'ikkaj | The Dawnbreaker |
| Head | Yasahm the Riftbreaker | Tazavesh: So’leah’s Gambit |
Trinkets
Our best Trinket combination is Astral Antenna (from Loom’ithar in Manaforge Omega), and Araz's Ritual Forge (from Forgeweaver Araz in Manaforge Omega).
Other good trinkets from Mythic+ include:
- Signet of the Priory - Priory of the Sacred Flame
- Lily of the Eternal Weave - Eco-Dome Al’dani
- Empowering Crystal of Anub'ikkaj - Dawnbreaker
- Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker - Operation Floodgate
Other good trinkets from Raid include:
- Sigil of the Cosmic Hunt - The Soul Hunters
Early Season alternatives from Delves are:
Embellishments
We want two pieces of gear with the Dawnthread Lining Embellishment, which increases critical strike rating when above 80% HP.
The best slots for our crafted pieces are Wrists and Gloves, due to their lower stat budget and bad alternatives.
The stats we want to apply to our crafted gear are Critical Strike and Mastery.
Alternatively, you could Craft a P.0.W. x2 with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension, which increases a random secondary stat, every 8 seconds you remain in combat. Pair this embellishment with a pair of crafted Glyph-Etched Vambraces with Writhing Armor Banding to double up the Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension value of your weapon.This is a decent alternative during early Season, if you do not have access to an early Mythic-difficulty weapon.
Reshii Wraps
Reshii Wraps is a new Cloak released in Patch 11.2 and will be the only cloak you use (and the only one that can drop from any content in Season 3). You gain access to it via a quest chain and completing chapter 3 of the main patch storyline.
The Reshii Wraps are upgradable via Ethereal Strands and can have secondary stats of your choice added to it.
To add a secondary stat to the Reshii Wraps you use a Fiber in the Fiber Socket of the Cloak. The highest quality version of the Fibers requires a work-order to a Tailor.
When picking a Fiber, I strongly recommend simming your character for the best stat for your current gear and intended content. If you just want a quick recommendation for which Reshii Fiber to use, then use Pure Precise Fiber (Crit).
To find out more about the Reshii Wraps, you can read the Method Reshii Wraps Overview Guide.
Best D.I.S.C Belt & Miniature Titan Disc Effects
This new belt is acquired through a short series of quests, starting in Dornogal close to Brann. After obtaining the Durable Information Securing Container you are able to activate the item and choose one of your unlocked powers to be active. Unlocking powers can be done by finding the associated Titan-Discs in different Delves. Each Delve has the chance to drop a certain Titan-Disc at the end-of-Delve Chests. (The Delve does not have to be Overcharged, in order for the respective Titan-Disc to drop).
The item level of this belt can be upgraded every week, to a maximum of 701, though it is already recommended to use the item as soon as you unlock it.
Recommended Titan Discs for Marksmanship Hunter:
- In Single Target situations you want to use: Critical Chain (more offensive) Static Charge (more defensive)
- In AoE situations you want to use: Critical Chain (more offensive) Static Charge (more defensive)
For more information about unlocking the DISC belt and the different Miniature Titan Disc effects available, check out Method's D.I.S.C Belt Guide.