Survival Hunter Gearing Guide

Patch 10.2.5 Last Updated: 1st Feb, 2024
Symex Survival Hunter Author
Symex

Gear

Tier Sets

In Dragonflight Season 3 we also have access to a new tier set.

The Survival Hunter Tier Set has the following effect:

  • (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 seconds.
  • (4) Set Bonus: Fury of the Eagle throws a free Wildfire Bomb at your current target at 100% effectiveness, generates 1 charge of Wildfire Bomb, and increases the damage Wildfire Bomb deals to your primary target by 40% for 12 seconds.

Survivals 10.2 Tier set is extremely strong and will provide survival with much needed burst. Fury of the eagle will now be a mandatory pick in all content. To optimally make use of it you will now want to get as much damage out after your fury of the eagle cast to make use of the additional 15% crit and Crit damage.

Survival Hunter Best in Slot Gear

You should still prioritise the gear you use by running a sim for your character, but the lists below will give you a good idea of what items are considered good for Survival Hunter, and help you target the right content for each piece of loot.

Overall Best Gear for Survival Hunter

Slot Item Source
Head Snake Eater's Cowl Volcoross
Neck Amulet of Eonar's Chosen Nymue
Shoulders Blazing Dreamstalker's Finest Hunt Catalyst
Cloak Inflammable Drapeleaf Gnarlroot
Chest Blazing Dreamstalker's Scaled Hauberk Catalyst
Wrist Adaptive Dracothyst Armguards Crafting
Gloves Blazing Dreamstalker's Skinners Catalyst
Belt Forlorn Leaf Clasp Gnarlroot
Legs Blazing Dreamstalker's Shellgreaves Catalyst
Boots Flame-Touched Treads Crafting
Ring Thornwoven Band Waycrest Manor
Ring Signet of the Last Elder Igira the Cruel
Trinket Cataclysmic Signet Brand Smolderon
Trinket My'das Talisman Atal'Dazar
Weapon Rashon, the Immortal Blaze Fyrakk

Best Gear from the Raid for Survival Hunter

Slot Item Source
Head Snake Eater's Cowl Volcoross
Neck Amulet of Eonar's Chosen Nymue
Shoulders Blazing Dreamstalker's Finest Hunt Smolderon or Catalyst
Cloak Inflammable Drapeleaf Gnarlroot
Chest Blazing Dreamstalker's Scaled Hauberk Nymue or Catalyst
Wrist Wellspring Wristlets Nymue
Gloves Blazing Dreamstalker's Skinners Igira the Cruel or Catalyst
Belt Forlorn Leaf Clasp Gnarlroot
Legs Blazing Dreamstalker's Shellgreaves Larodar or Catalyst
Boots Cleats of the Savage Claw Urctos
Ring Signet of the Last Elder Igira the Cruel
Ring Band of Burning Thorns Larodar
Trinket Cataclysmic Signet Brand Smolderon
Trinket Bandolier of Twisted Blades Igira the Cruel
Weapon Rashon, the Immortal Blaze Fyrakk

Best Gear from Mythic+ for Survival Hunter

Slot Item Source
Head Loszkeleth's Blighted Skullhelm Dawn of the Infinite: Galakrond's Fall
Neck Ironshell Pendant Throne of the Tides
Shoulders Blazing Dreamstalker's Finest Hunt Catalyst
Cloak Shadowfeather Shawl Black Rook Hold
Chest Blazing Dreamstalker's Scaled Hauberk Catalyst
Wrist Blighted Grasp Bracers Darkheart Thicket
Gloves Blazing Dreamstalker's Skinners Catalyst
Belt Waistguard of Deteriorating Grace Waycrest Manor
Legs Blazing Dreamstalker's Shellgreaves Catalyst
Boots Souldrifting Sabatons Atal'Dazar
Ring Seal of the Regal Loa Atal'Dazar
Ring Thornwoven Band Waycrest Manor
Trinket Accelerating Sandglass Dawn of the Infinite: Galakrond's Fall
Trinket My'das Talisman Atal'Dazar
Weapon Borrowed Time Dawn of the Infinite: Murozond's Rise

Crafted Gear

Survival Hunter has a couple of viable options for crafted gear. 

Acidic Hailstone Treads are generally your highest DPS embellishment. You can even double down on it by combining it with Toxified Armor Patch, which in return will be your highest overall combination of embellishments by about 1%. But they come with the huge downside of decreasing your basic movement speed by 20%. I generally do not recommend this combination.

Adaptive Dracothyst Armguards is a good embellishment with no downsides besides being a little bit reliant on the taking damage proc to maximize its potential.

Elemental Lariat is a generally a strong option. Its main downside is having to be fully socketed to maximize its potential. I would only recommend it once you can ensure you have a fully socketed gear.

Trinkets

Cataclysmic Signet Brand is your strongest single target option. Although it deals some damage to yourself, it is generally worth picking this trinket in any raid encounter. Unfortunately, the stacks fall off very fast while you are out of combat, which makes this trinket suboptimal in Mythic+.

Bandolier of Twisted Blades is a very strong single target trinket which also scales well into AOE situations, making it a good trinket in every situation.

Mydas Talisman is your second strongest single target option. Unfortunately, it does not scale into AOE situations like other trinkets, so it is only recommended for strictly single target boss fights.

Mirror of Fractured Tomorrows is your strongest AOE option; its 3 minute cooldown lets you set up huge burst windows, making this trinket extremely good in add fights and Mythic+ situations.

Accelerating Sandglass is a strong AOE option. However, its single target is generally subpar, making it mainly an option for Mythic+.