In this article, we present you with the best gems and enchants that you can get for a Survival Hunter in WoW MoP 5.3, including profession-specific perks. We also list the best consumables: food, flasks, and potions.

Make sure to check our Gear Optimisation Guide, which serves as a support guide for this article. The other articles of our Survival Hunter guide can be accessed from the table of content on the right.

This guide has been reviewed and approved by Kennyloggins, a leading figure in the Hunter community, who raids in Blood Legion.

1. Gems↑top

Sockets	Gems
	Agile Primal Diamond or Capacitive Primal Diamond (better)
	Having issues reaching the expertise cap? → Precise Primordial Ruby/ Perfect Precise Pandarian Garnet or Precise Serpent's Eye (JC) Otherwise → Delicate Primordial Ruby/ Perfect Delicate Pandarian Garnet or Delicate Serpent's Eye (JC)
	Deadly Vermilion Onyx/ Perfect Deadly Tiger Opal
	Having issues reaching the hit cap? → Rigid River's Heart/ Perfect Rigid Lapis Lazuli or Rigid Serpent's Eye (JC) Otherwise → Glinting Imperial Amethyst/ Perfect Glinting Roguestone

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2. Enchants↑top

Slot	Main Enchantments	Extra Enchantments
Shoulders	Greater Tiger Claw Inscription Tiger Claw Inscription (cheaper) Secret Tiger Claw Inscription (Inscription)
Back	Enchant Cloak - Accuracy Enchant Cloak - Superior Critical Strike Swordguard Embroidery (Tailoring)
Chest	Enchant Chest - Glorious Stats
Wrists	Enchant Bracer - Greater Agility Fur Lining - Agility (Leatherworking)	Socket Bracer (Blacksmithing)
Hands	Enchant Gloves - Superior Expertise Enchant Gloves - Greater Haste Enchant Gloves - Superior Mastery	Synapse Springs (Engineering) Socket Gloves (Blacksmithing)
Waist		Living Steel Belt Buckle
Legs	Shadowleather Leg Armor Primal Leg Reinforcements (Leatherworking)
Feet	Enchant Boots - Blurred Speed Enchant Boots - Greater Haste (cheaper)
Rings	Enchant Ring - Greater Agility (Enchanting)
Weapon	Lord Blastington's Scope of Doom Mirror Scope (cheaper)

Note that Extra Enchantments can be applied to an item in addition to a Main Enchantment.

3. Consumables↑top

3.1. Food

You should always eat food that gives you Agility. You will be granted:

• 300 Agility by Sea Mist Rice Noodles;
• 275 Agility by Valley Stir Fry, Banquet of the Wok, or Great Banquet of the Wok;
• 250 Agility by Sauteed Carrots or any of other banquets.

3.2. Flask

Your flask should be a Flask of Spring Blossoms.

3.3. Potion

During the encounter, your best choice for a potion will be Virmen's Bite.

4. Summing-up Profession Perks↑top

Choosing a profession for your Survival Hunter can impact your raid performance. As a rule, you should shy away from gathering professions (with the exception of Herbalism), which leaves the following viable professions for raiding:

Profession	Perks
Blacksmithing	Provides a 320 Agility gain through two extra sockets, Socket Bracer and Socket Gloves, in which you can fit 2 Delicate Primordial Ruby.
Jewelcrafting	Provides a 320 Agility gain through the ability of using 2 Delicate Serpent's Eye.
Alchemy	Provides an 320 Agility gain to your flask through Mixology.
Enchanting	Provides a 320 Agility gain through Enchant Ring - Greater Agility.
Engineering	Provides +1,920 Agility for 10 seconds every minute through Synapse Springs (the overall gain is +320 Agility). Engineering also provides a belt addon called Frag Belt, which you can use every minute (off the global cooldown) for additional damage.
Inscription	Provides a 320 Agility gain through Secret Tiger Claw Inscription.
Leatherworking	Provides a 320 Agility gain through Fur Lining - Agility. Also provides Primal Leg Reinforcements, a much cheaper equivalent to Shadowleather Leg Armor, the traditional leg enchant.
Tailoring	Provides +1000 Attack Power in average through Swordguard Embroidery, instead of +180 Critical Strike from Enchant Cloak - Superior Critical Strike and +180 Hit from Enchant Cloak - Accuracy.
Herbalism	Provides a 480 Haste Rating gain in average through Lifeblood.

All professions granting an Agility gain are roughly equivalent, with Engineering pulling slightly ahead.

5. Changelog↑top

• 20 May 2013: Patch 5.3 update: nothing to change.
• 24 Apr. 2013: Added legendary meta-gem.
• 02 Apr. 2013: Removed green-quality gems.
• 02 Apr. 2013: Improved advice for choosing your profession.