Welcome to Skill-Capped’s Overview of the Best Stats and Gear for Marksmanship Hunter in Dragonflight 10.2.7
To make it easier to navigate, we’ve divided the guide into the corresponding sections, covering everything from race and talents to gear and macros. These will give you a good idea about what to expect from Marksmanship Hunter, its strengths and weaknesses, and how to get your character ready to conquer the arena. In this section, we will cover the best stats and gear for Marksmanship Hunter in Dragonflight.
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Marksmanship Hunter Stat Priority
Versatility > Mastery = Haste > Crit
You want to focus on getting as much Versatility as possible, up to 30%. This will happen automatically through Conquest gear, since most of your items will have Vers on them.
After that, you should balance both Mastery and Haste. After the removal of Double Tap, Haste has gained even more value since Aimed Shot has a relatively long cast time. What this means is that you should get Haste to a comfortable value before itemizing or gemming Mastery for more damage.
Recommended Tier Slots and Embellishments
Tier pieces:
Helm: Stormwing Harrier’s Skullmask
Shoulders: Stormwing Harrier’s Pinions
Chest: Stormwing Harrier’s Cuirass
Legs: Stormwing Harrier’s Greaves
Embellishments:
Item 1: Venom-Steeped Stompers
Item 2: Toxified Armor Patch on any crafted piece
Best Marksmanship Hunter Trinkets
Gladiator’s Medallion
Insignia of Alacrity / Gladiator’s Emblem
For trinkets, we recommend that you always use Medallion if you are not playing Human. It has been mandatory in PvP for years, and will remain so in Dragonflight.
When it comes to the second trinket, you have two options: offensive and defensive. The best offensive trinket will be the Insignia. It gives us a huge passive increase to our best stat in addition to a very strong main stat proc. As for defensive, Emblem is great for providing you with an extra defensive CD for some tricky matchups.
As a Human, however, you have a few more options. You should still play Insignia as the best offensive trinket, but then you can go for double-offensive combination with the Badge, or even pair it with Emblem or Gladiator’s Medallion depending on the matchup at hand.
Best Marksmanship Hunter Enchants
Cloak: Homebound Speed
Chest: Accelerated Agility
Bracers: Devotion of Speed
Legs: Fierce Armor Kit
Boots: Plainsrunner’s Breeze
Belt: Shadowed Belt Clasp
Rings: Devotion of Mastery
Weapon: High Intensity Thermal Scanner
Best Marksmanship Hunter Gems
Keen Neltharite + Skillful Illimited Diamond
We will be using Tiered Medallion Setting to get an additional gem slot in your neck. One a reasonable amount of Versatility has been reached (~30%), you should fill out any stat voids with a mix of Haste and Mastery gems.