Comments on: Best MM Marksman Hunter Glyphs

By: Romario

Romario — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 01:41:06 +0000

I Just wanted to give my 2 cents about these i think that the combination of Hawk and Steady worked great together, i mean you get more haste thus reducing the cast time of steady and its true adding this glyph along with a good ARP rating will make Steady your #2 or #3 most damaging ability.

By: Granule

Granule — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 20:48:12 +0000

Personally even though i did not test any of those glyphs i really don’t see why anyone would use Glyph of Aimed Shot or Glyph of Chimera Shot with an armor pen build. At 1300 passive armor (the number i have with food and elixir buffs) pen Steady Shot does a lot of damage with a casting time of around 1.67 secondes (casting time under 1.5 secondes with Rapid Fire or Heroism). It does less than Aimed and Chimera but not by a very big margin. Glyph of Aimed and Chimera will let you cast more of those but will also break your rotation. I highly doubt it’ll be enough to be better than Glyph of Kill Shot specially for longer fight like Sindragosa 25 or LK 25 where you can cast Kill Shot many times. Also Glyph of Kill Shot gives you a dps boost when you actually need it. Lot of bosses are easy the first 60% or so then get harder toward the end. Sindragosa 25 and Putricide 25 phase 1 and 2 are really easy so Kill Shot will give you more dps when you actually need it ie phase 3.

Personally i would not use anything beside Glyph of Killshot or Glyph of Trushot aura as my 3rd glyph for an armor pen build.

But i’m not an expert so i might be wrong.

By: Draog

Draog — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:57:02 +0000

I am using Serpent Sting, Aimed Shot, Steady Shot Glyphs.

The reason I use Aimed shot Glyph is that I do Aimed shot in the Aimed shot before it wears of and then it resets.

I saw an increase to my dps on the dummy.
Rotaion was Serpent Sting, Aimed Shot, Chimera, Steady and repeat. After 2-4 rotations I get to do Chimera shot and then aimed shot within 1 single cooldown of Aimed shot.

I want your thoughts about this, and if I should stick with Kill Shot Glyph and standard rotation.

Agility MM.

By: Frostheim

Frostheim — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:06:47 +0000

We did look at all the glyphs — and rapid fire is not a good choice, alas. That 8% haste only affects your auto-shots, and only for 15 seconds.

By: Frejja

Frejja — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:59:12 +0000

I am baffled why there is no mention of Glyph of Rapid Fire in any of your analysis.

That seems to me to be the most logical third major glyph for MM hunters.

Would one of the Administrators please update this post by taking a look at it?

I feel like that’s asking a lot, however, as a hunter who’s been playing ever since Mandokir’s Sting was the sexiest bow in Azeroth, I just can’t understand how +8% haste for every Rapid Fire wouldn’t be better than the other “your choice” third glyphs mentioned.

Love your site…thanks for all your effort in building this refuge for the longstriders and survivors.

By: Cactuscat

Cactuscat — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:16:37 +0000

It does still strike me as strange that you’ve no mention of the HM glyph. I’m guessing the glyph choices listed above are those that increase -personal- DPS the most, and don’t take on board raid DPS as a whole. Certainly the best focus for this guide, since you can’t guess the composition of a PuG beforehand, and you certainly can’t guess whether or not any other hunters in said PuG will be competent enough to not overwrite your HM…

My guild, however, runs with a minimum of three hunters – all of us pulling our weight; suddenly that HM glyph is looking a lot nicer for progression. I can see why it’s not on your “top three”, but it still seems odd not to give it a mention.

By: Jymmbo

Jymmbo — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 16:53:32 +0000

Serpent sting is not useless, by adding 6 seconds, it increases the total damage. Thus my 3026 damage / 21 seconds = 144 damage per second. Now add the 6 seconds and that becomes 27 seconds x 144 damage per second = 3888 damage. Chimera shot now deals an additional 1555 damage instead of only dealing 1210 damage. An increase of 345 damage.

By: Frostheim

Frostheim — Sun, 30 May 2010 20:32:11 +0000

@hunterplayer: please read the article before commenting. It explains why serpent sting glyph is not only good, but is the single strongest glyph for a MM hunter.

By: hunterplayer

hunterplayer — Sun, 30 May 2010 18:50:16 +0000

Serpent sting glyph is useless when you are MM because Chimera shot resets it

By: iceboxisopo

iceboxisopo — Sun, 16 May 2010 14:57:39 +0000

Can i soon get a resopnse