Survival Hunter DPS Spec, Builds, Talents, and Pet Talents — Midnight (12.0.1)

Note that these builds are generic recommendations for various content. Check out the dedicated pages below for more specific recommendations for the Raid and Mythic+.

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Best Talents for Survival Hunter in Midnight

Single-Target — Sentinel Mythic+ — Pack Leader Delves — Pack Leader

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Best Sentinel Single-Target Talents for Survival Hunter in Midnight Pre-Season

This build is our best Sentinel single-target build, used for most raid encounters.

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

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Best Pack Leader Mythic+/Delve Talent Build for Survival Hunter in Midnight Pre-Season

This is the optimal Pack Leader build for all things Mythic+, Delves, and other AoE-focused content. It is based on extensive simulation and analysis of Mythic+ performance across a wide variety of scenarios, and has an optimal blend of both single-target and AoE. There are builds that do more AoE, but they all lose more single-target than they gain in terms of AoE, and vice versa.

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Survival Hunter Utility Talent Considerations

• Your "flexible" Talent points are, in my recommended order of "most disposable":
  • Misdirection — Only affects your personal threat, so it is quite weak for us.
  • Kodo Tranquilizer
  • Emergency Salve is only useful in certain dungeons, and is worthless in others.

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

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Best Pack Leader Mythic+/Delve Talent Build for Survival Hunter in Midnight Pre-Season

This is the optimal Pack Leader build for all things Mythic+, Delves, and other AoE-focused content. It is based on extensive simulation and analysis of Mythic+ performance across a wide variety of scenarios, and has an optimal blend of both single-target and AoE. There are builds that do more AoE, but they all lose more single-target than they gain in terms of AoE, and vice versa.

2.2.

Survival Hunter Utility Talent Considerations

• Your "flexible" Talent points are, in my recommended order of "most disposable":
  • Misdirection — Only affects your personal threat, so it is quite weak for us.
  • Kodo Tranquilizer
  • Emergency Salve is only useful in certain dungeons, and is worthless in others.

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

Midnight introduces new Apex Talents, unlocked between Level 80 and 90. Survival gets:

1. Raptor Swipe
2. Raptor Swipe
3. Raptor Swipe

They cause Raptor Strike to occasionally turn itself into Raptor Swipe, dealing increased damage, and causing it to hit multiple targets as well. Very simple and passive, yet very powerful.

Your best Hero Talent for Raiding is Sentinel by a slim margin, for its superior single-target. Pack Leader is quite viable, being only 2% or so behind.

For Mythic+, I recommend Pack Leader for its superior priority-target damage, even at a small cost to its outright AoE performance.

Depending on affixes and other variables, Mythic+ can require a mix of AoE and Single-Target talents. You should check out our page below if you want advice specific to Mythic+.

Some talents will require you to play in a particular way to get the most out of them. You can find more information on how your rotation will look after selecting your talents on our rotation page below.

We have made a dedicated page for Hunter Pets information that we recommend you check out!

War Mode offers several benefits for you in the open world.

• PvP talents enabled in the outdoor world.
• At least 10% increase in World Quest rewards at maximum level.
• 10% more experience gained while leveling.
• Earn Conquest Points, which can reward gear every week.

With the benefits of enabling War Mode for leveling and PvE content, it is recommended to enable the feature to maximize your leveling and rewards at maximum level. However, you will be available for open-world PvP, and the possibility of being "ganked" while leveling or doing World Quests exists.

In this section, we will rank the PvP talents best for leveling and doing solo / small group PvE content. Below is a ranking of all PvP Talents for Survival Hunter

1. Survival Tactics is useful for negating powerful casts from mobs and other players that you cannot otherwise stop.
2. Mending Bandage is a potent out-of-combat heal that also clears lingering debuffs.
3. Hunting Pack is a valuable speed increase for leveling and open world content.

You can consider the other options essentially down to preference.

For details on how to play in Survival Hunter PvP, please visit our Survival Hunter PvP page.