Devourer Demon Hunter PvE Guide — Midnight

by Fouren

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About the Class

Devourer Demon Hunter is a mid-range fighter who wields two one-handed warglaives. The spec has huge burst damage in both single target and AoE, excellent mobility and a simple rotation.

Strengths

Excellent damage in both single target and AoE.
A simple rotation that lets you get the hang of the spec quickly and put up good numbers.
Access to AoE crowd control and a group-wide damage immunity.
High survivability thanks to strong self-healing, reduced magic damage taken and two charges of Blur.

Weaknesses

Heavy reliance on a burst cooldown (Void Metamorphosis). Without it, the spec's damage is mediocre.
Some of its spells have long cast times, and canceling them can cost you a lot of damage.
You have to stay correctly positioned at all times and react to incoming spells.

Stat Priority

Demon Hunter Devourer Stats Priority

Intellect

Haste

Mastery

Critical Strike

Versatility

Talents

Demon Hunter Devourer Mythic+ Build

No talent data

Rotation (Ability Priority)

Demon Hunter Devourer Opener

Demon Hunter Devourer Abilities Priority

Single Target

Reap — when it will generate enough Fury to cast Void Ray, or at 3 stacks of Voidfall
Void Metamorphosis — when available. Use Vaelgor's Final Stare and Potion of Recklessness together with it
Void Ray — at 100 or more Fury
Soul Immolation — if it is not active
Consume

AoE

Reap — or Eradicate at 3 stacks of Voidfall
Eradicate — at 60 Fury and 10 souls on the ground, or if Moment of Craving is about to expire
Void Ray
Void Metamorphosis — when available. Use Vaelgor's Final Stare and Potion of Recklessness together with it
Soul Immolation — if it is not active yet
Consume

Best in Slot (BiS)

Don't forget to explore our class pages, where not only the best items in the slot are available, but also other alternatives for any class, spec or situation:

Demon Hunter: Gear

One-Hand Weapon

Lightless Lament

One-Hand Weapon

Spellbreaker's Warglaive

Head

Devouring Reaver's Intake

Neck

Eternal Voidsong Chain

Shoulders

Devouring Reaver's Exhaustplates

Back

Draconic Nullcape

Chest

Devouring Reaver's Engine

Wrists

Frenzyroot Cuffs

Hands

Devouring Reaver's Essence Grips

Belt

Sash of the Putrid Giant

Legs

Shaggy Wyrmleather Leggings

Feet

Silvermoon Agent's Sneakers

Ring

Sporecaller's Blooming Loop

Ring

Eye of Midnight

Trinket

Gaze of the Alnseer

Trinket

Vaelgor's Final Stare

Enchants, Gems, Consumables

Enchants

Weapon

Enchant Weapon - Arcane Mastery

Weapon

Enchant Weapon - Arcane Mastery

Head

Enchant Helm - Empowered Rune of Avoidance

Shoulders

Enchant Shoulders - Amirdrassil's Grace

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

Feet

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Ring

Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle

Gems

Meta Gem

Indecipherable Eversong Diamond

Primary

Flawless Masterful Peridot

Alternative

Flawless Quick Amethyst

Consumables

Flask

Flask of the Magisters

Potion

Potion of Recklessness

Healing Potion

Silvermoon Health Potion

Weapon Oil

Thalassian Phoenix Oil

Augment Rune

Void-Touched Augment Rune

Food

Royal Roast

Leveling

From the very first level you already have abilities to deal damage. Your main abilities in the early levels will be Voidblade, Void Ray and Consume.

As you level up, you will unlock new abilities and move closer to the full rotation. We recommend following the ability priority below as each ability becomes available:

Mythic+ Tips

Use Void Nova and Sigil of Misery to interrupt casts and control groups of enemies.

You can use Shift to gather Soul Fragments more quickly and efficiently. Try to use this ability as often as possible, because the number of fragments you collect directly affects the amount of damage you deal.

Darkness grants the group complete immunity to incoming damage (in a 5-player party). Make sure to use this ability during powerful mob or boss abilities aimed at party members. It also lets you skip some boss mechanics in dungeons, but that requires coordinated play from everyone.

Macros

Cast Shift at the cursor

#showtooltip Shift
/cast [@cursor] Shift

Cast Sigil of Misery at the cursor

#showtooltip Sigil of Misery
/cast [@cursor] Sigil of Misery

Cast Disrupt on your mouseover target

#showtooltip Disrupt
/cast [target=mouseover, exists] Disrupt; Disrupt

Author

Fouren

Fouren has been playing World of Warcraft for over 15 years. He is an active player with 12 Cutting Edge achievements under his belt, and has reached the top 1% and 0.1% multiple times on various classes. His main classes are healers, particularly Holy Paladin.