Demon Hunter Leveling Guide from 8 to 80

Welcome to our Demon Hunter leveling guide. Here you will find all you need to know to level up your Demon Hunter efficiently. In addition, you may wish to check out our general Leveling guide, complete with detailed information on XP, mounts, addons, consumables, tips, and more. We encourage to read it to increase your leveling speed even more.

Demon Hunter is a melee specialization with three different specs. Havoc is the melee damage-dealing spec, that excels at pulling large groups of enemies and bursting them down with Eye Beam and Blade Dance. Vengeance is the tank build for Demon Hunter, that excels in mobility and self sustain through spawning Soul Fragments. Finally, in Midnight a third spec has been added: Devourer. This is a mid-range caster, that uses void inflused spells and Void Metamorphosis to deal devastating burst.

All three specs excel at leveling and have limited downtime between pulls. All three options are a great choice, and whether you play Havoc, Devourer or Vengeance will come down to personal preference.

Havoc Demon Hunter excels at pulling large groups of enemies on 20-second intervals, using Eye Beam for huge amounts of damage. It also comes with great survival and sustain tools, with Shattered Souls healing you for every enemy you kill. After level 30, Soul Rending makes this a breeze with Leech coming from every attack - made even stronger during Metamorphosis. For a full breakdown of abilities alongside a leveling build, please visit the Havoc leveling guide below.

Vengeance Demon Hunter excels at pulling large groups of enemies and sustaining themselves through Soul Fragments, immediately unlocking this at level 10 with Fracture. Vengeance is slightly slower when clearing up groups of enemies compared to the other two, but it has far less risk. It's by far the best choice though when trying to solo elite content or dangerous monsters. It also has much lower queue times thanks to being a tank, so might be the best pick if you want to level through group content. For a full breakdown of Vengeance abilities alongside a leveling build, please visit the link below.

Devourer Demon Hunter, much like the two other specs, are excellent at dealing with large groups of enemies. Void Ray deals extremely high amounts of AoE damage when used against groups, and its high mobility lets it jump between foes with ease. Void Metamorphosis is slightly more awkward due to the need to ramp its power, but the damage while transformed is exceptional through Collapsing Star. On top of that, Shattered Souls provides ample healing, and it too gains Soul Rending to stay healthy throughout combat. For a full breakdown of Vengeance abilities alongside a leveling build, please visit the link below.

Below are ability unlocks shared across the class. For respective unlocks for each specialization, please go to the respective pages for more details.

• You will immediately gain access to Recuperate, which can be channeled to quickly recover health while out of combat.
• You will start with access to Fel Rush, Demon's Bite and Chaos Strike. These will be replaced with specialization specific abilities at level 10.
• You will also begin at level 8 in Midnight, so have Spectral Sight that allows you to see enemies through walls. You'll also have the Shattered Souls, spawning a soul when you defeat an enemy that heals you. If the soul came from a Demon, you'll also gain bonus damage for 15 seconds.
• At Level 9, Torment will taunt a target, giving you the highest threat and forcing the enemy to focus you.
• At Level 11, Immolation Aura covers you in fire, causing you to deal ticking Fire damage over 6 seconds.
• At Level 12, Throw Glaive is used to pull far away enemies. Vengeance will also generate additional threat.
• At Level 18, Immolation Aura rank 2 is gained, causing it to also deal initial damage when cast.
• At Level 20, Metamorphosis is unlocked via a quest in the Demon Hunter starting area. Havoc will stun nearby enemies and empower themselves for 20 seconds, while Vengeance will gain additional Health and Armor for 15 seconds. Devourer will gain a unique Void Metamorphosis form, that can be activated after gathering Souls, and staying active for long as you can fuel it with Fury.
• At Level 20, Disrupt is unlocked, which is the Demon Hunter interrupt with a 15-second cooldown.
• At Level 49, Chaos Brand will debuff every target that receives damage that increases the amount of magic damage received by 3%. This is a unique debuff to Demon Hunters, and makes the class highly sought after in group content.

Once you've reached Level 80 and your leveling journey has found its end, you definitely want to check out the in-depth information on how to excel in all types of PvE content by checking out our Demon Hunter Specialization Guides!