Survival Hunter DPS Battle of Dazar'alor Raid Guide — Battle for Azeroth (BfA) 8.3
On this page, you will find tips, tricks, and strategies tailored to your Survival Hunter for each boss of the following raid: Battle of Dazar'alor. All our content is updated for World of Warcraft — Battle for Azeroth (BfA) 8.3.
Disclaimer
This page will be a rough outline of the bosses and mechanics in the Battle for Dazar'alor raid. This page will focus primarily on how a Survival Hunter can optimize its performance on the raid bosses in Battle for Dazar'alor, and not on an actual raid strategy for the bosses. Initially, this page will focus on Heroic mode and lower, however, as more bosses are being killed on Mythic, the guide will also include optimizations for Mythic bosses.
Survival in Battle for Dazar'alor
Survival Hunters excel in burst damage scenarios, making it useful for a lot of bosses in this tier. It suffers from cleaving a low amount of targets, however, which hurts it on many bosses as well.
Talent Cheatsheet
We advise to use the following talents on Champion of the Light.
- Level 15:
Viper's Venom or 
Alpha Predator - Level 25:
Guerrilla Tactics - Level 30:
Natural Mending - Level 35:
Bloodseeker - Level 40:
Born To Be Wild or 
Posthaste - Level 45:
Mongoose Bite - Level 50:
Birds of Prey or 
Wildfire Infusion
We advise to use the following talents on Grong.
- Level 15: Viper's Venom or Alpha Predator
- Level 25: Guerrilla Tactics
- Level 30: Natural Mending
- Level 35: Bloodseeker
- Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
- Level 45: Mongoose Bite
- Level 50: Birds of Prey or Wildfire Infusion
We advise to use the following talents on Jadefire Masters.
- Level 15: Viper's Venom or Alpha Predator
- Level 25: Guerrilla Tactics
- Level 30: Natural Mending
- Level 35: Bloodseeker
- Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
- Level 45: Mongoose Bite
- Level 50: Birds of Prey or Wildfire Infusion
We advise to use the following talents on Opulence.
- Level 15: Viper's Venom or Alpha Predator
- Level 25: Guerrilla Tactics
- Level 30: Natural Mending
- Level 35: Bloodseeker
- Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
- Level 45: Mongoose Bite
- Level 50: Birds of Prey or Wildfire Infusion
We advise to use the following talents on High Tinker Mekkatorque.
- Level 15: Viper's Venom or Alpha Predator
- Level 25: Guerrilla Tactics
- Level 30: Natural Mending
- Level 35: Bloodseeker
- Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
- Level 45: Mongoose Bite
- Level 50: Birds of Prey or Wildfire Infusion
We advise to use the following talents on Conclave of the Chosen.
- Level 15: Viper's Venom or Alpha Predator
- Level 25: Guerrilla Tactics
- Level 30: Natural Mending
- Level 35: Bloodseeker
- Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
- Level 45: Mongoose Bite
- Level 50: Birds of Prey or Wildfire Infusion
We advise to use the following talents on Stormwall Blockade.
- Level 15: Viper's Venom or Alpha Predator
- Level 25: Guerrilla Tactics
- Level 30: Natural Mending
- Level 35: Bloodseeker
- Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
- Level 45: Mongoose Bite
- Level 50: Birds of Prey or Wildfire Infusion
We advise to use the following talents on King Rastakhan.
- Level 15: Viper's Venom or Alpha Predator
- Level 25: Guerrilla Tactics
- Level 30: Natural Mending
- Level 35: Bloodseeker
- Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
- Level 45: Mongoose Bite
- Level 50: Birds of Prey or Wildfire Infusion
We advise to use the following talents on Lady Jaina Proudmoore.
- Level 15: Viper's Venom or Alpha Predator
- Level 25: Guerrilla Tactics
- Level 30: Natural Mending
- Level 35: Bloodseeker
- Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
- Level 45: Mongoose Bite
- Level 50: Birds of Prey or Wildfire Infusion
Champion of the Light
We advise you to use the following talents against Champion of the Light.
- Level 15: Viper's Venom or Alpha Predator
- Level 25: Guerrilla Tactics
- Level 30: Natural Mending
- Level 35: Bloodseeker
- Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
- Level 45: Mongoose Bite
- Level 50: Birds of Prey or Wildfire Infusion
This encounter is moderately movement-heavy but for the most part it is pure single-target, so we recommend the usual spec.
Survival Hunter Playstyle on Champion of the Light
Add Priority (during Seal of Reckoning)
- Any add that has the
Judgment: Righteousness buff from when
the previous phase ended. - The rest can be cleaved down.
Grong
Note: This boss is the second boss for Horde players, and the third boss for Alliance players. For the second Alliance boss (Jadefire Masters), see further below.
We advise you to use the following talents against Grong, the Revenant / Grong, the JungleLord.
- Level 15: Viper's Venom or Alpha Predator
- Level 25: Guerrilla Tactics
- Level 30: Natural Mending
- Level 35: Bloodseeker
- Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
- Level 45: Mongoose Bite
- Level 50: Birds of Prey or Wildfire Infusion
Survival Hunter Playstyle on Grong
From a Hunter perspective, there is not much to say about this fight yet.
The Apetagonizer 3000 add spawns after 15 seconds, and then every minute after that.
Jadefire Masters
We advise you to use the following talents against Jadefire Masters.
- Level 15: Viper's Venom or Alpha Predator
- Level 25: Guerrilla Tactics
- Level 30: Natural Mending
- Level 35: Bloodseeker
- Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
- Level 45: Mongoose Bite
- Level 50: Birds of Prey or Wildfire Infusion
For this boss, we will refer to Grimfang/Mestrah as "Monk", and Firecaller/Flamefist as "Mage".
The optimal strategy will most likely involve having the Monk boss at a lower health percentage than the Mage boss in this encounter.
As Survival, you should be attacking the boss that needs the most
damage in that moment (which will sometimes be the Mage, due to its
Fire Shield ability).
Opulence
We advise you to use the following talents against Opulence.
- Level 15: Viper's Venom or Alpha Predator
- Level 25: Guerrilla Tactics
- Level 30: Natural Mending
- Level 35: Bloodseeker
- Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
- Level 45: Mongoose Bite
- Level 50: Birds of Prey or Wildfire Infusion
Survival Hunter Playstyle on Opulence
At this stage, there are no Hunter-specific playstyle tips for Opulence, but stay tuned when the new raid is out!
High Tinker Mekkatorque
We advise you to use the following talents against High Tinker Mekkatorque.
- Level 15: Viper's Venom or Alpha Predator
- Level 25: Guerrilla Tactics
- Level 30: Natural Mending
- Level 35: Bloodseeker
- Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
- Level 45: Mongoose Bite
- Level 50: Birds of Prey or Wildfire Infusion
Survival Hunter Playstyle on High Tinker Mekkatorque
At this stage, there are no Hunter-specific playstyle tips for High Tinker Mekkatorque, but stay tuned when the new raid is out!
Conclave of the Chosen
We advise you to use the following talents against Conclave of the Chosen.
- Level 15: Viper's Venom or Alpha Predator
- Level 25: Guerrilla Tactics
- Level 30: Natural Mending
- Level 35: Bloodseeker
- Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
- Level 45: Mongoose Bite
- Level 50: Birds of Prey or Wildfire Infusion
Survival Hunter Playstyle on Conclave of the Chosen
You can use a pet with a dispel ability to purge the 
Gift of Wind
buff from the bosses.
Intimidation and 
Freezing Trap are useful for the Ravenous
Stalker adds.
Stormwall Blockade
We advise you to use the following talents against Stormwall Blockade.
- Level 15: Viper's Venom or Alpha Predator
- Level 25: Guerrilla Tactics
- Level 30: Natural Mending
- Level 35: Bloodseeker
- Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
- Level 45: Mongoose Bite
- Level 50: Birds of Prey or Wildfire Infusion
Survival Hunter Playstyle on the Stormwall Blockade
At this stage, there are no Hunter-specific playstyle tips for the Stormwall Blockade, but stay tuned when the new raid is out!
King Rastakhan
We advise you to use the following talents against King Rastakhan.
- Level 15: Viper's Venom or Alpha Predator
- Level 25: Guerrilla Tactics
- Level 30: Natural Mending
- Level 35: Bloodseeker
- Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
- Level 45: Mongoose Bite
- Level 50: Birds of Prey or Wildfire Infusion
Survival Hunter Playstyle on King Rastakhan
The movement speed bonus of 
Posthaste can be useful when running
away from 
Inevitable End.
Lady Jaina Proudmoore
We advise you to use the following talents against Lady Jaina Proudmoore.
- Level 15: Viper's Venom or Alpha Predator
- Level 25: Guerrilla Tactics
- Level 30: Natural Mending
- Level 35: Bloodseeker
- Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
- Level 45: Mongoose Bite
- Level 50: Birds of Prey or Wildfire Infusion
Survival Hunter Playstyle on Lady Jaina Proudmoore
At this stage, there are no Hunter-specific playstyle tips for Lady Jaina Proudmoore, but stay tuned when the new raid is out!
Changelog
- 13 Jan. 2020: This page has been reviewed for the release of Patch 8.3 and no changes are necessary.
- 24 Jun. 2019: This page has been reviewed for the release of Patch 8.2 and no changes are necessary.
- 14 Apr. 2019: This page has been reviewed for Crucible of Storms and no changes are necessary.
- 21 Jan. 2019: Added boss tips for Survival Hunter in Battle of Dazar'alor.
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