Survival Hunter PvP guide

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Synced 2v2 players

1,740

Average rating sampled

2,410

Highest rating sampled

PvP talents

The three dedicated PvP slots, measured from Battle.net profiles.

Live ladder data

Survival Tactics

69%

Feign Death reduces damage taken by 90% for 2 sec.

41 players

Scatter Shot

56%

A short-range shot that deals 131 damage, removes all harmful damage over time effects, and incapacitates the target for 3 sec. Any damage caused will remove the effect. Turns off your attack when used.

33 players

Chimaeral Sting

37%

Stings the target, dealing 4,381 Nature damage and initiating a series of venoms. Each lasts 3 sec and applies the next effect after the previous one ends. Scorpid Venom: 90% reduced movement speed. Spider Venom: Silenced. Viper Venom: 20% reduced damage and healing.

22 players

Mending Bandage

22%

Instantly clears all bleeds, poisons, and diseases from the target, and heals for 18% damage over 6 sec. Being attacked will stop you from using Mending Bandage.

13 players

Sticky Tar Bomb

15%

Throw a Sticky Tar Bomb that coats your target's weapons with tar, disarming them for 4 sec. After 4 sec, Sticky Tar Bomb explodes onto nearby enemies. Other enemies that are hit by the explosion are affected by Sticky Tar Bomb but this effect cannot spread further.

9 players

Tracker's Net

14%

Hurl a net at your enemy, rooting them for 6 sec. While within the net, the target's chance to hit is reduced by 80%. Any damage will break the net.

8 players

Diamond Ice

Victims of Freezing Trap can no longer be damaged or healed. Freezing Trap is now undispellable, but has a 4 sec duration.

2 players

Hunting Pack

Aspect of the Cheetah has 50% reduced cooldown and grants its effects to allies within 30 yds.

1 players

Combat toolkit

Common high-rated choices grouped by purpose. This is a PvP toolkit, not a fake raid rotation.

Pressure & burst

Combat Experience
Combat Experience100%
Your Agility is increased by 3%.
Improved Aspect of the Turtle
Improved Aspect of the Turtle100%
The cooldown of Aspect of the Turtle is reduced by 30 sec.
Natural Mending
Natural Mending100%

Most played equipment

Top two choices per slot among the highest-rated hydrated profiles.

Back

Venomous Aspirant's Cape

56% equipped · 263 ilvl

Back

Venomous Aspirant's Greatcloak

22% equipped · 263 ilvl

Chest

Venomous Aspirant's Chain Tunic

54% equipped · 263 ilvl

Survival Hunter enchantments

Enchanted: +41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina86%
Enchanted: Enchant Shoulders - Akil'zon's Swiftness64%
Enchanted: Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt59%

Talent choices across 59 synced characters playing this specialisation. These are observed picks, not recommendations — they say what the ladder is doing, not what you should do.

Where builds differ

Taken by between 15% and 90% of players. This is where the real decisions are.

Arcane Talons90%
53 players · Hero
Can't Miss, Won't Miss90%
53 players · Hero
Conditioning90%
53 players · Hero
Don't Look Back90%
53 players · Hero
Invigorating Pulse90%
53 players · Hero
Lunar Calling90%
53 players · Hero
Lunar Storm90%
53 players · Hero
Moon's Blessing90%
53 players · Hero
Moonlight Chakram90%
53 players · Hero
Open Fire90%
53 players · Hero
Pathfinding90%
53 players · Class
Radiant Edge90%
53 players · Hero
Sanctified Armaments90%
53 players · Hero
Sentinel90%
53 players · Hero
Stalk and Strike90%
53 players · Hero
Born To Be Wild88%
52 players · Class
Flanked88%
52 players · Specialization
Sweeping Spear88%
52 players · Specialization
Tar-Coated Bindings88%
52 players · Class
Improved Traps86%
51 players · Class
Improved Wildfire Bomb86%
51 players · Specialization
Savagery86%
51 players · Specialization
Improved Aspect of the Cheetah80%
47 players · Class
Lone Survivor78%
46 players · Class
Twin Fangs78%
46 players · Specialization
Hunter's Avoidance75%
44 players · Class
Two Against Many75%
44 players · Specialization
Disruptive Rounds59%
35 players · Class
Keen Eyesight58%
34 players · Class
Improved Snaring41%
24 players · Class
Concussive Shot39%
23 players · Class
Scare Beast34%
20 players · Class
Flanker's Advantage31%
18 players · Specialization
Killer Companion27%
16 players · Specialization
Wildfire Infusion25%
15 players · Specialization
Emergency Salve20%
12 players · Class

Near-universal picks (42)taken by 90%+ — effectively baseline

Combat Experience100%
59 players · Class
Improved Aspect of the Turtle100%
59 players · Class
Natural Mending100%
59 players · Class

Rarely taken (69)under 15% — situational or out of favour

Lethal Calibration14%
8 players · Specialization
Kindling Flare10%
6 players · Class
Wilderness Medicine10%
6 players · Class

Import a real build

Loadouts from the highest-rated synced players of this specialisation. Paste straight into the game.

Reviam
ravencrest · EU2,410
Mvrx
ravencrest · EU2,160
Macrolaim
outland · EU2,140
Chadulous
frostmourne · US2,131
Reyuji
ravencrest · EU2,110

Survival Hunter

Rated PvP data

Secondary stats