PvE Marksmanship Hunter Best Professions – WoW Classic

In this part of the guide, you can find a list of the best professions that Marksmanship Hunters can use, along with any other professions that may be useful or even some that are considered completely sub-par.

PvE Marksmanship Hunter

Stat Priority

Best Professions

Talents & Builds

Rotation & Cooldowns

Pre-Raid & Best in Slot (BiS)

Enchants & Consumables

Best Professions

• Engineering is widely regarded as the best profession in WoW Classic for almost any character, including Marksmanship Hunters! It allows players to create Bombs, Gadgets, Grenades, Ammo, and special Gear pieces that enhance their performance. Players can get their hands on Goblin Sapper Charge, Dark Iron Bomb, Thorium Grenade, and Thorium Shells, among many other goodies. The only downside of Engineering is that the profession is extremely hard to level up and maintain, requiring a large amount of materials that can drain your gold instantly if not paired with Mining or a very good gold-generation profession.
• Mining is a great profession if you choose to pair it with Engineering, not only for the leveling process but for the creation of any bomb or grenade consumable after reaching 300. Without Mining, it is extremely hard to keep up with creating Engineering items without a very hefty amount of gold.
• Leatherworking is a great profession that can land you some awesome gear pieces, throughout your journey as a Marksmanship Hunter. Similar to other crafting professions, Leatherworking can become expensive to level up or create high-end items without pairing it with Skinning.
• Skinning is a great profession for Marksmanship Hunters who pick up Leatherworking. The profession allows players to skin beasts and gather their hides, creating Leather. The profession is great at gold generation as well, but it is mainly used to funnel Leatherworking when compared to Alchemy/Herbalism.

Useful Professions

• Alchemy is one of the best professions for gold generation and overall resources during any PvE encounter. When paired with Herbalism, having Alchemy will make sure that you won’t lack any elixir, potion, or flask that you may require during combat. Sadly, besides gold generation and a supply of potions and elixirs, Alchemy loses to Engineering in terms of raw performance since Engineering is simply way better overall.
• Herbalism is an extremely good gold generation tool for any player as it allows them to gather herbs from across the world which can be sold or used with Alchemy. Since potions, flasks, and elixirs are always in high demand, Herbalism will always generate one of the highest gold returns in the game.

Sub-Par Professions

• Blacksmithing is a sub-optimal profession for Marksmanship Hunters, providing only a few items of real value. The only valuable items are the keys that can unlock lockboxes, rods for enchanters to use, and a very few Mail craftable items. Hunters can only use Mail armor after level 40, the profession can be useful only in the later parts of the game, which are easily replaceable by Dungeons or Raids.
• Enchanting is sub-optimal for any Marksmanship Hunters besides its role in gold generation. Since enchants can be bought from someone else, the profession doesn’t grant any specific PvE use that couldn’t easily be acquired from another source.
• Tailoring is yet another sub-par profession for Marksmanship Hunters since the profession is mainly used to create Cloth items that they don’t require. The only good part about this profession is the creation of bags and BoEs, effectively being just yet another gold-generation tool.