Survival Hunter Torghast Guide and Best Anima Powers — Shadowlands 9.2
On this page, we tell you all you need to know to prepare your Survival Hunter before entering Torghast and then how to pick up the right Anima Powers once you are inside!
Torghast as a Survival Hunter
This page will guide you on how to get the most out of your Survival Hunter in Torghast, Tower of the Damned. For more information about Torghast in general, check out our dedicated pages below.
Best Survival Hunter Setup for Torghast, Tower of the Damned
Firstly, we recommend using a Ferocity pet as a Survival Hunter in Torghast for the Bloodlust and the self-healing abilities it provides.
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Level 15 Talents for Torghast as a Survival Hunter
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We recommend Alpha Predator or
Terms of Engagement for Torghast, depending on your playstyle (large AoE or one-by-one pulls).
Level 25 Talents for Torghast as a Survival Hunter
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Guerrilla Tactics is the best choice here by far.
Level 30 Talents for Torghast as a Survival Hunter
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Generally speaking, we recommend using Natural Mending. It will
allow you to use your
Exhilaration self-heal much more often, which
can save your life if you have made a mistake, or a very powerful spell has
hit you.
Level 35 Talents for Torghast as a Survival Hunter
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Bloodseeker is the default choice here.
Level 40 Talents for Torghast as a Survival Hunter
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This tier is mostly a question about mobility, survivability, or utility.
Generally, we recommend using Posthaste for the helpful movement
speed boost, but if you are doing a very high-level Torghast Floor/Layer, then
you might find
Born To Be Wild more valuable, as it is more likely to
save your life than Posthaste.
Level 45 Talents for Torghast as a Survival Hunter
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Tip of the Spear is the ideal choice.
Level 50 Talents for Torghast as a Survival Hunter
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Wildfire Infusion is the ideal choice.
Best Survival Hunter Anima Powers
Throughout Torghast, you will be met with a ton of different choices when it comes to Anima Powers. Choosing the right one can be difficult, so we've made a Tier List below that should help you make the decision on the fly. This Tier List assumes that the powers are the same level.
Do not follow this list blindly, though, as there is a lot of personal
choice and preference involved in choosing your Anima Powers. If you never use
Tar Trap in your playstyle, it would be silly to pick an Anima Power
that increases its radius, for example.
As usual, "S" is best and "F" is worst.
If you want a complete list of Anima Powers, please refer to the pages linked below.
S-Tier Anima Powers for Survival Hunter
Sigil of Skoldus
Soulforge Embers
Sling of the Unseen (Kyrian)
Elethium Beacon
Soulsteel Pinion
Lens of Elchaver
A-Tier Anima Powers for Survival Hunter
Acrobat's Razor
Bag of Mawrat Eyes
Cadaverous Cleats
Chelonian Crest
Deadsoul Aspect (Kyrian)
Pact of the Soulstalkers (Kyrian, when grouped)
Super Soul Scope (Kyrian)
Deathwire (Kyrian)
Bag of Munitions (Necrolord)
Mask of Withering (Venthyr)
Crystallized Dreams (Night Fae)
Finger of Frozen Fury
Elethium Lantern
Elethium Weights
Flame Jet
B-Tier Anima Powers for Survival Hunter
Bone Barbs
Acrobat's Rations
Beaststalker's Signet
Petrified Pet Food
Craven Strategem
Deadeye Satchel
Peltsman's Grit
Piercing Scope
Capsule of Pure Moonlight (Night Fae)
Majestic Antler Fragment (Night Fae)
Parliament Stone (Kyrian)
Gnarled Key (Venthyr)
Smuggled Wildseed (Night Fae)
Erratic Howler
Elethium Censer
Elethium Veil
C-Tier Anima Powers for Survival Hunter
Bursting Tar
Euphoria Emblem
Fogged Crystal
Forsworn Feather
Necrotic Venom
Huntmaster's Gift
Deathdealer's Scope (Venthyr)
Serrated Arrowhead (Venthyr)
Pendulum of Impending Doom (Necrolord)
Malevolent Stitching (Necrolord)
Musophobic Femur (Necrolord)
Volatile Flesh (Necrolord)
Elethium Alembic
Frostbite Wand
D-Tier Anima Powers for Survival Hunter
Hateful Shard-Ring
Huntmaster's Invocation
Huntmaster's Mythos
Hunter's Spoils
Sticky Tar
Stuffed on Mawrats
Huntmaster's Ultimatum
Huntmaster's Cypher
Huntmaster's Legacy
Chakram Throwers (Necrolord)
Glowing Pollen Satchel (Night Fae)
Darksight Orbs (Kyrian)
Bottomless Chalice (Kyrian)
Phial of Light (Kyrian)
Phial of Pain (Kyrian)
Strigidium (Kyrian)
Murmuring Shawl (Venthyr)
Open Doors (Venthyr)
Clinging Fog (Night Fae)
Gaze of Death
Frostchipper
E-Tier Anima Powers for Survival Hunter
F-Tier Anima Powers for Survival Hunter
Amplifying Mirror
Neural Pet Enhancer
Scaredy Rat
Pact of the Soulstalkers (Kyrian, when solo)
Disemboweler's Hook
Elethium Muzzle
If an Anima Power is not in the Tier List above, it is either because we have been unable to test it or find information about its tuning. It will be populated over time as we learn more about them.
Phantasma Anima Powers for Survival Hunter
Occasionally you will be offered the ability to get Phantasma instead of an Anima Power, or increases to your Phantasma generation. It is hard to evaluate these, but we recommend choosing them when there is no "C"-tier or higher alternative Anima Power.
Survival Hunter Playstyle for Torghast, Tower of the Damned
Survival is one of the strongest Torghast specs and you should have an easier time than many other classes and specs. Below we have compiled some playstyle tips for you to use when you make it up the Layers and things get difficult.
- Use
Misdirection on your pet constantly.
- Use Line of Sight to your advantage. There are a lot of caster mobs in Torghast, and the Misdirection-Barrage strategy will not work if your pet is out in the open. If you want to be really efficient, manually place your pet around a corner outside the room before you do your Misdirection into Barrage and watch all the casters gather up for you.
- Use
Binding Shot and
Tar Trap aggressively. Your spec is only good at stacked AoE, so use your pet as a stacking point for mobs and use these crowd control abilities to keep them there. Plus, there are Anima Powers that vastly amplify these abilities, so it is good to get into the habit of using them.
- Remember that
Exhilaration heals your pet for 100% of its health! You will use it more to heal your pet than yourself.
- Keybind and use
Mend Pet often. Your pet is going to be squishy as Survival, so you want to help it wherever you can.
- Most importantly, take it slow. There is no timer in Torghast, the
only thing limiting your advancement is dying, so do not die! Use
Freezing Trap to get rid of high-health mobs temporarily.
Changelog
- 01 Nov. 2021: Reviewed and approved for Patch 9.1.5.
- 28 Jun. 2021: Reviewed and approved for Patch 9.1.
- 19 Mar. 2021: Moved Bone Barbs from E-Tier to B-Tier.
- 09 Mar. 2021: Reviewed for Patch 9.0.5.
- 11 Dec. 2020: Updated the Tier List location of Soulsteen Pinion and Lens of Elchaver.
- 25 Nov. 2020: Page added.
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