With the ascension of armor pen available on ICC gear, it’s time to take a good look at how the MM hunter armor pen build works.
Historically I haven’t been a huge supporter of armor pen builds. While they certainly posted impressive numbers for skilled hunters in very specific endgame gear, the majority of hunters would [...]
This is the third part of the Marksman Hunter Experienced.
Talents and Glyphs
With another Hunter as support with Improved and Glyphed Hunter’s Mark and Trueshot Aura, you have four free talent points and a glyph slot.
Glyph of Steady Shot and Glyph of Serpent Sting offered the highest output with the former having limited usefulness in a [...]
This is the second part of the Marksman hunter Experienced.
Stats
Hit Rating needs to be at 263 minimum. That gives you and your pet an 8.02% chance to hit, guaranteeing a 100% hit rate on bosses unless they have dodge-boosting skills. You could achieve this with Focused Aim, but most gear can get you to the [...]
Formulas
As the Marksman Hunter, it’s up to you to conk out a godawfully high amount of DPS. But Marksmanship is dependent on your weapon’s potential damage above all else. All skills here are presented at their maximum rank.
Kill Shot, and Steady Shot have been left out as these are used across all three specializations.
Ranged Attack [...]
