Home › Builds › Hunter › Marksmanship Raid
WoW Forever Hunter Marksmanship Raid Talent Build
DPS · Raids Level 60 · 11 / 40 / 0 · Beast Mastery 11 · Marksmanship 40 · Survival 0
Trueshot Aura raid support with Mortal Shots crit damage, Ranged Weapon Specialization scaling and an Endurance Training pet shell. Load the level-60 build in the calculator to adjust it for your gear and group.
Level-30 beta Hunter Marksmanship Raid build
Level-30 Marksmanship dungeon damage · 0 / 21 / 0 · 21 standard talent points. Reviewed 16 October 2026.
Careful Aim unlocks Mortal Shots and converts Intellect into attack power, while Efficiency limits the cost of repeated shots. Trueshot Aura is reachable in the loaded tree; this build uses it as group support rather than waiting for Sniper Shot.
Beta talent allocation: 0/21/0
Marksmanship: 21 points
| Talent | Rank | Effect at this rank |
|---|---|---|
 Lethal Attacks | 5/5 | Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks by 5%. |
 Efficiency | 5/5 | Reduces the Mana cost of your Shots, Stings, and melee abilities by 15%. |
 Careful Aim | 5/5 | Increases your Attack Power by 100% of your Intellect. |
 Trueshot Aura | 1/1 | Increases the Ranged Attack Power of party or raid members within 45 yds by 30. |
 Mortal Shots | 4/5 | Increases the critical strike damage bonus on all ranged abilities by 24%. |
 Barrage | 1/3 | Increases the damage done by your Multi-Shot, Aimed Shot, and Volley abilities by 3%. |
How to play this beta version
- Keep a pet available unless you deliberately switch to the separate Lone Wolf plan.
- Plan Aimed Shot and Multi-Shot around their shared cooldown and avoid breaking control.
- Use a sting and shots appropriate to the target lifetime; keep enough Mana for utility.
What changes from the 51-point build?
- Sniper Shot requires 31 points and is unavailable.
- Viper Sting is recorded at level 36, not within the current beta kit.
The PvP Marksmanship version trades efficiency and some critical-damage ranks for range, Concussive Shot support and Scatter Shot.
Why this beta talent split?
The deeper Marksmanship plan retains Mortal Shots and Barrage for ranged abilities. Survival tracking is a viable lower-critical-chance alternative on matched targets; Beast Mastery Deadly Aspects adds an Auto Shot speed proc. Their value depends on the shot mix and costs the deeper ranged modifiers.
Alternative beta buildMarksmanship / Survival tracking 0/16/5Talent split
Use on matched tracked targets when broad personal damage outweighs the deeper ranged modifiers.
Adds Improved Tracking but loses Mortal Shots and Barrage; matching tracking is required.
Marksmanship16 points
- Lethal Attacks5/5
- Efficiency5/5
- Careful Aim5/5
- Trueshot Aura1/1
Survival5 points
- Improved Tracking5/5
Level-60 Hunter Marksmanship Raid build: 51 points
Marksmanship Raid at a glance
DPS · Raids
Adjust the build for your gear, group and the fight.
- Trueshot Aura raid-wide ranged AP
- Mortal Shots 5/5 (needs Careful Aim)
- Careful Aim + Efficiency core
Load the build, test it at level 60, then compare your version with the build comparison tool.
How to play Marksmanship Raid
Maintain Hunter's Mark when appropriate for the group and fit shots around your auto-attacks and available Mana. Keep your pet attacking safely rather than leaving it in avoidable raid damage. Coordinate Trueshot Aura with other Hunters. Scatter Shot is situational control for eligible adds and can break on damage; it is not part of the boss damage sequence.
Related planning: Read the dungeons and raids guide, open the Hunter talent calculator, or review the class changes before you finalize the build.
Marksmanship Raid talent allocation and effects
Beast Mastery (11 points)
| Talent | Rank | Effect |
|---|---|---|
 Deadly Aspects | 5/5 | While Aspect of the Hawk is active, Auto Shot has a 10% chance of increasing ranged attack speed by 30% for 12 sec. While Aspect of the Beast is active, all melee auto attacks have a 10% chance of increasing melee attack speed by 30% for 12 sec. |
 Endurance Training | 5/5 | Increases the Health and Armor of your pets by 15%. |
 Focused Fire | 1/2 | Increases all damage you and your pet deal by 1% while your pet is active. |
Marksmanship (40 points)
| Talent | Rank | Effect |
|---|---|---|
 Hawk Eye | 3/3 | Increases the range of your ranged weapons by 6 yards. |
 Improved Concussive Shot | 2/5 | Gives your Concussive Shot a 8% chance to stun the target for 3 sec. |
| Lethal Attacks | 5/5 | Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks by 5%. |
| Efficiency | 5/5 | Reduces the Mana cost of your Shots, Stings, and melee abilities by 15%. |
| Careful Aim | 5/5 | Increases your Attack Power by 100% of your Intellect. |
 Rapid Killing | 2/2 | Reduces the cooldown on your Rapid Fire ability by 2 min. In addition, when you kill a non-trivial enemy or it dies while afflicted by your Serpent Sting, you gain Rapid Killing, increasing the damage of your next Shot ability within 20 sec by 20%. |
 Improved Arcane Shot | 3/5 | Reduces the cooldown of your Arcane Shot by 0.9 sec. Does not affect the cooldown of abilities which share a cooldown with Arcane Shot. |
| Trueshot Aura | 1/1 | Increases the Ranged Attack Power of party or raid members within 45 yds by 30. |
| Mortal Shots | 5/5 | Increases the critical strike damage bonus on all ranged abilities by 30%. |
| Barrage | 3/3 | Increases the damage done by your Multi-Shot, Aimed Shot, and Volley abilities by 10%. |
 Scatter Shot | 1/1 | A short-range shot that deals 50% weapon damage and disorients the target for 4 sec. Any damage caused will remove the effect. Turns off your attack when used. |
 Ranged Weapon Specialization | 5/5 | Increases the damage you deal with ranged weapons by 5%. |
Why Marksmanship Raid takes these talents
Trueshot Aura gives ranged attack power to nearby party or raid members. Mortal Shots makes every crit hit much harder. Careful Aim must come first to unlock it.
Marksmanship Raid FAQs
Why the 11/40/0 split for Marksmanship Raid?
This DPS · Raids build spends 11 in Beast Mastery, 40 in Marksmanship, 0 in Survival. Trueshot Aura gives ranged attack power to nearby party or raid members. Mortal Shots makes every crit hit much harder. Careful Aim must come first to unlock it.
Which talents does Marksmanship Raid max out?
Fully ranked talents: Deadly Aspects, Endurance Training (Beast Mastery); Hawk Eye, Lethal Attacks, Efficiency, Careful Aim, Rapid Killing, Trueshot Aura, Mortal Shots, Barrage, Scatter Shot, Ranged Weapon Specialization (Marksmanship). The table also lists talents with fewer points. You can move points around as long as you meet the prerequisites.
What level is Marksmanship Raid built for?
The full plan is level 60 and spends all 51 talent points: 11 in Beast Mastery, 40 in Marksmanship, 0 in Survival. The separate current-beta adaptation on this page is level 30 and uses 21 standard points. Use the matching calculator link for your level.
What should I do after loading Marksmanship Raid?
Test it at level 60, then compare your own version with the build comparison tool to see what moved. For the activity itself, the dungeons and raids guide is the next useful read.
Can I use Marksmanship Raid at the level-30 beta cap?
Use the 0/21/0 beta adaptation with 21 standard points. Sniper Shot requires 31 points and is unavailable. Its intended use is level-30 marksmanship dungeon damage.
Does the level-30 build include Legacy Talented points?
No. It uses 21 standard talent points and imports at level 30. Five early points from Legacy Talented can raise your level-30 budget to 26, but that is a separate allocation. Neither 21 nor 26 points can reach a 31-point capstone.
More builds to try
Playing a different class? These dps builds from other classes follow a similar role: Combat Swords (Rogue), Shadow Weaving Raid (Priest), Elemental Raid (Shaman).