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Havoc Demon Hunter

Damage specialisation · Tier B in PvP, 3.9% of the sample

PvE GuideRaid logs, Mythic+ players and PvE buildsPvP GuideRated ladder talents, gear stats and buildsACTIVE

Rated PvP data

A complete live guide built from rated Battle.net profiles: bracket-specific talents, PvP talents, gear, gems, enchantments, statistics and importable builds. PvE raid casts are never presented as PvP advice.

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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.

  • Versatility45.4%975 avg
  • Mastery44.5%959 avg
  • Haste8.6%186 avg
  • Critical Strike1.4%35 avg

101

Synced 2v2 players

1,701

Average rating sampled

2,263

Highest rating sampled

PvP talents

The three dedicated PvP slots, measured from Battle.net profiles.

Live ladder data
Glimpse

Glimpse

58%

Vengeful Retreat provides immunity to loss of control effects, and reduces damage taken by 20% until you land.

59 players

Blood Moon

Blood Moon

54%

Consume Magic now affects all enemies within 8 yards of the target and generates a Lesser Soul Fragment, with a 15% chance to be upgraded to a Greater Soul.

55 players

Rain from Above

Rain from Above

30%

You fly into the air out of harm's way. While floating, you gain access to Fel Lance allowing you to deal damage to enemies below.

30 players

Reverse Magic

Reverse Magic

29%

Removes all harmful magical effects from yourself and all nearby allies within 10 yards, and sends them back to their original caster if possible.

29 players

Detainment

Detainment

19%

Imprison's PvP duration is increased by 1 sec, and targets become immune to damage and healing while imprisoned.

19 players

Cleansed by Flame

Cleansed by Flame

1%

Immolation Aura dispels a magical effect on you when cast.

1 players

Combat toolkit

Common high-rated choices grouped by purpose. This is a PvP toolkit, not a fake raid rotation.

Pressure & burst

  • Blazing Path
    Blazing Path100%

    Fel Rush gains an additional charge.

  • Bouncing Glaives
    Bouncing Glaives100%

    Throw Glaive ricochets to 1 additional target.

  • Consume Magic
    Consume Magic100%

Most played equipment

Top two choices per slot among the highest-rated hydrated profiles.

Back

Thalassian Competitor's Cloth Cloak

58% equipped · 263 ilvl

Back

Venomous Aspirant's Cape

30% equipped · 263 ilvl

Chest

Abyssal Doomhound's Coreguard

40% equipped · 292 ilvl

Havoc Demon Hunter enchantments

  • Enchanted: Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul84%
  • Enchanted: +41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina78%
  • Enchanted: Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery71%

Talent tree choices & importable builds

Talent choices across 101 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.

  • Trail of Ruin88%

    89 players · Specialization

  • Aldrachi Tactics87%

    88 players · Hero

  • Army Unto Oneself87%

    88 players · Hero

  • Art of the Glaive87%

    88 players · Hero

  • Bladecraft87%

    88 players · Hero

  • Broken Spirit87%

    88 players · Hero

  • Fury of the Aldrachi87%

    88 players · Hero

  • Incisive Blade87%

    88 players · Hero

  • Keen Edge87%

    88 players · Hero

  • Keen Engagement87%

    88 players · Hero

  • Reaver's Mark87%

    88 players · Hero

  • Thrill of the Fight87%

    88 players · Hero

  • Unhindered Assault87%

    88 players · Hero

  • Warblade's Hunger87%

    88 players · Hero

  • Wounded Quarry87%

    88 players · Hero

  • Know Your Enemy84%

    85 players · Specialization

  • Swallowed Anger84%

    85 players · Class

  • Demon Muzzle83%

    84 players · Class

  • Essence Break83%

    84 players · Specialization

  • Felfire Haste83%

    84 players · Class

  • Long Night79%

    80 players · Class

  • Felbound34%

    34 players · Class

  • Scars of Suffering30%

    30 players · Specialization

  • Aura of Pain19%

    19 players · Class

  • Isolated Prey16%

    16 players · Specialization

Near-universal picks (51)taken by 90%+ — effectively baseline
  • Blazing Path100%

    101 players · Class

  • Bouncing Glaives100%

    101 players · Class

  • Consume Magic100%

    101 players · Class

Rarely taken (73)under 15% — situational or out of favour
  • Blind Fury13%

    13 players · Specialization

  • Blind Focus12%

    12 players · Hero

  • Burning Blades12%

    12 players · Hero

Import a real build

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

  • Wesker

    malganis · US2,263

  • Exit

    kazzak · EU2,185

  • Stellarvore

    nemesis · EU2,124

  • Blade

    khadgar · US2,035

  • Violencia

    kazzak · EU2,031

Learn the spec

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

  • Skill-CappedpvpArena guides, matchup play and comp theory. Subscription, and the standard reference for PvP.
  • Murlok.iopvpTalent and gear data from the PvP ladder, broken down per bracket.

Other Demon Hunter specs

  • Vengeance
  • Devourer

Consume 1 beneficial Magic effect removing it from the target and granting you 20 Fury.

  • Darkness
    Darkness100%

    Summons darkness around you in an 8 yd radius, granting friendly targets a 15% chance to avoid all damage from an attack. Lasts 11 sec. Chance to avoid damage increased by 100% when not in a raid.

  • Demonic Resilience
    Demonic Resilience100%

    Blur gains 1 additional charge.

    • Survival

    • First In, Last Out
      First In, Last Out100%

      Fel Rush grants you a rapidly decaying shield equal to 6% of your maximum health.

    • Illidari Knowledge
      Illidari Knowledge100%

      Reduces magic damage taken by 12%.

    • Soul Rending
      Soul Rending100%

      Leech increased by 10%. Gain an additional 10% leech while Metamorphosis is active.

    • Will of the Illidari
      Will of the Illidari100%

      Increases maximum health by 12%.

    • Deflecting Dance
      Deflecting Dance99%

      Blade Dance now reduces targets' healing received by 50% for 6 sec.

    Control & mobility

    • Pursuit
      Pursuit100%

      Mastery increases your movement speed.

    • Vengeful Retreat
      Vengeful Retreat100%

      Remove all snares and vault away. Nearby enemies take 524 Physical damage.

    • Chaos Nova
      Chaos Nova99%

      Unleash an eruption of fel energy, dealing 1,295 Chaos damage and stunning all nearby enemies for 3 sec.

    • The Hunt
      The Hunt99%

      Charge to your target, striking them for 46,043 Chaos damage, rooting them in place for 1.5 sec and inflicting 32,138 Chaos damage over 6 sec to up to 5 enemies in your path.

    • Focused Ire
      Focused Ire97%

      The primary target of Chaos Nova is stunned for an additional 2 sec.

    Chest

    Thalassian Competitor's Leather Chestpiece

    39% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Feet

    Thalassian Competitor's Leather Sliders

    53% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Feet

    Thalassian Competitor's Leather Boots

    26% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Hands

    Abyssal Doomhound's Studded Gauntlets

    55% equipped · 292 ilvl

    Hands

    Venomous Gladiator's Leather Gloves

    22% equipped · 292 ilvl

    Head

    Thalassian Competitor's Leather Optics

    53% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Head

    Venomous Aspirant's Leather Helm

    35% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Legs

    Venomous Aspirant's Leather Leggings

    63% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Legs

    Thalassian Competitor's Leather Trousers

    24% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Main Hand

    Venomous Aspirant's Warglaive

    44% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Main Hand

    Thalassian Competitor's Pickaxe

    33% equipped · 292 ilvl

    Neck

    Thalassian Competitor's Amulet

    69% equipped · 292 ilvl

    Neck

    Venomous Aspirant's Pendant

    27% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Off Hand

    Venomous Aspirant's Warglaive

    45% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Off Hand

    Thalassian Competitor's Pickaxe

    32% equipped · 288 ilvl

    Ring 1

    Thalassian Competitor's Signet

    77% equipped · 292 ilvl

    Ring 1

    Venomous Aspirant's Signet

    14% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Ring 2

    Thalassian Competitor's Signet

    78% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Ring 2

    Venomous Aspirant's Signet

    12% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Shirt

    Common Gray Shirt

    4% equipped · 1 ilvl

    Shirt

    Epic Purple Shirt

    3% equipped · 1 ilvl

    Shoulders

    Abyssal Doomhound's Jaws

    85% equipped · 292 ilvl

    Shoulders

    Venomous Aspirant's Leather Spaulders

    5% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Tabard

    Galactic Gladiator's Tabard

    15% equipped · 1 ilvl

    Tabard

    Guild Tabard

    11% equipped · 1 ilvl

    Trinket 1

    Venomous Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

    55% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Trinket 1

    Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

    23% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Trinket 2

    Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

    55% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Trinket 2

    Venomous Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

    23% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Waist

    Thalassian Competitor's Leather Belt

    64% equipped · 259 ilvl

    Waist

    Venomous Aspirant's Leather Belt

    31% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Wrist

    Thalassian Competitor's Leather Bands

    43% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Wrist

    Venomous Aspirant's Leather Armguards

    37% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Enchanted: Enchant Shoulders - Silvermoon's Mending
    67%
  • Enchanted: Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots60%
  • Enchanted: Enchant Helm - Empowered Hex of Leeching56%
  • Enchanted: Enchant Weapon - Arcane Mastery49%
  • Enchanted: Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei38%

    • Havoc Demon Hunter gems & sockets

    • Enduring Heliotrope · +23 Primary Stat and +5% Damage Reduction when affected by Crowd Control91%
    • Flawless Versatile Amethyst · +16 Mastery & +7 Versatility76%
    • Flawless Masterful Lapis · +16 Versatility & +7 Mastery19%
    • Prismatic Socket8%
    • Flawless Quick Amethyst · +16 Mastery & +7 Haste6%
    • Flawless Masterful Garnet · +16 Critical Strike & +7 Mastery2%
    • Indecipherable Eversong Diamond · +32 Primary Stat2%
    • Flawless Versatile Amethyst · +14 Mastery & +6 Versatility1%
    Darkness100%

    101 players · Class

  • Demonic Resilience100%

    101 players · Class

  • First In, Last Out100%

    101 players · Class

  • Illidari Knowledge100%

    101 players · Class

  • Improved Disrupt100%

    101 players · Class

  • Internal Struggle100%

    101 players · Class

  • Pursuit100%

    101 players · Class

  • Remorseless100%

    101 players · Class

  • Soul Rending100%

    101 players · Class

  • Soul Splitter100%

    101 players · Class

  • Unrestrained Fury100%

    101 players · Class

  • Vengeful Retreat100%

    101 players · Class

  • Will of the Illidari100%

    101 players · Class

    • Charred Warblades12%

    12 players · Class

  • Demonic Intensity12%

    12 players · Hero

  • Demonsurge12%

    12 players · Hero

  • Enduring Torment12%

    12 players · Hero

  • Erratic Felheart12%

    12 players · Class

  • Flamebound12%

    12 players · Hero

  • Focused Hatred12%

    12 players · Hero

  • Improved Soul Rending12%

    12 players · Hero

  • Monster Rising12%

    12 players · Hero