Survival Hunter DPS Nerub-ar Palace Raid Guide — The War Within (Season 1)

Note that it is early days, and that this section will be far more fleshed out as the Season progresses and cool tricks and tips are found.

• You may want to defensive if you are at low HP when Hungering Bellows happens.
• The DoT that you get from collecting bugs to feed Ulgrax can hurt, prepare a defensive if you are doing multiple.

• It is not generally worth using CD's on the Add Phase unless you are attempting to parse. Simply use cooldowns on pull, and then again when the boss returns.

• Use Disengage to counter the pull of Carnivorous Contest.
• Save Aspect of the Cheetah for when you are feeding Bugs to Ulgrax to do so as quickly as possible.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

I recommend a single-target build on this encounter.

Note that it is early days, and that this section will be far more fleshed out as the Season progresses and cool tricks and tips are found.

• Consider using a defensive if you are at low HP when Bloodcurdle happens, or if you are about to go down via Gruesome Disgorge.

• I do not recommend using cooldowns on the add waves if you do not have to. Try to use your cooldowns as they come up on the boss.

• You can Aspect of the Turtle to bypass Spewing Hemorrhage, but do not rely on this, it is a crutch if you get in trouble.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

I recommend a single-target build on this encounter.

Note that it is early days, and that this section will be far more fleshed out as the Season progresses and cool tricks and tips are found.

• As you run to place your Simulacrum, you may want to use a defensive if you are at low HP, since you may be running out of Healer range, and if you are not, they are probably busy running as well.

• On cooldown.

• Nothing fancy here yet, but do check back in after the Season has been out for a couple of weeks to see if any tricks or tips have been found.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

I recommend a single-target build on this encounter.

Note that it is early days, and that this section will be far more fleshed out as the Season progresses and cool tricks and tips are found.

• If you are low on HP as Erosive Spray is going out, consider using a defensive.

• You can Disengage to more quickly break Spinneret's Strands.
• Binding Shot + Implosive Trap can be a good combo for add CC if they are grouped up.
• Disengage to counter the pull by Web Reave.
• Mythic: It might be possible to jump off the platform when Enveloping Webs are about to expire to drop the Web off the platform, and then Disengage back. Live testing pending for this tip.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

I recommend a single-target build on this encounter.

Note that it is early days, and that this section will be far more fleshed out as the Season progresses and cool tricks and tips are found.

• Nothing specific.

• It is not obvious, pre-launch, what the best strategy is here. It will depend on the tuning of the adds and whether they are dying in a timely fashion. As a default, use cooldowns on the boss, but you may want to change this strategy.

• Use Binding Shot and Tar Trap liberally for the Parasites. Consider speccing Entrapment for further CC.
• Disengage breaks Sticky Web. Make sure you are not near anyone else when you do so, or they will get Webbed too!

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

I recommend this more AoE-biased variant of our "Raid AoE" build for this encounter, grabbing essential bits of AoE kit while retaining most of our full single-target potential.

Note that it is early days, and that this section will be far more fleshed out as the Season progresses and cool tricks and tips are found.

• Nothing specific here. Use defensives primarily to cover for mistakes, and if you are at low HP when placing your Images.

• On cooldown.

• Disengage to counter the Nether Rift pull.
• Note that the Starless Night pizza slice mechanic is very easy to dodge once you realize that the pizza slices are pre-drawn on the ground. You should only ever have to walk a single step to side-step them.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

I recommend a single-target build on this encounter.

Note that it is early days, and that this section will be far more fleshed out as the Season progresses and cool tricks and tips are found.

• Nothing specific to note yet.

• On cooldown.

• Nothing specific yet.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

For this fight, I recommend what is essentially our highest possible AoE build. Not because the fight is heavy on "AoE" per se, but because it is consistently multiple targets.

Note that it is early days, and that this section will be far more fleshed out as the Season progresses and cool tricks and tips are found.

• Little is known about this boss at the time of writing, but check back after the Heroic week for some tips.

• Little is known about this boss at the time of writing, but check back after the Heroic week for some tips.

• Nothing fancy here yet, but do check back in after the Season has been out for a couple of weeks to see if any tricks or tips have been found.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

I recommend our "Raid AoE" build for this encounter, grabbing essential bits of AoE kit while retaining 95% of our full single-target potential.