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Devourer Demon Hunter

Damage specialisation · Tier C in Mythic+, 1.8% 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. 1Soul Fragment+0.3s100%
  2. 2Consume+0.5s100%
  3. 3Reap+2s100%

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.

  • Soul Fragment125 casts→Soul Fragment65%Consume11%Voidblade6%
  • Consume22 casts→Soul Fragment41%Consume27%Reap23%
  • Reaper's Toll12 casts→Soul Fragment92%Vengeful Retreat8%
  • Reap8 casts→Soul Fragment63%Void Ray25%Consume13%
  • Voidblade8 casts→Voidblade50%Pierce the Veil50%
  • Vengeful Retreat8 casts→The Hunt38%Soul Fragment25%Void Ray13%

Ability usage

Casts per minute across 20 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

5 fights where almost all damage went to the boss

  1. 1Devour10.5per min
  2. 2Void Ray6.4per min
  3. 3Consume6.4per min
  4. 4Vengeful Retreat3.4per min
  5. 5Reaper's Toll1.5per min
  6. 6Soul Immolation1.0per min
  7. 7Cull0.9per min
  8. 8Collapsing Star0.7per min

Multi-target

10 fights with substantial add damage

  1. 1Devour8.1per min
  2. 2Consume7.2per min
  3. 3Void Ray6.2per min
  4. 4Reaper's Toll2.9per min
  5. 5Cull1.6per min
  6. 6Vengeful Retreat1.5per min
  7. 7Reap0.9per min
  8. 8Soul Immolation0.6per min

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.

  • Mastery37.8%848 avg
  • Versatility27.9%600 avg
  • Haste27.6%628 avg
  • Critical Strike6.7%173 avg

What PvE players are playing

Talent choices across 103 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.

  • Duty Eternal88%

    90 players · Specialization

  • Demonic Instinct86%

    88 players · Specialization

  • Focused Ray85%

    87 players · Specialization

  • Second Helping85%

    87 players · Specialization

  • Sweet Release83%

    85 players · Specialization

  • Sweet Suffering81%

    83 players · Specialization

  • Aura of Pain80%

    82 players · Class

  • Demon Muzzle80%

    82 players · Class

  • Hungering Slash74%

    75 players · Specialization

  • Blind Focus69%

    70 players · Hero

  • Burning Blades69%

    70 players · Hero

  • Demonic Intensity69%

    70 players · Hero

  • Demonsurge69%

    70 players · Hero

  • Enduring Torment69%

    70 players · Hero

  • Flamebound69%

    70 players · Hero

  • Focused Hatred69%

    70 players · Hero

  • Improved Soul Rending69%

    70 players · Hero

  • Monster Rising69%

    70 players · Hero

  • Pursuit of Angriness69%

    70 players · Hero

  • The Hunt69%

    70 players · Specialization

  • Undying Embers69%

    70 players · Hero

  • Untethered Fury69%

    70 players · Hero

  • Violent Transformation69%

    70 players · Hero

  • Voidrush69%

    70 players · Specialization

  • Volatile Instinct69%

    70 players · Hero

  • Long Night68%

    69 players · Class

  • Devourer's Bite67%

    68 players · Specialization

  • Disrupting Fury67%

    68 players · Class

  • Infernal Armor64%

    65 players · Class

  • Swallowed Anger64%

    65 players · Class

  • Rolling Torment63%

    64 players · Specialization

  • Singular Strikes63%

    64 players · Specialization

  • Shattered Restoration61%

    62 players · Class

  • Collapsing Star59%

    60 players · Specialization

  • Gift of the Void54%

    55 players · Specialization

  • Midnight50%

    51 players · Specialization

Near-universal picks (40)taken by 90%+ — effectively baseline
  • Blazing Path100%

    102 players · Class

  • Bouncing Glaives100%

    102 players · Class

  • Consume Magic100%

    102 players · Class

  • Darkness100%

    102 players · Class

  • First In, Last Out100%

    102 players · Class

  • Furious100%

    102 players · Class

  • Illidari Knowledge100%

    102 players · Class

  • Imprison100%

    102 players · Class

  • Improved Disrupt100%

    102 players · Class

  • Internal Struggle100%

    102 players · Class

  • Pursuit100%

    102 players · Class

  • Soul Rending100%

    102 players · Class

  • Soul Splitter100%

    102 players · Class

  • Vengeful Retreat100%

    102 players · Class

  • Will of the Illidari100%

    102 players · Class

  • Demonic Resilience99%

    101 players · Class

Rarely taken (52)under 15% — situational or out of favour
  • Erratic Felheart11%

    11 players · Class

  • Voidglare Boon9.8%

    10 players · Specialization

  • Lost in Darkness4.9%

    5 players · Class

  • Singed Spirit4.9%

    5 players · Specialization

  • Improved Sigil of Misery3.9%

    4 players · Class

  • Accelerated Blade2.0%

    2 players · Specialization

  • Aldrachi Tactics2.0%

    2 players · Hero

  • Army Unto Oneself2.0%

    2 players · Hero

  • Art of the Glaive2.0%

    2 players · Hero

  • Bladecraft2.0%

    2 players · Hero

  • Broken Spirit2.0%

    2 players · Hero

  • Burning Hatred2.0%

    2 players · Specialization

Import a real build

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

  • Soxxs

    bleeding-hollow · US3,692

  • Vikdh

    tarren-mill · EU3,685

  • Nepadh

    blackhand · EU3,644

  • Immoaura

    illidan · US3,636

  • Ihasdh

    kazzak · EU3,556

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.

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