Survival Hunter PvP Talents and Builds — The War Within (11.0.5)

Following the 11.0.5 rework, Butchery becomes a staple of Survival rotation because of the powerful bleed effect Merciless Blows. Variations on the Survival side of the talent tree are mostly focused on how many targets you will be able to hit with Butchery and Wildfire Bomb.

If you think it is likely that you will be able to land Butchery on multiple enemies frequently, you may want to swap Bloodseeker for Frenzy Strikes. If you are not worried about mobility and just want to do the maximum damage possible against multiple enemies, you may also want to swap Terms of Engagement for Exposed Flank or Contagious Reagents.

This build uses the Sentinel Hero Talent Tree, which provides a powerful area of effect when you use Wildfire Bomb through Lunar Storm, additional damage through Sentinel procs, a small cooldown reduction to Coordinated Assault through Sentinel Watch and a small amount of crowd control from Catch Out, which gives a root that crucially does not break on damage. Both Hero Talent trees are viable, though, and you can choose whichever you prefer.

Symbiotic Adrenaline is better than Relentless Primal Ferocity in almost all Arena scenarios, as it gives you more frequent access to the baseline 20% damage bonus and mobility from Coordinated Assault, as well as the Wildfire Bomb and Explosive Shot resets from Bombardier.

There are several talents in the Hunter tree that you will want to change regularly based on matchups, which are:

• Scrappy, which is a decent talent but can be moved around if there is another talent that would be more valuable in a matchup
• Keen Eyesight is a good talent for your throughput, but if there is another talent that would be very valuable in a matchup, you can drop points in this talent if needed.
• Hunter's Avoidance is worth taking when the enemy team has heavy area of effect damage.
• Concussive Shot occasionally, you will have games where you can drop this because whoever you need to slow is always in melee. You will still have Wing Clip, which is actually a longer duration slow anyway
• Kodo Tranquilizer is good in almost all 3v3 scenarios but is interchangeable in 2v2 or certain matchups where you do not expect the enemy team to stack at all
• Scout's Instincts if you need mobility, this can help. A target slowed by Concussive Shot cannot catch you with this talent. It can also be combined with Hunting Pack, Moment of Opportunity and Born To Be Wild
• Bursting Shot is occasionally good if you really don't need Scatter Shot, but these scenarios are rare
• Binding Shackles is an optional "nice to have" talent, which you can replace if there's something better for a situation
• Serrated Tips can be good if you have a decent amount of Crit rating on your gear
• Emergency Salve is very good (into Assassination Rogues), decent into Shadow Priests to remove Devouring Plague and makes Subtlety and Outlaw Rogues easier to kite.
• Misdirection is required to play Interlope, which is a powerful PvP talent into casters, although you should be aware of the 20 yard range requirement, and if you are casting Interlope on your pet, make sure you do it while within that range

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Following the 11.0.5 rework, Butchery becomes a staple of Survival rotation because of the powerful bleed effect Merciless Blows. Variations on the Survival side of the talent tree are mostly focused on how many targets you will be able to hit with Butchery and Wildfire Bomb.

If you think it is unlikely that you will be able to land Butchery on cooldown, you may want to swap Frenzy Strikes for Bloodseeker. If you are only going to be attacking one target you should swap Contagious Reagents for Outland Venom.

If you are not worried about mobility and just want to do the maximum damage possible against multiple enemies, you may also want to swap Terms of Engagement for Exposed Flank or Frenzy Strikes.

This build uses the Pack Leader Hero Talent Tree, which provides a substantial increase to your Wildfire Bomb through Howl of the Pack and boosts the potency of your Coordinated Assault through Pack Assault. Pack Leader also gives you powerful on-demand healing with Den Recovery. Both Hero Talent trees are viable, though, and you can choose whichever you prefer.

Symbiotic Adrenaline is better than Relentless Primal Ferocity in almost all Arena scenarios, as it gives you more frequent access to the baseline 20% damage bonus and mobility from Coordinated Assault, as well as the Wildfire Bomb and Explosive Shot resets from Bombardier.

There are several talents in the Hunter tree that you will want to change regularly based on matchups, which are:

• Scrappy, which is a decent talent but can be moved around if there is another talent that would be more valuable in a matchup
• Keen Eyesight is a good talent for your throughput, but if there is another talent that would be very valuable in a matchup, you can drop points in this talent if needed.
• Hunter's Avoidance is worth taking when the enemy team has heavy area of effect damage.
• Concussive Shot occasionally, you will have games where you can drop this because whoever you need to slow is always in melee. You will still have Wing Clip, which is actually a longer duration slow anyway
• Kodo Tranquilizer is good in almost all 3v3 scenarios but is interchangeable in 2v2 or certain matchups where you do not expect the enemy team to stack at all
• Scout's Instincts if you need mobility, this can help. A target slowed by Concussive Shot cannot catch you with this talent. It can also be combined with Hunting Pack, Moment of Opportunity and Born To Be Wild
• Bursting Shot is occasionally good if you really don't need Scatter Shot, but these scenarios are rare
• Binding Shackles is an optional "nice to have" talent, which you can replace if there's something better for a situation
• Serrated Tips can be good if you have a decent amount of Crit rating on your gear
• Emergency Salve is very good (into Assassination Rogues), decent into Shadow Priests to remove Devouring Plague and makes Subtlety and Outlaw Rogues easier to kite.
• Misdirection is required to play Interlope, which is a powerful PvP talent into casters, although you should be aware of the 20 yard range requirement, and if you are casting Interlope on your pet, make sure you do it while within that range

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