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Havoc Demon Hunter

Damage specialisation · Tier B in Mythic+, 3.3% 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.

    • Mastery43.0%961 avg
    • Versatility42.3%930 avg
    • Haste9.5%215 avg
    • Critical Strike5.2%132 avg

    What PvE players are playing

    Talent choices across 189 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.

    • Collective Anguish88%

      161 players · Specialization

    • Trail of Ruin87%

      160 players · Specialization

    • Serrated Glaive87%

      159 players · Specialization

    • Relentless Onslaught85%

      156 players · Specialization

    • Screaming Brutality84%

      154 players · Specialization

    • Accelerated Blade83%

      152 players · Specialization

    • Know Your Enemy82%

      150 players · Specialization

    • Furious Throws81%

      148 players · Specialization

    • Essence Break80%

      147 players · Specialization

    • Felfire Haste78%

      142 players · Class

    • Swallowed Anger76%

      139 players · Class

    • Aldrachi Tactics75%

      137 players · Hero

    • Army Unto Oneself75%

      137 players · Hero

    • Art of the Glaive75%

      137 players · Hero

    • Bladecraft75%

      137 players · Hero

    • Broken Spirit75%

      137 players · Hero

    • Evasive Action75%

      137 players · Hero

    • Fury of the Aldrachi75%

      137 players · Hero

    • Incisive Blade75%

      137 players · Hero

    • Keen Edge75%

      137 players · Hero

    • Keen Engagement75%

      137 players · Hero

    • Reaver's Mark75%

      137 players · Hero

    • Thrill of the Fight75%

      137 players · Hero

    • Warblade's Hunger75%

      137 players · Hero

    • Wounded Quarry75%

      137 players · Hero

    • Demon Muzzle73%

      133 players · Class

    • Long Night71%

      130 players · Class

    • Felbound36%

      65 players · Class

    • Scars of Suffering31%

      56 players · Specialization

    • Aura of Pain23%

      43 players · Class

    • Blind Focus23%

      42 players · Hero

    • Burning Blades23%

      42 players · Hero

    • Demonic Intensity23%

      42 players · Hero

    • Demonsurge23%

      42 players · Hero

    • Enduring Torment23%

      42 players · Hero

    • Flamebound23%

      42 players · Hero

    Near-universal picks (45)taken by 90%+ — effectively baseline
    • Vengeful Retreat100%

      183 players · Class

    • Blazing Path99%

      182 players · Class

    • Bouncing Glaives99%

      182 players · Class

    Rarely taken (114)under 15% — situational or out of favour
    • Burn It Out10%

      19 players · Class

    • Improved Sigil of Misery8.7%

      16 players · Class

    • Ragefire8.2%

      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%

    182 players · Class

  • First In, Last Out99%

    182 players · Class

  • Illidari Knowledge99%

    182 players · Class

  • Imprison99%

    182 players · Class

  • Internal Struggle99%

    182 players · Class

  • Soul Rending99%

    182 players · Class

  • Soul Splitter99%

    182 players · Class

  • Unrestrained Fury99%

    182 players · Class

  • Will of the Illidari99%

    182 players · Class

  • Champion of the Glaive99%

    181 players · Class

  • Remorseless99%

    181 players · Class

  • Darkness98%

    180 players · Class

  • Furious98%

    180 players · Class

  • Chaos Theory7.7%

    14 players · Specialization

  • Glaive Tempest6.6%

    12 players · Specialization

  • Disrupting Fury5.5%

    10 players · Class

  • Unbound Chaos4.9%

    9 players · Specialization

  • Improved Chaos Strike3.3%

    6 players · Specialization

  • Vengeful Bonds2.7%

    5 players · Class

  • Aldrachi Design1.6%

    3 players · Class

  • Predator's Thirst1.6%

    3 players · Specialization

  • Void Metamorphosis1.6%

    3 players · Specialization