Vengeance Demon Hunter Tank Guide — The War Within (11.0.5)

Demon Hunters are the kings of mobility in raids and dungeons. In general, they can move around more and more quickly than many other specs, thanks to Infernal Strike, as well as various talents that aid their mobility. Additionally, they excel at burst AoE damage, with many abilities dealing AoE and cleave damage. They also excel at dungeon utility using tools such as Sigil of Silence and Chaos Nova to control enemy spellcasters for extended periods of time.

Vengeance Demon Hunter defensively features a mix of strong, constant healing and damage mitigation, with low-cost but low uptime of active mitigation and the ability to mitigate magic damage extremely well.

Strengths

• Has access to a wide array of defensive tools, both active and passive, that lets Vengeance handle almost any situation it needs to defensively.
• Our abilities scale incredibly well into AoE, with most of our core abilities being strong AoE abilities.
• Defensive builds still has access to most of the important offensive talents.
• Access to some of the strongest Crowd Control tools available in dungeons.
• Higher mobility than practically any other spec in the game.
• Access to Chaos Brand which provides a good portion of extra damage for your group.

Weaknesses

• Struggles defensively during early moments in combat.
• Some utility comes at a moderate offensive or defensive cost.
• Deals mediocre Single Target damage in raid builds compared to other tanks.
• Both Hero trees complicates rotation a fair amount compared to earlier expansions.
• Damage and healing suffers a lot from rotational mistakes, especially as Aldrachi Reaver.

If you are interested in playing one of the most unique tank specs in The War Within, please check out the leveling guide.

Vengeance is all about resource management, including active mitigation, healing, damage, and monster control. The rotation is all about building souls as quickly as possible with tools like Fracture or Fallout and then consuming them with either Spirit Bomb or Soul Cleave. Outside of the build/spend cycle, you will be weaving in multiple sigils to help crowd-control the enemies.

As a beginner, you may start out using Shear instead of Fracture as you begin to learn the rotation and start to feel out how to properly use the rest of your toolkit. If you are a beginner, the best place to start becoming familiar with the spec is by reviewing the Easy Mode Page.

Vengeance has been easier to gear than most other specs. Even though we do have a stat preference, we scale better with the overall item level. For the players who care about being as efficient as possible with their gearing, the link below will have the most updated list for the current gear this season.

Despite item level being the strongest factor in gearing, we do care about what secondary stats we choose when comparing two items of the same item level. The link below shows the stat preference and which consumables are important to maximize gameplay.

Vengeance is a strong tank in Mythic+ with lots of strong tools at its disposal. For more information, visit the link below to get to our Mythic+ page for Vengeance.

Addons are a very important part of maximizing your play at max level in both dungeons and raids. As a Vengeance player, it is important to track important resources, like the number of souls available or the amount of Fury needed to cast Fel Devastation. The UI plays an essential part in being successful. Moving need-to-know information to the center of the screen can save your life by not forcing your eyes away from your character at pivotal moments. If you are interested to know what Addons we recommend, please click the link below.

Becoming an experienced Vengeance player does not happen overnight. It takes practice, research, trial and error, and simulations. Below are links to help every player to aspire to the highest levels of gameplay.