Marksmanship

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"You can't outrun my arrow."

Marksmanship augments and improves ranged combat, utilizing a powerful opening strike to debilitate enemies and pick them off before they can close the distance. Signets can also be enhanced.

— In-game description

Marksmanship is a core specialization for the ranger that focuses on long range damage and the use of signets.

Tier	Trait		Description
Minor Adept	Opening Strike		You and your pet inflict vulnerability with your first strike when entering combat.
Major Adept	Stoneform		Use Lesser Signet of Stone when you use an elite skill.
Major Adept	Hunter's Gaze	1	Gain might when you strike a foe based on their health percent.
Major Adept	Clarion Bond		Cast Lesser Call of the Wild when you swap pets.
Minor Master	Alpha Focus		Your opening strikes inflict cripple on your foes.
Major Master	Brutish Seals		Activating a Signet grants might and fury to nearby allies.
Major Master	Farsighted		Ranger weapon skills deal increased strike damage. Damage is further increased for foes above the range threshold.
Major Master	Moment of Clarity		Gain an attack of opportunity for you and your pet on interrupting a foe. Daze and stun durations that you inflict last longer. This trait can only grant an attack of opportunity against enemies with defiance bars once per interval.
Minor Grandmaster	Precise Strike		Opening Strike has an increased chance to critically strike.
Major Grandmaster	Predator's Onslaught		You and your pet deal increased strike damage to disabled, defiant, or movement-impaired foes. Affected conditions are stun, taunt, daze, cripple, fear, immobilize, and chilled.
Major Grandmaster	Remorseless		Regain opening strike whenever you gain fury. Opening strike deals more damage.
Major Grandmaster	Lead the Wind	15	Your longbow and harpoon-gun skills pierce and recharge faster. Point-Blank Shot grants boons.

See also: List of ranger traits

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