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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 Toll

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.

  • Mastery37.9%853 avg
  • Versatility27.5%593 avg
  • Haste27.4%626 avg
  • Critical Strike7.2%185 avg

What PvE players are playing

Talent choices across 105 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%

    92 players · Specialization

  • Demonic Instinct88%

    91 players · Specialization

  • Second Helping87%

    90 players · Specialization

  • Focused Ray85%

    88 players · Specialization

  • Sweet Release85%

    88 players · Specialization

  • Sweet Suffering83%

    86 players · Specialization

  • Aura of Pain82%

    85 players · Class

  • Demon Muzzle81%

    84 players · Class

  • Hungering Slash75%

    78 players · Specialization

  • Blind Focus70%

    73 players · Hero

  • Burning Blades70%

    73 players · Hero

  • Demonic Intensity70%

    73 players · Hero

  • Demonsurge70%

    73 players · Hero

  • Enduring Torment70%

    73 players · Hero

  • Flamebound70%

    73 players · Hero

  • Focused Hatred70%

    73 players · Hero

  • Improved Soul Rending70%

    73 players · Hero

  • Monster Rising70%

    73 players · Hero

  • Pursuit of Angriness70%

    73 players · Hero

  • The Hunt70%

    73 players · Specialization

  • Undying Embers70%

    73 players · Hero

  • Untethered Fury70%

    73 players · Hero

  • Violent Transformation70%

    73 players · Hero

  • Voidrush70%

    73 players · Specialization

  • Volatile Instinct70%

    73 players · Hero

  • Devourer's Bite68%

    71 players · Specialization

  • Long Night68%

    71 players · Class

  • Disrupting Fury67%

    70 players · Class

  • Swallowed Anger64%

    67 players · Class

  • Infernal Armor63%

    66 players · Class

  • Singular Strikes63%

    66 players · Specialization

  • Rolling Torment63%

    65 players · Specialization

  • Shattered Restoration61%

    63 players · Class

  • Collapsing Star59%

    61 players · Specialization

  • Gift of the Void55%

    57 players · Specialization

  • Vengeful Bonds52%

    54 players · Class

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

    104 players · Class

  • Bouncing Glaives100%

    104 players · Class

  • Consume Magic100%

    104 players · Class

Rarely taken (50)under 15% — situational or out of favour
  • Erratic Felheart9.6%

    10 players · Class

  • Voidglare Boon9.6%

    10 players · Specialization

  • Lost in Darkness4.8%

    5 players · Class

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.

Other Demon Hunter specs

  • Havoc
  • Vengeance
2.9per min
  • 5Cull1.6per min
  • 6Vengeful Retreat1.5per min
  • 7Reap0.9per min
  • 8Soul Immolation0.6per min
  • Darkness100%

    104 players · Class

  • First In, Last Out100%

    104 players · Class

  • Furious100%

    104 players · Class

  • Illidari Knowledge100%

    104 players · Class

  • Imprison100%

    104 players · Class

  • Improved Disrupt100%

    104 players · Class

  • Internal Struggle100%

    104 players · Class

  • Pursuit100%

    104 players · Class

  • Soul Rending100%

    104 players · Class

  • Soul Splitter100%

    104 players · Class

  • Vengeful Retreat100%

    104 players · Class

  • Will of the Illidari100%

    104 players · Class

  • Calamitous99%

    103 players · Specialization

  • Singed Spirit4.8%

    5 players · Specialization

  • Improved Sigil of Misery3.8%

    4 players · Class

  • Charred Warblades1.9%

    2 players · Class

  • Accelerated Blade1.0%

    1 players · Specialization

  • Aldrachi Tactics1.0%

    1 players · Hero

  • Army Unto Oneself1.0%

    1 players · Hero

  • Art of the Glaive1.0%

    1 players · Hero

  • Bladecraft1.0%

    1 players · Hero

  • Broken Spirit1.0%

    1 players · Hero