PvE Survival Hunter Gems, Enchants & Consumables

Author: Jamielolx
Date: July 12, 2022
Updated: February 19, 2023
Expansion: WotLK Classic

PvE Survival Hunter

Talents, Builds & Glyphs

Stat Priority

Best Races

Gems, Enchants & Consumables

Rotation & Cooldowns

Best Professions

Best in Slot (BiS) & Pre-Raid Gear

Addons & Macros

Besides your gear and talents, there are 3 additional ways you as a player can increase your character’s power: gems, enchants, and consumables, which make your character significantly more powerful when combined correctly. Many guilds and raid groups may not invite you at all if you don’t have the correct gems, enchants, and consumables — but worry not, this guide will help you avoid that problem!

Gems

Agility is your primary stat by far nothing even comes close to scaling as much for Survival as Agility does.

Agility is your primary stat and your best scaling stat by far so naturally we will put full Agility in our red sockets.

Use hit gems like [Rigid Autumn’s Glow] if you cannot get the hit cap off gear alone — preferably you would want to get this off of gear and not waste Agility. However, the hit cap is 8% or 263 Hit Rating. the reason Agility + Crit is not there is because of how much Survival scales with Agility that no socket bonus is gonna best it.

Alternatives:

Glinting Ametrine – After Phase 3
Glinting Monarch Topaz

The [enchanted tear] will activate your meta socket as it counts for every of the required color of gem slots. same goes for Nightmare Tear

Enchants

All you need is Revered with the Knights of Ebon Blade – if you are not, a last-ditch solution is buying a PvP head enchant in Wintergrasp for 40 stone keeper shards called Arcanum of Triumph. This does mean you’ll lose out on 20 Crit Rating, but it’s better than nothing.

If you don’t quite have the The Sons of Hodir reputation necessary to buy it yet, you can temporarily use Inscription of Triumph, which can be purchased with 30 Stone Keeper’s Shard from Wintergrasp.

If you have the Inscription skill, you can instead use Master’s Inscription of the Axe

Players with Engineering should use Flexweave Underlay. Otherwise, you use the normal enchant [Enchant Cloak Major Agility]. If you’re a Tailor, you can instead use Swordguard Embroidery.

This is your only viable best-in slot enchant. If you’re lacking gold, Super Stats gives +8 to all stats and is a viable replacement option.

Players in the Leatherworking profession should instead use Fur Lining – Attack Power.

Players with the Blacksmithing profession should use Socket Bracer here for an extra gem slot, as it does not override enchants. Gem these with Agility of course!

Players with the Blacksmithing profession should use Socket Gloves to add an extra socket to their gloves – it will not override your enchant, as you can use both. Gem these with Agility of course!

There is no other option for belts.

This is the only viable BiS leg armor enchant.

Alternatively, players with engineering should use [Nitro boosts]. Otherwise, the best (but very expensive enchant) Enchant Boots – Cat’s Swiftness. For a cheaper option, you can just go Enchant Boots – Superior Agility. Enchant Boots – Icewalker is not usually an option unless it literally lets you achieve close to perfect hit rating, then it becomes best in slot.

If you are not an Enchanter you can’t put anything on rings.

Since it gives +110AP, Enchant 2H Weapon – Massacre is your best option
There is also Enchant 2H Weapon – Scourgebane — it offers +140 Attack Power against Undead, however this enchant does not scale with your pet while Massacre does. It is a great deal cheaper, which makes it worth considering.
Enchant 2H Weapon – Scourgebane is only viable in Phase 1 (Naxxramas) and Phase 4 (Icecrown Citadel)

If you find yourself using one-handed weapons, you will want to go for Superior Potency, giving +65 Attack Power per weapon.

This is the only viable scope.

Consumables

This is your only viable flask option.

At +40 Agility, it’s tons better than taking a bite from that nasty fish feast — and it’s not expensive! Snapper Extreme is your only alternative but requires you to be specifically 35 or more away from the hit cap

Your best Potion will be Potion of Speed. Potion of Wild Magic may potentially be better in later Phases, but as of Phase 2 you will only need to worry about Potion of Speed.

For true min-maxing you can pop flame caps, but this won’t be friendly on your wallet. Instead, you can use Mammoth Treats for your pet and you’re all set.