Havoc Demon Hunter Dragonflight Class Guide

General Information

Welcome to our Havoc Demon Hunter Guide for World of Warcraft: Dragonflight. We will help you to learn and master Havoc Demon Hunters in either Raids or Mythic Keystone Dungeons.

Last Update: 16-03-2023

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Basics of Havoc Demon Hunter

Great in mobility, hunting down their enemies, Havoc Demon Hunters are packed with a lot of fun and unique playstyle, which also does not require a lot of skill. Demon Hunter are one of the more simple classes to play currently, which is very beneficial for new players.

Their unique debuff grants all magical damage dealers 5% additional damage to enemies struck by the Demon Hunter.

Stat Choice for Havoc Demon Hunter

General Stat Priority for Havoc Demon Hunters with our Build is:

Agility
Critical Strike = Mastery
Haste
Versatility

Basic Rotation

Read the Rotation and Cooldowns section for more in-depth information.

Use Fel Rush
Use Eye Beam
Use Blade Dance/Death Sweep on cooldown
Use Chaos Strike/ Annihilation as filler
Use Immolation Aura on cooldown

Builds and Talents

General Talent Tree

Most Notable Talents

The Hunt and Collective Anguish are our last row Talents. Felblade and Demonic and Sigil of Flame are in the middle of the Talent Tree. These have the biggest impact in playstyle.

Other Damage Talents

Internal Struggle increases our Mastery, Rush of Chaos reduces the cooldown of Metamorphosis and Unrestrained Fury increases our maximum Fury.

Crowd Control & Utility

Imprison, Sigil of Misery and Chaos Nova are our Crowd Control Talents. Consume Magic increases our overall Utility.

Defensive Talents

Darkness grants a cooldown which can be used by all party members. Will of the Illidari and allocated Talents grant us more Survivability.

Specialization Talent Tree

Single Target Talents

Shattered Destiny increases the duration of your active demon form per Fury spent.
Isolated Prey empowers Fel Rush, Eye Beam and Chaos Nova when it hits only 1 target.
Furious Gaze grants you 10% Haste after fully channeling Eye Beam.
Demonic Appetite grants a chance after Chaos Strike to spawn a Soul Fragment, granting 30 Fury.
Demon Blades replaces Demon’s Bite, and generates passive Fury.
Momentum grants you 8% more damage after using Fel Rush or Vengeful Retreat.
Essence Break is a 40-second cooldown which deals damage and increases the damage of Chaos Strike and Blade Dance for 4 seconds by 80%.

Multi Target Talents

Felfire Heart and Burning Hatred increase the damage of Immolation Aura, and cause it to generate Fury.
Chaotic Transformation resets the cooldown of Eye Beam and Blade Dance after using Metamorphosis.
Unbound Chaos grants your Immolation Aura a chance to empower your next Fel Rush.
Glaive Tempest or Fel Barrage deal AoE damage.
Eylsian Decree or Fodder to the Flame deal AoE damage.
Ragefire stores 35% of Immolation Aura damage, which will unleash when it expires.
Soulrend causes targets to take 120% additional damage of Throw Glaive as periodic debuff.

Mythic+ Talents For Havoc Demon Hunter

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Aberrus, The Shadowed Crucible

Kazzara, the Hellforged

Molgoth

The Forgotten Experiments

Assault of the Zaqali

Rashok, the Elder

The Vigilant Steward, Zskarn

Magmorax

Echo of Neltharion

Scalecommander Sarkareth

Aberrus, The Shadowed Crucible

Kazzara, the Hellforged

Molgoth

The Forgotten Experiments

Assault of the Zaqali

Rashok, the Elder

The Vigilant Steward, Zskarn

Magmorax

Echo of Neltharion

Scalecommander Sarkareth

Rotation and Cooldowns

Basic Rotation for Havoc Demon Hunter in Single Target

Use Sigil of Flame (if skilled)
Use Immolation Aura
Use Fel Rush to gain Momentum (if skilled)
Use Eye Beam
Use Metamorphosis
Spend Fury with Annihilation and Death Sweep
Use Eye Beam again
Use Felblade (if skilled) whenever below 80 Fury
Use Immolation Aura on cooldown
Use Vengeful Retreat to gain Initiative (if skilled)
Maintain Momentum by using Fel Rush or Vengeful Retreat
Use Momentum when Unbound Chaos (if skilled) occurs
Use The Hunt (if skilled) on cooldown
Use Essence Break (if skilled)
Use Blade Dance/Death Sweep on cooldown
Use Chaos Strike/ Annihilation as filler
Use Immolation Aura on cooldown
Use Throw Glaive to kill Fodder of the Flame (if skilled)

Basic Rotation for Havoc Demon Hunter in Multi Target

Use Sigil of Flame (if skilled)
Use Immolation Aura
Use Fel Rush to gain Momentum (if skilled)
Use Elysian Decree (if skilled)
Use Sigil of Misery (if possible, and Misery in Defeat is skilled)
Use Eye Beam
Use Metamorphosis
Use Eye Beam again
Use Immolation Aura on cooldown
Use Vengeful Retreat to gain Initiative (if skilled)
Maintain Momentum by using Fel Rush or Vengeful Retreat
Use Momentum when Unbound Chaos (if skilled) occurs
Use The Hunt on cooldown (if skilled)
Use Felblade (if skilled) whenever below 80 Fury
Use Essence Break (if skilled)
Use Blade Dance/Death Sweep on cooldown
Use Chaos Strike/ Annihilation as filler
Use Throw Glaive to upkeep Soulrend (if skilled)
Use Immolation Aura on cooldown
Use Throw Glaive to kill Fodder of the Flame (if skilled)

Stat Priority

Stat Choice for Havoc Demon Hunter

General Stat Priority for Havoc Demon Hunters with our Build is:

Agility
Critical Strike = Mastery
Haste
Versatility

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Agility is your primary stat, meaning that Itemlevel is superior in most cases. Higher Itemlevel will also increase your Stamina and Armor that you gain.

Critical Strike increases the chance for your abilities and spells to deal double damage.

Haste reduces your global cooldown, your time to cast spells, and reduces the cooldown of many abilities.

Versatility grants you a flat damage and healing increase, but also a damage decrease for half of its value.

Mastery increases your Chaos damage by a certain amount.

The further we are getting into the expansion, the effects of diminishing returns start to limit your effective gain of your secondary stats. After reaching 30% (by rating) of any given stat, you will start to receive a penalty that reduces the gain from more of the same stat over this treshold.

Stat priority can differ on every character. Make sure to simulate yourself on Raidbots get the perfect results for you.

Gear and Trinkets

Best In Slot Gear for Havoc Demon Hunter

This List shows the current Best-In-Slot Gear for Dragonflight Season 1. Many Items can be potentially substituted with any Profession Gear, especially early on into the Season.

Additionally, there is the option for Profession Gear to be crafted with additional Buffs/Perks, which can benefit your character in certain situations.

Slot	Item
Head	Skybound Avenger’s Visor
Necklace	Eye of the Vengeful Hurricane
Shoulders	Skybound Avenger’s Ailerons
Cloak	Acid-Proof Webbing
Chest	Skybound Avenger’s Harness
Wrists	Loyal Flametender’s Bracers
Hands	Skybound Avenger’s Grips
Belt	Fused Shale Waistband
Legs	Skybound Avenger’s Legguards
Boots	Ice-Climber’s Cleats
Ring 1	Seal of Diurna’s Chosen
Ring 2	Seal of Filial Duty
Weapon 1	Infused Stormglaives
Weapon 2	Infused Stormglaives