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HunterPvP · level 49

Level 49 Marksmanship Hunter twink build

Scattershot twink” — Player vs player (PvPPlayer versus player: duels, battlegrounds, world fights.PvP server, expect to die in STV. Full entry →) · a twinkA low-level character kept at the top of a battleground bracket (19, 29, 39…) with the best gear, enchants and consumables money can buy.Level 19 twink rogue with Shadowfang, welcome to Warsong Gulch. Full entry → for the 4049 bracketA range of levels that queue together for a battleground, e.g. 10–19, 20–29. Twinks live at the top of each one.The 29 bracket is all hunters. Full entry →.

A level-49 Scatter Shot Hunter twink built around ranged burst, 5% PvP hit, stamina-heavy control gear, and layered kiting tools that make melee overcommit into roots, slows, Scatter, and Deterrence.

Solid. A few specific changes below would lift it further.

Talents

0 Beast Mastery / 21 Marksmanship / 19 Survival · 40 points at level 49

Beast Mastery · 0

No points.

Marksmanship · 21

  • Improved Concussive Shot5/5
  • Efficiency1/5
  • Lethal Shots5/5
  • Aimed Shot1/1
  • Hawk Eye3/3
  • Mortal Shots5/5
  • Scatter Shot1/1

Survival · 19

  • Humanoid Slaying3/3
  • Deflection2/5
  • Entrapment5/5
  • Improved Wing Clip5/5
  • Deterrence1/1
  • Surefooted3/3

Gear

SlotItemStatsSource
HeadPirate's Eye Patch122 armor · +20 Stamina · +12 Agility
NeckScout's Medallion+12 Agility · +8 StaminaPvP · Warsong Gulch reputation · Honored
ShouldersPhytoskin Spaulders111 armor · +16 Agility · +10 StaminaMaraudon · Razorlash
BackBlackmetal Cape33 armor · +12 Agility · +5 StaminaZul'Farrak · Trash
ChestFungus Shroud Armor148 armor · +25 Agility · +10 StaminaMaraudon · Meshlok the Harvester
WristsArena Bracers64 armor · +14 Stamina · +6 AgilityPvP · Gurubashi Arena chest
HandsRockgrip Gauntlets198 armor · +10 Intellect · +10 Stamina · +28 Attack PowerMaraudon · Landslide
WaistDefiler's Chain Girdle178 armor · +8 Stamina · +1% Critical strike chance · +20 Attack PowerPvP · Arathi Basin
LegsSearingscale Leggings277 armor · +10 Spirit · +13 Intellect · +13 Stamina · +13 AgilityBlackrock Depths · Pyromancer Loregrain
FeetDefiler's Chain Greaves218 armor · +13 Stamina · +12 Agility · +6 IntellectPvP · Arathi Basin
Ring 1Blackstone Ring+6 Stamina · +20 Attack Power · +1% Hit chanceMaraudon · Princess Theradras
Ring 2Masons Fraternity Ring+13 Agility · +5 Stamina
Trinket 1Rune of the Guard Captain+20 Attack Power · +1% Hit chance
Trinket 2Defiler's TalismanPvP · Arathi Basin
Main HandHunting Spear111–168 · 3.1s · 45.1 dps · +17 Stamina · +1% Critical strike chance · +5 Mana per 5 sec
Ranged / RelicOutrider's Bow46–86 · 2.4s · 27.5 dps · +8 Stamina · +3 AgilityPvP · Warsong Gulch reputation · Revered

Rotation

  1. 1Aspect of the Hawkbuff not active on you
  2. 2Hunter's Markdebuff missing on target
  3. 3Rapid Fireopener only
  4. 4Scatter Shotwhen ready
  5. 5Aimed Shotopener only
  6. 6Viper Stingdebuff missing on target
  7. 7Concussive Shotwhen ready
  8. 8Multi-Shotwhen ready
  9. 9Arcane Shotwhile moving
  10. 10Wing Clipwhen ready
  11. 11Deterrenceyou are low on health
  12. 12Feign Deathyou are low on health

Read top to bottom: use the first ability that is ready and whose condition holds.

Why it works

This is a 21/0/19-style PvP control build: Marksmanship gets Aimed Shot, Mortal Shots and Scatter Shot for the classic burst-and-reset pattern, while Survival supplies Humanoid Slaying, max Entrapment, max Improved Wing Clip, Deterrence, and Surefooted. Surefooted plus Blackstone Ring and Rune of the Guard Captain reaches 5% hit, the practical PvP cap versus equal-level players, so your Concussive Shot, Scatter setup and burst are much less likely to whiff.

The gear is the standard twink compromise rather than a glass cannon. Pirate’s Eye Patch gives high stamina, agility and fear resist; Scout’s Medallion, Phytoskin Spaulders, Fungus Shroud Armor and Masons Fraternity Ring stack agility without giving up too much health. Searingscale Leggings, Defiler’s Chain Greaves and Rockgrip Gauntlets add mail armor, stamina and mana/intellect for longer fights. The Arathi Basin belt and boots are premium PvP pieces; the boots’ run speed is mandatory. Hunting Spear is a strong stat stick with stamina, crit and mp5, and Outrider’s Bow gives a slower, harder-hitting ranged weapon with stamina for Aimed/Multi pressure.

Use the balance-50 toughness point from the curve as the sweet spot: about 1250 HP from gear, 3% crit, 3% item hit and only about 4% throughput lost from the best damage set. Pushing to balance 60 buys roughly 210 more HP, but throughput drops to −10% and item hit falls, so that is the knee where toughness starts getting expensive.

Play by opening from max range with Hunter’s Mark, Rapid Fire and Aimed Shot when safe. Scatter Shot creates distance or sets up a trap/reset; do not break it with DoTs unless you are committing to the kill. Use Viper Sting on mana users, Scorpid/Serpent situationally, keep Concussive Shot and Wing Clip rolling, and save Deterrence/Feign Death for swaps or when melee reaches you.

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