Marksmanship Hunter

Mirrors the current rank-1 Sinister Single parse — every slot is what the best MM hunter actually wears.

Midnight Season 2 · Sentinel · updated 2026-08-04

How it plays

• You press Aimed Shot more than anything else — about 12 times a minute — but the damage lands on Explosive Shot, which is 24% of the total.

Measured on the reference parse below, not a description of the spec — so it changes when the tuning does.

Stat priority

Critical Strike > Mastery > Haste > Versatility

These are not weights pulled from a spreadsheet — they are the live ratings on the reference character this build is taken from, so the order reflects what the best-performing Marksmanship Hunter is actually stacking right now.

Source: Jmehunt — the log. Best-logging MM Hunter on Sinister Single (Dummy Dome), avg ilvl 335.

Talent build

Laid out exactly as the in-game talent UI draws it, hero tree Sentinel. Lit nodes and gold lines are the path this build takes; everything dimmed was passed over. Hover any node for what it does.

Rotation

Focus is not the constraint — Aimed Shot charges are. Never sit at two charges, and never waste a Precise Shots stack by casting Aimed Shot through it.

Openers

Single target

1. Volley as the pull lands.
2. Trueshot.
3. Rapid Fire, then Aimed Shot.
4. Arcane Shot on every Precise Shots, Steady Shot only when stuck.

How much damage, and where

The same best-in-slot profile below, simulated across four fights on our own SimulationCraft build. A spec's number moves with the fight — and each card opens its full report: DPS timeline, buffs, and a Copy-SimC button to reproduce it in Raidbots. Compare every spec →

Where the damage comes from

Measured on the reference log — a 299-second single-target parse. Worth comparing against the rotation above: the button you press most is rarely the one doing the most.

Source: Sinister Single, 299s.

Best in slot

The finished loadout, built by Pathfinder — the strongest item available for every slot, with the item level to chase and where it drops. 337 average item level across 15 slots, gathered from 3 places.

Skulking Viper's Weeping Fangs 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — The Twin Fangs ✦ Empowered Hex of Leeching

Aqirbane Reliquary 344 · Myth 9/6 (VC) The Venomous Abyss — Ula'tek ◆ Powerful Eversong Diamond

Jaws of the Skulking Viper 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — The Lost Explorers ✦ Silvermoon's Mending

Adherent's Silken Shroud 331 · Spark Crafted +Myth Epic Profession Items — Tailoring

Awoken Dreadfang Cuirass 344 · Myth 9/6 (VC) The Venomous Abyss — Ula'tek ✦ Mark of the Worldsoul

Skulking Viper's Hardened Wristscales 334 · Myth 6/6 The Tidebound Grotto — Nymrissa Wavecaller

Caustic Repose Greatbow 344 · Myth 9/6 (VC) · Two-handed The Venomous Abyss — Ula'tek ✦ Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Marksmanship Hunter 337 average item level

Skulking Viper's Hidepiercers 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Entombed Sentinels ✦ Gloves Enchant (+3 Stamina)

Farstrider's Trophy Belt 331 · Spark Crafted +Myth Epic Profession Items — Leatherworking

Skulking Viper's Coiled Legwraps 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Sszorak ✦ Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

Skulking Viper's Tracks 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Sszorak ✦ Lynx's Dexterity

Vile Alchemist's Band 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Vashnik the Malignant ✦ Nature's Fury◆ Flawless Masterful Garnet

Apex Brute's Claw Ring 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Sszorak ✦ Nature's Fury◆ Flawless Masterful Garnet

Voracious Heart of Ula'tek 344 · Myth 9/6 (VC) The Venomous Abyss — Ula'tek

Zul'jin's Guillotine Technique 344 · Myth 9/6 (VC) The Venomous Abyss — The Coiled Altar

Where to spend bonus rolls as Marksmanship Hunter

A Voidcore pays out an item every time — the question is only whether it is one you wanted. For this build, in order:

Roll Sszorak — 2 of its 3 drops are on your list

67% of every roll here lands something on the list. In The Venomous Abyss, it owes you legs and ring 2.

Then Entombed Sentinels — 1 of its 3 drops is on your list

33% of every roll here lands something on the list. In The Venomous Abyss, it owes you hands.

Then The Lost Explorers — 1 of its 4 drops is on your list

25% of every roll here lands something on the list. In The Venomous Abyss, it owes you shoulder.

The general principles behind this — knockout protection, why finishing one boss beats spreading rolls, and the crests a roll quietly costs you — are in the bonus roll guide.

Week-by-week route

1. Pre-season: the campaign, a world tour of Mythic 0s for a 292 loadout, and the weekly Spark quest. No Myth crests exist yet — bank the Spark.
2. Week 1: farm +10 keys to a full Hero 3/6 (311) loadout and fill the vault. You open the week holding two full Sparks, so craft Adherent's Silken Shroud and Farstrider's Trophy Belt back to back if your Myth crests cover both infusions. Every Hero crest goes into lifting pieces toward 6/6 (321).
3. Week 2: first Voidcore — roll Sszorak, where 2 of 3 drops are on this list. Catalyse the set slots for the 4-set. No new Spark this week — the next whole one banks in Week 3.
4. Weeks 3–6: one Voidcore a week down the order above — finish a boss before starting the next. Keep spending Hero crests; every slot should sit at 321 by about Week 6.
5. Week 7 onward: two Voidcores a week (the vault and Orin Straylight). Roll Myth-track bases in the set slots, re-catalyse them, and take each to 6/6 for 80 Myth and 20 Hero crests.
6. Late season: Aqirbane Reliquary, Awoken Dreadfang Cuirass, Voracious Heart of Ula'tek, Zul'jin's Guillotine Technique and Caustic Repose Greatbow come from the last two bosses at Myth 9 (344). Secure the base items early — that is the only place the extra three ranks exist.

The fast variant

Same stat priority, 2 slots moved. Pathfinder builds the list above for raw power and does not care how many bosses that takes; Slate prices the route as well, and takes an equal-strength item from a boss you are already farming over one that sends you somewhere new. It visits 3 places against the strongest list's 3, at the same average item level.

• Ring 1 — Apex Brute's Claw Ring instead of Vile Alchemist's Band
• Ring 2 — Vile Alchemist's Band instead of Apex Brute's Claw Ring

Skulking Viper's Weeping Fangs 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — The Twin Fangs ✦ Empowered Hex of Leeching

Aqirbane Reliquary 344 · Myth 9/6 (VC) The Venomous Abyss — Ula'tek ◆ Powerful Eversong Diamond

Jaws of the Skulking Viper 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — The Lost Explorers ✦ Silvermoon's Mending

Adherent's Silken Shroud 331 · Spark Crafted +Myth Epic Profession Items — Tailoring

Awoken Dreadfang Cuirass 344 · Myth 9/6 (VC) The Venomous Abyss — Ula'tek ✦ Mark of the Worldsoul

Skulking Viper's Hardened Wristscales 334 · Myth 6/6 The Tidebound Grotto — Nymrissa Wavecaller

Caustic Repose Greatbow 344 · Myth 9/6 (VC) · Two-handed The Venomous Abyss — Ula'tek ✦ Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Marksmanship Hunter 337 average item level

Skulking Viper's Hidepiercers 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Entombed Sentinels ✦ Gloves Enchant (+3 Stamina)

Farstrider's Trophy Belt 331 · Spark Crafted +Myth Epic Profession Items — Leatherworking

Skulking Viper's Coiled Legwraps 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Sszorak ✦ Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

Skulking Viper's Tracks 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Sszorak ✦ Lynx's Dexterity

Apex Brute's Claw Ring 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Sszorak ✦ Nature's Fury◆ Flawless Masterful Garnet

Vile Alchemist's Band 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Vashnik the Malignant ✦ Nature's Fury◆ Flawless Masterful Garnet

Voracious Heart of Ula'tek 344 · Myth 9/6 (VC) The Venomous Abyss — Ula'tek

Zul'jin's Guillotine Technique 344 · Myth 9/6 (VC) The Venomous Abyss — The Coiled Altar