Survival Hunter DPS Crucible of Storms Raid Guide — Battle for Azeroth (BfA) 8.1.5
On this page, you will find tips, tricks, and strategies tailored to your Survival Hunter for each boss of the Crucible of Storms raid. All our content is updated for World of Warcraft — Battle for Azeroth (BfA) 8.1.5.
1. Disclaimer
This page will be a rough outline of the bosses and mechanics in the Crucible of Storms raid. This page will focus primarily on how a Survival Hunter can optimize its performance on the raid bosses in Crucible of Storms, 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.
2. Survival in Crucible of Storms
Survival Hunters are not very popular, but they are still a solid Melee DPS with high single-target damage, good burst and decent mobility. From a DPS perspective, it competes with both of the other Hunter specs and is widely considered to be fun to play.
3. Talent Cheatsheet
- Level 15:
Viper's Venom or 
Terms of Engagement - Level 30:
Guerrilla Tactics - Level 45:
Natural Mending - Level 60:
Bloodseeker - Level 75:
Posthaste (or 
Born To Be Wild, situationally) - Level 90:
Mongoose Bite - Level 100:
Birds of Prey (or 
Wildfire Infusion, situationally)
- Level 15: Viper's Venom or Terms of Engagement
- Level 30: Guerrilla Tactics
- Level 45: Natural Mending
- Level 60: Bloodseeker
- Level 75: Posthaste (or Born To Be Wild, situationally)
- Level 90: Mongoose Bite
- Level 100: Birds of Prey (or Wildfire Infusion, situationally)
4. The Restless Cabal
4.1. Suggested Talents for Survival Hunter on The Restless Cabal
- Level 15: Viper's Venom or Terms of Engagement
- Level 30: Guerrilla Tactics
- Level 45: Natural Mending
- Level 60: Bloodseeker
- Level 75: Posthaste (or Born To Be Wild, situationally)
- Level 90: Mongoose Bite
- Level 100: Birds of Prey (or Wildfire Infusion, situationally)
4.2. Survival Hunter Playstyle on The Restless Cabal
From a Hunter perspective, there is not much to say about this fight yet. This section will be filled out in more detail once the raid has been released.
5. Uu'nat, Harbinger of the Void
5.1. Suggested Talents for Survival Hunter on Uu'nat, Harbinger of the Void
- Level 15: Viper's Venom or Terms of Engagement
- Level 30: Guerrilla Tactics
- Level 45: Natural Mending
- Level 60: Bloodseeker
- Level 75: Posthaste (or Born To Be Wild, situationally)
- Level 90: Mongoose Bite
- Level 100: Birds of Prey (or Wildfire Infusion, situationally)
5.2. Survival Hunter Playstyle on Uu'nat
From a Hunter perspective, there is not much to say about this fight yet. This section will be filled out in more detail once the raid has been released.
6. Changelog
- 14 Apr. 2019: Guide added.
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This guide has been written by Azortharion, a theorycrafter of all things Hunter-related for many years. He is an accomplished player with dozen of top parses for all specs throughout the game's history. He is also the Admin of Trueshot Lodge, the Hunter Class Discord, and you can watch his stream on Twitch.
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