Marksmanship Hunter Raid Guide

@Cursor Macros simply uses whichever ability you combined it with directly where you have your cursor without the usual second click confirmation. Can take some getting used to if you've never used it but makes all abilities like this faster to throw out.

@Cursor Volley

#showtooltip
/cast [@cursor] Volley

@Cursor Freezing Trap -- Freezing Trap can sometimes require very precise placement, in those cases, you might want to avoid using this macro.

#showtooltip 
/cast [@cursor] Freezing Trap

@Cursor Tar Trap

#showtooltip
/cast [@cursor] Tar Trap

@Cursor Binding Shot

#showtooltip 
/cast [@cursor] Binding Shot

@Cursor Implosive Trap

#showtooltip
/cast [@cursor] Implosive Trap

@Cursor High Explosive Trap -- High Explosive Trap can sometimes require very precise placement, in those cases you might want to avoid using this macro.

#showtooltip
/cast [@cursor] High Explosive Trap

@Cursor Flare

#showtooltip 
/cast [@cursor] Flare

These macros stop your chosen ability from being used while Rapid Fire is channeling. This enables you to spam your next button while Rapid Fire is still channeling without losing out on any damage by interrupting the cast too early.

Stop Macro Aimed Shot

#showtooltip
/stopmacro [channeling: Rapid Fire]
/cast Aimed Shot

Stop Macro Arcane Shot

#showtooltip
/stopmacro [channeling: Rapid Fire]
/cast Arcane Shot

Stop Macro Steady Shot

#showtooltip
/stopmacro [channeling: Rapid Fire]
/cast Steady Shot

Stop Macro Kill Shot

#showtooltip
/stopmacro [channeling: Rapid Fire]
/cast Kill Shot

Stop Macro Black Arrow

#showtooltip
/stopmacro [channeling: Rapid Fire]
/cast Black Arrow

Misdirection Mouseover -- Casts Misdirection on your mouseover target. Secondary use where you can replace @Solwinas in the macro with the name of the target you want to Misdirect and it casts it on them without the need for any mouseover at all.

#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover, help][@Solwinas]Misdirection; Misdirection

Cancelaura Aspect of the Turtle Macro -- Removes Aspect of the Turtle from you when pressed.

/cancelaura Aspect of the Turtle

• MRT -- Notes, Raid cooldowns, and more
  • Helpful addon for Raiders, especially for Raid leaders and officers.
• ElvUI -- Full User Interface replacement
  • A user interface designed around user-friendliness with extra features that are not included in the standard UI.
  • Alternatively, you can also use Shadowed Unit Frames (SUF) and an action bar addon of your choice or of course stick to the default UI.
• BigWigs -- Generic Boss Mod
  • BigWigs is a boss encounter add-on. It consists of many individual encounter scripts, or boss modules; mini add-ons that are designed to trigger alert messages, timer bars, sounds, and so forth, for one specific Raid encounter.
• WeakAuras -- Jack of all trades
  • WeakAuras is a powerful and flexible framework that allows the display of highly customizable graphics on World of Warcraft's user interface to indicate buffs, debuffs, and other relevant information. This addon was created to be a lightweight replacement for Power Auras but has since introduced more functionalities while remaining efficient and easy to use.
• Plater -- Advanced Nameplates
  • Plater is a nameplate addon with an extraordinary amount of settings, out of the box debuff tracking, threat coloring, and support for scripting similar to WeakAuras and wago.io + the WeakAuras-Companion for Mod/Script/Profile updates.
• Details -- In-depth Damage Meter
  • Most powerful, reliable and handsome damage meter.

Hunter Changes

• Kindling Flare has been redesigned – Now increases the radius of flare by 50%.
• Territorial Instincts has been redesigned – Now reduces the cooldown of Intimidation by 10 seconds and no longer summons a pet for you if you do not have a pet out.
• Wilderness Medicine has been updated – Now additionally increases the cooldown reduction effect of Natural Mending by 0.5 seconds.
• No Hard Feelings has been updated – Now additionally reduces the cooldown of Misdirection by 5 seconds.
• Roar of Sacrifice has been updated for Marksmanship Hunters only – Instructs your pet to protect a friendly target from critical strikes, making attacks against that target unable to be critical strikes. Lasts 12 seconds. While Roar of Sacrifice is active, your Spotting Eagle cannot apply Spotter’s Mark.
• Intimidation now has a unique variant when you’re in Marksmanship spec that does not require line of sight and uses your Spotting Eagle.
• Eyes of the Beast is now only learned by Survival and Beast Mastery Hunters.
• Eagle Eye is now only learned by Marksmanship Hunters.
• Freezing Trap now breaks based on a small damage threshold instead of any damage.
• Implosive Trap knock up radius increased to 8 yards (was 5 yards).
• Explosive Shot and Tranquilizing Shot travel speeds increased.
• Panthara cats no longer require Fresh Talbuk Meat to tame.
• Many talents have changed positions in the class and specialization trees.
• The following abilities have had their visuals updated:
  • Aspect of the Cheetah
  • Counter Shot
  • Disengage
  • Hi-Explosive Trap
  • Implosive Trap
  • Posthaste

Dark Ranger Changes

• Withering Fire has been updated – Withering Fire now triggers from casting Black Arrow during Trueshot/Bestial Wrath and no longer auto-fires Black Arrow instead of gaining Deathblow.
  • Developers' notes: A common complaint of Withering Fire is its consistency. The goal with this change is to raise Withering Fire’s randomness floor while lowering its ceiling, still allowing for exciting high-roll moments where you get many Deathblow procs rapidly and reducing the times where nothing happens during Withering Fire.
• Shadow Hounds has been updated – Dark Hounds now deal damage to nearby enemies when they attack for Marksmanship and Beast Mastery Hunters (was Beast Mastery only).
• Fixed an issue preventing Bleak Powder’s cone from dealing damage over its intended area.
• Fixed an issue causing Dark Hounds to trigger less often than intended.
• Withering Fire has been updated – No longer allows Black Arrow to ignore health requirements.
  • Developers' notes: Marksmanship does not struggle to produce Deathblow procs, so this effect was being largely wasted.
• Black Arrow damage increased by 15%.
• Fixed issues with Phantom Pain’s interactions with Double Tap and Aspect of the Eagle.
• Fixed an issue causing Unnatural Causes to benefit Black Arrow’s direct damage rather than just its periodic damage.
• Fixed an issue causing Black Arrow to deal more damage than intended in PvE only.

Sentinel Changes

• Developers' notes: Our goal with these changes is to help make Lunar Storm feel like more of a “moment” be reducing its frequency and increasing its damage. We’re also looking to increase its usability by allowing it to slowly track its target. Since Lunar Storm is spawned at your enemy’s position, and in most content, Hunters have very little agency over where enemy's are moving, we felt that allowing it to slowly follow your target is more justifiable relative to other ground / area spells.
• Lunar Storm damage increased by 25%.
• Lunar Storm’s radius increased to 12 yards (was 8 yards).
• Lunar Storm's duration increased to 12 seconds (was 8 seconds).
• Lunar Storm now triggers once every 30 seconds (was 15 seconds).
• Lunar Storm now does initial damage in addition to its periodic damage.
• Lunar Storm's visual effects have been updated.
• Lunar Storm’s cooldown can now be tracked via an aura on the player.
• Lunar Storm will now present an aura on the personal resource display when it is ready to be fired.
• Lunar Storm now follows its target very slowly.

Marksmanship Changes

• Developers' notes: Moving into Undermine(d), we are looking to reimagine Marksmanship’s Sharpshooter fantasy and reconcile some large spec friction points such as Lone Wolf. Undermine(d) is seeing Marksmanship lose their pet functionalities and it is instead joined in battle by a unique Eagle pet that will exist outside of the game space but continue to support you in combat in a uniquely Marksmanship way.
• New Ability: Harrier's Cry – Your Eagle descends from the skies with a screech, giving the signal to attack. Increases Haste by 30% for all party and raid members for 40 seconds. Allies receiving this effect will become Sated and unable to benefit from Harrier's Cry or similar effects again for 10 minutes. Learned at level 48.
• New Passive: Manhunter – Damaging a player with Aimed Shot applies Grievous Injury, reducing the healing they receive by 25%. Learned at level 11.
  • Developers' notes: Marksmanship lost access to Mortal Wounds by losing pet access, so we’re returning Aimed Shot’s ability to apply Mortal Wounds.
• New Passive: Eyes in the Sky – Gain the aid of a Spotting Eagle. Damaging an enemy with an ability empowered by Precise Shots has a 30% chance to cause your Spotting Eagle to mark your target. Enemies marked by your Spotting Eagle take 10% increased damage from your Aimed Shot. Replaces Call Pet and all associated Pet abilities. Learned at level 13.
• New Talent: Aspect of the Hydra – Aimed Shot, Rapid Fire, and Arcane Shot now hit a second nearby target for 60% of their damage.
• New Talent: Improved Spotter's Mark – Spotter's Mark's damage bonus is increased by 20%.
• New Talent: Moving Target – Consuming Precise Shots increases the damage of your next Aimed Shot by 20% and grants Streamline.
• New Talent: Obsidian Arrowhead – The damage of Auto Shot is increased by 25% and its critical strike chance is increased by 15%.
• New Talent: Shrapnel Shot – Damaging an enemy with Explosive Shot increases the damage they receive from your next Arcane Shot or Multi-Shot by 30%.
• New Talent: Magnetic Gunpowder – Consuming Precise Shots reduces the cooldown of Explosive Shot by 2 seconds. Consuming Lock and Load reduces the cooldown of Explosive Shot by 8 seconds.
• New Talent: Precision Detonation – Casting Explosive Shot grants Streamline. When Aimed Shot damages a target affected by your Explosive Shot, Explosive Shot instantly explodes, dealing 25% increased damage.
• New Talent: On Target – Consuming Spotter’s Mark grants 4% increased Haste for 10 seconds, stacking up to 4 times. Multiple instances of this effect can overlap.
• New Talent: Quickdraw – Lock and Load now increases the damage of Aimed Shot by 15%.
• New Talent: Target Acquisition – Consuming Spotter's Mark reduces the cooldown of Aimed Shot by 2 seconds.
• New Talent: Eagle’s Accuracy – Spotter’s Mark’s Aimed Shot damage bonus is increased by 5/10%.
• New Talent: Headshot – Kill Shot can now benefit from Precise Shots at 25% effectiveness. Kill Shot now consumes Precise Shots.
• New Talent: Feathered Frenzy – Trueshot sends your Spotting Eagle into a frenzy, instantly applying Spotter's Mark to your target. During Trueshot, your chance to apply Spotter's Mark is increased by 100%.
• New Talent: Tensile Bowstring – While Trueshot is active, consuming Precise Shots extends Trueshot’s duration by 1 second, up to 5 seconds. Additionally, Trueshot now increases the effectiveness of Streamline by 50%.
• New Talent: Incendiary Ammunition – Bulletstorm now increases your critical strike damage by 2% and Bulletstorm now stacks up to 5 more times.
• New Talent: Bullet Hell – Damage from Multi-Shot reduces the cooldown of Rapid Fire by 0.3 seconds. Damage from Volley reduces the cooldown of Rapid Fire by 0.5 seconds. Damage from Aimed Shot reduces the cooldown of Volley by 0.25 seconds.
• New Talent: Improved Streamline – Streamline’s cast time reduction effect is increased to 30%.
• New Talent: Windrunner Quiver – Precise Shots can now stack up to 2 times, but its damage bonus is reduced to 90%. Casting Aimed Shot has a 100% chance to grant an additional stack of Precise Shots.
• New Talent: Eagle’s Accuracy – Aimed Shot and Rapid Fire's damage is increased by 2.5/5%.
• New Talent: Cunning – Your Spotting Eagle gains the Cunning specialization, granting you Master’s Call and Pathfinding.
• New Talent: Tenacious – Your Spotting Eagle gains the Tenacity specialization, granting you Air Superiority and Endurance Training.
• New Talent: Ohn’ahran Winds – When you Eagle applies Spotter’s Mark, it has a 25% chance to apply a Spotter’s Mark to up to 3 additional nearby enemies.
• New Talent: Double Tap – Casting Trueshot or Volley grants Double Tap, causing your next Aimed Shot to fire again at 80% power, or your next Rapid Fire to fire 80% additional shots during its channel. This talent's effectiveness is reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
• New Talent: Killer Mark – Spotter's Mark now additionally increases the critical strike chance of Aimed Shot by 15%.
• New Talent: Deadeye – Kill Shot now has 2 charges and has its cooldown reduced by 2 seconds.
  • Developers' notes: Headshot has substantial rotational implications, and Deadeye should provide a simpler option for players who want to improve Kill Shot’s throughput without substantially increasing cognitive load.
• New Talent: Unbreakable Bond – Regain access to Call Pet. While outdoors, your pet deals 15% increased damage and takes 15% reduced damage.
  • Developers' notes: While Marksmanship's unique Eagle pet will continue to be the source of their pet utility, such as Master's Call, Bloodlust, and similar effects, we want to provide the option for Marksmanship Hunters to be able to continue to traverse Azeroth with their beloved companions.
• Streamline has been updated – Rapid Fire’s damage is increased by 15%. Casting Rapid Fire grants Streamline. Streamline: Your next Aimed Shot has a 20% reduced cast time. Stacks up to 2 times.
• Precise Shot renamed to Precise Shots and has been updated – Aimed Shot causes your next Arcane Shot or Multi-Shot to deal 100% more damage and cost 40% less Focus. Your Auto Shot damage is increased by 100% and increases the time between Auto Shots by 2 seconds.
• Focused Aim has been updated – Precise Shots reduces the cooldown of Aimed Shot by 0.75 seconds.
• Trueshot has been redesigned – Increases your critical strike chance by 10% and critical strike damage by 15 seconds. Reduces the cooldown of Aimed Shot and Rapid Fire by 60%.
• Razor Fragments has been updated – Now only triggers when Deathblow is gained (was when Trick Shots was consumed or Deathblow was gained).
• Calling the Shots has been updated – Consuming Spotter’s Mark reduces the cooldown of Trueshot by 2 seconds.
• Bulletstorm has been updated – Damage from Rapid Fire increases the damage of Aimed Shot by 2% for 15 seconds, stacking up to 15 times. New stacks do not refresh duration and are removed upon casting Rapid Fire. This talent's effectiveness is reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
• In the Rhythm has been updated – Channeling Rapid Fire decreases the time between Auto Shots by 1 second for 12 seconds.
• Intimidation has been updated – Now requires line of sight against non-players.
• Fan the Hammer renamed to Ammo Conservation and has been updated – Now also reduces Aimed Shot’s cooldown by 1 second.
• Nerub-ar Palace 4-set bonus updated – Now increases Aimed Shot and Rapid Fire damage by 4%.
• Multi-Shot now learned at level 10 (was a talent).
• All damage dealt increased by 6%.
• Aimed Shot damage increased by 26%.
• Aimed Shot cast time increased to 3 seconds (was 2.5 seconds).
• Rapid Fire now grants 2 Focus per shot (was 1).
• Volley damage increased by 100%.
• Steady Shot damage increased by 30%.
• Steady Shot now grants 20 Focus.
• Trueshot now increases your critical strike damage by 20% (was 10%).
• Spotter’s Mark damage bonus increased to 20% (was 10%).
• Small Game Hunter now increases Explosive Shot's damage by 15% (was 25%).
• Pin Cushion’s functionality is now baseline to Steady Shot (was a talent).
• Salvo is now passive and only triggers from Volley.
• Surging Shots will now properly highlight Rapid Fire when its cooldown is reset.
• Many tooltips, talents, and aura descriptions have been updated for clarity.
• Bullseye is now a 2-point talent.
• The following talents have been removed:
  • Barrage
  • Careful Aim
  • Chimera Shot
  • Crack Shot
  • Heavy Ammo
  • Hydra’s Bite
  • Improved Steady Shot
  • Legacy of the Windrunners
  • Light Ammo
  • Lone Wolf
  • Multi-Shot (now learned at level 10)
  • Pin Cushion (effect added to Steady Shot)
  • Rapid Fire Barrage
  • Readiness
  • Serpentstalker’s Trickery
  • Steady Focus
  • Tactical Reload
  • Wailing Arrow

A: With the changes in patch 11.1, Marksmanship Hunter will never use a pet if you are trying to maximize the specs potential.