Level 49 Marksmanship Hunter twink build
“Scatter Trapper” — Player vs player.
A level 49 PvP control hunter built around Scatter Shot, Surefooted, Entrapment and near player-hit-cap ranged pressure while keeping enough stamina to survive rogue and warrior openers.
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
Hawk Eye3/3
Lethal Attacks2/5
Careful Aim5/5
Improved Arcane Shot5/5
Trueshot Aura1/1
Mortal Shots4/5
Scatter Shot1/1
Survival · 19
Improved Tracking5/5
Entrapment5/5
Survivalist2/5
Clever Traps2/2
Surefooted3/3
Deterrence1/1
Counterattack1/1
Gear
| Slot | Item | Stats | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head | 122 armor · +20 Stamina · +12 Agility | — | |
| Neck | +12 Agility · +8 Stamina | PvP · Scout's | |
| Shoulders | 199 armor · +14 Stamina · +7 Agility · +8 Attack Power | — | |
| Back | 36 armor · +14 Stamina · +60 Bonus Armor | PvP · Rank 7 | |
| Chest | 288 armor · +16 Stamina · +15 Agility | Crafted · Leatherworking | |
| Wrists | 69 armor · +10 Agility · +10 Stamina · +8 Spirit · +6 Strength | — | |
| Hands | 171 armor · +6 Agility · +7 Stamina · +14 Critical Strike | Crafted · Leatherworking | |
| Waist | 178 armor · +8 Stamina · +14 Critical Strike · +20 Attack Power | PvP · Arathi Basin | |
| Legs | 222 armor · +17 Agility · +6 Stamina | — | |
| Feet | 218 armor · +13 Stamina · +12 Agility · +6 Intellect | PvP · Arathi Basin | |
| Ring 1 | +14 Stamina · +15 Attack Power | Reputation · Darkspear Raiders | |
| Ring 2 | +6 Stamina · +22 Attack Power · +5 Health per 5 sec | — | |
| Trinket 1 | +7 Hit · +42 Attack Power | — | |
| Trinket 2 | +7 Hit · +42 Attack Power | — | |
| Main Hand | 135–204 · 3.3s · 51.4 dps · +115 Bonus Armor · +26 Stamina · +23 Attack Power | — | |
| Ranged / Relic | 46–86 · 2.4s · 27.5 dps · +8 Stamina · +3 Agility | — |
Rotation
- 1
Track Humanoidsbuff not active on you - 2
Aspect of the Hawkbuff not active on you - 3
Trueshot Aurabuff not active on you - 4
Deterrenceyou are low on health - 5
Hunter's Markdebuff missing on target - 6
Aimed Shotopener only - 7
Scatter Shotwhen ready - 8
Concussive Shotdebuff missing on target - 9
Viper Stingdebuff missing on target - 10
Chimera Shotwhen ready - 11
Arcane Shotwhile moving - 12
Wing Clipwhile moving
Read top to bottom: use the first ability that is ready and whose condition holds.
Why it works
This is a 0/21/19 Scatter Trapper: Marksmanship supplies Hawk Eye range, Careful Aim scaling, faster Arcane Shot, Trueshot Aura, Mortal Shots burst and Scatter Shot; Survival adds Improved Tracking damage, full Entrapment, Surefooted for 3% hit plus snare resistance, Deterrence and Counterattack for melee peel.
The gear keeps the damage trinket package: Cleansed Vilebranch Medallion plus Rune of the Guard Captain give +14 hit rating and +84 AP; with Surefooted you sit around 4.4% hit, close to the 5% PvP cap. Nature’s Cull is the best stat-stick here, giving huge stamina, armor and AP. Pirate’s Eye Patch is excellent twink PvP value because stamina/agility comes with fear-hit reduction. AB PvP pieces—Defiler’s Chain Girdle and Defiler’s Chain Greaves—bring crit, AP, stamina and boot speed. Crafted pieces like Heavy Scorpid Vest, Dragonscale Gauntlets and Bladebane Armguards round out burst without becoming glassy.
On the survival curve, the efficient knee is around balance 70: going from 50 to 70 gains about 120 HP for modest throughput loss, but jumping to 85 gains more HP at the cost of all gear hit and roughly a 27% throughput loss. This set stays on the aggressive side of that knee because PvP hunters win by landing CC and killing during windows.
Play at max range with Track Humanoids active for Improved Tracking. Open with Hunter’s Mark into Aimed Shot when safe, Scatter to reset or set up distance, Concussive/Wing Clip anything closing, and use Viper Sting on mana targets; against warriors/rogues, use Serpent Sting instead of Viper. Deterrence is your panic button into melee, then Counterattack if you parry and kite again.
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Generated by the optimizer from WoW Forever client build 1.60.1.69913 and checked against the builder's rules (row gates, prerequisites, what the class can wear). The rating above is recomputed from today's data. Race not set — pick yours in the builder for racial bonuses.