What’s the best MM hunter pvp opener/ rotation?
Probably better to look up a guide but I think its.
Double Tap
Precast Aimed shot before pull
1 Arcane
2 Steady shot, to get the buff
Trinket(if you have any on use)
Cov Ability
Trueshot
The move into the Trueshot window rotation.
personally im more of a
hunters mark
double tap
aimed shot
explosive shot
concussive/binding/trap
true shot
aimed shot (2 would be nice if i didnt have to worry about moving but that like never happens)
rapid fire
arcanes & trying to get a murder of crows kill shot or just switching targets in general since positioning is priority for hunters since we’re kind of squishy with that being said its kind of rare you get an arena where you can just be all damage without worry about damage taken
scatter/interrupt healer or other dps maybe
tranquilizing shot if theyre already buffed (if you have time)
try to rinse aimed shots
getting a double tap extra aimed shot is really nice cause you still get rapid fire boost
if youre kyrian i would drop resonating arrow before rapid fire at least cause it literally doubles your damage from what ive seen
something really fun is being fast enough and slowing them down enough to use bursting shot on them into your team
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Mine goes like.
Trueshot , Aim sho… oh no stunned! Trinket! Disengage! Rushed! Dead.
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Mine goes doubletap>explosive>covenant ability into trueshot. Then rapid fire, aimed, arcane, (kill shot if low) aimed ,rapid ,aimed. Most of the guides I have read have you open with the rapid fire after your burst is down ever since the aimed shot nerf. I only shoot 1 arcane shot off during trueshot.
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Hello, since the early-season double tap/Aimed shot nerf, I don’t think there’s anything fancy you should do during opener.
MM current pvp burst window would look like this :
Double tap => Explosive shot => Kyrian => Badge/racial => Rapid fire => Trueshot etc.
Best scenario is having a Lock n Load proc, and using it right at the end of the rapid fire to benefit from double tap.
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press 10 different buttons before you can do dmg then get cc’d and wait another 1-2 minutes before you can potentially do any damage again.
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Agree with this opener. I’d add, depending on how juicy you are as a kill target, consider dropping a freezing trap under your feet around the time you cast DT, and then potentially using a binding shot on whatever you intend to kill. Also, pick a target that can’t mitigate too much damage with a single key press. Monks are a good choice.
If you’re using Careful Aim, you’ll still want to go with Aimed Shot as either the 1st or 2nd ability. Because the azerite powers are gone, you might want to consider using Sniper Shot first too if you talent for it. This is based on my theorycrafting and research.
Generic pvp talents (With craven) would be : Scatter , Roar of sacrifice, Knock trap depending on comps.
Please, never never never use snipershot 
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You’re talking Arena. Effective range isn’t quite as important.
For the Johnnies and Janes coming early, there used to be one big thing Marks used to have that is gone. Vision of Perfection, an azerite essence that procs Trueshot(which greatly reduces the CD on Aimed). If you have Surging Shots, that gives a 15% proc on Aimed to reset the CD on Rapid Fire. You put that sandwich together and you can practically spam RFire up the wazoo.
That’s old history now, but we can’t spam Aimed Shot, Rapid Fire, and Parcs(Precise Arcshot) like we used to. It would call in for more on-demand damage abilities. Coves are already useful for that, but I would still want to look at Sniper Shot, generically even.
Sniper is pretty trash. I used it on a prot paladin for 3600 damage. Aimed shot does more. And just to reiterate target was PROT 50k hp
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It’s going to be trash vs. high armor and high vers targets. It’s phys dmg. My theory about it is that it frees up charges for Aimed Shot so you can use those without having to wait on its CDs. Because a simple news flash of “Vision of Perfection” no longer being there.
Word on the street is that Prot-Pal is OP anyway. Also, tanks are supposed to take 35% more damage from players, though. That was a 8.3 change that I hope didn’t get erased now.
But I understand your argument. I do think it comes in handy as a situational focus dump and on-demand damage.
Edit: Early in BFA, there was a time when I dabbled with Sniper Shot in BFA, but I was just showered with procs up the wazoo. It was all about the procs. Back then, Sniper Shot was uneconomical for DPS. The trifecta of Aimed, RFire, and Parcs.
Arenas from camo open with aimed shot—> arcane shot—> explosive shot—> cov ability—> DT rapid fire. if u have a Lock and load proc fire off a LNL aimed shot right before rapidfire ends so u double tap both ur rapidfire and aimed shot
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I do this opener too but most of the time it’s double tab. Explosive covenant rapid fire disengage trap conc aimed