Best in slot gear for Survival Hunter at level 30 (PvP)

The best item for each slot for a level 30 Survival Hunter in PvP, with the next two picks, where each comes from and how easy it is. Change the level (1 to 60) and switch PvE or PvP on the page; filters leave out dungeon drops, crafted items, world drops or PvP rewards, or keep only items players have seen in Forever.

Every slot

• Head: Brawler's Leather Helm, score 24.2: +13 Stamina, +10 Agility, 84 armor. Crafted: Leatherworking (Forever client). Learn it at skill 1. Easy: craft it or buy it from a crafter. Next best: Brawler's Leather Hood, Trapper's Leather Helm.
• Neck: Sentinel's Medallion (Horde: Scout's Medallion), score 12.5: +8 Agility, +5 Stamina. Sold by Illiyana Moonblaze in Ashenvale (61.5, 83.9) for 2g (Classic data). Easy: buy it. Next best: Souvenir Sea Shell, Kaleidoscope Chain.
• Shoulder: Mantle of Thieves, score 15.9: +10 Agility, +4 Stamina, 77 armor. World drop from level 24-32 creatures (Classic data). Hard: random luck. Next best: Cloudy Gustwoven Spaulders, Azure Gustwoven Spaulders.
• Back: Tigerstrike Mantle, score 15.1: +8 Agility, +7 Stamina, 25 armor. World drop (Classic data). Hard: random luck. Next best: Sergeant's Cape, Sergeant Major's Cape.
• Chest: Defender's Leather Tunic, score 18.3: +8 Stamina, +6 Agility, 149 armor. Crafted: Leatherworking (Forever client). Learn it at skill 1. Easy: craft it or buy it from a crafter. Next best: Tunic of Westfall, Trapper's Leather Tunic.
• Wrist: Barbaric Bracers, score 11.2: +6 Stamina, +4 Agility, 47 armor. Crafted: Leatherworking (Forever client). Learn it at skill 1. Easy: craft it or buy it from a crafter. Next best: Cultist's Armguards, Staghide Armguards.
• Hands: Defias Jailbreakers, score 14.2: +7 Stamina, +6 Agility, 65 armor. Drops from Stormwind Stockade (Clue, unconfirmed). Some effort: a dungeon drop, chance not known yet. Next best: Wolfclaw Gloves, Emblazoned Gloves.
• Waist: Stalker's Leather Belt, score 17.8: +9 Agility, +6 Stamina, 63 armor. Crafted: Leatherworking (Forever client). Learn it at skill 1. Easy: craft it or buy it from a crafter. Next best: Warden's Leather Belt, Skulker's Leather Belt.
• Legs: Petrolspill Leggings, score 22.1: +14 Agility, +6 Stamina, 90 armor. Drops from Caverndeep Burrower (Classic data). Some effort: farm the creature. Next best: Troll's Bane Leggings, Defender's Leather Kilt.
• Feet: Highlander's Chain Greaves (Horde: Defiler's Chain Greaves), score 17.4: +8 Agility, +8 Stamina, 74 armor. Sold by Samuel Hawke in Arathi Highlands (46, 45.2) for 1g 32s 17c (Classic data). Easy: buy it. Next best: Highlander's Mail Greaves, Highlander's Leather Boots.
• Finger: Wyvern Heart Band, score 14.8: +15 attack power, +5 Agility, +5 Stamina. Where it comes from isn't known yet: the Companion and Helper addons record it when players get one. Not known: where it comes from isn't known yet. Next best: Theramore Signet, Protector's Band.
• Finger: Field Researcher's Loop, score 13.3: +7 Agility, +7 Stamina. Where it comes from isn't known yet: the Companion and Helper addons record it when players get one. Not known: where it comes from isn't known yet.
• Trinket: Talisman of Arathor (Horde: Defiler's Talisman), score 5.4: +6 Stamina. Sold by Samuel Hawke in Arathi Highlands (46, 45.2) for 72s 30c (Classic data). Easy: buy it. Next best: Rune of Duty.
• Trinket: Rune of Perfection, score 3.6: +4 Stamina. Sold by Illiyana Moonblaze in Ashenvale (61.5, 83.9) for 2g (Classic data). Easy: buy it.
• Main hand: Staff of the Shade, score 13.5: +15 Stamina. World drop from level 24-32 creatures (Classic data). Hard: random luck. Next best: Crescent Staff, Glimmering Staff.
• Off hand: none, the two-hander wins
• Ranged or relic: Booty Bay Bruiser's Buckshot, score 69: 18.0 weapon DPS, +9 attack power, +3 Stamina. Needs Honored with Booty Bay (Forever client: who sells it isn't known yet). Some effort: Honored with Booty Bay. Next best: Ironweaver, Outrunner's Bow.

A two-hander beats a one-hander and an off-hand here.

Stat weights (PvP)

weapon DPS 3.5, hit 1.1, Agility 1, Stamina 0.9, crit 0.9, haste 0.6, dodge 0.5, parry 0.5, attack power 0.35, ranged attack power 0.25, Intellect 0.25, Strength 0.1, armor 0.03. These are ForeverDB's own PvP weights, not Blizzard's. The Survival Hunter PvP guide uses the same weights and names the same gear.

How the PvP weights work

• Blizzard publishes no PvP stat weights, so these are ForeverDB's own. One set per spec picks the gear on the best in slot pages and in the class PvP guides, so the two always agree.
• Each spec's weights are set by hand in its PvP guide, next to the guide's stat priority and why: Feral Druids are weighted for Cat Form and Stamina rather than Defense, Protection Warriors and Paladins put Stamina first and Defense well down, healers weigh healing and Stamina alike with less mana regeneration.
• They follow the same reasoning for every spec: Stamina near the main stat or above it, because players focus you and you have to live through their burst; Hit worth less than against dungeon bosses, because players are your own level, not three above; mana per 5 sec worth less, because PvP fights are short; armour counted for every spec that wears it.
• Where a guide leaves a stat out (Haste and Expertise for Arms and Fury, armour for cloth casters), a rule fills it in: Stamina 90% of the main stat, Hit and Expertise 80% of their PvE value, mana per 5 sec 70%, armor at least 0.02 per point, everything else as in PvE. A spec without a PvP guide yet uses the rule for every stat.
• An item with nothing on it but armour still counts in PvP and for tanks: at low levels, where a plain mail or leather helmet is the only one there is, it is still the pick.

Every item is scored with the spec's stat weights, for what the class can wear at that level (armour and weapon skills come from the Forever client, so Hunters and Shamans get mail at 40 and Warriors and Paladins plate at 40). Untouched Season of Discovery leftovers are left out.

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