Vengeance Demon Hunter Tank Easy Mode — The War Within (11.0.7)
On this page, we explain how to easily play Vengeance Demon Hunter in World of Warcraft — The War Within (11.0.7), using the simplest rotation, talent tree, stat priority, gear setup, etc., without sacrificing performance.
Foreword
This page is intended for players who are new to the game or class, who might not have intentions of raiding Mythic difficulty or simply want a more straightforward way to play their specialization without being overwhelmed by the numerous subtleties and active abilities that need to be taken into consideration for optimal play.
The Basics of Vengeance Demon Hunter
Vengeance Demon Hunters have strong mobility, which can help during tanking, especially in dungeons. Your main goal throughout fights will be to survive through clever usage of your defensive abilities.
Best Talents for Vengeance Demon Hunter
Fel-Scarred: Raid Talents for Vengeance Demon Hunter
Fel-Scarred offers a relatively simple raid build with good
passive defensive coverage. The core concept of this build centers around
activating
Demonsurge using
Fel Devastation and
Metamorphosis
to empower your base abilities.
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!
Fel-Scarred: Dungeon Talents for Vengeance Demon Hunter
For Heroic, Mythic and Mythic+ dungeons at lower levels Fel-Scarred
provides a very strong Hero Talent set-up. The damage is frontloaded, useful for
trash packs that may not live very long, and offers good passive damage
mitigation, making you stronger at reducing damage passively.
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!
Basic Rotation for Vengeance Demon Hunter
Basic Single-Target Rotation for Vengeance Demon Hunter
Below are simplified versions of the rotations with one or multiple targets. For more detailed and in-depth rotation advice visit the Rotation page with the button below.
- As
Fel-Scarred use all abilities empowered by
Demonsurge after using
Fel Devastation, as well as all abilities empowered by
Demonic Intensity after using
Metamorphosis.
- Use
Fiery Brand,
Fel Devastation and
Metamorphosis close to on cooldown.
- Use all of
Soul Carver,
Sigil of Spite,
Immolation Aura, and
Sigil of Flame on cooldown.
- Keep
Fracture recharging.
- Use
Felblade when low on Fury.
- Use
Soul Cleave to spend Fury and Soul Fragments for damage and healing.
- Use
Throw Glaive as a filler when nothing else is available.
Basic Multi-Target Rotation for Vengeance Demon Hunter
- As
Fel-Scarred use all abilities empowered by
Demonsurge after using
Fel Devastation, as well as all abilities empowered by
Demonic Intensity after using
Metamorphosis
- Use
Fiery Brand,
Fel Devastation and
Metamorphosis close to on cooldown.
- Use all of
Soul Carver,
Sigil of Spite, and
Sigil of Flame on cooldown.
- Use
Immolation Aura on cooldown unless you have 4 or more Soul Fragments ready.
- Use
Spirit Bomb when you have 4 or more Soul Fragments ready.
- Keep
Fracture recharging.
- Use
Felblade when low on Fury and
Soul Cleave to spend Fury when you have no Soul Fragments available.
- Use
Throw Glaive as a filler when nothing else is available.
Active Mitigation and Cooldowns
You have one active mitigation ability that you need to use to keep yourself
alive, which is Demon Spikes. This should be used frequently, even
simply against auto-attacks. Always keep at least one of its charges
rolling.
Aside from this, you also have a couple of other abilities you can use to help keep you alive.
Fiery Brand should be placed on the target when you think
that they will deal high damage to you or when you simply want to reduce the
damage you take.
In addition to that, you have access to a major survivability cooldown in
Metamorphosis. This works best when used proactively to increase
your health in preparation for incoming damage. Additionally,
an additional Lesser Soul Fragment and an extra 20 Fury
is generated when
Fracture or
Shear is used.
While playing with Demonic,
Fel Devastation will
trigger
Metamorphosis for 7 seconds. In almost all
situations,
Metamorphosis is enough to
survive, and this opportunity allows for
Demon Spikes to recharge.
Stat Choice for Vengeance Demon Hunter
Currently, you will want to prioritize stats as follows:
- Agility.
- Haste.
- Versatility=Critical Strike.
- Mastery.
To review the stat priority in more detail, please follow the link below.
Full Rotation and Talents for Vengeance Demon Hunter
For more in-depth details on talents and rotation, please visit the Rotation and Talent links below.
Changelog
- 15 Dec. 2024: Updates to simplify rotation.
- 21 Oct. 2024: Reviewed for patch 11.0.5, no changes needed.
- 09 Sep. 2024: Changed the recommended raid talents.
- 21 Aug. 2024: Updated for The War Within.
- 23 Jul. 2024: Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch.
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Slight adjustments and clarifications to the basic rotations.
- 19 Mar. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.2.
- 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
- 10 Jul. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
- 01 May 2023: Updated with new beginner friendly talents and rotation for patch 10.1.
- 20 Mar. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 24 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight Pre-Patch.
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This guide is written by Meyra, a Vengeance main with a love for pushing Mythic+ keys and showcasing Proof of Concept keys with 5 tanks or other non-standard group compositions. They are a distinguished member and frequent contributor to Vengeance theory in the Demon Hunter class discord who also occasionally streams Vengeance and other tank content on Twitch.
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