Havoc Demon Hunter DPS Easy Mode — The War Within (11.0.7)

Havoc has a few different single-target build options, but the most flexible option that comes with both good performance and ease of execution is currently Fel-Scarred. This focuses on greatly empowered Metamorphosis and Demonic windows, providing extremely strong burst. If you are more interested in alternative or more complex builds, check our talent page:

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In AoE, both hero talents have builds but for ease of execution Fel-Scarred is far preferred. This focuses heavily on your 2-minute Metamorphosis window and, while it adds in Inertia for some movement gameplay, the payoff is high enough to make it worth it. If you are more interested in alternative or more complex builds, check our talent page:

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!

Havoc has a lot of moving parts, and many of its big damage moments are combos of different abilities that need to be overlapped to make the most out of them. At its most basic, the following rules should cover the most important aspects:

• Cast Felblade to generate Fury.
• Spend Fury on Blade Dance / Death Sweep on cooldown, and any extra can be spent on Chaos Strike / Annihilation.
• Cast Vengeful Retreat and Immolation Aura on cooldown. Consume Unbound Chaos with Fel Rush, aiming to line it up with other damage windows.
• Cast The Hunt and Eye Beam on cooldown.
  • Cast Sigil of Flame and consume Unbound Chaos before every Eye Beam cast.
  • Cast Essence Break after each Eye Beam, and follow it up with Death Sweep and two Annihilation casts to consume Demonsurge.
• Metamorphosis is your big damage cooldown, make sure that Sigil of Flame, Immolation Aura, Eye Beam and Blade Dance are on cooldown before casting it as it triggers a reset.
  • Cast at least one of each of Sigil of Doom, Abyssal Gaze, Death Sweep, Annihilation and Consuming Fire during each Metamorphosis cast to consume Demonsurge.
• If nothing else is available and you have no Fury, fill with Throw Glaive.

Havoc remains very similar in AoE, with one addition of playing more Immolation Aura talents alongside A Fire Inside. You should still press this on cooldown, aiming to consume each Unbound Chaos and react to reset procs when they happen.

Blur provides a 20% damage reduction and 50% increase to Dodge chance for 10 seconds, on a 1-minute cooldown. This is Havoc's consistent defense tool and, due to the low cooldown, can be used liberally to reduce the incoming damage from dangerous attacks.

Netherwalk grants complete damage immunity for 6 seconds, alongside 100% increased movement speed on a 3-minute cooldown. This should be used to avoid lethal mechanics, but you cannot attack while this is active. Also, bear in mind that while you are immune to damage, you are not immune to debuffs being applied while this is active.

Aldrachi Reaver has access to Army Unto Oneself, which causes Felblade to reduce damage taken by 10% for 5 seconds after casting. This has a fairly high uptime as you should be casting this frequently, and can even be timed for dangerous moments during encounters.

During the Metamorphosis cast animation, you are briefly immune for 1 second which can, on rare occasions, be used to avoid dangerous mechanics.

Darkness provides you and nearby allies a 15% chance (increased to 30%) to avoid damage taken from attacks for 8 seconds. This can be extremely powerful, but is best used for frequent instances of damage rather than gambling on avoiding lethal ones.

While not an active defensive tool, Havoc comes with a lot of built-in Leech thanks to Soul Rending giving 10% plus an additional 10% during Metamorphosis. Alongside this, Demonic Appetite and enemy deaths often trigger Soul Fragments which provide additional healing in combat.

The Havoc stat priority is fairly straightforward and is as follows:

1. Mastery = Critical Strike;
2. Agility;
3. Haste;
4. Versatility.

Stat priorities will change based on other talents taken in different encounter types but, in general, this should serve you well. For finer details regarding each stat and the reason behind why they are picked can be found on our full stat page linked below.