Vengeance Demon Hunter Tank Easy Mode — Dragonflight 10.2.6
On this page, we explain how to easily play Vengeance Demon Hunter in World of Warcraft — Dragonflight 10.2.6, using the simplest rotation, talent tree, stat priority, gear setup, etc., without sacrificing performance.
Foreword
This page is intended for players who are new to the game or class, have no intentions of raiding Mythic difficulty, or simply want a more straightforward way to play their specialization without being overwhelmed by the numerous subtleties and active abilities that need to be taken into consideration for optimal play.
The Basics of Vengeance Demon Hunter
Vengeance Demon Hunters have strong mobility, which can help during tanking, especially in dungeons. Your main goal throughout fights will be to survive through clever usage of your defensive abilities.
Best Talents for Vengeance Demon Hunter
Heretic: Raid Talent Build for Vengeance Demon Hunter
The Heretic build centers around increasing your Fire damage through talents like Fiery Demise and Down in Flames, it offers great offensive and defensive talents for Single Target encounters, perfect for Raiding
Be sure to make use of the 'Copy Export String' button to import the best build directly into your game!
Sigilweaver: Mythic+ Talent Build for Vengeance Demon Hunter
The Sigilweaver talent build functions around using your Sigil toolkit to boost your AoE Damage, Defensive value, and Utility. Centering heavily around Sigil of Flame and the new talent Illuminated Sigils to gain large amounts of Parry to supplement your kit.
Be sure to make use of the 'Copy Export String' button to import the best build directly into your game!
Basic Rotation for Vengeance Demon Hunter
Basic Single-Target Rotation for Vengeance Demon Hunter
- Use The Hunt on cooldown.
- Use Soul Carver on cooldown.
- Use Elysian Decree on cooldown.
- Use Fiery Brand on cooldown.
- Use Fel Devastation on cooldown.
- Use Sigil of Flame on cooldown.
- Use Immolation Aura on cooldown.
- Keep Fracture recharging if you will not cap on Fury and Souls. During Metamorphosis, you may overlook wasting small amounts of Fury.
- Use Felblade when low on Fury.
- Use Soul Cleave to spend Fury and Soul Fragments for damage and healing.
- Use Throw Glaive as a filler when nothing else is available.
Basic Multi-Target Rotation for Vengeance Demon Hunter
- Use The Hunt on cooldown.
- Use Soul Carver on cooldown.
- Use Elysian Decree on cooldown.
- Use Fiery Brand on cooldown.
- Use Fel Devastation on cooldown.
- Use Sigil of Flame on cooldown.
- Use Immolation Aura on cooldown if the risk of going over 5 Soul Fragments is low if talented into Fallout.
- Keep Fracture recharging if you will not cap on Fury and Souls. During Metamorphosis, you may overlook wasting small amounts of Fury.
- Use Felblade when low on Fury.
- Use Spirit Bomb when you have 4 or more Soul Fragments ready.
- Use Soul Cleave to spend Fury when you have no Soul Fragments available.
- Use Throw Glaive as a filler when nothing else is available.
Active Mitigation and Cooldowns
You have one active mitigation ability that you need to use to keep yourself alive, which is Demon Spikes. This should be used frequently, even simply against auto-attacks. Always keep at least one of its charges rolling.
Aside from this, you also have a couple of other abilities you can use to help keep you alive.
Fiery Brand should be placed on the target when you think that they will deal high damage to you or when you simply want to reduce the damage you take.
In addition to that, you have access to a major survivability cooldown in Metamorphosis. This works both proactively (to increase your health in preparation for damage) and reactively as an emergency cooldown to heal you up when you drop low on health. Additionally, an additional Lesser Soul Fragment and an extra 20 Fury is generated when Fracture or Shear is used.
While playing with Demonic, Fel Devastation will trigger Metamorphosis for 8 seconds. In almost all situations, Metamorphosis is enough to survive, and this opportunity allows for Demon Spikes to recharge.
Stat Choice for Vengeance Demon Hunter
Currently, you will want to prioritize stats as follows:
- Agility;
- Critical Strike;
- Haste;
- Versatility.
- Mastery.
To review the stat priority in more detail, please follow the link below.
Full Rotation and Talents for Vengeance Demon Hunter
For more in-depth details on talents and rotation, please visit the Rotation and Talent links below.
Changelog
- 19 Mar. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.2.
- 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
- 10 Jul. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
- 01 May 2023: Updated with new beginner friendly talents and rotation for patch 10.1.
- 20 Mar. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 24 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight Pre-Patch.
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This guide is written by Meyra, a Vengeance main with a love for pushing Mythic+ keys and showcasing Proof of Concept keys with 5 tanks or other non-standard group compositions. They are a distinguished member and frequent contributor to Vengeance theory in the Demon Hunter class discord who also occasionally streams Vengeance and other tank content on Twitch.
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