Survival Hunter Leveling Guide

11.0.5 - The War Within

Last Updated:October 24, 2024|Changelog

Welcome to the Survival Hunter leveling guide for the World of Warcraft patch 11.0! In this guide, you find a small overview of good talents to pick, a simplified rotation as well as a shopping list to prepare you for your leveling journey!
If you are already level 80, don't hesitate to check out the Mythic+ or Raid guide instead!

Talents

Patch 11.0.5 - The War Within
Survival Hunter
Sentinel Level 70
Sentinel Survival Hunter leveling Talents

Spec Tree

  • Coordinated Assault + Symbiotic Adrenaline
    • Is your main cooldown every minute.
  • Fury of the Eagle + Ruthless Marauder
    • Is your AoE cooldown preferably used on targets below 50% HP.
  • Flanking Strike + Exposed Flank
    • High damage ability to buff with Tip of the Spear.
    • Exposed Flank makes it cleave and causes your Kill Command to cleave additional targets for 10 seconds.
  • Terms of Engagement
    • Mainly to reset the cooldown of your Harpoon.

Class Tree

  • Wilderness Medicine
    • To heal your pet more and dispel any negative effects.
  • No Hard Feelings
    • Reduces the damage your pet takes for 5 seconds when you Misdirection it.

Hero Talents

  • For the same reasons as when you reach level 80, Sentinel outperforms Pack Leader and is your preferred pick.
  • The hero talents will be mainly passive, not affecting your rotation in any way.
  • When you get Lunar Storm, try to keep the enemies in its area.

Leveling Talent Points

  • Talent point allocation
    • 1. Level 71
    • 2. Level 72
    • 3. Level 73
    • 4. Level 74
    • 5. Level 75
    • 6. Level 76
    • 7. Level 77
    • 8. Level 78
    • 9. Level 79
    • 10. Level 80
Milestones: 0 / 10
1. Level 71
  • Choose Sentinel as your Hero Talent.
  • Pick Sentinel Precision.
2. Level 72
  • Pick Invigorating Pulse.
3. Level 73
  • Pick Overwatch.
4. Level 74
  • Pick Lunar Storm.
5. Level 75
  • Pick Extrapolated Shots.
6. Level 76
  • Pick Don't Look Back.
7. Level 77
  • Pick Release and Reload.
8. Level 78
  • Pick Sentinel Watch.
9. Level 79
  • Pick Sideline.
10. Level 80
  • Pick Symphonic Arsenal.

Rotation

Patch 11.0.5 - The War Within
Survival Hunter

Single-Target

  • You want to use your heavy-hitting abilities with the Tip of the Spear buff.
Survival Hunter Single-Target leveling opener
  • Use Harpoon as a gap closer.
  • Use as many Wildfire Bomb as possible.
  • Use Coordinated Assault when at 0 Wildfire Bomb stacks.
  • Use Kill Shot to finish off low enemies.

AoE

  • The general idea stays the same as in Single-Target, the main difference is that when you run out of Wildfire Bomb, you use Butchery.
Survival Hunter AoE leveling opener

Shopping List

Patch 11.0.5 - The War Within
Survival Hunter
  • Consumables
    • 1. Phial
    • 2. Food
    • 3. DPS Potion
    • 4. Heal Potion
    • 5. Weapon Rune
    • 6. Augment Rune
  • Utility
    • 7. Goblin Glider Kit
    • 8. Gunshoes
    • 9. Mount Equipment
  • Experience Gains
    • 10. Banner of Cooperation
    • 11. Standard of Unity
    • 12. Battle Standard of Coordination
Milestones: 0 / 12
1. Phial
  • 20x Phial of Tepid Versatility
2. Food
  • 40x Fried Bonefish
3. DPS Potion
  • 40x Elemental Potion of Ultimate Power
4. Heal Potion
  • 80x Potion of Withering Dreams
5. Weapon Rune
  • 4x Howling Rune
6. Augment Rune
  • Dreambound Augment Rune -- Requires Reputation
    or
  • 10x Draconic Augment Rune
7. Goblin Glider Kit
  • 20x Goblin Glider Kit
    • Nice to either prevent yourself from dying to fall damage or to fly over small gaps without mounting up.
8. Gunshoes
  • 20x Gunshoes
    • Use to gain a 200% movement speed & water walking buff for 25 seconds.
    • Use the "walk" toggle to slow down if you want to hand in quests.
9. Mount Equipment
  • Buy 1x Light-Step Hoofplates and use it as your mount equipment.
10. Banner of Cooperation

Buy this Banner on your faction's Guild Vendor.

  • Horde/Orgrimmar: Banner of Cooperation
  • Alliance/Stormwind: Banner of Cooperation
11. Standard of Unity

Buy this Banner on your faction's Guild Vendor.

  • Horde/Orgrimmar: Standard of Unity
  • Alliance/Stormwind: Standard of Unity
12. Battle Standard of Coordination

Buy this Banner on your faction's Guild Vendor.

  • Horde/Orgrimmar: Battle Standard of Coordination
  • Alliance/Stormwind: Battle Standard of Coordination

Credits

Written by: Soda

Reviewed by: Xerwo

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