Marksmanship Hunter

The priority

1. Explosive Shot — when it is ready
2. Volley — when it is ready
3. Trueshot — when it is ready
4. Aimed Shot — during trueshot, without precise shots
5. Rapid Fire — without precise shots waiting (or in trueshot)
6. Kill Shot — with precise shots, below 20% health
7. Arcane Shot — with precise shots
8. Aimed Shot — when a charge is available
9. Kill Shot — below 20% health
10. Steady Shot — below 90 focus
11. Arcane Shot — to spend extra focus
12. Steady Shot — as a filler

Common mistakes

• Pressing Aimed Shot again while Precise Shots is waiting.
• Sitting on Volley or Explosive Shot on single target.
• Capping Focus with Steady Shot while Aimed Shot has charges.

What’s simplified

• Each turn is one decision (about one global cooldown). Cooldowns and buff durations are converted to turns, so timing is approximate.
• Priority order follows SimulationCraft’s default priority list for this build, simplified to the abilities modeled here. Costs, cooldowns and effects come from Blizzard’s spell data. Rule wording is our own.
• Aimed Shot is instant in the trainer and recharges in 6 turns (2 charges), an approximation of its talented recharge. In game it has a cast time.
• Rapid Fire is a single turn with a 9-turn cooldown (an approximation of its talented cooldown). In game it is a short channel.
• Focus caps at 125 (an approximation of the talented cap) and regenerates 12 per turn. Steady Shot adds 20.
• Lock and Load is a 12% chance per turn and makes the next Aimed Shot free.
• Moonlight Chakram, Sentinel’s Mark, Bulletstorm and Kill Shot outside execute range are not modeled.

Sources

• SimulationCraft: Default action priority list (Oct 20, 2026)
• SimulationCraft: Spell data dump, build 12.1.5.70391 (Oct 16, 2026)
• Blizzard Entertainment: Spell tooltips and Game Data API (spells) (Oct 13, 2026)
• Warcraft Secrets: Patch 12.1.5 content update notes (class changes) (Oct 13, 2026)

Sentinel (Moonlight Chakram, Sentinel’s Mark): the hero tree this module teaches. Dark Ranger is not modeled. Reviewed Oct 20, 2026. A training aid, not a damage simulator.