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Havoc Demon Hunter

Damage specialisation · Tier B in Mythic+, 3.2% of the sample

PvE GuideRaid logs, Mythic+ players and PvE buildsACTIVEPvP GuideRated ladder talents, gear stats and builds

Opener

The order abilities first landed across 4 top-parsing pulls, with the median time into the fight. The percentage is how many of those parses used the ability at all — a step at 100% is the opener, one at 60% is a choice some players make.

  1. 1Algeth'ar Puzzle+0.6s75%
  2. 2Felblade+2.5s75%
  3. 3Immolation Aura+3.1s50%
4
Eye Beam
+3.6s
100%
  • 5The Hunt+4.6s75%
  • 6Essence Break+5.5s100%
  • 7Death Sweep+7.4s100%
  • 8Annihilation+9.2s75%
  • What follows what

    What was pressed next, counted over every observed pair. This is the closest a log gets to a priority list — but it describes behaviour, not a rule: a player casting Execute because it lit up looks the same here as one following a plan.

    • Annihilation68 casts→Annihilation42%Shattered Souls24%Death Sweep10%
    • Death Sweep35 casts→Annihilation43%Death Sweep31%Consuming Fire20%
    • Shattered Souls20 casts→Annihilation58%Death Sweep16%Abyssal Gaze5%
    • Chaos Strike14 casts→Chaos Strike36%Blade Dance14%Vengeful Retreat14%
    • Consuming Fire12 casts→Consuming Fire92%The Hunt8%
    • Consuming Fire11 casts→Annihilation64%Abyssal Gaze18%Chaos Strike9%

    Ability usage

    Casts per minute across 12 top-parsing kills in The Venomous Abyss. Per minute rather than totals, so a long fight does not read as a heavily used ability.

    Single target

    3 fights where almost all damage went to the boss

    1. 1Annihilation10.9per min
    2. 2Chaos Strike10.5per min
    3. 3Death Sweep7.1per min
    4. 4Immolation Aura5.3per min
    5. 5Felblade1.9per min
    6. 6Vengeful Retreat0.8per min

    Multi-target

    6 fights with substantial add damage

    1. 1Chaos Strike11.7per min
    2. 2Annihilation11.0per min
    3. 3Death Sweep7.0per min
    4. 4Immolation Aura

    Fights are sorted by how much damage landed on boss units rather than by a hand-kept list of which encounter is the AoE one, so the split stays right after a retune. Fights in between are left out of both columns.

    Updated 30/08/2026. These are observed casts, not a recommended priority — the order reflects how often an ability came up, which is not the same as when to press it.

    Secondary stats

    Secondary stat split across the 100 best-geared synced characters. Averaged per player, so one heavily geared character cannot define the answer for everyone.

    • Mastery42.7%954 avg
    • Versatility42.5%934 avg
    • Haste9.6%217 avg
    • Critical Strike5.2%132 avg

    What PvE players are playing

    Talent choices across 185 synced characters playing this specialisation. These are observed picks, not recommendations — they say what the ladder is doing, not what you should do.

    Where builds differ

    Taken by between 15% and 90% of players. This is where the real decisions are.

    • Dancing with Fate90%

      161 players · Specialization

    • Collective Anguish87%

      156 players · Specialization

    • Trail of Ruin87%

      156 players · Specialization

    • Serrated Glaive86%

      154 players · Specialization

    • Relentless Onslaught84%

      151 players · Specialization

    • Screaming Brutality83%

      149 players · Specialization

    • Accelerated Blade82%

      147 players · Specialization

    • Know Your Enemy82%

      146 players · Specialization

    • Essence Break80%

      143 players · Specialization

    • Furious Throws80%

      143 players · Specialization

    • Felfire Haste77%

      138 players · Class

    • Swallowed Anger76%

      136 players · Class

    • Aldrachi Tactics74%

      133 players · Hero

    • Army Unto Oneself74%

      133 players · Hero

    • Art of the Glaive74%

      133 players · Hero

    • Bladecraft74%

      133 players · Hero

    • Broken Spirit74%

      133 players · Hero

    • Evasive Action74%

      133 players · Hero

    • Fury of the Aldrachi74%

      133 players · Hero

    • Incisive Blade74%

      133 players · Hero

    • Keen Edge74%

      133 players · Hero

    • Keen Engagement74%

      133 players · Hero

    • Reaver's Mark74%

      133 players · Hero

    • Thrill of the Fight74%

      133 players · Hero

    • Warblade's Hunger74%

      133 players · Hero

    • Wounded Quarry74%

      133 players · Hero

    • Demon Muzzle73%

      131 players · Class

    • Long Night72%

      128 players · Class

    • Felbound36%

      64 players · Class

    • Scars of Suffering31%

      55 players · Specialization

    • Aura of Pain24%

      43 players · Class

    • Blind Focus23%

      41 players · Hero

    • Burning Blades23%

      41 players · Hero

    • Demonic Intensity23%

      41 players · Hero

    • Demonsurge23%

      41 players · Hero

    • Enduring Torment23%

      41 players · Hero

    Near-universal picks (44)taken by 90%+ — effectively baseline
    • Vengeful Retreat100%

      179 players · Class

    • Blazing Path99%

      178 players · Class

    • Bouncing Glaives99%

      178 players · Class

    Rarely taken (115)under 15% — situational or out of favour
    • Burn It Out10%

      18 players · Class

    • Improved Sigil of Misery8.9%

      16 players · Class

    • Ragefire8.4%

      15 players · Specialization

    Import a real build

    Loadouts from the highest-rated synced players of this specialisation. Paste straight into the game.

    • Nsdh

      hyjal · EU3,730

    • Shunka

      stormscale · EU3,480

    • Pichazo

      quelthalas · US3,114

    • Nocthdh

      malganis · US3,025

    • Ziover

      zuljin · EU2,859

    Learn the spec

    This page measures what players do. For rotation, stat priority and matchup play, these are the references.

    • WowheadpveRotation, stat priority, gear and consumables. The most complete free PvE reference.
    • Icy VeinspveRotation walkthroughs and talent reasoning, written for players learning a spec.
    • Raider.IOpveMythic+ routes, affix planning and dungeon-by-dungeon breakdowns.

    Other Demon Hunter specs

    • Vengeance
    • Devourer
    4.5per min
  • 5Felblade2.6per min
  • 6Throw Glaive1.3per min
  • 7Vengeful Retreat0.8per min
  • Demonic Resilience99%

    178 players · Class

  • First In, Last Out99%

    178 players · Class

  • Illidari Knowledge99%

    178 players · Class

  • Imprison99%

    178 players · Class

  • Internal Struggle99%

    178 players · Class

  • Soul Rending99%

    178 players · Class

  • Soul Splitter99%

    178 players · Class

  • Unrestrained Fury99%

    178 players · Class

  • Will of the Illidari99%

    178 players · Class

  • Remorseless99%

    177 players · Class

  • Champion of the Glaive98%

    176 players · Class

  • Darkness98%

    176 players · Class

  • Furious98%

    176 players · Class

  • Chaos Theory7.8%

    14 players · Specialization

  • Glaive Tempest6.7%

    12 players · Specialization

  • Disrupting Fury5.6%

    10 players · Class

  • Unbound Chaos4.5%

    8 players · Specialization

  • Improved Chaos Strike3.4%

    6 players · Specialization

  • Vengeful Bonds2.8%

    5 players · Class

  • Predator's Thirst2.2%

    4 players · Specialization

  • Void Metamorphosis2.2%

    4 players · Specialization

  • Void Ray2.2%

    4 players · Specialization