Devourer Demon Hunter Guide for Midnight Season 2 (Patch 12.1)
viewsAbout the spec
The Devourer Demon Hunter is a mid-range fighter wielding two one-handed warglaives. The spec boasts 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 grasp 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 stacks of
Blur
Weaknesses
- Heavy reliance on its burst ability (Metamorphosis). Without it the spec’s damage is mediocre.
- It has spells with a long cast time; cancelling them can cost a large amount of damage.
- You must constantly maintain proper positioning and react to spells.
Stat priority
Intellect
Haste
Mastery
Critical Strike
VersatilityTalents
Rotation (ability priority)
- 1
Soul Sear - 2
The Hunt - 3
Consume - 4Soul Sear
- 5
Void Ray - 6
Void Blade - 7
Potion of Unwavering Focus - 8
Flask of the Courier - 9
Void Metamorphosis - 10Void Ray
- 11
Reaver’s Glaive - 12
Rift Strike - 13
Predator’s Trail - 14
Eviscerate - 15
Devour - 16Void Ray
- 17Void Metamorphosis
- 18
Throw Glaive - 19Soul Sear
- Consume — when it will trigger a
[Soulburst] proc 
Reap — with 4+ active souls- Soul Sear — if it is not currently active
- Void Blade — right before entering Void Metamorphosis
Vengeful Retreat — after Void Blade, if you will soon enter Void Metamorphosis and The Hunt is available- The Hunt
- Void Metamorphosis — with enough souls, use your on-use trinkets and potion if available
Hungering Swipe- Vengeful Retreat — under the
Voidstep buff - Void Ray — at 100 or more Fury
- Consume — to build Fury
Best-in-slot gear (BiS)
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Enchants, gems, consumables
Leveling
From the very first level you already have abilities to deal damage. Your main abilities at early levels are Void Blade, Void Ray and Consume.
As you level up you will gain new abilities, getting closer to your core rotation. We recommend sticking to the following ability priority as they become available:
Handy tips for Mythic+ keys
Use 
Void Surge and 
Sigil of Misery to interrupt casts and control groups of enemies.
You can use 
Shift to gather void shards more efficiently and quickly. Try to use this ability as often as possible, since the number of shards collected directly affects your damage output.
The ability 
Darkness grants the group full immunity to incoming damage (in a party of 5). Be sure to use this ability during strong mob or boss abilities aimed at group members. It also lets you skip some boss mechanics in dungeons, but this requires coordinated play from everyone.
Macros
#showtooltip Shift /cast [@cursor] Shift
#showtooltip Sigil of Misery /cast [@cursor] Sigil of Misery
#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.
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