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Pack Leader Survival Hunter PvE Guide For Mythic+

Hunter class icon Survival Hunter specialization icon
Survival Hunter
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Pack Leader
The War Within Season 1
Based on 50 Characters
From 2734 to 3492 Rating

Welcome to Murlok.io's PvE guide for Pack Leader Survival Hunters in Mythic+ Dungeons. This guide covers the best stats, races, talents, gear, embellishments, enchantments, and gems for Patch 11.0.7, based on data from the top 50 Pack Leader Survival Hunters in The War Within Season 1 across the US, EU, KR, and TW regions. This includes Grimshunter (Illidan US) , who is currently the highest-ranked with a rating of 3492.

Updated every 12 hours with the latest data from the Battle.net API , this guide also examines each character's recent playtime, specialization frequency, and equipment choices for greater accuracy.

Top Survival Hunters

  1. Grimshunter's icon
    1
    Grimshunter
    Illidan (US)
    Orc | Pack Leader | 639 ilvl
    3492
  2. Cosmicqt's icon
    2
    Cosmicqt
    Sargeras (US)
    Dwarf | Pack Leader | 639 ilvl
    3473
  3. Lecram's icon
    3
    Lecram
    Aegwynn (EU)
    Dark Iron Dwarf | Pack Leader | 638 ilvl
    3410
  4. Snoopdawg's icon
    4
    Snoopdawg
    Kazzak (EU)
    Orc | Pack Leader | 639 ilvl
    3404
  5. Whunt's icon
    5
    Whunt
    Tarren Mill (EU)
    Dwarf | Pack Leader | 640 ilvl
    3399

Stat Priority

Stats are crucial attributes that influence a character's power in World of Warcraft. They determine the character's strength and overall playstyle. Stat bonuses can be found on various equipment pieces, consumables created by Alchemy, certain foods, some enchantments, and gems.

Each stat experiences diminishing returns once its equipped bonus reaches +20%. Optimizing a character's performance involves finding a balanced distribution. Here is the optimal way to balance Pack Leader Survival Hunter secondary and minor stats for Mythic+:

Secondary Stats

+13057
33% Critical Strike
+9415
14% Haste
+13865
24% Mastery
+1992
3% Versatility
  1. Mastery
  2. Critical Strike
  3. Haste
  4. Versatility

Minor Stats

+1568
3% Avoidance
+1003
1% Leech
+462
3% Speed
  1. Avoidance
  2. Leech
  3. Speed

Class Talents

Talents are the main element defining a character's build, significantly influencing playstyle by adding, modifying, and enhancing abilities and behaviors. They are crucial in shaping how a character functions in battle.

Class talents represent a common tree shared across all Hunter specializations. These talents provide foundational skills and enhancements essential to the Hunter class. They offer a range of abilities that lay the groundwork for a Hunter's overall capabilities. The following tree reproduces the in-game class talents disposition as a heatmap. Each color represents the usage frequency and general recommendation level of the talents:

  1. Most frequently used talents, highly recommended for optimal performance.
  2. Widely used talents offering flexibility for alternative choices or personal preference.
  3. Less commonly selected talents, typically chosen to fill necessary slots for advancing to the next tier.

Specialization Talents

Specialization talents provide Pack Leader Survival Hunters with unique abilities and enhancements tailored to their combat style. The following tree reproduces the in-game specialization talents disposition and shows the best talents as a heatmap:

  1. Most frequently used talents, highly recommended for optimal performance.
  2. Widely used talents offering flexibility for alternative choices or personal preference.
  3. Less commonly selected talents, typically chosen to fill necessary slots for advancing to the next tier.

Hero Talents

Hero talents allow deeper customization of the Survival Hunter class fantasy, enhancing character builds. The following trees show the Sentinel and Pack Leader hero talents as a heatmap, highlighting the most effective choices:

  1. Most frequently used talents, highly recommended for optimal performance.
  2. Widely used talents offering flexibility for alternative choices or personal preference.
  3. Less commonly selected talents, typically chosen to fill necessary slots for advancing to the next tier.

Sentinel hero talent icon Sentinel

Pack Leader hero talent icon Pack Leader

Best In Slot Gear

Gear consists of items that directly determine a character's power level. It can be acquired from various sources: dungeons, raids, world drops, crafted through professions, obtained from PvP vendors, or chosen as rewards from the Great Vault.

Each piece of gear significantly boosts a character's overall strength and capabilities. Here are the top items for Pack Leader Survival Hunters in Mythic+, tailored for each equipment slot:

Head

  1. Lightless Scavenger's Skull icon
    Set
    Lightless Scavenger's Skull
    46
  2. Rattling Deadeye Hood icon
    Rattling Deadeye Hood
    2
  3. Cryptbound Headpiece icon
    Cryptbound Headpiece
    1
  4. Glyph-Etched Guise icon
    Craft
    Glyph-Etched Guise
    1

Neck

  1. Trailspinner Pendant icon
    Trailspinner Pendant
    15
  2. Sureki Zealot's Insignia icon
    Sureki Zealot's Insignia
    14
  3. Amulet of Earthen Craftsmanship icon
    Craft
    Amulet of Earthen Craftsmanship
    10
  4. \
    "Emergency Stop" Keychain
    6
  5. Locket of Broken Memories icon
    Locket of Broken Memories
    4

Shoulders

  1. Lightless Scavenger's Taxidermy icon
    Set
    Lightless Scavenger's Taxidermy
    48
  2. Glyph-Etched Epaulets icon
    Craft
    Glyph-Etched Epaulets
    1
  3. Whispering Voidlight Spaulders icon
    Whispering Voidlight Spaulders
    1

Back

  1. Wings of Shattered Sorrow icon
    Wings of Shattered Sorrow
    17
  2. Consecrated Cloak icon
    Craft
    Consecrated Cloak
    13
  3. Royal Emblem of Nerub-ar icon
    Royal Emblem of Nerub-ar
    8
  4. Lightless Scavenger's Hide icon
    Lightless Scavenger's Hide
    5
  5. Troggstitched Drape icon
    Troggstitched Drape
    4

Chest

  1. Lightless Scavenger's Tunic icon
    Set
    Lightless Scavenger's Tunic
    47
  2. Coagulum Cuirass icon
    Coagulum Cuirass
    1
  3. Glyph-Etched Breastplate icon
    Craft
    Glyph-Etched Breastplate
    1
  4. Goresplattered Membrane icon
    Goresplattered Membrane
    1

Wrist

  1. Glyph-Etched Vambraces icon
    Craft
    Glyph-Etched Vambraces
    35
  2. Throne Defender's Bangles icon
    Throne Defender's Bangles
    6
  3. Penumbral Rimeguards icon
    Penumbral Rimeguards
    4
  4. Lightless Scavenger's Wristguards icon
    Lightless Scavenger's Wristguards
    2
  5. Ky'veza's Covert Clasps icon
    Ky'veza's Covert Clasps
    1

Hands

  1. Glyph-Etched Gauntlets icon
    Craft
    Glyph-Etched Gauntlets
    30
  2. Lightless Scavenger's Mitts icon
    Set
    Lightless Scavenger's Mitts
    20

Waist

  1. Lightless Scavenger's Bonegirdle icon
    Lightless Scavenger's Bonegirdle
    20
  2. Glyph-Etched Binding icon
    Craft
    Glyph-Etched Binding
    16
  3. Lost Watcher's Remains icon
    Lost Watcher's Remains
    4
  4. Reinforced Anti-Intruder Chainmail icon
    Reinforced Anti-Intruder Chainmail
    3
  5. Anchor Chain Girdle icon
    Anchor Chain Girdle
    2

Legs

  1. Lightless Scavenger's Stalkings icon
    Set
    Lightless Scavenger's Stalkings
    46
  2. Glyph-Etched Cuisses icon
    Craft
    Glyph-Etched Cuisses
    4

Feet

  1. Glyph-Etched Stompers icon
    Craft
    Glyph-Etched Stompers
    17
  2. Rasha'nan's Grotesque Talons icon
    Rasha'nan's Grotesque Talons
    9
  3. Lightless Scavenger's Footpads icon
    Lightless Scavenger's Footpads
    8
  4. Sure-Foot Sabatons icon
    Sure-Foot Sabatons
    5
  5. Dark Iron Chain Boots icon
    Dark Iron Chain Boots
    4

Rings

  1. Cyrce's Circlet icon
    Cyrce's Circlet
    49
  2. Umbriss Band icon
    Umbriss Band
    17
  3. Ring of Earthen Craftsmanship icon
    Craft
    Ring of Earthen Craftsmanship
    16
  4. Band of the Roving Scalawag icon
    Band of the Roving Scalawag
    6
  5. Seal of the Poisoned Pact icon
    Seal of the Poisoned Pact
    6

Trinkets

  1. Skardyn's Grace icon
    Skardyn's Grace
    44
  2. Ara-Kara Sacbrood icon
    Ara-Kara Sacbrood
    24
  3. Empowering Crystal of Anub'ikkaj icon
    Empowering Crystal of Anub'ikkaj
    13
  4. Mad Queen's Mandate icon
    Mad Queen's Mandate
    12
  5. Shadow-Binding Ritual Knife icon
    Shadow-Binding Ritual Knife
    2

Main Hand

  1. Honored Executioner's Perforator icon
    Honored Executioner's Perforator
    26
  2. Harvester's Interdiction icon
    Harvester's Interdiction
    10
  3. Charged Halberd icon
    Craft
    Charged Halberd
    9
  4. Endoskeletal Polecrank icon
    Endoskeletal Polecrank
    2
  5. Vagabond's Careful Crutch icon
    Craft
    Vagabond's Careful Crutch
    2

Embellishments

Embellishments are unique effects associated with crafted items, either as predefined elements in a recipe or added with an optional embellishment reagent, creating embellished gear. These enhancements diversify and amplify characters' capabilities.

Given that only a maximum of two embellished items can be equipped at a time, here are the best embellishments for Pack Leader Survival Hunters in Mythic+:

  1. Glyph-Etched Vambraces icon
    Dawnthread Lining
    88
  2. Glyph-Etched Vambraces icon
    Writhing Armor Banding
    5
  3. Charged Halberd icon
    Ascendance
    3
  4. Vambraces of Deepening Darkness icon
    Deepening Darkness
    1
  5. Vagabond's Careful Crutch icon
    Vivacity
    1

Enchantments

Enchantments provide minor yet valuable enhancements to various items, including Back, Chest, Wrist, Legs, Rings, Feet, Main Hand, and Off Hand.

Most enchantments are crafted via the Enchanting profession. However, Legs enhancements are crafted by Leatherworkers.

Enchantments are usually available at the auction house, making them accessible for upgrades. Here is a list of the top enchantments for Pack Leader Survival Hunters in Mythic+, essential for optimizing combat effectiveness:

Back

  1. Chant of Winged Grace icon
    Chant of Winged Grace
    36
  2. Chant of Leeching Fangs icon
    Chant of Leeching Fangs
    12
  3. +355 Avoidance icon
    +355 Avoidance
    1

Chest

  1. Crystalline Radiance icon
    Crystalline Radiance
    50

Wrist

  1. +1090 Avoidance icon
    +1090 Avoidance
    35
  2. +2040 Leech icon
    +2040 Leech
    10
  3. +1000 Speed icon
    +1000 Speed
    1

Legs

  1. Stormbound Armor Kit icon
    Stormbound Armor Kit
    47
  2. Defender's Armor Kit icon
    Defender's Armor Kit
    3

Feet

  1. Defender's March icon
    Defender's March
    40
  2. Scout's March icon
    Scout's March
    7
  3. Plainsrunner's Breeze icon
    Plainsrunner's Breeze
    1

Ring 1

  1. +315 Mastery icon
    +315 Mastery
    30
  2. +315 Critical Strike icon
    +315 Critical Strike
    8
  3. +315 Haste icon
    +315 Haste
    6

Ring 2

  1. +315 Mastery icon
    +315 Mastery
    35
  2. +315 Critical Strike icon
    +315 Critical Strike
    8
  3. Cursed Critical Strike icon
    Cursed Critical Strike
    3

Main Hand

  1. Authority of Radiant Power icon
    Authority of Radiant Power
    42
  2. Stonebound Artistry icon
    Stonebound Artistry
    5
  3. Authority of the Depths icon
    Authority of the Depths
    3

Gems

Gems are crafted stones from the Jewelcrafting profession that provide stat bonuses to improve gear and fine-tune character stats. These gems can be socketed into various item slots, including Head, Neck, Wrist, Waist, and Rings.

While the availability of sockets on these items is generally random when they drop, Head, Wrist, and Waist items can have a single socket added using the Nerubian Gemweaver , which costs 6 Algari Token of Merit obtained from the Great Vault.

Additionally, for non-PvP Neck and Rings items, sockets can be added with the Magnificent Jeweler's Setting . This item, crafted by Jewelcrafters, can increase the number of sockets to 2 for Neck and Rings slots.

Available through both the auction house and the crafting order system, the following are the top gem choices for Pack Leader Survival Hunters in Mythic+:

  1. Deadly Onyx icon
    Deadly Onyx
    98
  2. Masterful Ruby icon
    Masterful Ruby
    52
  3. Culminating Blasphemite icon
    Culminating Blasphemite
    47
  4. Quick Onyx icon
    Quick Onyx
    22
  5. Quick Ruby icon
    Quick Ruby
    21

Citrine Gems

Citrine Gems are a new type of gem socketed into the Cyrce’s Circlet : a powerful ring introduced in World of Warcraft’s The War Within 11.0.7 patch. These gems provide a versatile range of effects to enhance performance in battle.

Obtained through various activities on Siren Isle, Citrine Gems are a compelling choice for adventurers wielding the Cyrce’s Circlet. Here are the best Citrine Gems for Pack Leader Survival Hunter in Mythic+:

Thunder Citrine

  1. Stormbringer's Runed Citrine icon
    Stormbringer's Runed Citrine
    42
  2. Thunderlord's Crackling Citrine icon
    Thunderlord's Crackling Citrine
    6
  3. Roaring War-Queen's Citrine icon
    Roaring War-Queen's Citrine
    1

Sea Citrine

  1. Fathomdweller's Runed Citrine icon
    Fathomdweller's Runed Citrine
    49

Wind Citrine

  1. Legendary Skipper's Citrine icon
    Legendary Skipper's Citrine
    39
  2. Windsinger's Runed Citrine icon
    Windsinger's Runed Citrine
    10

Races

Each race in World of Warcraft has unique traits that enhance abilities or improve in-game quality of life. Although these racial traits offer minor advantages, they can provide a competitive edge in certain scenarios.

With Night Elf currently being the top race for Pack Leader Survival Hunters in Mythic+, here are the other races that also stand out due to their advantageous traits:

  1. Night Elf icon
    Night Elf
    9
  2. Orc icon
    Orc
    8
  3. Dwarf icon
    Dwarf
    8
  4. Void Elf icon
    Void Elf
    4
  5. Blood Elf icon
    Blood Elf
    4