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Ranged DPS · Slow ranged, fast melee for Raptor Strike

Survival Hunter

Lightning Reflexes for 15% Agility, Lacerating Strikes, Expose Prey, Predator's Edge and Resourcefulness. The trap and control spec; Expose Prey makes you a raid utility pick.

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How Survival plays

Same shot priority as Marksmanship without Sniper Shot, plus traps in combat: Immolation Trap under a pack, Freezing Trap on the add, Wyvern Sting-style control from Resourcefulness. Strong in battlegrounds where control wins.

Key talents

Talents

Survival Hunter endgame build (0/20/31) · 0/20/31 · click any talent to edit in the builder
Beast Mastery0
0/50/5
0/20/30/2
0/20/10/5
0/2
0/50/10/20/1
0/2
0/5
0/1
Marksmanship20
0/30/55/5
0/35/55/5
0/20/5
0/1
0/15/5
0/2
0/30/1
0/5
0/1
Survival31
5/51/5
0/52/22/50/31/23/31/1
0/25/51/1
2/22/20/20/1
5/5
1/1
PvE0/20/31
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.

Rotation and priority

  1. Hunter's Mark, pet in, Immolation Trap under the kill target
  2. Serpent Sting, then Aimed Shot and Multi-Shot on cooldown
  3. Arcane Shot to fill; Auto Shot unclipped
  4. Freezing Trap the second target as soon as the shared cooldown allows
  5. Raptor Strike and Mongoose Bite only when forced into melee

Tips

  • Lightning Reflexes makes every Agility item worth 15% more to you.
  • Expose Prey on the raid's kill target before the melee open.
  • Counterattack after a parry is a free stun in duels.

Stat priority

  1. 1Agility (Lightning Reflexes)
  2. 2Hit to 9%
  3. 3Crit
  4. 4Ranged Attack Power
  5. 5Stamina

Weapon: Slow ranged, fast melee for Raptor Strike. Check what each ability actually hits for at your numbers in the damage calculator.

Best recorded drops by slot

Highest item level in the dungeon loot records that fits Survival; raid gear is added when raids open on 9 December

No recorded drops match yet.

Full item list with every recorded source on the items page.

Leveling as Survival

Hunter levels fastest as Beast Mastery; see the class leveling page for why. Survival can still level with the build below if you want to practise the spec you will play at 60.

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Tier for leveling: B

Leveling tier weighs kill speed, downtime and safety alone. See the best leveling class guide for the full ranking and the speed guide for the route.

Questions players ask

Is Survival good in WoW Forever?
Launch-week assessment: B tier for PvE, A tier for PvP and B tier for leveling. Lightning Reflexes for 15% Agility, Lacerating Strikes, Expose Prey, Predator's Edge and Resourcefulness. The trap and control spec; Expose Prey makes you a raid utility pick.
What stats does a Survival Hunter want?
In order: Agility (Lightning Reflexes), Hit to 9%, Crit, Ranged Attack Power, Stamina.
What weapon should Survival use?
Slow ranged, fast melee for Raptor Strike.