Survival Hunter PvP Stat Priority, Gear, and Trinkets (Dragonflight 10.2.6)

The stat priority for Survival Hunter in PvP is as follows:

1. Agility;
2. Versatility to at least 30%;
3. Haste to 30%;
4. Critical Strike;
5. Versatility over 35%.

Agility is the best stat in all situations. You will want a balance of Versatility and Haste that you are comfortable with and then to focus on Critical Strike rating.

There is a slight increasing diminishing return on secondary stats past 30%, further increased past 40%. You are unlikely to pass 40% of any stat except Versatility, and if you are at 40% Versatility, you should change some of it to Haste or Critical Strike.

As a general rule, you want Versatility between 30-35%, Haste at around 30%, and the rest of your stats going towards Critical Strike chance.

If you do not have enough Versatility, you will take a lot of damage and likely find yourself dying more often than you otherwise would.

If you do not have enough Haste, you will not be able to use all of the global cooldowns and abilities required to set up crowd control and burst targets down before the enemy is able to crowd control you, kite or use defensives.

You should have Versatility as your highest stat anyway, but if you are using the embellished piece of gear Venom-Steeped Stompers, Versatility should absolutely be your highest stat.

Conquest vendor PvP Gear will always have Versatility and then a second stat which will be either Haste, Mastery, or Critical Strike Rating.

Almost every piece of conquest gear has a Haste option which you should take if your Haste is below 30%.

If you have too much Versatility, the easiest way to transfer it to Haste or Crit is to craft the PvP Rings ( Ring-Bound Hourglass and Signet of Titanic Insight) and neck Torc of Passed Time.

Survival Hunter Dragonflight Season 3 tier bonuses:

• (2) Set Bonus: Fury of the Eagle increases you and your pet's critical strike chance by 15% and critical damage dealt by 15% for 12 sec.
• (4) Set Bonus: Fury of the Eagle throws a free Wildfire Bomb at your current target at 100% effectiveness, causes your next Wildfire Bomb to not incur a cooldown, and increases the damage Wildfire Bomb deals to your primary target by 40% for 12 sec.

The tier set this season leans into Fury of the Eagle, which because of this tier set is now a mandatory talent for Survival.

Be aware that it is only the first tick of Fury of the Eagle that will instantly throw a Wildfire Bomb, so if you press it when you are not in melee range of an enemy, the 4-set bonus will not throw a free bomb.

The free bomb thrown by the 4-set bonus will always be the same as the currently active bomb from Wildfire Infusion, and after it is thrown, your Wildfire Infusion will rotate to the next bomb.

Because only the legs of this tier set have Mastery, and your stat priority includes Versatility Haste and Crit, you do not lose any stats for playing with this 4-set.

I recommend that you get the 4-set bonus with Shoulders, Chest, Gloves and legs (leaving the Head because it has the Mastery stat, which is the worst stat for Survival).

I recommend that you craft:

Recommended Embellished PvP Gear:

I recommend that you play:

• Infurious Boots of Reprieve for the high uptime buff to your Agility
• Adaptive Dracothyst Armguards for consistent increases to your secondary stats

This combination of embellishments will give you consistent damage throughout a PvP encounter.

Alternatively, you can play:

• Venom-Steeped Stompers for the bonus to your preferred stat (if it's increasing your Versatility the proc is around a 10% damage increase with another piece of gear embellished with Toxified Armor Patch)
• Flame-Touched Helmet with Toxified Armor Patch to increase the bonus from the Venom Steeper Stompers (or apply Toxified Armor Patch to any other piece of crafted PvP gear)

This combination is less consistent but provides the maximum burst damage from embellished gear pieces.

• Ring-Bound Hourglass (and/or Signet of Titanic Insight) with stats as Versatility and Haste or Critical Strike
• Torc of Passed Time with stats as Versatility and Haste or Critical Strike

Note: It is important to be wearing 2 PvP trinkets. This will give you an Agility and Stamina boost that will increase your damage and survivability.

• Verdant Gladiator's Medallion
• Verdant Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

• Verdant Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity
• Verdant Gladiator's Badge of Ferocity

Verdant Gladiator's Medallion is a mandatory trinket to have equipped at all times for non-human players. This allows you to remove any crowd control on yourself. Humans can use this trinket to have a shorter (90-second) the cooldown on escaping stuns, for example, into Rogue Mage teams.

Verdant Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity increases your Haste and has a chance to proc your primary stat. This is an overall strong trinket, as the stat will proc often throughout an arena match (and will generally proc very early when your cooldowns are active).

Verdant Gladiator's Badge of Ferocity grants you some Crit and a powerful Agility on-use every minute. Synchronize this with Death Chakram.

Verdant Gladiator's Emblem increases your maximum health when used. This gives you an additional defensive when you think a team is focusing you or you think they are about to stun and burst you. A good example of when you will want to use this trinket is when facing Rogue Mage teams.

Here are the best enchants and gems for a Survival Hunter:

• Boots: Enchant Boots - Plainsrunner's Breeze
• Belt: Shadowed Belt Clasp
• Cloak: Enchant Cloak - Homebound Speed
• Chest: Enchant Chest - Waking Stats/ Enchant Chest - Accelerated Agility (Accelerated Agility is generally preferred in most situations but Waking Stats is a slight damage and health increase if you prefer).
• Rings: Enchant Ring - Devotion of Haste/ Enchant Ring - Devotion of Critical Strike
• Weapon Enchant: Enchant Weapon - Sophic Devotion

You should use one Fierce Illimited Diamond/ Resplendent Illimited Diamond/ Inscribed Illimited Diamond depending on your stat needs, and Radiant Malygite/ Radiant Alexstraszite/ Energized Ysemerald/ Crafty Alexstraszite depending on whether you want more Versatility, Haste or Critical Strike.