Survival Hunter DPS Gear and Best in Slot — Battle for Azeroth (BfA) 8.1

1. The Importance of "Simming Yourself" as a Survival Hunter

At this stage in the game, there are so many variables and so many layers of optimization that you can apply to your character, that there is no way for a guide or anything else to tell you exactly what gear you should wear. This is why we always recommend simulating your own character using Raidbots. The website can help you choose Azerite traits, trinkets and combinations thereof in a way that is tailored completely to your specific character. Learning to use this tool is essential to maximizing your potential, as there is simply no other way to take all the variables into account.

2. Best Dungeons for Survival Hunter

This is a table containing all the currently available dungeons, and listing how many good items each dungeon can drop. We classify a "good item" as pieces that have a high amount of your best stat on it (Haste), as well as low/no Mastery. This will help guide you on what dungeons to focus on when farming for upgrades.

3. What Gear Do I Farm/Bonus Roll/Chase After?

When identifying what gear you should be aiming after, we recommend using RaidBots' Droptimizer feature. It requires the SimulationCraft Addon. Once you have the addon installed, write "/simc" into the chat in-game, and copy-pasting the contents into the RaidBots Droptimizer.

Simply select the raid and difficulty you are interested in, and RaidBots will take a while to figure out where you should spend your bonus rolls, and more.

4. Stats

Many people have a tendency to overthink the distribution of their secondary stats. An important thing to remember is that a higher quantity of stats is nearly always better than a better quality of stats. Because of this, wearing higher item level gear with worse stats tends to be better than lower item level gear with great stats. Keep this in mind when considering gear.

5. Trinket Simulation for Survival Hunter

A generic ranking for the top 13 single-target Trinkets can be found here:

A generic ranking for the top 13 cleave Trinkets can be found here:

6. Recommended Battle for Dazar'alor Gear

This does not include items that are found outside of the raid, so this may be altered based on items you have available from outside sources. Note that this also does not include trinkets as they are covered in the above chart:

Also note that this is not a guide on which bosses to bonus roll. Refer to the Droptimizer guide above to plan out your bonus rolls!

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Target-Tracking Headgear	High Tinker Mekkatorque in Battle of Dazar'alor
Shoulder	Mantle of the Soulbinder's Caress	King Rastakhan in Battle of Dazar'alor
Cloak	Loa Exultant's Shroud	Conclave of the Chosen in Battle of Dazar'alor
Chest	Flag Officer's Overcoat	Lady Jaina Proudmoore in Battle of Dazar'alor
Wrists	Icebinder's Bracers	Lady Jaina Proudmoore in Battle of Dazar'alor
Gloves	Grips of Harmonious Spirits	Jadefire Masters in Battle of Dazar'alor
Belt	Goldenscale Girdle	Opulence in Battle of Dazar'alor
Legs	Deathhunter's Legguards	King Rastakhan in Battle of Dazar'alor
Boots	Boots of the Gilded Path	Opulence in Battle of Dazar'alor
Ring #1	Band of Multi-Sided Strikes	Jadefire Masters in Battle of Dazar'alor
Ring #2	Seal of the Zandalari Empire	King Rastakhan in Battle of Dazar'alor
Weapon	Hornridged Crusher	Grong in Battle of Dazar'alor

7. Changelog