Levelling as Marksmanship / Lone Wolf?

[Ceinwyn-the-shatar]

For purely solo levelling and casual stuff at 120, is Marksmanship a viable alternative to the often recommended BM? Also, how about without a pet / lone wolf?

Thanks.

[Haizuron-defias-brotherhood]

TL&DR at bottom.

Yes it is viable and I think MM is the most enjoyable spec among the others in casual environments. Its good in open world and casual BGs because you can just pew pew from afar.

Its not the best pve spec but it doesnt matter, you arent playing for competitiveness you are casual. Its ok. You shouldnt use a pet in pve.

Its not the best pvp spec because of arena LOS and casting issues, but its good in random BGs.

For small scale pvp like 10v10 and 15v15 BGs, I use a pet with me because master’s call is so useful.

However in big fights like nazjatar battle or IoC/Ashran midfight, you can just aoe them without a pet for the 10% damage. Your pet will die in the aoe anyways.

Using a pet while leveling is better though, having a pet tanking for you is worth much more than 10% damage, everything will die in 2-3 shots anyways. You can have a ferocity pet and get bloodlust effect while killing powerful elites and killing horde gankers. You can use a tanking pet for leveling too. Cunning pet is also fine.

TL&DR: Yes its perfectly viable.
PvE: No pet.
Small PvP: Cunning Pet.
Big PvP: No pet.
Solo&Leveling: Any pet is fine. Your choice.

These are just my opinions. Hope it helps!

[Ceinwyn-the-shatar]

Thanks

[Destrarïon-khaz-modan]

you can stil play MM hunter with a pet on leveling, it’s pretty chill when leveling. You don’t need to care about if you gonna loose 3,4% on long fight or if you want your aimed shot dealing +10% more dmg ( only in the case if you can 1shot target or not).

[ßlackhat-defias-brotherhood]

Try playing without your pet. So fun, You get gimped so hard, when mobs start attacking you. While you’re half useless in meelee range casting aimed shot for 3 seconds that does 36k dmg.

definitely not fun and enjoyable without a pet, but it’s bearable with a pet.

The most you can do is with BM which was made for this stupid little fantasy of killing mobs. At least they do that good enough. Can handle multiple mobs at the same time with ease.