DPS Rotation & Cooldowns

This rotation offers a general priority list for Survival Hunter abilities, along with key cooldowns at the bottom. It's based on a standard build and is here to help while we work on a smarter, build-aware system. If you are very new to the game or this class, we added info on the new assisted rotation features at the bottom of this guide. Updated for the latest patch in World of Warcraft: Midnight Pre-Patch (12.0.1).

Single Target

Ensure Hunters Mark is active on the target.

• Kill CommandView detailsTo generate Tip Of The Spear stacks.
• TakedownView detailsFor heavy damage benefiting from Tip Of The Spear.
• BoomstickView detailsAim carefully if nearby targets.
• Wildfire BombView detailsUse with Sentinels Mark or if <5s until 2 charges.
• Flamefang PitchView detailsUse after all Wildfire Bombs, spread out by 10s.
• Moonlight ChakramView detailsLow priority; use after Wildfire Bombs.
• Raptor StrikeView detailsAs a filler.

Maintain Tip Of The Spear stacks with Kill Command, prioritize Takedown and Boomstick for heavy damage, and manage Wildfire Bomb charges effectively. Use Flamefang Pitch and Moonlight Chakram strategically, with Raptor Strike as filler.

AoE

Ensure Hunters Mark is active on the target.

• Kill CommandView detailsTo generate Tip Of The Spear stacks.
• TakedownView detailsFor heavy damage benefiting from Tip Of The Spear.
• BoomstickView detailsAim carefully if nearby targets.
• Wildfire BombView detailsUse with Sentinels Mark, <5s until 2 charges, or <10s on Boomstick cooldown.
• Flamefang PitchView detailsUse with 2 Tip Of The Spear stacks and no Wildfire Bomb charges.
• Moonlight ChakramView detailsLow priority; use after Wildfire Bombs.
• Raptor StrikeView detailsAs a filler.

Generate Tip Of The Spear stacks with Kill Command, prioritize Takedown and Boomstick, and manage Wildfire Bomb charges effectively. Use Flamefang Pitch and Moonlight Chakram strategically, with Raptor Strike as filler.

Cooldowns

• TakedownView detailsUse during burst phases for heavy damage and increased attack speed.
• Flamefang PitchView detailsUse on cooldown, ensuring Wildfire Bombs are spent first.
• Moonlight ChakramView detailsUse strategically during Takedown for additional damage.

Utilize Takedown for burst damage, Flamefang Pitch on cooldown after spending Wildfire Bombs, and Moonlight Chakram strategically during Takedown.

New to Class? Try Assisted Rotation

Patch 11.1.7 introduced new features that make it eaiser to pick and play new characters. These new settings can be enabled from settings » gameplay enhancements:

• Single-Button Assistant
• Assisted Highlight
• Cooldown Manager

If you are new to World of Warcraft or a certain class, enabling Assisted Highlight and Cooldown Manager can help you learn which abilities to prioritize and use.

While the Single-Button Assistant can be a much easier and more accessible way to play the game, it does come with a slight performance hit due to a small GCD penalty, as you will have to wait 25% longer in between spells and abilities.

To see which specs are best with the Single-Button Assistant feature, you can check out our DPS Rankings which uses SimC to sim every class using this feature.