Welcome to our beginner’s guide for casually playing a Marksmanship Hunter in World of Warcraft. This guide is intended for players who prefer a less complex play style.
Note that with a Marksmanship Hunter you should not be using a pet in order to get the 
Lone Wolf buff so there are no recommended pets to use in this guide. However for solo play/questing it can still be advisable to use a pet for tanking.
Talents & Builds
- Level 15:
Masters Marksman
Your ranged special attack critical strikes cause the target to bleed for an additional 15% of the damage dealt over 6 sec. - Level 25:
Careful Aim
Aimed Shot deals 50% bonus damage to targets who are above 70% health. - Level 30:
Natural Mending
Focus you spend reduces the remaining cooldown on Exhilaration by 1 sec. - Level 35:
Streamline
Rapid Fire’s damage is increased by 15%, and Rapid Fire also causes your next Aimed Shot to cast 30% faster. - Level 40:
Born To Be Wild
Reduces the cooldowns of Aspect of the Cheetah and Aspect of the Turtle by 20%. - Level 45:
Lethal Shots
Arcane Shot and Multi-Shot have a 30% chance to reduce the cooldown of Rapid Fire by 5.0 sec. - Level 50:
Lock and Load
Your ranged auto attacks have a 8% chance to trigger Lock and Load, causing your next Aimed Shot to cost no Focus and be instant.
Stat Priority
- Critical Strike
- Haste
- Mastery
- Versatility
Abilities
- Use
Wild Spirits with 
Trueshot for burst DPS, AoE as needed, and on boss fights. - Use
Killshot whenever it’s active (target must be below 20% health). - You can move while casting
Rapid Fire and 
Steady Shot, helping to provide mobility in movement heavy fights. - Steady Shot and Rapid Fire generate focus.
Rotation
Single Target Rotation
Aimed Shot- Rapid Fire
Arcane Shot- Use once or twice depending upon how many are active, it should be flashing on your toolbar due to
Precise Shots being activated by Aimed Shot.
- Use once or twice depending upon how many are active, it should be flashing on your toolbar due to
- Aimed Shot
- Arcane Shot x1 or x2
- Steady Shot
AoE Rotation
- Aimed Shot
- Wild Spirits and Trueshot
- If these are on cooldown just move on to the next attack in the rotation.
Multi-Shot- This will trigger
Trick Shots, allowing Rapid Fire and Aimed Shot to hit up to 5 additional mobs.
- This will trigger
- Rapid Fire
- Multi-Shot
- Aimed Shot
Gems & Enchants
Gems
As of right now the best option is Critical Strike gems.
Enchants
- Cloak –
Enchant Cloak – Fortified Leech - Chest – Enchant Chest – Eternal Stats
- Boots – Enchant Boots – Eternal Agility
- Rings – Enchant Ring – Tenet of Critical Strike
- Weapon – Optical Target Embiggener
Covenant
Night Fae is currently the best choice for a casual player playing a Marksmanship Hunter. The class abilities are Wild Spirits and 
Soulshape.
- Wild Spirits – Offers burst DPS and your single target attacks will strike other mobs in the same area. Use with Trueshot.
- Soulshape – Provides additional mobility.
Conduits
Here you can find a list of Potency Conduits in order of priority that are beneficial for both single target and AoE dps. Feel free to use whichever Endurance and Finesse conduits best suit your play style.
Spirit Attunement – Wild Spirits lasts 3 sec longer, and deals 10.0% increased damage.
- Lootable from Tribute rewards of Covenant Callings (Covenant Daily Quests).
- Occasionally a reward from World Quests.
- Drops from World Bosses.
Sharpshooter’s Focus – Trueshot lasts 20.0% longer.
- Drops from the last boss in the Theater of Pain dungeon, Mordretha, the Endless Empress.
Deadly Chain – Trick Shots secondary damage is increased by 5.0%.
- Drops from the third boss in the Theater of Pain dungeon, Xav the Unfallen.
Powerful Precision – Precise Shots increases the damage of your next Arcane Shot or Multi-Shot by an additional 5.0%.
- Drops from the first boss in the Mists of Tirna Scithe dungeon, Ingra Maloch.
Legendary
The best overall legendary for casual Marksmanship Hunters is 
Serpentstalker’s Trickery.
Aimed Shot also fires a Serpent Sting at the primary target.
Memory of the Serpentstalker’s Trickery is dropped by Domina Venomblade, the third boss in the Plaguefall dungeon.
This legendary can be crafted for a ring slot or the shoulder slot, but the ring slot is preferred for casual players as the shoulder slot can be used by fully upgraded covenant armor at ilevel 197.