Survival Hunter DPS Castle Nathria Raid Guide — Shadowlands 9.0.5

On this page, you will find Survival Hunter specific information for each boss in Castle Nathria. This is no encounter guide, but a collection of Survival Hunter specific tips for each boss.

All information on this page is work in progress and will be updated once the raid has launched.

On this page, we are recommending Wildfire Cluster for most bosses. It is only very slightly behind Rylakstalker's Confounding Strikes for single-target, but is one of the best AoE Legendaries as well. For pure single-target bosses, we recommend Rylakstalker's Confounding Strikes.

For the pure single-target fights, you can also use Nesingwary's Trapping Apparatus with a Birds of Prey-based build. This requires somewhat different stats and Conduits, however, and it is not currently within the scope of this guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Shriekwing.

• Level 15: Alpha Predator
• Level 25: Guerrilla Tactics
• Level 30: Natural Mending
• Level 35: Bloodseeker
• Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
• Level 45: Tip of the Spear
• Level 50: Wildfire Infusion

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Shriekwing: Rylakstalker's Confounding Strikes.

• There are no specific tips yet.

For more information, please refer to our Shriekwing guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Huntsman Altimor.

• Level 15: Alpha Predator
• Level 25: Guerrilla Tactics
• Level 30: Natural Mending
• Level 35: Bloodseeker
• Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
• Level 45: Tip of the Spear
• Level 50: Wildfire Infusion

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Huntsman Altimor: Wildfire Cluster.

• You can solo Vicious Lunge with Aspect of the Turtle.

For more information, please refer to our Huntsman Altimor guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Sun King's Salvation.

• Level 15: Alpha Predator
• Level 25: Guerrilla Tactics
• Level 30: Natural Mending
• Level 35: Bloodseeker
• Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
• Level 45: Tip of the Spear
• Level 50: Wildfire Infusion

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Sun King's Salvation: Wildfire Cluster.

• Use Misdirection on a tank whenever the adds spawn to help them get aggro more quickly, and save yourself from unnecessary damage. Keep in mind that this will only transfer threat from your abilities like Wildfire Bomb, and not any pet threat.

For more information, please refer to our Sun King's Salvation guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Artificer Xy'Mox.

• Level 15: Alpha Predator
• Level 25: Guerrilla Tactics
• Level 30: Natural Mending
• Level 35: Bloodseeker
• Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
• Level 45: Tip of the Spear
• Level 50: Wildfire Infusion

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Artificer Xy'Mox: Wildfire Cluster.

• Harpoon is an excellent way of escaping the Edge of Annihilation circle and pull.

For more information, please refer to our Artificer Xy'Mox guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Hungering Destroyer.

• Level 15: Alpha Predator
• Level 25: Guerrilla Tactics
• Level 30: Natural Mending
• Level 35: Bloodseeker
• Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
• Level 45: Tip of the Spear
• Level 50: Wildfire Infusion

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Hungering Destroyer: Rylakstalker's Confounding Strikes.

• Use Aspect of the Turtle and Feign Death (if using Resilience of the Hunter) if your Health drops low while having the Gluttonous Miasma debuff.
• Use Exhilaration if you are on low Health just before dropping off the Expunge debuff to decrease the size of the effect.
• Use Aspect of the Turtle, in combination with Disengage (with Posthaste) and Aspect of the Cheetah, to soak as many of the blue orbs as possible.
• If you have no other sources of enemy healing reduction on your group, consider using a "Mortal Wounds"-pet such as a Carrion Bird (Ferocity), Riverbeast (Tenacity) or Raptor (Cunning). This will reduce the boss' healing done by Hungering Strikes and Consume significantly.
• Aspect of the Eagle can be used during Consume to maintain DPS uptime while at range.

For more information, please refer to our Hungering Destroyer guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Lady Inerva Darkvein.

• Level 15: Alpha Predator
• Level 25: Guerrilla Tactics
• Level 30: Natural Mending
• Level 35: Bloodseeker
• Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
• Level 45: Tip of the Spear
• Level 50: Wildfire Infusion

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Lady Inerva Darkvein: Wildfire Cluster.

• You can use Aspect of the Eagle while soaking Bottled Anima or during the Sins and Suffering mechanic to maintain DPS uptime.

For more information, please refer to our Lady Inerva Darkvein guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against The Council of Blood.

• Level 15: Alpha Predator
• Level 25: Guerrilla Tactics
• Level 30: Natural Mending
• Level 35: Bloodseeker
• Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
• Level 45: Tip of the Spear
• Level 50: Wildfire Infusion

We advise you to use the following Legendary against The Council of Blood: Wildfire Cluster.

• Use Disengage with Posthaste to quickly get into position for the dance. However, it is actually even better if you can get to the dance without Disengage, as you can use it on the way back to get to Harpoon range faster, increasing your DPS.

For more information, please refer to our The Council of Blood guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Sludgefist.

• Level 15: Alpha Predator
• Level 25: Guerrilla Tactics
• Level 30: Natural Mending
• Level 35: Bloodseeker
• Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
• Level 45: Tip of the Spear
• Level 50: Wildfire Infusion

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Sludgefist: Rylakstalker's Confounding Strikes.

• Make use of the 12-second 100% damage taken debuff after he charges into a pillar. Keep in mind that both Wild Spirits and Coordinated Assault last longer than this damage taken debuff, allowing you to use them a bit before. You should also be saving two charges of Wildfire Bomb for this damage window. You should land your first bomb immediately as the debuff begins, and hit the second one the instant that the DoT from the first one expires. The whole phase lasts 12 seconds, and each Bomb lasts 6 seconds.

For more information, please refer to our Sludgefist guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Stone Legion Generals.

• Level 15: Alpha Predator
• Level 25: Guerrilla Tactics
• Level 30: Natural Mending
• Level 35: Bloodseeker
• Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
• Level 45: Tip of the Spear
• Level 50: Wildfire Infusion

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Stone Legion Generals: Wildfire Cluster.

• Aspect of the Turtle can be used to immune the DoT application from Wicked Blade. This should only be used if there is not an imminent Crystalize coming up.

For more information, please refer to our Stone Legion Generals guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Sire Denathrius.

• Level 15: Alpha Predator
• Level 25: Guerrilla Tactics
• Level 30: Natural Mending
• Level 35: Bloodseeker
• Level 40: Born To Be Wild or Posthaste
• Level 45: Tip of the Spear
• Level 50: Wildfire Infusion

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Sire Denathrius: Wildfire Cluster.

• As Night Fae, you can use Soulshape just before the boss hits 70% health in Phase 1. The movement speed boost will let you outrun the March of the Penitent mechanic at up to 3 stacks of Burden of Sin. The Trailblazer talent can do this too.
• You can use Harpoon in mid-air to not take any falling damage from Blood Price.
• You can also use Harpoon or Disengage for all knockbacks.

For more information, please refer to our Sire Denathrius guide.