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Marksmanship Hunter Review - Battle for Azeroth Community Opinions
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Throughout the pre-patch, we'll be launching a community opinions article for every class and spec. We're continuing our Battle for Azeroth Class Reviews and in this post, we'll be taking a look at the state of Marksmanship Hunter. See if this spec appeals to you in Battle for Azeroth!
We reached out to the Marksmanship Hunter community to give their thoughts and opinions on the changes and current state of the spec.
If this spec appeals to you after reading this article, check out our
Battle for Azeroth Marksmanship Hunter Guide
.
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Changes from Legion
Marksman Hunter has been completely reworked in Battle for Azeroth. Some of the abilities from Legion remain, however their usage and interactions with each other have changed.
Vulnerable, Marked Shot and Patient Sniper have been removed.
Focus regen has gone down from 10 Focus per sec to 3 Focus per sec
Base Focus has gone down from 130 in Legion to 100 in Battle for Azeroth.
Tiro Arcano
and
Tiro Multiplo
are now Focus spenders
Our new Focus generators are
Tiro Stabilizzato
and
Rapidità di Tiro
Tiro Mirato
is now on a 2 charge system but remains our primary heavy hitter.
Tiro Preciso
has been introduced, empowering both
Tiro Arcano
and
Tiro Multiplo
.
Lupo Solitario
is now baseline. We benefit from
Lupo Solitario
automatically when we do not have a pet out.
Pets have been completely reworked. All specs are now equal in DPS but provide different utility.
has been altered, now providing an additional
Tiro Mirato
charge in addition to its Haste.
Tiri Ingannevoli
is now baseline and is a buff applied when you
Tiro Multiplo
more than 3 targets. It is capped at 6 targets.
How does the spec feel now?
The removal of Vulnerable and Patient Sniper have been a huge quality of life change. Losing these means that our damage no longer depends on stacking multiple damage modifiers, reducing overall RNG. Unlike Legion, Marksman’s damage distribution is very linear and has little to no RNG outside of a couple optional talents. Marksman now swaps targets with ease, occuring no penalty. The rotation is fairly straightforward and simple, perhaps even lacking a bit of depth. The spec feels fine on single target, but there are some very noticeable gaps in our AoE.
Tiri Ingannevoli
’ interaction with
Tiro Mirato
has target restrictions, constraining
Rapidità di Tiro
to only spread up to 3 targets and
Tiro Mirato
to 6 targets in total. While the target restrictions feel awful, other classes have received similar treatment. In addition, due to the rework and new interactions of our abilities,
is now an extremely underwhelming cooldown for us. This means we have very little burst potential in both single target and in AoE. Overall, Marksman’s gameplay is very smooth and the spell interactions work well with each other. However, while we’ve recently received some minor buffs and tweaks, much more needs to happen in order for Marksman to be competitive with the other specs in regards to damage tuning and talent adjustments.
Pets have been reworked. Many quality of life changes happened to pets, including auto turning off growl in instances and reduced aggro radius. Pets deal the same damage across the board and each pet spec offers a different form of utility.
Lupo Solitario
is now baseline and allows us to choose to go without a pet, or to use a pet for some added utility and defensives. For more info on pets, check out our
Hunter Pet Guide
!
Talents:
Tier 1 (Level 15)
- This talent row is actually fairly balanced and if all the talents were tuned properly would allow for multiple types of gameplay.
Precisione da Cecchino
is the go to for AoE situations due to the immense Focus cost of our AoE rotation.
Morso del Serpente
and
Stormo di Corvi
are more geared towards single target but both give options in terms of cleave.
Morso del Serpente
has an option to multi-dot while
Stormo di Corvi
retains its reset mechanic.
Tier 2 (Level 30)
- The talents in this row are fairly unique in terms of usability. While
Mira Precisa
has applications in AoE, it is primary used as a single target talent. It is very niche and only really usable in a raid environment. Since
Mira Precisa
is dependent on
Tiro Mirato
s, you much have a fairly long duration during the >80% and <20% health thresholds, which leans towards raids and discourages use in dungeons, leveling, etc. It is currently our best talent for single target raid situations but, due to
Tiro Mirato
s target restrictions, this falls of in AoE compared to the other talents in this row.
Raffica
and
Tiro Esplosivo
are both heavily focused on AoE. The difference is
Raffica
is purely RNG while
Tiro Esplosivo
is a controlled short burst. The concept of
Raffica
seems fine, but the talent falters when you think about AoE. AoE generally happens in short segments, either short windows of consistent damage (mobs in M+) or waves of adds at specified times (raid encounters). The RNG component of this hurts as
Raffica
might not even proc when it’s needed for the add damage. On top of that, it’s damage compared to the other talents in this row is awful. We will never take
Raffica
in its current state.
Tier 3 (Level 45)
- Most of the talents in this row remain from Legion.
Apripista
is primary use for open world content, leveling and old transmog runs.
Mimetizzazione
is our go to PvP talent and has some niche uses in dungeons.
Guarigione Naturale
is a new talent in this row that slightly reduces the cooldown of
Fuga Curativa
.
Guarigione Naturale
is really the only viable talent for most PVE outside of certain niche scenarios.
Tier 4 (Level 60)
- The talents in this row are meant to help you with your focus generation each in a different way.
Focus Stabilizzato
reduces the cast time of
Tiro Stabilizzato
when it’s cast consecutively. On the surface this talent seems strong, however due to a minimum GCD cast of 0.75 sec, we actually hit this with 2 stacks of
Focus Stabilizzato
+ Haste buffs. In addition, due to how our rotation plays out, we typically don’t cast 2
Tiro Stabilizzato
s in a row very often, let alone 3 or 4.
Flusso Continuo
is pretty straightforward, giving your
Rapidità di Tiro
slightly more Focus regen and damage. It is currently our best talent in this row in any AoE situation.
Marchio del Cacciatore
is primarily only used in pure single target situations. While it’s meant to be able to target swap onto priority targets (Gives focus when an add dies with it), the GCD placed on this talent highly discourages swapping your
Marchio del Cacciatore
at all.
Marchio del Cacciatore
is our best talent for pure single target in this row.
Tier 5 (Level 75)
- Similar to the other rows, this talent row has very unique uses.
Vita Spericolata
is very niche. It’s reduced cooldown gives
Aspetto del Ghepardo
a shorter cooldown, giving more movement speed as well as reducing
Aspetto della Tartaruga
cooldown which may be usable in niche raid fights such as Fallen Avatar.
Velocità di Fuga
remains the same as it was in Legion, giving us movement speed and snare removal.
Tiro Vincolante
is similar to Legion, however it’s lost the stun component to it. It now snares mobs rather than stunning them, which is much worse. The go to talent is generally
Velocità di Fuga
as it provides the most movement speed and utility of the three.
Tier 6 (Level 90)
- This row is very AoE centric.
Sbarramento
being the most obvious AoE ability, remaining the same as it has been for years.
Tiri Letali
and
Doppio Colpo
essentially just buff our
Tiro Mirato
and apply to
Tiri Ingannevoli
. Both of these talents have target restrictions just as
Tiro Mirato
does, so they’re AoE is limited between 3-6 targets as well as having single target applications.
Tiri Letali
and
Doppio Colpo
are actually very similar to each other.
Tiri Letali
is totally RNG and can buff either your
Tiro Mirato
or your next
Rapidità di Tiro
. You must pray that it aligns with
Rapidità di Tiro
.
Doppio Colpo
does the exact same thing but it is a controlled cast. You’re able to use it with
Rapidità di Tiro
over
Tiro Mirato
every time. The downside is that its gated by a 1 minute cooldown. Typically,
Tiri Letali
is better in pure single target and falls off in AoE due to the RNG component.
Doppio Colpo
performs well in single target but excels in mid-range AoE. Since
Tiri Letali
and
Doppio Colpo
are restricted to 6 targets,
Sbarramento
takes over in mass AoE situations at 6+ targets.
Tier 7 (Level 100)
-
Pronto al Tiro
is the default in this row since both of the other talents are severely undertuned at the moment.
Pronto al Tiro
is similar to Legion but is now adapted to the new rotation. Only one charge is gained and its proc chance has been lowered to 5%.
Prendere la Mira
is basically
Racchette da Neve con Piume di Ullr
made into a talent which is really cool, however, its a very mediocre talent for us at the moment, due to
s viability.
Tiro Penetrante
has been retained from Legion but now has a flat Focus cost. Currently its damage is undertuned.
Pronto al Tiro
, as bad as 5% sounds, is the go to Talent in this row for every situation.
Recommended Changes and Tuning Issues:
- For a major 3 minute cooldown, this ability is very very underwhelming. We essentially gain 2 additional
Tiro Mirato
s from it. During Legion, it was a massive cooldown due to its interaction with applying Marking Targets, increased Critical Strike Damage from
Uccisione Rapida
and both
Tiro Rapido
and
Racchette da Neve con Piume di Ullr
made it a very short cooldown, diversifying its usage. Currently, It's hardly a dps increase at all which feels awful for our only major cooldown, and a 3 minute one at that. In its current state, we are forced to use it during times of Focus regen.
Lupo Solitario
- Currently after dismissing your pet, you gain the
Lupo Solitario
buff, but on a ramping timer (Approx 1% every 6 sec for a total of 1 minute). The issue here is the ramp timer, not necessarily the ability itself. Having to wait a full minute to gain the full benefit of
Lupo Solitario
feels very cumbersome. Any time you dismiss your pet, any time you get battle rezzed and any time you swap a Talent, it takes a full minute to gain the full 10% buff from
Lupo Solitario
.
Morso del Serpente
- At the moment, this ability competes in single target but falls off hard as soon as you add in another target. The issue here is not the damage, it is the immense focus cost. While 10 Focus doesn't seem very much, our rotation, especially in AoE is very Focus consuming. At the moment we must take
Precisione da Cecchino
due to the high Focus requirement. Due to the high Focus cost, keeping up
Morso del Serpente
properly you actually must cast less
Tiro Mirato
s because we physically do not have enough Focus to perform our rotation and keep up
Morso del Serpente
.
Raffica
- This talent is way too RNG to ever be usable except on an AoE sustained fight which never happens. In most AoE scenarios, waves of adds spawn or in M+ for instance, groups of adds occur in 30-40 sec intervals. With
Raffica
only being 10%, it might not even deal damage to certain mobs or during AoE. Due to its RNG nature, we would never take this over
Tiro Esplosivo
. It's damage is also a fair bit behind ES in its current iteration, RNG aside.
Focus Stabilizzato
- While this talent seems fine at first glance, there are a couple of glaring issues with it. First off, we rarely actually cast multiple
Tiro Stabilizzato
s back to back. To perform optimal DPS, we must cast certain abilities on cooldown -
Tiro Mirato
and
Rapidità di Tiro
- and we must dump our
Tiro Preciso
stacks with
Tiro Arcano
. Because of the timings here along with the charge system of
Tiro Mirato
, we typically cast 1
Tiro Stabilizzato
to give us enough Focus to cast the following ability, and sometimes we cast 2 in a row when we have a slight bit of down time. We rarely cast 2 let alone 3 or 4 in a row like this talent encourages. Secondly, this ability becomes virtually useless during times of high haste i.e
and
Brama di Sangue
(and
Berserker
). The baseline cast of
Tiro Stabilizzato
is 1.75 seconds (typically it will be around 1.6 with most peoples haste levels, but these calculations are done without any haste considered). If you have 2 stacks of 20% reduced cast time this becomes baseline 1.05 seconds. Then taking into account
Brama di Sangue
the cast time becomes .78 seconds. Since the minimum GCD is .75 seconds, the haste from
or
Berserker
is basically useless in terms of
Focus Stabilizzato
if you have more than ~7.7% Haste. Much of this talent goes to waste throughout the fight.
Prendere la Mira
- The talent itself is fine and is basically a carry over from
Racchette da Neve con Piume di Ullr
. The problem here goes back to
itself in that this cooldown is not very useful for us. So reducing it’s cooldown doesn't really do much for us. This talent would almost have to be doubled for it to be worth taking with
in its current state.
Tiro Penetrante
- Currently,
Tiro Penetrante
is on a 30 sec cooldown and it does less damage then
Tiro Mirato
.
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