Marksmanship Hunter Gearing Guide

Patch 11.0.5 Last Updated: 25th Oct, 2024
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Tier Sets

The War Within Marksmanship Hunter Tier Set Bonuses:

Entirely Passive Tier Set bonus.

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

Slot Item Source
Head Lightless Scavenger’s Skull Raid: The Silken Court / Catalyst
Neck Sureki Zealot’s Insignia Raid: Sikran, Captain of the Sureki
Shoulders Lightless Scavenger’s Taxidermy Raid: Rasha’nan / Catalyst
Cloak Wings of Shattered Sorrow Raid: Rasha’nan
Chest Lightless Scavenger’s Tunic Raid: Broodtwister Ovi’nax / Catalyst
Wrist Glyph-Etched Vambraces Crafting
Gloves Glyph-Etched Gauntlets Crafting
Belt Lightless Scavenger’s Bonegirdle Catalyst
Legs Lightless Scavenger’s Stalkings Raid: Nexus-Princess Ky’veza / Catalyst
Boots Rasha’nan’s Grotesque Talons Rasha’nan
Ring Devout Zealot’s Ring M+: The Dawnbreaker
Ring Seal of the Poisoned Pact Raid: Queen Ansurek
Trinket Skardyn’s Grace M+: Grim Batol
Trinket Mad Queen's Mandate Raid: Queen Ansurek
Main Hand Splintershot Silkbow Raid: Sikran, Captain of the Sureki

Best Gear from the Raid

Slot Item Source
Head Lightless Scavenger’s Skull The Silken Court
Neck Locket of Broken Memories Rasha’nan
Shoulders Lightless Scavenger’s Taxidermy Rasha’nan
Cloak Wings of Shattered Sorrow Rasha’nan
Chest Lightless Scavenger’s Tunic Broodtwister Ovi’nax
Wrist Ky’veza’s Covert Clasps Nexus-Princess Ky’veza
Gloves Lightless Scavenger’s Mitts Sikran, Captain of the Sureki
Belt Lost Watcher’s Remains The Bloodbound Horror
Legs Lightless Scavenger’s Stalkings Nexus-Princess Ky’veza
Boots Rasha’nan’s Grotesque Talons Rasha’nan
Ring Key to the Unseeming The Bloodbound Horror
Ring Seal of the Poisoned Pact Queen Ansurek
Trinket Ovi'nax's Mercurial Egg Broodtwister Ovi'nax
Trinket Mad Queen’s Mandate Queen Ansurek
Main Hand Splintershot Silkbow Sikran, Captain of the Sureki

Best Gear from Mythic+

Slot Item Source
Head Lightless Scavenger’s Skull The Silken Court / Catalyst
Neck Trailspinner Pendant Mists of Tirna Scithe
Shoulders Lightless Scavenger’s Taxidermy Rasha’nan / Catalyst
Cloak Troggstitched Drape Grim Batol
Chest Lightless Scavenger’s Tunic Broodtwister Ovi’nax / Catalyst
Wrist Penumbral Rimeguards City of Threads
Gloves Lightless Scavenger’s Mitts Sikran, Captain of the Sureki / Catalyst
Belt Anchor Chain Girdle Siege of Boralus
Legs Lightless Scavenger’s Stalkings Nexus-Princess Ky’veza / Catalyst
Boots Red Scale Boots Grim Batol
Ring Devout Zealot’s Ring The Dawnbreaker
Ring Band of the Ancient Dredger Siege of Boralus
Trinket Skardyn’s Grace Grim Batol
Trinket Dead-Eye Spyglass Siege of Boralus
Main Hand Augmented Refractor Cannon The Stonevault

Trinkets

Skardyn's Grace and Mad Queen's Mandate is currently the best combination of Trinkets. Both are farmable from Mythic+ dungeons. Alternatively, you can pick up Ara-Kara Sacbrood, or Empowering Crystal of Anub'ikkaj from Mythic+ as well.

Raid Trinkets are generally not the best, but if you come across one of those, feel free to pick them up:

There are also some decent Trinkets from Delves, those are going to be especially good early on in the expansion:

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 Hands, due to their lower stat budget and bad alternatives.

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 Gauntlets with Writhing Armor Banding to double up the Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension value of your weapon.