PvE Marksmanship Hunter Pre-BiS and BiS Gear

Author: bobodingo
Date: May 10, 2022
Updated: May 10, 2022
Expansion: TBC Classic

Marksmanship Hunter

Stat Priority

Talents & Builds

Gear & Best In Slot (BiS)

Gems, Enchants, & Consumables

Rotation, Cooldowns, & Abilities

Below you will find what would be considered your Pre-Raid BiS gearset, and as each new phase is released, this page will be updated to reflect the available gear for each phase’s BiS section.

Armor

Head: Mask of the Deceiver (50 Badges of Justice) or Helm of the Claw
Neck: Choker of Vile Intent (25 Badges of Justice) or Bone Chain Necklace or Earthen Mark of Razing
Shoulders: Beast Lord Mantle
Cloak: Auchenai Death Shroud or Cloak of the Craft
Chest: Beast Lord Cuirass
Bracers: Felstalker Bracers or Spymistress’s Wristguards (If you need the Hit Rating)
Gloves: Beast Lord Handguards
Waist: Girdle of the Deathdealer or Rune-Engraved Belt
Legs: Beast Lord Leggings
Feet: Fel Leather Boots or The Master’s Treads or Felboar Hide Shoes
Ring: Ravenclaw Band
Ring: Kaylaan’s Signet or Slayer’s Mark of the Redemption
Trinket: Bloodlust Brooch (41 Badges of Justice)
Trinket: Abacus of Violent Odds
- Icon of Unyielding Courage – This trinket would place you way above hit cap, with the only benefit being the on-use effect for 1,200 armor penetration if combined with the Beast Lord Armor set’s 4-piece bonus

Weapons

One-Handed: Claw of the Netherwing Flight and Vindicator’s Brand or Claw of the Watcher
- Note: While Adamantite Weightstone affects both ranged damage and critical strike chance, most Hunters choose to use two Fist Weapons; Claw of the Watcher and Boggspine Knuckles or Stormreaver Warblades
Two-Handed: Sonic Spear or Hellscream’s Will (Requires Exalted with The Mag’har) or Hellforged Halberd (Alliance – Requires Revered with Honor Hold) or Blackened Spear (Horde – Requires Revered with Thrallmar)
Ranged: Veteran’s Musket (Alliance – Requires Exalted with Honor Hold) or Marksman’s Bow (Horde – Requires Exalted with Thrallmar)

Here is the Seventyupgrades link showcasing your stats using the first option for each slot, including Fist Weapons.

Armor

Head: Cowl of Defiance or Mask of the Deceiver (50 Badges of Justice)
Neck: Choker of Vile Intent (25 Badges of Justice) or Worgen Claw Necklace
Shoulders: Bladed Shoulderpads of the Merciless
- If aiming for the 4-set bonus from Beast Lord set, we would use Beast Lord Mantle
Cloak: Drape of the Dark Reavers
Chest: Chestguard of the Conniver or Primalstrike Vest (Requires Elemental Leatherworking)
- If aiming for the 4-set bonus from Beast Lord set, we would use Beast Lord Cuirass
Bracers: Felstalker Bracers or Nightfall Wristguards
Hands: Gloves of Dexterous Manipulation or Liar’s Tongue Gloves
- If aiming for the 4-set bonus from Beast Lord set, we would use Beast Lord Handguards
Waist: Girdle of the Deathdealer or Rune-Engraved Belt
Legs: Skulker’s Greaves or Scaled Greaves of the Marksman
- If aiming for the 4-set bonus from Beast Lord set, we would use Beast Lord Leggings
Feet: Edgewalker Longboots or Fiend Slayer Boots
Ring: Garona’s Signet Ring
Ring: Ring of a Thousand Marks
Trinket: Bloodlust Brooch (41 Badges of Justice)
Trinket: Abacus of Violent Odds

Weapons

One-Handed: Claw of the Netherwing Flight and Blade of the Unrequited
- Note: While Adamantite Weightstone affects both ranged damage and critical strike chance, most Hunters choose to use two Fist Weapons; Claw of the Watcher and Boggspine Knuckles or Stormreaver Warblades
Two-Handed: Sonic Spear (If you need the Hit Rating) or Legacy
- Mooncleaver, by default, may appear better than these two, but Legacy provides more Attack Power, and only 1.33% less critical strike chance
Ranged: Sunfury Bow of the Phoenix

*The Demon Stalker Armor set isn’t necessarily worth aiming for as both set bonuses are quite low in terms of benefits for us.

Here is a link to Seventyupgrades, showing your character in the above mentioned gear, exceeding required hit rating.

Armor

Head: Rift Stalker Helm
Neck: Telonicus’ Pendant of Mayhem or Choker of Vile Intent (This will help maintain your Hit Cap)
Shoulders: Rift Stalker Mantle
Cloak: Thalassian Wildercloak
Chest: Rift Stalker Hauberk
Wrist: Vambraces of Ending
Hands: Rift Stalker Gauntlets
Waist: Belt of Deep Shadow or Belt of One-Hundred Deaths
Legs: Leggings of Murderous Intent
Feet: Cobra-Lash Boots
Ring: Ring of the Recalcitrant
Ring: Band of the Ranger-General
Trinket: Dragonspine Trophy
Trinket: Tsunami Talisman or Bloodlust Brooch

Weapons

One-Handed: Talon of the Phoenix and Claw of the Phoenix
Two-Handed: Twinblade of the Phoenix
Ranged: Serpent Spine Longbow

BiS Gear

Head – Cursed Vision of Sargeras
Neck – Choker of Serrated Blades
Shoulders – Gronnstalker’s Spaulders
Cape – Thalassian Wildercloak
Chest – Gronnstalker’s Chestguard
Bracers – Insidious Bands
Gloves – Gronnstalker’s Gloves
Belt – Don Alejandro’s Money Belt, Belt of Deep Shadow(9% hit)
Legs – Gronnstalker’s Leggings
Boots – Shadowmaster‘s Boots
Ring 1 – Band of the Eternal Champion
Ring 2 – Stormrage Signet Ring
Trinket 1 – Madness of the Betrayer
Trinket 2 Dragonspine Trophy
Bow – Bristleblitz Striker

70 upgrade link:

6% hit: https://seventyupgrades.com/set/4dZnVKwLc8N8c6dwLiuDh3

9% hit: https://seventyupgrades.com/set/FEj8WQ45tjNgbjU8hAgSM

Weapons

Main hand –Boundless Agony
Offhand – Blade of Infamy
Two hands – Halberd of Desolation (9% hit)

Head – Cursed Vision of Sargeras
Neck – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/32260
Shoulders – Gronnstalker’s Spaulders
Cape – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/32323
Chest – Gronnstalker’s Chestguard
Bracers – Insidious Bands
Gloves – Gronnstalker’s Gloves
Belt – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/32346
Legs – Gronnstalker’s Leggings
Boots – Shadowmaster‘s Boots
Ring 1 – Band of the Eternal Champion
Ring 2 – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/33496
Trinket 1 – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/33831
Trinket 2 Dragonspine Trophy
Bow – Bristleblitz Striker

70 upgrade link:

https://seventyupgrades.com/set/4dZnVKwLc8N8c6dwLiuDh3

Weapons

Main hand –https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/33389
Offhand – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/33389

BiS Gear

Head – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34333
Neck – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34358 (JC) or https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34177
Shoulders – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/31006
Cape – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34241
Chest – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34228
Bracers – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34443
Gloves – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34343
Belt – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34549
Legs – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34188
Boots – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34570
Ring 1 – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/29301
Ring 2 – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34887
Trinket 1 – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34427
Trinket 2 – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/33831

Weapons

Two hands – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34183

Ranged – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34334 or https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34196

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bobodingo

Sup yall! My name is Bobodingo and I've been playing wow since its release. I'm an avid player trying to make some good, quality content and share my ideas with the rest of the WoW community. I'm always down to have a conversation and bounce ideas off each other!