Survival Hunter DPS Spec, Builds, Talents, and Pet Talents — The War Within (11.1.5)

This is the strongest build we have for pure single-target scenarios, which includes most Raiding.

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This is the strongest Sentinel-based build for pure single-target encounters. I do not recommend playing it over Pack Leader.

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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.

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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!

This is my recommended build for Raid encounters that feature significant AoE. It seeks to keep as much of Survival's single-target power as possible, while grabbing as much burst AoE as possible.

There are a lot of "steps" on the ladder from single-target to AoE here. Some situations will call for more AoE and less single-target, and vice versa. It is difficult to pick a single step on the ladder to recommend for general usage — This build seeks to ensure that you are never left with too little AoE. If you want more single-target, swap the Fury of the Eagle Talents over to the Spearhead side of the tree. Butchery is almost never worth using for Raid AoE scenarios, as the single-target loss is simply too massive.

Survival has several talents that lets us basically choose what our cooldown cadence should be. This build is a 2-minute build by default, but if you find that a fight's add spawns demand a 1-minute cadence, then you can choose Symbiotic Adrenaline instead of Relentless Primal Ferocity to facilitate this.

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

This is my recommended build for Raid encounters that feature significant AoE. It seeks to keep as much of Survival's single-target power as possible, while grabbing as much burst AoE as possible.

There are a lot of "steps" on the ladder from single-target to AoE here. Some situations will call for more AoE and less single-target, and vice versa. It is difficult to pick a single step on the ladder to recommend for general usage — This build seeks to ensure that you are never left with too little AoE. If you want more single-target, swap the Fury of the Eagle Talents over to the Spearhead side of the tree. Butchery is almost never worth using for Raid AoE scenarios, as the single-target loss is simply too massive.

Survival has several talents that lets us basically choose what our cooldown cadence should be. This build is a 45-second build by default, but if you find that a fight's add spawns demand a one or two-minute cadence, then you can choose Relentless Primal Ferocity instead of Symbiotic Adrenaline to facilitate this. You would also go a step further and swap out Sentinel Watch in the Sentinel Tree for Eyes Closed. A lower Coordinated Assault cooldown scales very well with the Bombardier Talent!

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The Delves build is very similar to our Mythic+/AoE build, but grabs some talents that bolster pet tanking survivability in No Hard Feelings.

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

The Delves build is very similar to our Mythic+/AoE build, but grabs some talents that bolster pet tanking survivability in No Hard Feelings.

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