Survival Hunter DPS Gems, Enchants, and Consumables - The War Within Pre-Patch (2024)

Last updated on Jul 23, 2024 at 00:30by Azortharion27 comments

This section specifically covers the optimal gems, enchants, food, and flasksto use for your character. To get a more detailed rundown of the differentstats for Survival Hunter, please visit our dedicated Stats page.

We highly recommend using Raidbots to sim your character'sideal gems and enchants, as they might differ from our generalrecommendations.

You should use one Skillful Illimited Diamond in an item you areunlikely to replace. Your other sockets should be simulated on Raidbots, but Sensei's Neltharite is likely not a bad choice.

But still, really, you should sim yourself if you care about minmaxing thefinal 0.5%, as this guide cannot cover for every possible scenario.

The best Flask is a slightly complicated topic.

• Iced Phial of Corrupting Rage is the best DPS for most scenarios, butwill occasionally do hefty damage to you after you have taken enough damage. Youneed around 60% uptime on the Corrupting Rage buff (the beneficial part)in combat for this to beat other Phials, so check your buff uptimes to make sureyou meet this requirement. Otherwise, swap to the Phial below.
• Phial of Tepid Versatility is the best choice whenthe Iced Phial deals too much damage to be worth it or has too low uptime.
• Phial of Elemental Chaos does similar DPS to Tepid Versatilitybut does not have the defensive benefits. There really is no reason to ever runthis.
• Phial of Static Empowerment and Phial of Charged Isolation arethe best on paper buthighly dependent on their uptime. You need at least 80% uptimeto beat out all other options. This is very rare. You can give it a try for extremelystatic encounters.

Overall, your best Phial option is Iced Phial of Corrupting Rage asit provides the best DPS in realistic scenarios. Just be aware of the damagepenalty and keep some Phial of Tepid Versatility on hand.

Your potion should be Elemental Potion of Ultimate Power. Use them with your cooldowns — if you are specced into any.

Warlock Healthstones and Dreamwalker's Healing Potion should be used whenat low health.

If you have Alchemy and have developed its trees, you can use Potion of Withering Dreams as well. Even when accounting for the damagetaken, with bonuses obtained by Alchemists, it is a net-better heal than the Dreamwalker's Potion!

It is slightly better to be using non-Agilityfood, such as Sizzling Seafood Medley. This is because the relative value ofsecondary stats rises quickly as you gain more Agility/Item Level. Like withgems, as long as your Food does not have Mastery, and does not push youpast a DR point, it is fine to use.

Or, if you just want something easy that is only ~0.3% worse, go with Deviously Deviled Eggs,or eat from a Feast.

In addition, if you can afford it, you should use Draconic Augment Runes toincrease your primary stat. Since there is a finite amount of the consumablerunes available, you should make sure to use them wisely and to stock up on themfor when you need them.

Through the Patch 10.2 Emerald Dream Zone and its Dream WardensFaction, you can also obtain the Dreambound Augment Rune, which ispermanent!