Havoc Demon Hunter Mythic+ Guide

11.0.2 - The War Within

Last Updated:August 26, 2024|Change Log|FAQ

Welcome to the Havoc Demon Hunter Mythic+ guide for the World of Warcraft patch 11.0! This guide covers everything you need to know to understand your character! Are you starting out and leveling up from 70? Check out the leveling guide!

Overview

Patch 11.0.2 - The War Within
Havoc Demon Hunter
Havoc Demon HunterMythic+
Single-Target
Strong
AoE
Strong
Utility
Excellent
Survivability
Excellent
Mobility
Excellent
Havoc Demon Hunter Mythic+ Best in Slot

Hero Talents

Patch 11.0.2 - The War Within
Havoc Demon Hunter
  • Aldrachi Reaver and Fel-Scarred are the new Hero Talent tree options. However Aldrachi Reaver is currently significantly stronger in both ST and AoE scenarios which makes Fel-Scarred not an option until further balancing.
Aldrachi Reaver
Fel-Scarred
  • Art of the Glaive makes your Throw Glaive ability become Reaver's Glaive, an ability that is off global cooldown that allows you to to cast either one of two combinations of abilities to trigger a debuff on your current target and do additional damage
    1. Casting Blade Dance or Death Sweep after Reaver's Glaive into Chaos Strike or Annihilation makes you current target take 14% more damage by you for the next 20 seconds.
    2. Casting Chaos Strike or Annihilation first after throwing your Reaver's Glaive will make your target take 4% more damage by you for the next 20 seconds and make your next Blade Dance or Death Sweep do additional damage.
  • Additional to that after casting one of these two combinations you will get the Thrill of the Fight buff, which increases your attack speed and overall damage done by 20% for the next 10 seconds
  • The Fel-Scarred talent tree is generally more passive than the Aldrachi Reaver talent tree, Monster Rising it is a bit counter intuitive as on one hand, it enhances your abilities during Metamorphosis turning Eye Beam into Abyssal Gaze, Sigil of Flame into Sigil of Doom and Immolation Aura into Consuming Fire making them look fancy on your bar but in reality these abilities are worse than the unempowered ones.
  • On the other hand however the tree has talents like Monster Rising, Burning Blades and Enduring Torment that significantly increase your output out of Metamorphosis.
  • Generally I would highly recommend not to play this talent tree as it does no damage and has no upside towards playing Aldrachi Reaver but if you still chose to play it make sure to use your Sigil of Flame, Immolation Aura and Eye Beam before using Metamorphosis as Violent Transformation resets those abilities.

Talents

Patch 11.0.2 - The War Within
Havoc Demon Hunter
Aldrachi Reaver Priority Damage
Aldrachi Reaver AoE
Aldrachi Reaver Havoc Demon Hunter Mythic+ Priority Damage Build

When to use this Spec

Use this spec in High Mythic+ Keys where priority damage and / or bosses are your focus AND you have a lot of AoE damage in the group already.

Gameplay Altering Talents

Discover all talents that significantly alter your gameplay within the Spec and Class Talent trees. This section gives a concise overview of these talents and their applications but for a more detailed look check out the Rotation and Deep Dive sections below.

Spec Tree

  • Essence Break
    • Does massive damage in a frontal cone and amplifies the damage done by your Chaos Strike and Blade Dance on all targets hit.
  • Initiative
    • Hitting a target before it hits you increases your critical strike chance by 10%, this is reset on every hostile target by casting Vengeful Retreat.
  • Inertia
    • After casting Immolation Aura your next Fel Rush empowers you, increasing all your damage done by 18% for 5 seconds.
  • Chaos Theory
    • Blade Dance enhances your next Chaos Strike, increasing it's crit chance and making it refund fury.
  • Accelerated Blade, Soulscar
    • Talents that make your Reaver's Glaive an actual ability and significantly increases its damage.
  • Furious Gaze
    • After casting your Eye Beam ability you gain an additional 10% of haste.

Class Tree

  • Darkness
    • This group-wide defensive cooldown creates a zone of Darkness at the Havoc Demon Hunter's location, granting all allies within it a 15% chance to avoid all damage from incoming attacks.
  • The Hunt
    • This strong offensive Cooldown puts a major DoT on your target and every other target you charge through (capped at 5).
  • Soul Sigils
    • all your sigils spawn an additional Soul.
  • Sigil of Spite
    • Placing a Sigil at your Cursor's location that spawns 4 Souls (due to Soul Sigils) at your location, having great synergy with Art of the Glaive

Hero Talents

  • Unhindered Assault
    • Is the stronger option here as Evasive Action doesnt reset Initiative an additional time.
  • Incorruptible Spirit
    • Every Soul you pick up additionally gives you a shield now, making this the stronger option.
  • Keen Engagement
    • Casting Reaver's Glaive also gives you 20 fury now, making it a stronger pick than Preemptive Strike as it virtually does no damage.
Aldrachi Reaver Havoc Demon Hunter AoE Build

When to use this Spec

Use this spec in Mythic+ Keys where there is a lot of important trash and you are constantly hitting more than 3 targets.

Talent Adjustments

Listing all the changes within the Class and Spec tree compared to the default build.

Spec Tree

  • Added
    • A Fire Inside
      • Immolation Aura has a 25% chance to not cost a charge.
    • Growing Inferno, Burning Wound
      • Significantly increases the damage of your Immolation Aura in order to get the most out of the next talent.
    • Ragefire
      • This talent accumulates 30% of the damage your Immolation Aura did and makes it explode upon expiration.
      • Be close to enemies when your Immolation Aura expires.
  • Removed
    • Restless Hunter
    • Critical Chaos, Improved Chaos Strike, Chaos Theory
      • Moving damage from Chaos Strike to Immolation Aura

Rotation

Patch 11.0.2 - The War Within
Havoc Demon Hunter

Tier Set

  • 2-Set: Blade Dance deals 20% increased damage.
  • 4-Set: Chaos Strike deals 20% increased damage, and has a 25% chance to reset the cooldown of Blade Dance and reduce its Fury cost by 50%

Single-Target

Aldrachi Reaver

Opener

  • The Havoc Demon Hunter's opener is very complex and it is important that you do it in this exact order to maximize your damage output.
Havoc Demon Hunter single-target opener in Mythic+
  • The goal of this opener is to maximize your damage output in the first 30 seconds of the fight and maximizing the uptime on Reaver's Mark on your target and the Thrill of the Fight buff on yourself.
  • If your 4set proccs make sure to always instantly utilize your proccs and cast Death Sweep as much as possible during your Metamorphosis

Priority List

This is a general priority you aim to maintain throughout the fight.

  • Cast Reaver's Glaive if your Blade Dance is ready and follow up with a Chaos Strike
  • Cast Immolation Aura
  • Cast Eye Beam on cooldown
  • Cast Fel Rush if Unbound Chaos buff is up
  • Cast Vengeful Retreat on cooldown
  • Cast Essence Break on cooldown
  • Cast Sigil of Spite on cooldown
  • Cast The Hunt on cooldown
  • Cast Death Sweep
  • Cast Annihilation
  • Cast Blade Dance
  • Cast Chaos Strike
  • Cast Sigil of Flame
  • Cast Felblade
  • Cast Fel Rush if everything else is on cooldown and you have no fury

AoE

Aldrachi Reaver

Opener

  • Below, you see an example of how your opener looks like using the recommended AoE talent spec.
Havoc Demon Hunter AoE opener in Mythic+

Priority List

  • Cast Reaver's Glaive if your Blade Dance is ready and follow up with a Chaos Strike
  • Cast Immolation Aura if you are on 2 stacks or about to hit 2
  • Cast Fel Rush if Unbound Chaos buff is up
  • Cast Eye Beam on cooldown
  • Cast Vengeful Retreat on cooldown
  • Cast Essence Break on cooldown
  • Cast Sigil of Spite on cooldown
  • Cast The Hunt on cooldown
  • Cast Death Sweep
  • Cast Annihilation
  • Cast Blade Dance
  • Cast Chaos Strike
  • Cast Sigil of Flame
  • Cast Felblade
  • Cast Fel Rush if everything else is on cooldown and you have no fury

Deep dive

Patch 11.0.2 - The War Within
Havoc Demon Hunter

Dead or Alive

The most important part of doing damage and being a useful part of your group is staying alive. With movement being a core part of your damage rotation you NEED to always be aware of your surroundings. Do not Fel Rush or Vengeful Retreat into frontal abilities or area of effect zones.

You cannot do damage while you are dead and neither can you stop abilities from going through.

Being able to execute the perfect rotation isn't going to help you if you are lying dead on the floor or if you need externals/healing that your tank would need otherwise.

Making proper use of the Restless Hunter talent

Restless Hunter increases the damage of your next Blade Dance by 50%, however what most people don't know is that Restless Hunter also triggers when you are currently in demon form and activate Metamorphosis.
Additional to that Death Sweep has a small "cast time" or animation window which allows you to benefit of the Restless Hunter talent twice.
The way this works is showcased below, basically you cast Death Sweep, into Vengeful Retreat and animation cancel the Vengeful Retreat with the @Player Metamorphosis Macro from the Macro section and press Death Sweep again.
This is going to take some practice but being able to perform this combination properly greatly increases your overall damage especially if you are combining it with an on use trinket.

Havoc Demon Hunter Restless Hunter rotation

Using Reaver's Glaive the correct way

Even though there are simulations that suggest that you should use the Chaos Strike into Blade Dance combo at a certain amount of target (3+) to maximize overall damage output, I highly recommend always picking your main target (the target with the highest priority) and do the Blade Dance into Chaos Strike combination.
Priority damage is significantly more important than padding the overall damage for zero reason even though it makes you look worse on the damage meter.
If your aim is to be as useful as possible always pick a proper main target and do as much damage to it as you possibly can.

Immolation Aura

Manage your Immolation Aura charges properly as it is the biggest portion of your damage breakdown in AoE scenarios. When you are about to overcap on charges but you don't have Fel Rush charges ready to spend on Inertia uptime just use your Immolation Aura charges and ignore Inertia.

Never overcap on Immolation Aura charges, no matter what!

Initiative Windows

Another important part of your damage is managing your Initiative windows properly. Remember that every single hostile enemy procs Initiative and Vengeful Retreat also resets it on EVERY hostile enemy.

You can optimize this by staying out of range of some enemies to procInitiative again later.

Haste ?!

Even though Haste Sims pretty poorly on paper, it is a great stat for multi target scenarios as it smooths your gameplay out by a lot.

Haste increases the amount of Immolation Aura charges you have as it decreases the recharge time and helps with Fury generation as well as helping you fit more abilities into your Demonic windows.

Understanding Mechanics

Rotational min-maxing is just one aspect of mastering a specialization, but there are numerous other key mechanics that influence your performance. Use the following guides to improve them.

Dungeons

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Ara-Kara, City of Echoes
City of Threads
The Stonevault
The Dawnbreaker
Mists of Tirna Scithe
The Necrotic Wake
Siege of Boralus
Grim Batol
Havoc Demon Hunter Mythic+ Build in Ara-Kara, City of Echoes

Boss Tips

Avanoxx

  • Use Blur on Alerting Shrill.
  • Avoid kiting Starved Crawlers into the boss else the boss receives Insatiable.
    • Use Chaos Nova to keep them stacked.
    • AoE them down as soon as possible and consider running Master of the Glaive here to slow them.

Anub'zekt

  • The Infestation spawns a Ceaseless Swarm which can be very deadly if not looked out for, keep your eyes lock in here to avoid taking extra damage or dying.
  • Kill Bloodstained Webmages fast and interrupt Silken Restraints.

Ki'katal the Harvester

  • Use defensive while you're affected by Cultivated Poisons since it hits like a truck, be ready to press Netherwalk if needed.
  • When you're affected by Grasping Blood you can use any form of crowd control instead of killing it to cancel your root.

Trash Tips

  • Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
    • Resonant Barrage from Trilling Attendant.
    • Horrifying Shrill from Ixin.
    • Revolting Volley from Bloodstained Webmage.
    • Venom Volley from Blood Overseer.
  • Pay extra attention to these casts:
    • Alarm Shrill from Sentry Stagshell
      • A really long cast that needs to get disrupted.
    • Massive Slam from Nerubian Hauler and Hulking Bloodguard
      • A short stun that ramps in damage done per cast.

Pre Dungeon Start

  • Always use Metamorphosis and Tempered Potion before the key starts.
Havoc Demon Hunter Mythic+ Build in City of Threads

Boss Tips

Orator Krix'vizk

  • Watch out for Shadows of Doubt, try to aim it away from the middle of the boss and not aim it at players, if you dont have it yourself, avoid getting hit at any cost.
  • Use your defensives during Vociferous Indoctrination.
  • Pay attention to the void that is left after Vociferous Indoctrination as it ticks instantly and does massive damage, always look beforehand where the tank is and follow him closely.

Fangs of the Queen

  • Watch out for Knife Throw. Use defensives if you're targeted by this ability.

The Coaglamation

  • Use your defensives for Dark Pulse. This happens at 100 boss energy.
  • Watch out for the Viscous Darkness balls, Havoc Demon Hunter has a lot of self healing and sustain, help your team out by soaking them if possible.

Izo, the Grand Splicer

  • Pay extra attention to the Shifting Anomalies on this fight since they can be very hard to spot when they move and will likely kill you if you get hit.
  • Use your defensives for Splice since it's the highest damage event during this fight.

Trash Tips

  • Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
    • Web Bolt from Sureki Silkbinder.
    • Grimweave Blast from Covert Webmancer.
    • Mending Web from Covert Webmancer.
    • Twist Thoughts from Herald of Anurek.
    • Void Wave from Sureki Unnaturaler.

Pre Dungeon Start

  • Always use Metamorphosis and Tempered Potion before the key starts.
Havoc Demon Hunter Mythic+ Build in The Stonevault

Boss Tips

E.D.N.A.

  • Always stack up to spawn Volatile Spikes close together to ensure you can detonate them all with 1 Refracting Beam.
    • Use Blur whenever it's ready for this ability.
  • Be ready to use Netherwalk for Earth Shatterer if you are not topped and there are still Volatile Spikes up.

Skarmorak

  • The Crystal Shards have very little HP, try to get kill multiple simultaneously to avoid unnecessary damage..
  • Use your defensive before Unstable Crash happens or while you have multiple stacks of Unstable Energy.
  • Save up some damage for the Fortified Shell if it is about to come up.

Master Machinists Brokk and Dorlita

  • Use your defensive during Exhaust Vents and Blazing Crescendo.
  • Make sure to not stand on top of any open Vents during Exhaust Vents and not to stand in any fire.

Void Speaker Eirich

  • Use your defensive on Entropic Reckoning.

Trash Tips

  • Focus down Earth Burst Totem from Cursedforge Stoneshaper. They have a low amount of health but are not affected by AoE abilities.
  • Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
    • Howling Fear from Ghastly Voidsoul.
    • Censoring Gear from Turned Speaker.
    • Piercing Wail from Void Bound Howler.
    • Restoring Metals from Forgebound Mender and Cursedforge Mender.
    • Arcing Void from Cursedheart Invader.

Pre Dungeon Start

  • Always use Metamorphosis and Tempered Potion before the key starts.
Havoc Demon Hunter Mythic+ Build in The Dawnbreaker

Boss Tips

Speaker Shadowcrown

  • The boss casts Darkness Comes at 50% so make sure to not use any major cooldowns as the boss is about to phase since you have to fly away.
  • Consider using a defensive if you're affected by Collapsing Night. Getting out of this quickly is important since it deals a lot of damage every 0.5 seconds.
  • Don't use your mobility during the Obsidian Beam, as you are most likely dead if you touch it.

Anub'ikkaj

  • Watch out for the Dark Orb as the Orb tends to be bigger than the actual animation.
  • Stun Animate Shadows with Chaos Nova to spawn souls to increase your dps.
  • Use defensives for the Dark Orb and Shadowy Decay.

Rasha'nan

  • Help your team by collecting Arathi Bomb to throw it at the boss, as you have high mobility.
  • Be aware of Erosive Spray. It applies Lingering Erosion which is dangerous when combined with other damage events.
  • If you are the target of Rolling Acid in Phase 2, try to clear the area from webs.
  • Avoid standing in anything here as it does massive damage and will most likely kill you.

Trash Tips

  • Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
    • Night Bolt from Nightfall Shadowmage.
    • Ensnaring Shadows from Nightfall Shadowmage.
    • Tormenting Beam from Nightfall Darkcaster.
    • Umbral Barrier from Nightfall Darkcaster.

Pre Dungeon Start

  • Always use Metamorphosis and Tempered Potion before the key starts.
Havoc Demon Hunter Mythic+ Build in Mists of Tirna Scithe

Boss Tips

Ingra Maloch

  • Interrupt Spirit Bolt every time a non-tank player is targeted. Use either a mouseover or a focus kick macro here, as he is not your main target most of the time when he is casting.
  • Try to line up your cooldowns with Droman Oulfarran's Droman's Wrath to gain a huge DPS boost. This happens when Droman Oulfarran reaches 20% health.

Mistcaller

  • Use Sigil of Misery or Imprison on the Illusionary Vulpins to prevent them from reaching their target.
  • Do not touch the Illusionary Vulpins at any point.
  • Use your defensives during the Guessing Game and drop a Darkness if you see that your healer is struggling.

Tred'ova

  • Be ready to Fel Rush to help you and your group break Mind Link quickly, position accordingly beforehand.
  • Use Chaos Nova to help controll the adds and spawn souls for yourself.

Trash Tips

  • Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • If your team is struggling with Stimulate Resistance and Stimulate Regeneration and you are bloodelf, always interrupt the Stimulate Regeneration and use your Arcane Torrent to purge Stimulate Resistance.
    • Spirit Bolt from Drust Harvester.
    • Harvest Essence from Drust Harvester.
    • Nourish the Forest from Mistveil Tender.
    • Bramblethorn Coat from Mistveil Shaper.
    • Stimulate Regeneration from Spinemaw Staghorn.
    • Stimulate Resistance from Spinemaw Staghorn.

Pre Dungeon Start

  • Always use Metamorphosis and Tempered Potion before the key starts.
Havoc Demon Hunter Mythic+ Build in The Necrotic Wake

Boss Tips

Blightbone

  • Use Blur or Netherwalk in a very high key if you're targeted by Heaving Retch.
  • Always use Sigil of Misery or Chaos Nova on Carrion Worms.

Amarth, The Harvester

  • Use Sigil of Misery on either the Reanimated Crossbowman or Reanimated Mage if you're not planning on killing them quickly.
  • Make sure to look out for Frostbolt Volley casts from the Reanimated Mages as it does heavy group damage if let through.
  • If any adds are still alive during Final Harvest, use Sigil of Misery or Chaos Nova to crowd-control them. With them crowd-controlled, the boss doesn't cast Tortured Echoes even though an add is alive.

Surgeon Stitchflesh

  • Make sure that you are always ready for the Meat Hook to not have any accidents where you miss the boss with the hook.

Nalthor the Rimebinder

  • Be ready to move away from the boss if you see that you are targetted by Frozen Binds to not grief your group.
  • Use Blur if you get sent down by Dark Exile, you should not have a too hard time killing the add as Havoc Demon Hunter to get back up.

Trash Tips

  • Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
    • Drain Fluids from Corpse Harvester and Corpse Collector.
    • Necrotic Bolt from Zolramus Sorceror & Zolarmus Necromancer.
    • Rasping Scream from Skeletal Marauder.
    • Frostbolt Volley from Reanimted Mage.
    • Goresplatter from Corpse Collector.
    • Repair Flesh from Flesh Crafter.

Pre Dungeon Start

  • Always use Metamorphosis and Tempered Potion before the key starts.
Havoc Demon Hunter Mythic+ Build in Siege of Boralus

Boss Tips

Chopper Redhook

  • Line up your cooldowns with the boss walking over Bombs which afflict him with Heavy Ordnance.
  • Watch out for the Heavy Slash cast by the Irontide Cleaver as it will most likely one shot you.

Dread Captain Lockwood

  • This boss phases at 66% and 33%, make sure not to blow your cooldowns right before he phases, as he becomes immune.
  • Avoid getting hit by Clear the Deck as it is a frontal ability done by the boss.
  • Use Blur for Fiery Ricochet as it deals tons of damage.
  • Focus down the Ashvane Cannoneer during the phase change to quickly use Unstable Ordnance to get the boss down from the ship.

Hadal Darkfathom

  • If you can't find a safe spot for Tidal Surge you can also use Netherwalk to immune it.
  • Watch out if you are standing to close to the edge of the room as Tidal Surge might spawn on you and instantly kill you.

Viq'Goth

  • Make sure to use Blur for the Slam, especially important if it overlaps with Putrid Waters.
  • Always focus the Demolishing Terror as he casts the Slam.

Trash Tips

  • Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
    • Brackish Bolt from Irontide Waveshaper.
    • Watertight Shell from Irontide Waveshaper.
    • Water Bolt from Bilge Rat Tempest.
    • Choking Waters from Bilge Rat Tempest.
    • Bolstering Shout from Ashvane Commander.

Pre Dungeon Start

  • Always use Metamorphosis and Tempered Potion before the key starts.
Havoc Demon Hunter Mythic+ Build in Grim Batol

Boss Tips

General Umbriss

  • Make sure to face your character towards where you want to go if you get targeted by Rock Spike as it knocks you in that direction. Try to also position yourself properly as it spawns Rumbling Earth that covers the floor and makes the fight hard to play if not placed correctly.
  • Use Blur before Commanding Roar.
  • If you mess up at any point or there is no space left for you to drop Rumbling Earth use your Netherwalk to stand in the void.

Forgemaster Throngus

  • This boss has a lot of AoE damage and is both a defensive check and healer check. Forge Weapon and Molten Spark overlaps are very dangerous and needs a defensive.
    • Make sure to place the pool from Molten Spark in a good position, ideally next to old fire puddles where you are not going to move.

Drahga Shadowburner

  • Use Blur during Twilight Buffet.
  • Do not attack the Invoked Shadowflame Spirits before you are not certain that you are not their fixated target, if the fixated target struggles to get away from it use Sigil of Misery or Chaos Nova to help them create range.

Erudax, the Duke of Below

  • Use defensives during Abyssal Corruption and Void Surge.
  • Be careful with your movement abilities and do not touch Void Tendril as you are most likely dead if you do so.
  • Do not kill the Mutated Hatchlings before the Abyssal Corruption happens as they give you a massive damage taken increase Debuff.

Trash Tips

  • Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • The Umbral Wind cast by Twilight Drakes can be line of sighted, which means that if you stand around a corner, away from the Twilight Drakes you do not get hit by it.
    • Earth Bolt from Twilight Earthcaller.
    • Mass Tremor from Twilight Earthcaller.
    • Shadowflame Bolt from Twilight Beguiler.
    • Sear Mind from Twilight Beguiler.

Pre Dungeon Start

  • Always use Metamorphosis and Tempered Potion before the key starts.

Affixes

The Affix system got revamped going into The War Within Season 1 retiring most Affixes as well as introducing new kiss-curse ones while also changing on which key level these appear.

  • +2 Affixes -- Rotates on a weekly basis
    • Xal'atath's Bargain: Ascendant
    • Xal'atath's Bargain: Voidbound
    • Xal'atath's Bargain: Oblivion
    • Xal'atath's Bargain: Devour
  • +4 Affixes -- Alternates between each other on a weekly basis
    • Tyrannical
    • Fortified
  • +7 Affix
    • Challenger's Peril
  • +10 Affixes -- Alternates between each other on a weekly basis, is always the opposite of the +4 Affix
    • Tyrannical
    • Fortified
  • +12 Affix
    • Xal'atath's Guile -- Replaces the +2 Affix

Following you get some useful tips for handling different Mythic+ Affixes as a Havoc Demon Hunter.

  • Xal'atath's Bargain: Ascendant
    • Chaos Nova as many orbs as possible.
  • Xal'atath's Bargain: Voidbound
    • The Void Emissary usually is on the tank, make sure to cleave it down or main target it if it doesnt die fast enough.
  • Xal'atath's Bargain: Oblivion
    • Collect all orbs that are flying into melee.
  • Xal'atath's Bargain: Devour

Stat Priority

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Havoc Demon Hunter

Understand your secondary stat priority and the tertiary stats needed for optimal performance during Mythic+ dungeons as a Havoc Demon Hunter. For more detailed information, visit the Stats and Attributes guide.

Havoc Demon Hunter Mythic+ Stat Priorities

Higher Item level items are better in most scenarios. For an accurate representation of what item to equip you should use Simcraft! A static "Stat Priority" is just a starting point and can easily shift depending on your individual gear.

All secondary stats are affected by diminishing returns. Click here to learn more!

Tertiary

  • Avoidance - Great stat to reduce the damage intake of "Area of Effect" abilities.
  • Leech - Provides additional healing through damage dealing.
  • Speed - Niche tertiary that can be very useful and has been proven useful in the past. Makes playing certain mechanics a lot easier.

Gear

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Best in Slot
Farmable Alternatives
SlotItemLocation
HeadImpalers of the Hypogeal NemesisThe Silken Court
NeckLocket of Broken MemoriesRasha'nan
ShoulderWar-Mantle of the Hypogeal NemesisRasha'nan
CloakWings of Shattered SorrowRasha'nan
ChestChestguard of the Hypogeal NemesisBroodtwister Ovi'nax
WristRune-Branded ArmbandsCrafting
GlovesThousand-Scar ImpalersThe Silken Court
BeltRune-Branded WaistbandCrafting
LegsPantaloons of the Hypogeal NemesisNexus-Princess Ky'veza
BootsWhisperer's Echoing StepsCity of Threads
Ring 1Seal of the Poisoned PactQueen Ansurek
Ring 2Seal of the City WatchSiege of Boralus
Trinket 1Ara-Kara SacbroodAra-Kara, City of Echoes
Trinket 2Skardyn's GraceGrim Batol
WeaponVoid Reaper's Warp Blade & Eirich's Fist of DeceptionNexus-Princess Ky'veza & The Stonevault

Below you are presented with a good list of farmable alternatives that are obtainable outside of WoW’s weekly lockout system. While replaced in time as you progress, these offer immediate character power.

SlotItemLocation
HeadGuise of the ConstructThe Stonevault
NeckTrailspinner PendantMists of Tirna Scithe
ShoulderWhispering Umbral MantleThe Stonevault
CloakTroggstitched DrapeGrim Batol
ChestVest of Misshapen HidesGrim Batol
WristUnbreakable Beetlebane BindingsAra-kara, City of Echoes
GlovesGorebound StranglersCity of Threads
BeltShadow Congregant's BeltThe Dawnbreaker
LegsGauzewoven LegguardsAra-Kara, City of Echoes
BootsWhisperer's Echoing StepsCity of Threads
Ring 1Devout Zealot's RingThe Dawnbreaker
Ring 2Seal of the City WatchSiege of Boralus
Trinket 1Ara-Kara SacbroodAra-Kara, City of Echoes
Trinket 2Skardyn's GraceGrim Batol
Weapon2x Eirich's Fist of DeceptionThe Stonevault

Trinkets

Below you can find active and passive alternatives to our recommended trinkets. Do note that some trinkets are better than others depending on the mythic+ dungeon.

Active Trinket alternatives

  • Skardyn's Grace
    • On use mastery trinket with baseline mainstat, synergizes very well with the Havoc Demon Hunter 2 minute bursty profile
  • Treacherous Transmitter
    • 1.5 minute on use that doesnt really fit into the profile of Havoc Demon Hunter but nevertheless is very strong, but hard to play
  • Mad Queen's Mandate
    • 2 minute on use trinket that does massive damage, synergizes well with the high crit chance of Havoc Demon Hunter and the Initiative talent

Passive Trinket alternatives

  • Ara-Kara Sacbrood
    • Strongest passive trinket choice, gives you baseline haste and a high amount of mainstat with high uptime
  • Dead-Eye Spyglass
    • Second best passive trinket, gives mainstat passively and substantially increases your critical strike chance on a proc basis
  • Void Reaper's Contract
    • passive damage proc trinket, does low damage currently but might possibly get tuned, synergizes well with the raid weapon if you can get your hand on it

Embellishments

It's recommended to hold your Spark of Omens craft and wait for further tuning.

  • 2x Dawnthread Lining
    • It is a good choice if you have over 80% health most of the time and during your cooldowns.
    • The optimal slots to craft on are Wrists, Boots, Waist, or Cloak depending on your available gear.

Honorable mention

  • Darkmoon Sigil: Vivacity
  • Blessed Weapon Grip

Remaining Sparks

  • Crafted items are 636 item level and regular items are 636 on max item level, therefore, it's not beneficial to equip crafted items outside of your 2x embellishments unless you don't have access to other high item level gear on that slot.

Simcraft

To find the best combination of gear available to you or identify the best possible upgrades, visit our Simcraft guide to learn how to utilize Simcraft easily and effectively.

Consumables

Patch 11.0.2 - The War Within
Havoc Demon Hunter
  • Phials
    • Flask of Alchemical Chaos -- maximum DPS.
    • Flask of Tempered Versatility -- less DPS but more survivability.
  • Food
    • Feast of the Divine Day
  • Combat Potion
    • Tempered Potion
  • Health Potion
    • Algari Healing Potion -- a big burst of healing
  • Weapon
    • Ironclaw Whetstone
  • Augment Rune
    • Crystallized Augment Rune
  • Sockets
    • Masterful Ruby
    • Culminating Blasphemite -- Unique, use one of each gem color to enhance your Culminating Blasphemite.
      • Deadly Sapphire
      • Deadly Emerald
      • Deadly Onyx

Enchantments

HeadNerubian Gemweaver
NeckMagnificent Jeweler's Setting 2x
CloakEnchant Cloak - Chant of Winged Grace
ChestEnchant Chest - Crystalline Radiance
WristEnchant Bracer - Chant of Armored Avoidance
Nerubian Gemweaver
WaistNerubian Gemweaver
LegsDefender's Armor Kit
BootsEnchant Boots - Defender's March
Ring 1Enchant Ring - Cursed Haste
Magnificent Jeweler's Setting 2x
Ring 2Enchant Ring - Cursed Haste
Magnificent Jeweler's Setting 2x
WeaponEnchant Weapon - Authority of the Depths 2x
Havoc Demon Hunter Enchantments in Mythic+

You buy Nerubian Gemweaver from the Great Vault Vendor to add sockets to your Helm, Wrists & Waist.

Races

Patch 11.0.2 - The War Within
Havoc Demon Hunter

For min-maxing a Havoc Demon Hunter in Mythic+, different racial traits can provide a tremendous benefit to your characters. If this is not your top goal, picking a race that fits your style works just as well.

  • Shadowmeld -- Nightelf
    • Provides nothing in Raid, but can be useful in Mythic+ in very niche situations.
  • Arcane Torrent -- Bloodelf
    • Removes 1 beneficial effect from hostile targets around you.
    • Generates 15 Fury.

Recommendation

It does not really matter which Race you chose for Havoc Demon Hunter, as both provide about the same DPS benefits, it is however advised to go Bloodelf as Arcane Torrent might come in handy in some situations where you need a quick AoE purge and can be used to gain 15 Fury while you are out of range of any target in combat.

Macros

Patch 11.0.2 - The War Within
Havoc Demon Hunter

Discover recommended macros for Havoc Demon Hunter during Mythic+ dungeons and watch a quick video guide on creating simple macros for your character.

Macro Import Guide Video

Cursor Macros

@Cursor Metamorphosis Macro - Uses your Metamorphosis at your cursor's location

/cast [@Cursor] Metamorphosis

@Cursor Sigil of Flame Macro - Uses your Sigil of Flame at your cursor's location

/cast [@Cursor] Sigil of Flame

@Cursor Sigil of Spite Macro - Uses your Sigil of Spite at your cursor's location

/cast [@Cursor] Sigil of Spite

@Cursor Sigil of Misery Macro - Uses your Sigil of Misery at your cursor's location

/cast [@Cursor] Sigil of Misery

Mouseover Macros

General Macros

Addons

Patch 11.0.2 - The War Within
Havoc Demon Hunter

Below, you see a screenshot of the author's User Interface for their Havoc Demon Hunter, outlining which addons are used and how they are utilized in Mythic+ to make your life easier.

Havoc Demon Hunter Raid User Interface
Havoc Demon Hunter Interface in Mythic+

Addons

WeakAuras

Changes this Patch

Patch 11.0.2 - The War Within
Havoc Demon Hunter

Patch 11.0.2

Patch 11.0

FAQ

Patch 11.0.2 - The War Within
Havoc Demon Hunter

Q: Is it worth holding my Eye Beam for X?

Credits

Written By: Nicememes

Reviewed By: Kush

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