Welcome to Skill Capped’s Guide on the Best Glyphs for Marksmanship Hunters in Cataclysm
All sections for Marksmanship Hunter PvP have been divided into corresponding sections for the most optimal race, talents, glyphs, gear, professions and macros. This will help you have a good understanding on Marksmanship Hunter in PvP for Cataclysm, the strengths and weaknesses associated with this specialization, and help you conquer the arena. This section will give you the best PvP glyphs available for Marksmanship Hunter in Cataclysm Season 9.
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Best Marksmanship Hunter PvP Glyphs
The glyph system has changed quite a bit in Cataclysm as opposed to Wrath of the Lich King. All glyph scrolls that have been learned are now permanent glyphs that can be placed inside major and minor glyph slots, and there are 3 additional prime glyph slots included with the major and minor glyphs. Vanishing powder will be needed to swap out those glyphs. Those will be handy, since some glyphs may be swapped depending on a certain arena matchup.
Prime Glyphs
These three prime glyphs provided below are your primary glyphs within your prime glyph slots. These glyphs do not change.
Glyph of Chimera Shot reduces the cooldown of primary damaging ability Chimera Shot. This will help create more pressure on your opponents, causing them to burn through their cooldowns faster.
Glyph of Kill Shot allows you to reexecute your opponent with Kill Shot. This is valuable as this allows you to finish off your opponent more effectively if the initial Kill Shot did not secure a kill.
Glyph of Arcane Shot increases the amount of damage that your Arcane Shot produces. This will assist you with your consistent damage to maintain pressure on your opponents.
Major Glyphs
These three major glyphs provided below are your primary glyphs within your major glyph slots. Some glyphs offer variability depending on the composition you plan to play as. You can swap Glyph of Trap Launcher out for either Glyph of Raptor Strike to increase your defensive toolkit, or Glyph of Concussive Shot to kite away more effectively from your enemies.
Glyph of Disengage allows for you to use Disengage more often throughout a game. This can be used either defensively or offensively, allowing you to become more mobile when avoiding or connecting to your enemies. This is one of your default major glyphs.
Glyph of Master’s Call increases the durations of your Master’s Call, making it more effective when kiting from your opponents. This is typically one of your default major glyphs.
Glyph of Trap Launcher reduces the amount of Focus spent when using Trap Launcher. This is more of a quality of life improvement to your Focus spending abilities.
If you want a pure defensive option, choose Glyph of Raptor Strike, as this will provide a temporary damage reduction when pressing Raptor Strike on your target. Using this on pets or totems can also apply this effect. You will swap Glyph of Trap Launcher or Glyph of Concussive Shot out for this glyph.
For easier kiting, Glyph of Concussive Shot counters your opponents when Concussive Shot is used. Their movement speed modifiers are hindered, making it more difficult for them to connect to you. You will swap Glyph of Trap Launcher or Glyph of Raptor Strike out for this glyph.
Minor Glyphs
Even though minor glyphs do not greatly enhance the performance for Marksmanship Hunter, there are 2 minor glyphs provided below that can be used in your minor glyph slots to minmax. These glyphs don’t change.
Glyph of Feign Death reduces the cooldown of your Feign Death ability. More opportunities on Feign Death results in your opponents mistakenly using spells on nearby targets instead of you.
Glyph of Scare Beast decreases the pushback effect when using Scare Beast. Having this glyph may assist you granting this spell off in very rare occasions. This is primarily used for other Hunter pets or on Druids.
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