Gear
Tier Sets
In Dragonflight Season 4 we are going back to the Survival Season 1 tier-set.
The Survival Hunter Season 4 Tier Set has the following effect:
- 2-Set - Raptor Strike / Mongoose Bite, Carve, and Butchery damage increased by 15%
- 4-Set - Raptor Strike, Mongoose Bite, Carve, and Butchery have a 20% chance to make your next Raptor Strike, Mongoose Bite, Carve, and Butchery cost no Focus and deal 50% increased damage.
This set was extremely strong in Season 1, making us a top tier single target DPS spec which mainly focused on mongoose bite to the point of making us not use bombs in certain situations. However, due to mongoose bite nerfs across the expansion and buffs to our other abilities this set will be less impressive for us.
This set will still be a mainly single target focused tier set, but survival will not have as impressive single target damage as in Season 1, while also having mediocre (to bad) AoE DPS.
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 | Eranog's Adorned Sallet | Eranog |
| Neck | Eye of the Vengeful Hurricane | Dathea, Ascended |
| Shoulders | Stormwing Harrier's Pinions | Tier Token / Catalyst |
| Cloak | Voice of the Silent Star | Sarkareth |
| Chest | Stormwing Harrier's Cuirass | Tier Token / Catalyst |
| Wrist | Adaptive Dracothyst Armguards | Leatherworking |
| Gloves | Stormwing Harrier's Handguards | Tier Token / Catalyst |
| Belt | Forlorn Leaf Clasp | Gnarlroot |
| Legs | Stormwing Harrier's Greaves | Tier Token / Catalyst |
| Boots | Acidic Hailstone Treads | Crafting |
| Ring | Eternal Sentry's Ring | Uldaman |
| Ring | Seal of Diurna's Chosen | Eranog |
| Trinket | Cataclysmic Signet Brand | Smolderon |
| Trinket | Elementium Pocket Anvil | The Amalgamation Chamber |
| Weapon | Rashon, the Immortal Blaze | Fyrakk |
Best Gear from the Raid for Survival Hunter
| Slot | Item | Source |
| Head | Snake Eater's Cowl | Volcoross |
| Neck | Kagni's Scorching Talisman | Assault of the Zaqali |
| Shoulders | Stormwing Harrier's Pinions | Tier Token / Catalyst |
| Cloak | Voice of the Silent Star | Sarkareth |
| Chest | Stormwing Harrier's Cuirass | Tier Token / Catalyst |
| Wrist | Adaptive Dracothyst Armguards | Leatherworking |
| Gloves | Stormwing Harrier's Handguards | Tier Token / Catalyst |
| Belt | Forlorn Leaf Clasp | Gnarlroot |
| Legs | Stormwing Harrier's Greaves | Tier Token / Catalyst |
| Boots | Acidic Hailstone Treads | Leatherworking |
| Ring | Tormentor's Siphoning Signet | Rashok |
| Ring | Seal of Diurna's Chosen | Eranog |
| Trinket | Cataclysmic Signet Brand | Smolderon |
| Trinket | Elementium Pocket Anvil | The Amalgamation Chamber |
| Weapon | Rashon, the Immortal Blaze | Fyrakk |
Best Gear from Mythic+ for Survival Hunter
| Slot | Item | Source |
| Head | Helm of Hardened Gold | Neltharus |
| Neck | Elemental Lariat | Jewelcrafting |
| Shoulders | Stormwing Harrier's Pinions | Catalyst |
| Cloak | Potion-Stained Cloak | Algeth'ar Academy |
| Chest | Stormwing Harrier's Cuirass | Catalyst |
| Wrist | Adaptive Dracothyst Armguards | Leatherworking |
| Gloves | Stormwing Harrier's Handguards | Catalyst |
| Belt | Gatekeeper's Girdle | Uldaman |
| Legs | Stormwing Harrier's Greaves | Catalyst |
| Boots | Boots of Explosive Growth | Algeth'ar Academy |
| Ring | Eternal Sentry's Ring | Uldaman |
| Ring | Thunderous Downburst Ring | The Nokhud Offensive |
| Trinket | Ruby Whelp Shell | Ruby Life Pools |
| Trinket | Homeland Raid Horn | Uldaman |
| Weapon | Backdraft Cleaver | Ruby Life Pools |
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
Manic Grieftorch: By far your best trinket, performing well in both single target and AoE situations. This is your go-to trinket in most PvE content.
Storm-Eater's Boon: 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. The downside of this trinket is being unable to move during the duration of the trinket. Thankfully Aspect of the Turtle’s cooldown lines up perfectly with this trinket’s cooldown, letting you partially be able to mitigate the downsides.
Whispering Incarnate Icon: A very strong stat stick trinket which performs well in Single target and AoE. However, to get the most out of the trinket, it has to be used alongside healer/tanks wearing the same trinket.
Cataclysmic Signet Brand: is a strong single target option. Although it deals some damage to yourself, it is generally worth picking this trinket in single target raid encounters. Unfortunately, the stacks fall off very fast while you are out of combat, which makes this trinket sub-optimal in Mythic+.
Elementium Pocket Anvil: Similar to Cataclysmic Signet Brand, but without the downside of having it deal damage to yourself.