Introduction
Hey, I'm Symex, and welcome to my Survival Hunter guide.
I have been playing Survival Hunter since its rework in BFA and have been pushing keys and raiding with survival ever since. You will also see me complaining about survival in the Trueshotlodge (Hunter Discord).
This guide is based on PTR testing and will be updated with the release of 11.2
What has changed
Patch 11.2 Changes for Survival Hunter
11.2 has brought some new balance changes to class, spec and hero talents. Which, on top of offering a new tier set which will change the way survival will be played. More of that is explained in its respective sections. But some of the highlights are:
- Wildfirebombs initial damage increased by 50%
- Sentinels final node is getting a mini rework to reset the cooldown of wildfirebomb
- Cull the Herd is being redesigned, causing killshot to cause a bleed for 30% of killshots damage
These are some very welcome buffs and changes to cause Survival’s AoE potential to be increased on top of sentinels rotation in general feeling smoother.
Patch 11.1.7 Changes for Survival Hunter
For 11.1.7 there are no significant class changes for Survival Hunter. There is however the addition of the new D.I.S.C belt. To learn more about unlocking the DISC belt, you can read Method's DISC Belt Guide. For Survival Hunter specific recommendations you can head to the gearing section in this guide.
Patch 11.5 Changes for Survival Hunter
Although survival has not received any direct changes, since 11.1 Pack leader has received some pretty significant buffs making it survivals go to hero talent tree for single target situations.
Patch 11.1 Changes for Survival Hunter
Patch 11.1 has introduced many changes to survival. The biggest changes are reworks to Pack Leader, changing butchery and flanking strike into a choice node and much needed buffs to Mongoose bite.