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Hunter specializationDPS

Marksmanship Hunter

Marksmanship is one of the three Hunter talent trees in WoW Forever. Its tree has 16 talents: 6 new, 2 changed, 6 moved and 2 same as in Classic. Forever removes 4 Classic talents from this tree. Our best-in-slot (BiS) list treats it as a DPS spec.

Class
Hunter
Talents
16
New in Forever
6
Abilities
16

Marksmanship talents

The 16 talents of the Marksmanship tree in the beta, row by row. Each one opens its own page: what every rank does, its requirements and what changes from Classic.

Try Marksmanship in the calculator

What changes in Forever

What is new and changed for Marksmanship compared with Classic Era: our change list, its talent tree and its abilities.

In our change list

TCHANGEDTalent

Lone Wolf

· Marksmanship
Classic
Not in Classic.
Forever
No longer causes -4% damage while your pet is active.
Build 1.60.1.70009
SCHANGEDSpell

Aimed Shot (baseline)

· General
Forever
Now granted as a baseline ability to all Hunters at level 20.
Auto-updated from official notes on September 30, 2026Official note ↗
Build 1.60.1.70124
SCHANGEDSpell

Arcane Shot (cooldown)

· General
Forever
No longer shares a cooldown with Aimed Shot.
Auto-updated from official notes on September 30, 2026Official note ↗
Build 1.60.1.70124
SCHANGEDSpell

Multi-Shot (cooldown)

· General
Forever
Now shares a cooldown with Aimed Shot.
Auto-updated from official notes on September 30, 2026Official note ↗
Build 1.60.1.70124
SCHANGEDSpell

Scorpid Sting

· General
Forever
Now reduces the target's chance to hit by 2% instead of reducing the target's Strength and Agility.
Auto-updated from official notes on September 30, 2026Official note ↗
Build 1.60.1.70124
TCHANGEDTalent

Hawk Eye

· Marksmanship
Forever
Moved from row 3 up to row 1 in the talent tree.
Auto-updated from official notes on September 30, 2026Official note ↗
Build 1.60.1.70124
TCHANGEDTalent

Lethal Attacks (formerly Lethal Shots)

· Marksmanship
Forever
Formerly Lethal Shots. Moved from row 2 up to row 1 and now grants increased critical strike chance to all attacks.
Auto-updated from official notes on September 30, 2026Official note ↗
Build 1.60.1.70124
TCHANGEDTalent

Improved Stings (formerly Improved Serpent Sting)

· Marksmanship
Forever
Formerly Improved Serpent Sting. Moved from row 4 up to row 2, gives a larger increase to Serpent Sting damage, and now also shortens the cooldown of Viper Sting and increases the duration of Scorpid Sting.
Auto-updated from official notes on September 30, 2026Official note ↗
Build 1.60.1.70124
TCHANGEDTalent

Efficiency

· Marksmanship
Forever
Moved from row 1 down to row 2. Grants a larger Mana discount that now applies to Stings and melee abilities as well as Shots.
Auto-updated from official notes on September 30, 2026Official note ↗
Build 1.60.1.70124
TNEWTalent

Careful Aim

· Marksmanship
Forever
New talent: increases melee and ranged Attack Power by 20/40/60/80/100% of the Hunter's Intellect.
Auto-updated from official notes on September 30, 2026Official note ↗
Build 1.60.1.70124
TNEWTalent

Rapid Killing

· Marksmanship
Forever
New talent: reduces the cooldown of Rapid Fire and grants Rapid Killing when you kill an enemy or it dies while afflicted by your Serpent Sting. Rapid Killing increases the damage of your next Shot.
Auto-updated from official notes on September 30, 2026Official note ↗
Build 1.60.1.70124
TCHANGEDTalent

Improved Arcane Shot

· Marksmanship
Forever
Now reduces the cooldown of Arcane Shot by up to an extra 0.5 seconds.
Auto-updated from official notes on September 30, 2026Official note ↗
Build 1.60.1.70124
TCHANGEDTalent

Trueshot Aura

· Marksmanship
Forever
Moved from row 7 up to row 4 and is now the 21-point gold medal talent. New lower-level ranks added, but otherwise unchanged.
Auto-updated from official notes on September 30, 2026Official note ↗
Build 1.60.1.70124
TCHANGEDTalent

Mortal Shots

· Marksmanship
Forever
Now requires Careful Aim as a prerequisite.
Auto-updated from official notes on September 30, 2026Official note ↗
Build 1.60.1.70124
TNEWTalent

Rapid Recuperation

· Marksmanship
Forever
New talent with Rapid Killing as a prerequisite: grants Mana regeneration from Spirit while casting after hitting a target with Serpent Sting, and even more during Rapid Killing.
Auto-updated from official notes on September 30, 2026Official note ↗
Build 1.60.1.70124
TCHANGEDTalent

Barrage

· Marksmanship
Forever
Damage bonus reduced, but it now also applies to Aimed Shot, as well as Multi-Shot and Volley.
Auto-updated from official notes on September 30, 2026Official note ↗
Build 1.60.1.70124
TNEWTalent

Sniper Shot

· Marksmanship
Forever
31-point talent. It now has a 45-yard range and increases the range of your next 3 shots made within 10 seconds by 10 yards.
Auto-updated from official notes on October 1, 2026Official note ↗
Build 1.60.1.70170

Class-wide changes

They affect every Hunter, whatever tree they play:

New talents

  • Improved Stings

    Increases the damage of your Serpent Sting ability by 20%, reduces the cooldown of your Viper Sting ability by 6 sec, and increases the duration of your Scorpid Sting ability by 45 sec.

  • Careful Aim

    Increases your Attack Power by 100% of your Intellect.

  • Rapid Killing

    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%.

  • Lone Wolf

    You deal 20% increased damage with all attacks while you do not have an active pet.

  • Rapid Recuperation

    Hitting a target with your Serpent Sting ability grants you 50% and consuming Rapid Killing grants you 100% of your Mana regeneration while casting for the next 15 sec.

  • Sniper Shot

    A long-range shot that deals ranged damage plus 160 and increases the range of your next 3 Shots by 10 yards for 10 sec.

Changed or moved talents

Removed talents

New abilities

Changed abilities

Marksmanship abilities

The 16 abilities the beta spellbook groups under Marksmanship, by the level they are learned at. Each one opens its own page with its ranks, cost and changes.

See Marksmanship in the spellbook →

Marksmanship best-in-slot (BiS) gear

The site’s suggestion, not an official list: we score the beta items with our stat weights for each level. The beta is capped at level 30.

Full list by levelLevel 20Level 30betaLevel 40Level 50Level 60

Top picks at level 60

The two highest-scoring pieces in three slots. It is a forecast: until the beta reaches 60, items and their sources may change.

Full Marksmanship list at level 60 →

Why these weights

Same as Beast Mastery but with Sniper Shot and Lethal Attacks: crit and ranged weapon DPS are worth a little more, and slow weapons even more, because Sniper Shot adds full weapon damage.

Races that can be a Hunter

The races that can pick the class in WoW Forever. The ones marked new are combinations Classic did not have.

HumanNewDwarfNight ElfOrcTaurenTrollSSkyborne (Alliance)NewSSkyborne (Horde)New

Best race for Hunter →

More on the Hunter

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Talents and abilities: beta client (build 1.60.1.70205), compared with Classic Era 1.15.9.69722. BiS: the site’s stat weights.

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