Survival Hunter DPS Mythic+ Guide — The War Within (11.1.5)

This build offers vastly more single-target and priority-target damage than Sentinel, at a cost of AoE. This is, in my opinion, a more efficient build for general Mythic+, as even Sentinel Survival has poor AoE. I would rather lean into Survival's strengths than be mediocre at everything.

Yes. As described further below on this page, my Mythic+ builds are optimized for dungeon completion time, which is achieved via a mixture of single-target damage, priority-target damage, and general AoE DPS. The perfect Mythic+ build is something like the perfect middle-ground of these 3 disciplines. In this case, Butchery is such a massive single-target DPS loss (upwards of 10-15%), but is a much smaller AoE DPS gain (6%, often less), that Flanking Strike's incredible single-target and priority-target damage will actually complete keys more efficiently overall, finding a ton of time save in destroying bosses and priority targets in packs. If AoE is the goal, Sentinel simply does a better job of this.

We cannot have everything we could possibly want for every single dungeon in a single build, unfortunately. Here are the recommended utility talents to swap to for different, specific Mythic+ dungeons in The War Within Season 2.

• For Cinderbrew Meadery, Darkflame Cleft, Theater of Pain, and The MOTHERLODE!!, swap Kodo Tranquilizer over to Devilsaur Tranquilizer.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!

This build offers around 6% more AoE, but 9% less single-target and 14% less priority-target damage than my baseline Flanking Strike recommendation. This trade-off is generally not considered worth it, but I list this build for those of you who prefer the biggest AoE numbers possible.

We cannot have everything we could possibly want for every single dungeon in a single build, unfortunately. Here are the recommended utility talents to swap to for different, specific Mythic+ dungeons in The War Within Season 2.

• For Cinderbrew Meadery, Darkflame Cleft, Theater of Pain, and The MOTHERLODE!!, swap Kodo Tranquilizer over to Devilsaur Tranquilizer.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!

This build has the highest AoE of our two Mythic+ builds, but has vastly inferior single-target and priority-target damage, so I do not recommend it for general use, though it is very viable and can do strong overall DPS.

We cannot have everything we could possibly want for every single dungeon in a single build, unfortunately. Here are the recommended utility talents to swap to for different, specific Mythic+ dungeons in The War Within Season 2.

• For Cinderbrew Meadery, Darkflame Cleft, Theater of Pain, and The MOTHERLODE!!, swap Kodo Tranquilizer over to Devilsaur Tranquilizer.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!

Muzzle is your "kick" and your most important bit of utility in Mythic+, used to stop enemy casts for the benefit of the group and especially the tank. It is highly recommended to use a Focus Kick macro for this.

• /stopcasting
• /stopcasting
• /cast [@focus,exists,nodead][@mouseover,exists,nodead] [] Counter Shot

This macro will kick your focus target if you have one, mouseover if you have no Focus target, and your target if you have neither of those.

To quickly set a focus target in hectic scenarios, we also recommend a Focus Mouseover macro.

• /focus [@mouseover]

Make sure that your UI shows your Focus Target's casts clearly, so that you are always able to kick it on cooldown, or in coordination with the rest of your group.

Implosive Trap is your "AoE stop". shortly after arming, it will knock up all targets in a generous radius, stopping their casts. This is very potent when combined with Binding Shot cast beforehand, as the knock-up effect will trigger the stun from Binding Shot, turning your AoE stop into a 3-4 second AoE stun for the cost of a global.

Intimidation is your second-most important utility and is your single-target "stop" for negating casts that cannot be normally interrupted. We recommend using this in the same way as your Counter Shot, with the same macro (with Intimidation swapped in for Counter Shot, of course).

Binding Shot can be used to save your tank in hectic moments by helping him kite mobs and generate some range. It will most commonly be used in conjunction with Implosive Trap to enable a stun alongside the knockback offered by the latter.

Freezing Trap can be used as an additional stop alongside Intimidation, but it has a bit of travel and arming time and is not quite as reliable.

Bursting Shot can be used as an additional stop, like Implosive Trap, but it will knock enemies back which can be disruptive and so it should be a last resort. Sometimes, you will use it to knock straggling enemies into the "deathball" of AoE that your tank has made.

Feign Death can not only be used to drop aggro, but also negate certain casts and channels on you. In some cases, these mechanics will simply re-target someone else in the group, but occasionally the mechanic will be entirely negated with huge benefits. If you notice a cast or effect on you, try to Feign Death it! It will also remove all Poisons and Diseases on you, and this WeakAura can help alert you when that is possible.

Tranquilizing Shot can negate beneficial Enrage and Magic effects from enemy targets, and with the Disruptive Rounds Talent, we do not lose meaningful damage from doing so. If the Dungeon is especially heavy on these dispels, you may choose to change our default Talents into grabbing either Kodo Tranquilizer or Devilsaur Tranquilizer.

Tar Trap can be used to aid your tank in kiting by slowing mobs. It is good to reflexively throw down a Tar Trap if your Tank dies, as it gives everyone else a better chance at kiting and surviving.

Use AoE Crowd Control tools like Implosive Trap and Bursting Shot on dense clusters of Orbs to take out as many as possible. You can use Intimidation and Freezing Trap for remaining, singular ones.

Nothing specific to say here — use your solid target-swapping capabilities to focus the Void Emissary down as quickly as possible.

Pop Aspect of the Cheetah and dash around to grab as many orbs as quickly as possible.

Feign Death's Poison/Disease dispel (via Emergency Salve) is a source of dispel type for removing Void Rift. You can also Exhilaration to heal it off, but that costs a GCD.