Survival Hunter DPS Mythic+ Guide — Dragonflight 10.0.7
In this guide, you will find tips and advice to tackle Mythic+ dungeons with your Survival Hunter in World of Warcraft — Dragonflight 10.0.7.
Unique Challenges of Dragonflight Mythic+
Mythic+ Dungeons, especially high ones, are arguably the highest level of competitive PvE content that WoW has to offer aside from Mythic raiding.
In Mythic Dungeons as a Hunter, you will be responsible for a large part of the group's total damage output, while in a Mythic Raiding group, you may only be responsible for maybe 7% of it. The skill and execution from the individual players in the group is much more important.
Aside from just doing damage, in Mythic+ you will be responsible for many things to make the group's run faster and easier. Interrupting, offensively dispelling enemy targets, soaking mechanics, using your traps and stuns are all much more common in Mythic+ than your usual Mythic raid.
In this guide, we will talk about getting the most out of your Hunter in Mythic+ dungeons, including the best way to set up your character, how your rotation may change, and tips and tricks for using your abilities in the most optimal way.
If you are unfamiliar with Mythic+ and its associated general mechanics, you can read more about it on our dedicated Mythic+ page below.
To learn more about the Mythic+ Meta, check out our Mythic+ Tier List below.
Best Dragonflight Mythic+ Talent Build for Survival Hunter
For a more general overview of Talents for Survival Hunter, please visit our dedicated Talents page.
These are our recommended talents for Survival Hunter in Mythic+.
Be sure to make use of the 'Copy Export String' button to import the best build directly into your game!
Season 1 Dragonflight Thundering Affix Guide for Hunters
The Thundering Affix is part of Dragonflight's Season 1 of Mythic+, and maximizing it is important for your DPS and the overall dungeon speed.
Thundering WeakAura
We highly recommend using this WeakAura to keep track of Thundering. It will show up whenever you have a partner that you need to drop the debuff with. If there is no such partner, then it will disappear and you do no have to do anything.
To deal with Thundering, you should find someone with the opposite effect above their heads. However, while you have the debuff, you deal increased damage. Because of this, you should plan to cancel the debuff with a partner as late as possible.
There will always be a player left over with a debuff and no partner, since Mythic+ is 5-man. If this person is you, great! You can fully benefit from the damage increase without worrying about the mechanic.
You should be extremely careful not to let the debuff expire, as the consequence of this in combat will likely be death.
Key Utility for Survival Hunter in Dragonflight Mythic+
This section talks mostly about the uses of different spells. For in-depth explanations of all Hunter Abilities and Talents, including these, check out our Spells page.
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] [] Muzzle
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.
Intimidation is your second-most important utility and is your
"stop" for negating casts that cannot be normally interrupted. We recommend
using this in the same way as your Muzzle, with the same macro (with
Intimidation swapped in for Muzzle, of course).
Binding Shot can be used to save your tank in hectic moments by
helping him kite mobs and generate some range.
Freezing Trap can be used as an additional stop alongside
Intimidation, but it has a slow travel time and you will need to be
close to land it before most stunnable casts are finished.
Scatter Shot (mutually exclusive with
Binding Shot can be
used as an additional stop alongside
Intimidation and
Freezing Trap, but you have to be
within 20 yards of the mob you are stopping. It will also remove any DoTs like
Barbed Shot, giving it a small DPS cost.
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
retarget 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 it!
Tranquilizing Shot can negate beneficial Enrage and Magic effects
from enemy
targets, and with the
Improved Tranquilizing Shot Talent, we do not lose
meaningful damage from doing so.
Tar Trap can be used to aid your tank in kiting by slowing mobs.
Gear Considerations and How To Sim Mythic+ for Survival Hunter in Mythic+
When choosing your trinkets, we recommend simulating yourself on Raidbots Top Gear or Gear Compare using the DungeonSlice Fight Style to simulate a Mythic+ dungeon.
On our Gear Page below, we have compiled BiS items for Survival Hunter that also apply to Mythic+.
Changelog
- 20 Mar. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Updated the recommended M+ Build.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 29 Oct. 2022: Updated the Venthyr Mythic+ Build Talents.
- 26 Oct. 2022: Added a Kyrian build that is superior for heavy AoE keys.
- 24 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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This guide has been written by Azortharion, a Hunter Theorycrafter and Guidewriter since 2014, and considered one of the best Hunters in the world. 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. He even has his own personal Discord channel where you can get notifications about when the guides get updated and have direct communications with him.
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