Welcome to our Rotation page for Survival Hunters. On this page you will find everything you need to know about actually playing the spec in Raiding and Mythic+ scenarios.

If the rotations below seem overwhelming to you, you might benefit from visiting our Easy Mode page which outlines a close-to-optimal rotation in simpler terms.

The content on this page is purely PvE-related. If you are looking for PvP Rotation Tips, please visit our PvP page below.

Important Abilities, Procs and The General Rotation of Survival Hunter

To play Survival Hunter, there are a few basic mechanics you must understand to fully unlock the potential of the spec.

The spec is mostly about maximizing the benefit of Mongoose Bite and generating Focus for its use with Kill Command. On top of this, you have to react to Survival's extremely powerful Kill Shot procs, while keeping Wildfire Bomb off two charges.

Use the buttons below to select your talents to see how that changes the rotation. This affects both the single-target and multi-target rotation.

Note that some talents are pre-selected, based on our recommended builds from the Talents page linked below. We recommend that you de-select talents you are not using in your current situation to make the rotation easier to read.

Active Talents	Passive Talents/Effects
Aspect of the Eagle	Coordinated Kill
Butchery	Deadly Duo
Carve	Hydra's Bite
Coordinated Assault	Poison Injection
Death Chakram	Ranger
Explosive Shot	Viper's Venom
Flanking Strike	4pc Tier Set Bonus
Fury of the Eagle
Mongoose Bite
Serpent Sting
Spearhead
Stampede
Steel Trap
Terms of Engagement
Wildfire Bomb
Wildfire Infusion
Bombardier

• Ensure that you have eaten appropriate Food, according to our Consumables page.
• Ensure your correct pet is summoned and awake. Use this WeakAura to keep you alerted.
• Ensure you have your appropriate Flask buff (see our Consumables page).
• Activate your Draconic Augment Rune.

1. Cast Death Chakram on cooldown. Sync it with Spearhead on every 2nd use.
2. Cast Spearhead on cooldown when you are above 60 Focus. Sync it with every 2nd use of Death Chakram.
3. Use Kill Shot to spend Coordinated Assault procs during Coordinated Assault. Check the Macros Page for some important, relevant macros for this.
4. Cast Wildfire Bomb while Shredded Armor is up, if it is close to reaching 2 charges and Coordinated Assault is off cooldown or if Coordinated Assault is already active.
5. Use Kill Command at less than 60 Focus, if you have more than 1 stack of the Deadly Duo Talent Buff.
6. When Spearhead is active, spam Mongoose Bite.
7. Cast Mongoose Bite if there is only 1 GCD of Mongoose Fury left, to make sure you maximize use of the buff.
8. Use Kill Shot on cooldown.
9. Use Serpent Sting to maintain its DoT if it falls off.
10. Use Flanking Strike on cooldown if you are below 60 Focus.
11. Use Stampede on cooldown.
12. Activate Coordinated Assault on cooldown.
13. Cast Kill Command if you are below 70 Focus or if the 4PC buff Shredded Armor is not active.
14. Spam Mongoose Bite when Shrapnel Bomb is active, to stack the bleed.
15. Spam Raptor Strike when Shrapnel Bomb is active, to stack the bleed.
16. Use Serpent Sting to maintain its DoT if it drops below 7 seconds.
17. Use Wildfire Bomb if it is about to reach 2 charges.
18. Spam Mongoose Bite during Mongoose Fury.
19. Use Explosive Shot on cooldown.
20. Use Mongoose Bite if you are above 60 Focus or regardless, if you have the 4PC Bonus.
21. Use Steel Trap on cooldown.
22. Use Wildfire Bomb when the DoT is down.
23. Cast Raptor Strike when there is nothing else to do, as a filler.
24. Use Fury of the Eagle on cooldown. If any other abilities becomes castable during its channel, simply cancel it and continue your rotation. Check the Macros Page for an important macro for this ability.

This Opener assumes that you are using the recommended Raid Talents for Survival Hunter, which you can find on our Talents page.

1. Use Death Chakram.
2. Use Harpoon to reach the target, and to activate Terms of Engagement.
3. Activate Spearhead.
4. Cast Kill Command to activate the 4PC Buff.
5. Cast Wildfire Bomb to get it off cooldown.
6. Start your Mongoose Fury window with a Mongoose Bite.
7. Continue your normal rotation, according to the priority list above.

The AoE rotation is all about maximizing your Wildfire Bombs, and reducing their cooldown with Butchery which also does heavy damage in its own right. Underneath this, you still want to maintain a strong single-target rotation, especially since your Kill Shots are going to cleave for heavy damage, making them a high priority.

The AoE rotation for a Survival Hunter is based on the following priority system.

1. Cast Kill Command if the 4PC debuff Shredded Armor is down.
2. Use Death Chakram on cooldown.
3. Use Stampede on cooldown.
4. Activate Coordinated Assault on cooldown when Fury of the Eagle is on cooldown.
5. Use Kill Shot during Coordinated Assault. Check the Macros Page for some important, relevant macros for this.
6. Cast Wildfire Bomb if it is about to reach 2 charges or if Coordinated Assault is off cooldown, meaning you want to dump all of your charges before entering Coordinated Assault. You also want to cast Bombs on cooldown while Coordinated Assault is up.
7. Use Explosive Shot on cooldown.
8. Use Carve on cooldown as long as it will not overcap Wildfire Bomb.
9. Use Butchery to prevent it reaching 3 charges or spam it during Shrapnel Bomb to stack the bleed on multiple targets.
10. Use Wildfire Bomb on cooldown.
11. Use Fury of the Eagle on cooldown. Check the Macros Page for an important macro for this ability.
12. Use Flanking Strike on cooldown if you are below 60 Focus.
13. Use Butchery on cooldown. Save it if your next Wildfire Infusion is Shrapnel Bomb, however, so you can dump your charges into it for the bleed.
14. Spam Mongoose Bite. Use it strategically on targets with over 8 stacks of Latent Poison to spend the stacks generated.
15. Cast Kill Command if you are below 70 Focus.
16. Use Steel Trap on cooldown.
17. Use Mongoose Bite when there is nothing else to do, which is pretty rare!

This Opener assumes that you are using the recommended Mythic+/AoE Talents for Survival Hunter, which you can find on our Talents page.

1. Cast Explosive Shot
2. Cast Kill Command to activate the 4PC Buff.
3. Use Death Chakram.
4. Cast Wildfire Bomb.
5. Cast Wildfire Bomb.
6. Cast Butchery
7. Cast Fury of the Eagle
8. Cast Kill Command to refresh the 4PC Buff.
9. Cast 1-2 Wildfire Bombs.
10. Cast Butchery
11. Cast Coordinated Assault.
12. Cast Kill Shot
13. Continue your normal rotation, as defined by the priority above.

For information about Mythic+ as a Survival Hunter, please refer to our Mythic+ page.

WeakAuras can have a tremendously positive effect on your performance. Since this is a broad topic, we made a page dedicated to it.

Thanks for reading my Rotation Guide for Survival Hunter. If you have any questions about it that you would like to ask me directly, feel free to drop into my Discord Server and drop me (Azortharion) a ping at any time.