Hunter · Survival · PvE · DPS
Survival Hunter endgame build (0/20/31)
Lightning Reflexes (15% Agility), Lacerating Strikes, Expose Prey, Predator's Edge and Resourcefulness with Lethal Attacks, Careful Aim and Mortal Shots. The melee-capable tuning winner of the launch notes.
How to play it
- Traps work in combat: Immolation or Explosive Trap on cooldown, Clever Traps for damage. Lightning Reflexes 15% Agility scales everything.
- Mongoose Bite with Lacerating Strikes bleeds for 40% of its damage; Expose Prey procs off Hunter's Mark targets.
Talents taken
Marksmanship (20)
- Lethal Attacks 5/5: Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks by 5%.
- Efficiency 5/5: Reduces the Mana cost of your Shots, Stings, and melee abilities by 15%.
- Careful Aim 5/5: Increases your Attack Power by 100% of your Intellect.
- Mortal Shots 5/5: Increases the critical strike damage bonus on all ranged abilities by 30%.
Survival (31)
- Improved Tracking 5/5: While tracking Beasts, Demons, Dragonkin, Elementals, Giants, Humanoids, or Undead, all damage you deal to the tracked creature type is increased by 5%.
- Deflection 1/5: Increases your Parry chance by 1%.
- Savage Strikes 2/2: Increases the critical strike chance of all your melee abilities by 4%.
- Survivalist 2/5: Increases your total Health by 4%.
- Clever Traps 1/2: Increases the duration of Freezing and Frost trap effects by 15% and the damage of Immolation and Explosive trap effects by 15%.
- Surefooted 3/3: Increases your hit chance by 3% and reduces the duration of movement impairing effects on you by 30%.
- Deterrence 1/1: When activated, increases your Dodge and Parry chance by 25% for 10 sec.
- Predator's Edge 5/5: Increases your melee ability critical strike damage by 30% and your Off Hand weapon damage by 50%.
- Counterattack 1/1: A strike that becomes active after parrying an opponent's attack. This attack deals 50% weapon damage plus 13 and immobilizes the target for 5 sec. Counterattack cannot be blocked, dodged, or parried.
- Resourcefulness 2/2: Reduces the Mana cost of your Trap and melee abilities by 60%, and grants your melee and ranged ability Critical Strikes a 100% chance to allow 50% of your Mana Regeneration to continue while casting for 30 sec.
- Expose Prey 2/2: Grants your melee and ranged attacks against enemies afflicted by Hunter's Mark a 10% chance to allow an activation of Mongoose Bite. Lasts 10 sec.
- Lightning Reflexes 5/5: Increases your Agility by 15%.
- Lacerating Strikes 1/1: Your Mongoose Bite also causes the target to Bleed for damage equal to 40% of the damage done by Mongoose Bite over 21 sec
Point order by level
First point at level 10 (set the Talented perk in the calculator if you start earlier).
| Levels | Spend on |
|---|---|
| 1–10 | Improved Tracking ×1 |
| 11–20 | Improved Tracking ×4, Deflection ×1, Savage Strikes ×2, Survivalist ×2, Clever Traps ×1 |
| 21–30 | Lethal Attacks ×5, Surefooted ×3, Deterrence ×1, Predator's Edge ×1 |
| 31–40 | Efficiency ×5, Predator's Edge ×4, Counterattack ×1 |
| 41–50 | Careful Aim ×5, Resourcefulness ×2, Expose Prey ×2, Lightning Reflexes ×1 |
| 51–60 | Mortal Shots ×5, Lightning Reflexes ×4, Lacerating Strikes ×1 |
Every point, one per level
- L10 Improved Tracking (Survival)
- L11 Improved Tracking (Survival)
- L12 Improved Tracking (Survival)
- L13 Improved Tracking (Survival)
- L14 Improved Tracking (Survival)
- L15 Deflection (Survival)
- L16 Savage Strikes (Survival)
- L17 Savage Strikes (Survival)
- L18 Survivalist (Survival)
- L19 Survivalist (Survival)
- L20 Clever Traps (Survival)
- L21 Lethal Attacks (Marksmanship)
- L22 Surefooted (Survival)
- L23 Lethal Attacks (Marksmanship)
- L24 Surefooted (Survival)
- L25 Lethal Attacks (Marksmanship)
- L26 Surefooted (Survival)
- L27 Lethal Attacks (Marksmanship)
- L28 Deterrence (Survival)
- L29 Lethal Attacks (Marksmanship)
- L30 Predator's Edge (Survival)
- L31 Efficiency (Marksmanship)
- L32 Predator's Edge (Survival)
- L33 Efficiency (Marksmanship)
- L34 Predator's Edge (Survival)
- L35 Efficiency (Marksmanship)
- L36 Predator's Edge (Survival)
- L37 Efficiency (Marksmanship)
- L38 Predator's Edge (Survival)
- L39 Efficiency (Marksmanship)
- L40 Counterattack (Survival)
- L41 Careful Aim (Marksmanship)
- L42 Resourcefulness (Survival)
- L43 Careful Aim (Marksmanship)
- L44 Resourcefulness (Survival)
- L45 Careful Aim (Marksmanship)
- L46 Expose Prey (Survival)
- L47 Careful Aim (Marksmanship)
- L48 Expose Prey (Survival)
- L49 Careful Aim (Marksmanship)
- L50 Lightning Reflexes (Survival)
- L51 Mortal Shots (Marksmanship)
- L52 Lightning Reflexes (Survival)
- L53 Mortal Shots (Marksmanship)
- L54 Lightning Reflexes (Survival)
- L55 Mortal Shots (Marksmanship)
- L56 Lightning Reflexes (Survival)
- L57 Mortal Shots (Marksmanship)
- L58 Lightning Reflexes (Survival)
- L59 Mortal Shots (Marksmanship)
- L60 Lacerating Strikes (Survival)
Questions players ask
What is the point split for this Survival Hunter build?
0/20/31 across Beast Mastery, Marksmanship, Survival at level 60.
Can I change it?
Yes. Open it in the calculator, add or remove points, and copy your own link. The order shown here is the order the calculator will replay.
See exactly which talents you have at level 20, 30, 40 or 50, each with a calculator link at that level.