Vengeance Demon Hunter Tank Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities — The War Within (11.2.5)

Vengeance Demon Hunter, at the most basic level, plays like a very standard builder and spender specialization. Your core rotation centers around building Soul Fragment using builders such as Fracture or Immolation Aura with Fallout talented, and then spending them using Spirit Bomb or Soul Cleave depending on the situation.

Beyond this, Vengeance has a very simple relationship with our longer, offensive cooldowns, such as Sigil of Flame and Sigil of Spite. We want to get as much out of these powerful spells as possible during an encounter or dungeon, which you most easily do simply by using them close to as soon as you are able to. While there are tools to amplify some of these abilities, such as Fiery Demise, the case is almost always that more uses beats out better uses.

While these core goals are fairly simple, the introduction of the new Hero Talent Trees changes things up a fair bit.

When you play Aldrachi Reaver, your goals shift a bit from the baseline version of Vengeance Demon Hunter to make better use of the core mechanic Art of the Glaive. Below are the main goals, as well as how to best approach them.

• To activate Art of the Glaive, you want to make sure to maximize your use of builders. This does not necessarily mean to use Fracture as soon as a charge is available, but you want to make sure it and other Soul Fragment generators spend as little time as possible without recharging cooldown.
• The main focus lies almost entirely on generating souls, which means that spending them is effectively a filler part of your rotation. Due to the large amount of damage amplifiers to Soul Cleave and Physical damage in general Aldrachi Reaver will rarely if ever talent into Spirit Bomb.
• Thrill of the Fight increases all damage you do by 20%; this means that you want to make sure that if possibly you always activate your next Reaver's Glaive and use the empowered spells just before the damage window runs out.
• Make sure to use your empower in the correct order, which in single target is Soul Cleave before Fracture to maintain two stacks of Reaver's Mark and Fracture before Soul Cleave for any excess glaives. Against multiple targets you always use Fracture before Soul Cleave. Once you acquire the new 4-piece tier set bonus in Patch 11.2 you will always perform the combo with Fracture before Soul Cleave on all target counts.
• Wounded Quarry makes it extremely important to spend as much time as possible auto-attacking a target marked by Reaver's Mark.

If you choose to play as Fel-Scarred your most basic rotational goals do not change significantly. Instead, much more focused is centered around your cooldowns, with Fel Devastation and Metamorphosis gaining powerful tools through Demonsurge, Violent Transformation, and Demonic Intensity.

• To maximize the value of Demonsurge you want to make sure that you do not delay Fel Devastation or Metamorphosis more than you absolutely have to, as they represent a significant portion of your damage.
• Activate all of your abilities empowered by Demonsurge after casting Fel Devastation, and also the ones from Demonic Intensity after casting Metamorphosis. If possible, activate them all with minimal changes to your normal Rotation. If there is still time left to cast all spells within the Demon Form window, you still want to prioritize stronger spells.
• To enable most of the value from Violent Transformation, make sure that Fel Devastation and all charges of Sigil of Flame are on cooldown.
• In situations with only a single target, Burning Blades increases the damage of Soul Cleave enough that you only use Spirit Bomb when Fiery Brand is active with Fiery Demise talented, or to activate Demonsurge.

The rotations will mention to use defensive abilities like Fiery Brand and Fel Devastation on cooldown. However, you will usually come across situations when you need to save them for mechanics. In situations like that, you skip past them in the Rotation until you will need them. Just make sure to try not to waste any potential uses of the abilities.

In addition to your Rotation, you can also make use of Infernal Strike (which is off the global cooldown) to deal additional damage. It is recommended to always keep at least 1 charge in reserve, however, unless the fight requires no movement whatsoever, in which case you can use up both charges.

Please select a Hero Talent Tree in the talent switch.

1. Pre-place Sigil of Flame 1 second before pull
2. Use Metamorphosis and Infernal Strike
3. Use Fiery Brand
4. Use Immolation Aura
5. Use The Hunt
6. Use Reaver's Glaive
7. Use Felblade
8. Use Fracture
9. Use Soul Cleave
10. Use Sigil of Spite
11. Proceed with your normal Rotation according to the priority list below.

1. Pre-cast Immolation Aura 2 seconds before pull.
2. Pre-place Sigil of Flame 1 second before pull
3. Use Fiery Brand
4. Use Felblade
5. Use The Hunt
6. Use Fel Devastation
7. Use Spirit Burst
8. Use Soul Sunder
9. Use Sigil of Flame
10. Use Metamorphosis before Sigil of Flame lands
11. Proceed with your normal Rotation according to the priority list below.

This priority list describes the optimal single-target Rotation for Vengeance Demon Hunter.

1. Use Reaver's Glaive when there is 4 seconds left on Thrill of the Fight or if Thrill of the Fight is not active.
2. Use Fracture buffed by Art of the Glaive as the first ability in the combo.
3. Use Shear buffed by Art of the Glaive as the first ability in the combo.
4. Use Soul Cleave buffed by Art of the Glaive.
5. Use Soul Cleave buffed by Art of the Glaive as the first ability in the combo if the target does not have two stacks of Reaver's Mark or they are about to expire.
6. Use Fracture buffed by Art of the Glaive.
7. Use Shear buffed by Art of the Glaive.
8. Use Soul Cleave buffed by Art of the Glaive as the second ability in the combo if the target has two stacks of Reaver's Mark that will not expire in the next ~8 seconds.
9. Use The Hunt on cooldown to activate Art of the Glaive if Reaver's Glaive is not available.
10. Use Sigil of Spite on cooldown.
11. Use Fiery Brand when you are close to reaching two stacks of Fiery Brand, or need a defensive for some mechanic. .
12. Use Soul Carver on cooldown,
13. Use Fel Devastation when Thrill of the Fight , when you have Fiery Brand applied to the target and more than 2 seconds remaining on the debuff.
14. Use Sigil of Flame, ideally without overcapping Fury , unless if the target already has Sigil of Flame applied to it, in which case you only use Sigil of Flame if you are about to reach two charges.
15. Use Immolation Aura on cooldown.
16. Use Fracture if you have or is about to reach 2 charges.
17. Use Soul Cleave.
18. Use Felblade.
19. Use Fracture.
20. Use Shear when at 4 or fewer Soul Fragments, and you will not overcap Fury.
21. Use Throw Glaive as a filler or when you are not in range of your enemy.

1. Use Fiery Brand if you are setting up to press Metamorphosis, when you are close to reaching two stacks of Fiery Brand or need a defensive for some mechanic. .
2. Use Metamorphosis when Fel Devastation is on cooldown and Sigil of Flame has zero charges available, and you have no abilities that can still activate Demonsurge explosions available.
3. Use Felblade if Fel Devastation is available and you have less than 50 Fury.
4. Use Fel Devastation to activate Demonsurge.
5. Use any remaining abilities that activate Demonsurge explosions before Metamorphosis or Demonic runs out.
6. Use The Hunt on cooldown..
7. Use Sigil of Spite on cooldown.
8. Use Soul Carver on cooldown.
9. Use Sigil of Flame, ideally without overcapping Fury , unless if the target already has Sigil of Flame applied to it, in which case you only use Sigil of Flame if you are about to reach two charges or are about to cast Metamorphosis.
10. Use Immolation Aura on cooldown.
11. Use Spirit Bomb with 5 Soul Fragments.
12. Use Soul Cleave if you are close to overcapping on Fury.
13. Use Fracture to generate Soul Fragments if you are able to generate 5 Soul Fragments and Fiery Brand is active on the target.
14. Use Fracture to generate Soul Fragments if you are able to generate 5 Soul Fragments.
15. Use Felblade when you will not cap on Fury.
16. Use Soul Cleave.
17. Use Fracture when you will not cap Fury.
18. Use Shear when at 4 or fewer Soul Fragments, and you will not overcap Fury.
19. Use Soul Cleave to spend excess Fury and Soul Fragments.
20. Use Throw Glaive as a filler or when you are not in range of your enemy.

Please select a Hero Talent Tree in the talent switch.

1. Pre-place Sigil of Flame 1 second before pull
2. Use Metamorphosis and Infernal Strike
3. Use Fiery Brand
4. Use Immolation Aura
5. Use The Hunt
6. Use Reaver's Glaive
7. Use Felblade
8. Use Fracture
9. Use Soul Cleave
10. Use Sigil of Spite
11. Proceed with your normal Rotation according to the priority list below.

1. Pre-place Sigil of Flame 1 second before pull
2. Use Fiery Brand
3. Use Immolation Aura
4. Use Felblade
5. Use Sigil of Spite
6. Use Fel Devastation
7. Use Spirit Burst
8. Use Soul Sunder
9. Use Sigil of Flame
10. Use Metamorphosis before Sigil of Flame lands
11. Proceed with your normal Rotation according to the priority list below.

This priority list describes the optimal AoE rotation for Vengeance Demon Hunter.

1. Use Reaver's Glaive when there is 4 seconds left on Thrill of the Fight or if Thrill of the Fight is not active.
2. Use Fracture buffed by Art of the Glaive.
3. Use Shear buffed by Art of the Glaive.
4. Use Soul Cleave buffed by Art of the Glaive as the second ability in the combo.
5. Use The Hunt on cooldown. Try to pass through as many other targets as possible. If an enemy is not affected by the Damage over Time effect, make sure to walk through the enemy to apply it.
6. Use Fiery Brand , when you are close to reaching two stacks of Fiery Brand or need a defensive for some mechanic..
7. Use Fiery Brand.
8. Use Soul Carver, on a target affected by Fiery Brand.
9. Use Sigil of Spite.
10. Use Sigil of Flame unless Sigil of Flame is already applied to your target. Ignore this rule and use Sigil of Flame if you are about to reach two charges.
11. Use Fel Devastation, preferably when most enemies are affected by Fiery Brand.
12. Use Immolation Aura close to on cooldown , preferably without overcapping too many Soul Fragments from Fallout.
13. Use Felblade if you have 4+ Soul Fragments and less than 40 Fury.
14. Use Spirit Bomb with 4+ Soul Fragments available and you are fighting at least 6 enemies.
15. Use Soul Cleave to spend Soul Fragments and Fury to avoid overcapping.
16. Use Fracture when you have, or is about to reach 2 charges.
17. Use Fiery Brand.
18. Use Soul Cleave when you have no Soul Fragments available to avoid overcapping Fury.
19. Use Fracture.
20. Use Felblade.
21. Use Shear when you have less than 5 Soul Fragments.
22. Use Throw Glaive as a filler or when you are not in range of any enemy.

1. Use Fiery Brand if you are setting up to press Metamorphosis, when you are close to reaching two stacks of Fiery Brand or need a defensive for some mechanic. .
2. Use Metamorphosis when Fel Devastation is on cooldown and Sigil of Flame has zero charges available, and you have no abilities that can still activate Demonsurge explosions available.
3. Use Felblade if Fel Devastation is available and you have less than 50 Fury.
4. Use Fel Devastation to activate Demonsurge.
5. Use any remaining abilities that activate Demonsurge explosions before Metamorphosis or Demonic runs out.
6. Use The Hunt on cooldown.
7. Use Sigil of Spite on cooldown.
8. Use Soul Carver on cooldown.
9. Use Sigil of Flame, ideally without overcapping Fury , unless if the target already has Sigil of Flame applied to it, in which case you only use Sigil of Flame if you are about to reach two charges.
10. Use Immolation Aura close to on cooldown, preferably without overcapping too many Soul Fragments from Fallout.
11. Use Spirit Bomb with 4+ Soul Fragments and you are fighting at least 8 enemies.
12. Use Spirit Bomb with 4+ Soul Fragments and you are fighting at least 12 enemies.
13. Use Fracture when you have, or is about to reach 2 charges.
14. Use Soul Cleave to spend excess Fury and Soul Fragments.
15. Use Felblade when you will not cap on Fury.
16. Use Fracture.
17. Use Shear when at 4 or fewer Soul Fragments, and you will not overcap Fury.
18. Use Throw Glaive as a filler or when you are not in range of your enemy.