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WoW Forever Survival Hunter build, the talents Survival builds take

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WoW Forever Survival Hunter buildFrom the 1,127 Hunter builds that lead in Survival, of 2,693 with 41 or more points planned on this site since the Oct 30 hotfixes to build 70685, recounted a few times a day. Counted by this site's own counter, no identities.

1,127 of the 2,693 Hunter builds with 41 or more points planned here (42%) lead in Survival, since the Oct 30 hotfixes to build 70685. That is more than any other Hunter tree. Every build below opens in the Hunter calculator.

Counted on 1 Nov 2026, recounted a few times a day.

The most popular Survival Hunter build Beast Mastery / Marksmanship / Survival points

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    Survival Hunter 5/11/35

    #1 of every Hunter build by what people did with it since the Oct 30 hotfixes Beast Mastery 5 / Marksmanship 11 / Survival 35 6.3% of every Hunter share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 339 · saved 482 · opened 5,699 · across 41 close builds Maxes Deadly Aspects, Lethal Attacks, Careful Aim, Lone Wolf, Improved Tracking, Savage Strikes and 10 more. Goes to Lacerating Strikes (row 7). Lone Wolf: "You deal 20% increased damage with all attacks while you do not have an active pet."
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The talents Survival Hunter builds take

Of the 1,127 Hunter builds with 41 or more points that lead in Survival, the share with a point in each talent:

In nearly every Survival build, 90% or more: Strider Kick 97% and Surefooted 96%.

In most, 50 to 89%: Savage Strikes 85%, Resourcefulness 85%, Clever Traps 83%, Predator's Edge 83%, Expose Prey 83%, Lightning Reflexes 77%, Survivalist's Discipline 75%, Deterrence 69%, Lacerating Strikes 64%, Improved Tracking 63%, Counterattack 59% and Survivalist 58%.

In some, 20 to 49%: Deflection 49%, Entrapment 45%, Survival Tactics 32% and Improved Wing Clip 22%.

From the other trees, 20% or more: Lethal Attacks 87%, Careful Aim 70%, Deadly Aspects 65%, Lone Wolf 50%, Focused Fire 25%, Rapid Killing 24% and Mortal Shots 21%.

Leveling as Survival, and the level 30 cap

43.9% of the 106,556 Hunter leveling orders recorded here between 18 Sep and 16 Oct 2026 lead in Survival (46,823). The Survival order starts with Improved Tracking, Savage Strikes and Survivalist from level 10, and its first 21 points are Improved Tracking 5, Savage Strikes 2, Survivalist 3, Surefooted 3, Clever Traps 2, Predator's Edge 5 and Expose Prey 1. Open those 21 points at level 30. Every bracket to 60 is on the Hunter leveling order.

At the level 30 cap, the most made 21-point Survival build is 0/0/21: 5.6% of the level 30 Hunter builds counted between 1 and 16 Oct 2026 (23 people-days), maxing Improved Tracking, Savage Strikes, Clever Traps, Surefooted, Predator's Edge and Strider Kick. Load it.

Survival Hunter builds by what they're for

The Survival build players tagged most for each, in the calculator; each opens its list.

Questions

What is the most popular Survival Hunter build in WoW Forever?
Survival Hunter 5/11/35, #1 of every Hunter build by what people did with it since the Oct 30 hotfixes. It holds 6.3% of every Hunter share, save and link open counted here since 13 Sep (shared 339, saved 482, opened 5,699). It maxes Deadly Aspects, Lethal Attacks, Careful Aim, Lone Wolf, Improved Tracking, Savage Strikes and 10 more.
How many Hunter builds are Survival?
1,127 of the 2,693 Hunter builds with 41 or more points planned here since the Oct 30 hotfixes to build 70685 lead in Survival, 42%, more than any other Hunter tree.
Which talents do Survival Hunter builds take?
Nearly all of them (90% or more) take Strider Kick (97%) and Surefooted (96%). Most (50 to 89%) take Savage Strikes (85%), Resourcefulness (85%), Clever Traps (83%), Predator's Edge (83%), Expose Prey (83%) and Lightning Reflexes (77%). Outside Survival the most taken are Lethal Attacks (87%), Careful Aim (70%) and Deadly Aspects (65%). Each build counted once.
What do Survival Hunters take first while leveling?
The Survival leveling order, 43.9% of 106,556 recorded Hunter orders, starts with Improved Tracking, Savage Strikes and Survivalist from level 10.
Is this a Survival Hunter tier list?
No. It counts what people plan on this site, not how strong a build is. The count starts again when a beta build changes the Hunter trees.

The other Hunter specs: Beast Mastery Hunter and Marksmanship Hunter. The rank (#) is among every Hunter build on the most popular Hunter builds; a share or a save weighs 5, a link open 3, making the build 2 and a view 1. Also for Hunters: the leveling order, every talent in words, what changed since Classic, the abilities, new and changed, the races and their racials, questions answered from the data, and the Hunter calculator.