Havoc Demon Hunter PvE Guide — Midnight

by Fouren

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About the Class

Havoc Demon Hunter is a melee fighter who wields two one-handed warglaives. The class has enormous 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 pick up the class quickly and put up strong numbers.
Access to AoE crowd control and a group-wide damage immunity for both raid and party play.

Weaknesses

Heavy reliance on its burst cooldown (Metamorphosis). Without it, the class deals mediocre damage.
Requires constant movement around the battlefield, which can lead to taking unnecessary damage from mobs and bosses.
A very small ability pool. Some players may find the gameplay very boring.

Stat Priority

Demon Hunter Havoc Stats Priority

Agility

Critical Strike

Mastery

Haste

Versatility

Talents

Demon Hunter Havoc Mythic+ Build

No talent data

Rotation (Ability Priority)

Demon Hunter Havoc Opener

Demon Hunter Havoc Abilities Priority

Single Target

Felblade — when Inertia is ready — Click for notes
Felblade — If it is unavailable, use Fel Rush instead
The Hunt
Reaver's Glaive — Make sure you have spent all active procs before using it
Chaos Strike — Next use / Annihilation to apply this
Death Sweep
Immolation Aura — at 2 charges
Vengeful Retreat — to trigger Initiative — Click for notes
Eye Beam
Eye Beam — / Abyssal Gaze
Annihilation — Make sure you have spent any procs and Death Sweep from Demonsurge
Death Sweep — Try to fill those 4 seconds by using and Annihilation
Metamorphosis — when Eye Beam and Death Sweep are on cooldown
Blade Dance
Glaive Flurry — Use this only if and Rending Strike are not active
Annihilation — / Chaos Strike
Immolation Aura — / Consuming Fire
Felblade
Fel Rush — if nothing else is available

AoE

Felblade — when Inertia is ready — Click for notes
Felblade — If it is unavailable, use Fel Rush instead
Chaos Strike — Next use / Annihilation to apply this
Reaver's Glaive — Make sure you have spent all active procs before using it
The Hunt
Death Sweep
Immolation Aura — at 2 charges
Vengeful Retreat — to trigger Initiative — Click for notes
Eye Beam
Eye Beam — / Abyssal Gaze
Annihilation — Make sure you have spent any procs and Death Sweep from Demonsurge
Death Sweep — Try to fill those 4 seconds by using and Annihilation
Metamorphosis — when Eye Beam, Immolation Aura and Death Sweep are on cooldown
Blade Dance
Glaive Flurry — Use this only if and Rending Strike are not active
Immolation Aura — / Consuming Fire
Annihilation — / Chaos Strike
Felblade
Fel Rush — if nothing else is available

Best in Slot (BiS)

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Demon Hunter: Gear

Main Hand

Lightless Lament

Off Hand

Emblazoned Sunglaive

Head

Devouring Reaver's Intake

Neck

Rotmire's Sporeheart

Shoulders

Devouring Reaver's Exhaustplates

Back

Adherent's Silken Shroud

Chest

Devouring Reaver's Engine

Wrists

Silvermoon Agent's Deflectors

Hands

Devouring Reaver's Essence Grips

Waist

Sash of the Putrid Giant

Legs

Devouring Reaver's Pistons

Feet

Boots of Burning Focus

Ring

Sin'dorei Band of Hope

Ring

Platinum Star Band

Trinket

Gaze of the Alnseer

Trinket

Algeth'ar Puzzle Box

Enchants, Gems, Consumables

Enchants

Weapon

Enchant Weapon - Jan'alai's Precision

Head

Enchant Helm - Empowered Rune of Avoidance

Shoulders

Enchant Shoulders - Amirdrassil's Grace

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Legs

Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

Feet

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

Ring

Enchant Ring - Nature's Fury

Gems

Meta Gem

Indecipherable Eversong Diamond

Primary

Flawless Masterful Garnet

Consumables

Flask

Flask of the Shattered Sun

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 will already have abilities to deal damage. Your main abilities at early levels will be Felblade and Eye Beam

As you level up you will gain new abilities, getting closer to the main rotation. We recommend sticking to the following ability priority as they become available:

Mythic+ Tips

Use Chaos Nova and Sigil of Misery to interrupt spellcasts and control packs of enemies.

You can use Imprison to cage an enemy and walk past it without pulling aggro. This ability is very useful in dungeons for skipping difficult packs of mobs without fighting them.

Darkness grants the group full immunity to incoming damage (in a 5-player group). Be sure to use it when mobs or bosses hit group members with heavy abilities. It also lets you skip some boss mechanics in dungeons, but that requires coordinated play from everyone.

Macros

Cast Fel Rush toward the cursor

#showtooltip Fel Rush
/cast [@cursor] Fel Rush

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.