On this page, we present you with the best gems and enchants for a Marksmanship Hunter in World of Warcraft MoP 5.4. We also list the best consumables (food, flasks, and potions) and profession-specific perks.

Make sure to check our Gear Optimisation Guide, which serves as a support guide for this page.

The other pages of our Marksmanship Hunter guide can be accessed from the table of contents on the right.

1. Gems↑top

Sockets	Gems
	Agile Primal Diamond or Capacitive Primal Diamond (better)
	Having issues reaching the expertise cap? → Precise Primordial Ruby/ Perfect Precise Pandarian Garnet or Precise Serpent's Eye (JC) Otherwise → Delicate Primordial Ruby/ Perfect Delicate Pandarian Garnet or Delicate Serpent's Eye (JC)
	Deadly Vermilion Onyx/ Perfect Deadly Tiger Opal
	Having issues reaching the hit cap? → Rigid River's Heart/ Perfect Rigid Lapis Lazuli or Rigid Serpent's Eye (JC) Otherwise → Glinting Imperial Amethyst/ Perfect Glinting Roguestone

2. Enchants↑top

Slot	Main Enchantments	Extra Enchantments
Shoulders	Greater Tiger Claw Inscription Tiger Claw Inscription (cheaper) Secret Tiger Claw Inscription (Inscription)
Back	Enchant Cloak - Accuracy Enchant Cloak - Superior Critical Strike Swordguard Embroidery (Tailoring)
Chest	Enchant Chest - Glorious Stats
Wrists	Enchant Bracer - Greater Agility Fur Lining - Agility (Leatherworking)	Socket Bracer (Blacksmithing)
Hands	Enchant Gloves - Superior Expertise Enchant Gloves - Greater Haste Enchant Gloves - Superior Mastery	Synapse Springs (Engineering) Socket Gloves (Blacksmithing)
Waist		Living Steel Belt Buckle
Legs	Shadowleather Leg Armor Primal Leg Reinforcements (Leatherworking)
Feet	Enchant Boots - Blurred Speed Enchant Boots - Greater Haste (cheaper)
Rings	Enchant Ring - Greater Agility (Enchanting)
Weapon	Lord Blastington's Scope of Doom Mirror Scope (cheaper)

Note that Extra Enchantments can be applied to an item in addition to a Main Enchantment.

3. Consumables↑top

3.1. Food

You should always eat food that gives you Agility. You will be granted:

• 300 Agility by Sea Mist Rice Noodles, Seasoned Pomfruit Slices, or Pandaren Treasure Noodle Soup;
• 275 Agility by Valley Stir Fry, Deluxe Noodle Soup, Banquet of the Wok, or Great Banquet of the Wok;
• 250 Agility by Sauteed Carrots, Noodle Soup, or any of other banquets.

3.2. Flask

Your flask should be a Flask of Spring Blossoms.

3.3. Potion

During the encounter, your best choice for a potion will be Virmen's Bite.

4. Summing-up Profession Perks↑top

Choosing a profession for your Marksmanship Hunter can impact your raid performance. As a rule, you should shy away from gathering professions (with the exception of Herbalism), which leaves the following viable professions for raiding:

Profession	Perks
Blacksmithing	Provides a 320 Agility gain through two extra sockets, Socket Bracer and Socket Gloves, in which you can fit 2 Delicate Primordial Ruby.
Jewelcrafting	Provides a 320 Agility gain through the ability of using 2 Delicate Serpent's Eye.
Alchemy	Provides an 320 Agility gain to your flask through Mixology.
Enchanting	Provides a 320 Agility gain through Enchant Ring - Greater Agility.
Engineering	Provides +1,920 Agility for 10 seconds every minute through Synapse Springs (the overall gain is +320 Agility).
Inscription	Provides a 320 Agility gain through Secret Tiger Claw Inscription.
Leatherworking	Provides a 320 Agility gain through Fur Lining - Agility. Also provides Primal Leg Reinforcements, a much cheaper equivalent to Shadowleather Leg Armor, the traditional leg enchant.
Tailoring	Provides +1000 Attack Power in average through Swordguard Embroidery, instead of +180 Critical Strike from Enchant Cloak - Superior Critical Strike and +180 Hit from Enchant Cloak - Accuracy.
Herbalism	Provides a 480 Haste Rating gain in average through Lifeblood.

All professions granting an Agility gain are roughly equivalent, with Engineering pulling slightly ahead.

5. Changelog↑top

• 13 Jan. 2014: Added new food items added in patch 5.4.
• 10 Sep. 2013: Patch 5.4: removed Frag Belt, following its nerf.
• 20 May 2013: Patch 5.3 update: nothing to change.
• 24 Apr. 2013: Added legendary meta-gem.
• 02 Apr. 2013: Removed green-quality gems.
• 02 Apr. 2013: Improved advice for choosing your profession.

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