Survival Hunter DPS Spell List and Glossary — 12.1

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This will cover synergies, cooldowns, and core concepts of the spec to get it working. If you already have experience and are very comfortable with Survival, it is okay to skip past this, otherwise this is a great point to get a base understanding before moving on to later sections of the guide that cover nuances of gameplay.

Note that this page merely lists the abilities and explains them. For information on the best talents to use for your Survival Hunter in Midnight, check out our Talents page below.

Hunters and their pets use a unique resource, called Focus. Focus works in much the same way as other class resources, like Rage and Energy, in the sense that some abilities grant Focus, while others cost Focus to be used.

A Survival Hunter's Focus has a maximum capacity of 100, and regenerates at a slow rate that varies by spec. In addition to this passive flow of incoming Focus, certain talents and abilities will amplify your Focus regeneration, or simply generate more of it.

Hunter pet Focus works similarly, and is of no concern to you as you cannot do anything to modify it, nor will you be casting pet abilities manually.

As a general rule, you should always have enough Focus to cast your abilities as soon as they come off cooldown, but also to never have 100 Focus (as any extra Focus you generate would then go to waste).

Note that this page simply lists all the different abilities, assuming you are at max level. If you are leveling, check out our dedicated Hunter Leveling page, which has detailed information on when you unlock all of these abilities.

Here are all of the active Hunter abilities in Midnight. Note that some of the cooldowns and Resource costs listed are presuming certain talent picks that we expect all Hunters to have chosen. Thus, our description can differ slightly from the tooltip.

Ability	Abbreviation	Description/Effect
Aspect of the Eagle	Eagle	A 1-minute cooldown that lets you use Raptor Strike at range for 15 seconds. It does not let your auto-attacks work at range, however.
Boomstick	Boomstick	Fires 4 shotgun blasts over 3 sec that deal heavy damage to all targets in front of you. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets.
Hatchet Toss	HT	A mostly-flavor ability, mainly used to pull distant mobs.
Hunter's Mark	HM	Increases all damage taken by a target by 3%. Mandatory raid debuff.
Kill Command	KC	Deals moderate Physical damage on a 6-second cooldown. This both generates 15 Focus and generates crucial Tip of the Spear buff stacks that will buff the damage of other abilities.
Raptor Strike	RS	A Focus spender that deals heavy Physical damage for 30 Focus.
Takedown	TD	Deals heavy immediate damage, and increases all damage done by 20% for 8 sec. Your primary cooldown.
Wildfire Bomb	WFB	Deals high immediate Fire damage to all enemies near your target, and behind it in a cone, leaving a 6-second DoT on them. Deals 80% increased damage to your primary target, and reduced damage beyond 8 targets. Has 2 charges on an 18-second recharge.

Ability	Abbreviation	Description/Effect
Aspect of the Turtle	Turtle	Deflects most attacks for 8 seconds, and reduces damage taken by 30%. 2.5-minute cooldown.
Exhilaration	Exhil	Heals you for 30%, plus an additional 16% over 8 seconds, and your pet for 100% of its maximum health. 1-minute cooldown.
Mend Pet		Heals your pet for 50% of its total health over 10 seconds. If your pet is dead, it turns into Revive Pet.
Revive Pet		Revives your pet with full health. 2.5-second cast, 35 Focus.
Roar of Sacrifice	RoS	Protects a friendly target, reducing their damage taken by 15% for up to 10 sec. 50% of all the damage they take is taken by your pet instead, and if your pet's health drops below 25%, it ends prematurely.
Survival of the Fittest	SoTF	Reduces your damage taken by 30% for 8 seconds, with a 1.5-minute cooldown. It has 2 charges.

Ability	Abbreviation	Description/Effect
Aspect of the Cheetah	Cheetah	Increases your movement speed by 90% for 3 seconds, and 30% for 9 seconds. 3-minute cooldown.
Disengage		Leaps you backwards. 20-second cooldown.
Harpoon		Pulls you towards a target enemy. 20-second cooldown.

Ability	Abbreviation	Description/Effect
Binding Shot	Binding	Places an arrow on the ground. Enemies that pass by the arrow and then move 5 yards away from it are stunned for 3 seconds.
Camouflage	Camo	Gives you stealth for 1 minute, and heals you for 2% of your maximum health every second. 1-minute cooldown that begins when the effect ends.
Eagle Eye		Lets you see the world from another, targeted location for 1 min. Can only be used outdoors.
Eyes of the Beast	EotB	Lets you control and see through your pet's eyes for 1 minute. Very niche, but has occasionally been used to do special aggro tricks in Mythic+.
Feign Death	FD	Pretends to be dead for 6 minutes, dropping all enemy aggro and threat, and prevents you from body-pulling nearby enemies. 30-second cooldown.
Flare		Reveals all stealthed enemies caught in the ground-target location. 20-second cooldown.
Freezing Trap	Trap	Places a trap on the ground. The first enemy that triggers it will be frozen for 1 minute. Damage breaks the effect. 30-second cooldown.
Intimidation	Pet Stun	Stuns a target for 5 seconds. 1-minute cooldown that can be reduced via Talents. Can also be turned into an AoE stop, reducing the stun duration to 1 sec.
Misdirection	MD	Redirects all your threat (not your pet's) to the target for 8 seconds. After casting it, you have 30 seconds to start attacking something, which triggers the 8-second effect, meaning you can pre-cast it. 30-second cooldown.
Muzzle	Kick	Interrupts your target's spell cast, and prevents any spell in that school from being cast for 5 seconds, on a 15-second cooldown.
Scare Beast	-	Fears a Beast enemy for 20 seconds. Breaks on damage. 1.5-second cast time, costs 25 Focus.
Tar Trap	-	Places a trap on the ground. When an enemy triggers it, it spawns an 8-yard radius circle of tar on the ground that slows all enemies caught by 50%, which lasts 30 seconds. 30-second cooldown.
Tranquilizing Shot	Tranq	Removes 1 Enrage and 1 Magic effect from your target on a 10-second cooldown.
Wing Clip		Slows your target's movement speed by 50% for 15 sec.

Here are all of the Midnight Apex Talents for Survival Hunter, unlocked between Level 80 and 90.

Ability	Abbreviation	Description/Effect
Raptor Swipe	-	Raptor Strike has a 25% chance to upgrade itself to a Raptor Swipe, dealing 71% of its original damage, but on all enemies in front of you. Damage drops off after 5 targets.
Raptor Swipe	-	Raptor Strike, Wildfire Bomb, and Raptor Swipe damage increased by 20%. Raptor Swipe now deals 70% increased damage to its primary target, meaning it does about 121% the damage of an ordinary Strike on a single target.
Raptor Swipe	-	Raptor Swipe now occurs on every second Raptor Strike. When used with Tip of the Spear, they also trigger a Strike As One at 300% effectiveness.

For more information on how to use these abilities together in your rotation, please read our rotation page.

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