Survival Hunter DPS Gear and Best in Slot — Battle for Azeroth (BfA) 8.3

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 set bonuses, 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.

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.

For more information about the best Corruptions and corrupted items you can get, please refer to our dedicated page.

Mechagon offers two unique types of gear. The first is the Pocket-Sized Computation Device Trinket, which has 3 sockets that can be filled with punchcards. Yellow Punchcards offer stats, Red Punchcards offer damaging effects, and Blue Punchcards offer unique utility.

The whole Trinket's item level scales with the item level of the punchcards in it, as an average of the Red and Yellow punchcards. The item level of the trinket affects the power of the punchcards in it.

Yellow Punchcards can be looted from Rares in Mechagon, or from bosses inside the Operation: Mechagon dungeon. They offer a large amount of one secondary stat, and a small amount of another. The best Yellow Punchcard for Survival Hunters is any high Haste punchcard, with a high item level.

There are two noteworthy Red Punchcards: Cyclotronic Blast and Subroutine: Recalibration, the former being more interesting at lower gear levels and the latter being more interesting at higher gear levels.

The other type of gear are the set rings from Operation: Mechagon. By combining a "Logic Loop" ring like Logic Loop of Division with a "Bit Band" ring like Shorting Bit Band, you can combine the two effects to create a unique effect with a unique trigger. The Division and Shorting combo is the most potent for Hunters.

You should be completing at least one keystone at a high item level each week to make use of the weekly chest. Each week you will receive one piece of loot, and a fixed amount of Titan Residuum. The highest keystone you complete (up to a maximum of 15) will determine the final reward.

Thanks to Bloodmallet.com, a comprehensive list of available trinkets for Survvial are listed against each other below. Keep in mind that this is only a guideline, and that you should be simming your own character if you care about optimizing it.

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.

This does not include trinkets as they are covered in the above chart.

This list is based on Birds of Prey, as it is more popular for raiding.

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	Helm of Actualized Visions	Carapace of N'Zoth in Ny'alotha
Shoulder	Dreamer's Unblinking Pauldrons	Ra-den the Despoiled in Ny'alotha
Cloak	Ashjra'kamas, Shroud of Resolve	Legendary Cloak from the Patch 8.3 Questline
Chest	Scales of the Scheming Behemoth	Il'gynoth, Corruption Reborn in Ny'alotha
Wrists	Raoul's Barrelhook Bracers	Mythic+ Freehold
Gloves	Ebony Scaled Gauntlets	Wrathion, the Black Emperor in Ny'alotha
Belt	Belt of Concealed Intent	Trash Mob/BoE Drop in Ny'alotha
Legs	Spinebarb Legplates	Drest'agath in Ny'alotha
Legs (alternative)	Eldritch Cragscale Greaves	Crafted. Requires Leatherworking. 236 Haste and 94 Versatility is ideal.
Boots	Eldritch Cragscale Boots	Crafted. Requires Leatherworking. 177 Haste and 71 Versatility is ideal.
Ring #1	Peerless Leviathan's Eye Loop	Crafted. Requires Jewelcrafting. 416 Haste and 166 Versatility is ideal.
Ring #2	Ring of Cosmic Potential	N'Zoth the Corruptor in Ny'alotha
Weapon	Qwor N'lyeth (Purified of Corruption)	The Hivemind in Ny'alotha