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Survival Hunter rotation guide & helper

Play Survival Hunter like a skilled player: the current priority, cooldowns that line up, AoE when it pays and kicks on the casts that matter.

Updated for WoW Forever · Windows
Guide

How Survival plays.

Survival fights in melee first: once the mob is on you, Raptor Strike, Mongoose Bite and Strider Kick lead the list, with Immolation Trap and Lacerate on top. While the mob is still coming in, your shots go out. Your pet is called, sent at your target and healed by the helper, unless you play the Lone Wolf talent.

In melee

  1. Call Pet when it's missing (not with Lone Wolf); Mend Pet below 40% pet health.
  2. Aspect of the Hawk (Aspect of the Monkey before you have it), Hunter's Mark on mobs that live 8+ seconds.
  3. Summon Hawk when you have fewer than 2 hawks out.
  4. Raptor Strike, Mongoose Bite, Strider Kick, Counterattack.
  5. Immolation Trap on mobs that live 8+ seconds (a switch, on).
  6. Lacerate on mobs that live 8+ seconds.

At range

  • Rapid Fire on mobs that live 15+ seconds, only while they aren't in melee yet.
  • Serpent Sting on mobs that live 9+ seconds, then Arcane Shot with two hawks out, else Summon Hawk.
  • Aimed Shot before you have hawks, and as the last line.
  • Multi-Shot on 2+ mobs (only up to 4 once you have Volley); Volley at your mouse on 3+ mobs at 30%+ mana.

Good to know

  • All traps share one 30 second cooldown: turn Immolation Trap off to keep Freezing Trap ready.
  • Serpent Sting also goes on the mob under your mouse that doesn't have it yet, at 30%+ mana.
  • Weave build (level 60, a switch, off): Arcane Shot and Multi-Shot from range, Aimed Shot only before the pull.
  • Revive Pet, Disengage and Aspect of the Cheetah stay yours.
What it does for you

Built for Survival.

01

Cooldowns that line up

Your Survival cooldowns go when the priority says so, not when a timer runs out.

02

AoE when it pays

Area spells only once enough enemies are around you. You pick the number.

03

Kicks and stuns

Interrupts on the casts that matter, and no wasted casts on mobs that are immune.

04

DoTs on every mob

Rest your mouse on another enemy and your missing DoT goes there. Your target never changes.

05

The right spell rank

Highest, smart or a fixed rank for every spell, so you never waste mana.

06

Immunity learning

It learns which mobs shrug off your spells and stops casting them there.

In the rotation

Survival spells it uses.

Lines for spells you don't have are skipped, so it follows your talents.

Call PetMend PetAspect of the MonkeyAspect of the HawkHunter's MarkRapid FireSummon HawkRaptor StrikeMongoose BiteStrider KickCounterattackImmolation TrapLacerateMulti-ShotVolleySerpent StingAimed ShotArcane Shot
Tuning

Tune Survival your way.

A few of the settings you can change in game, shown with their default.

  • When your pet is below 40% health
  • With 2 or more mobs (at range)
  • Volley (40, lands at your mouse) with 3 or more mobs
  • Immolation Trap in melee (all traps share one 30 s cooldown - off keeps Freezing Trap ready) - on by default
  • Arcane Shot at 40% mana or more
  • DoTs on the mob under your mouse (spread): only at 30% mana or more
Hunter

Other Hunter specs.

Every spec

All ClassicBridge rotations.

ClassicBridge

Play Survival Hunter with the helper.

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