Devourer Demon Hunter DPS Gear and Best in Slot — Midnight Pre-Patch (12.0)

Welcome to our Gear and BiS Page for Devourer Demon Hunter for The War Within! Check this page to learn everything you need to know about gearing an Devourer Demon Hunter, including the BiS Gear from all sources, Raiding, and Mythic+, information on the best Trinkets, Tier Sets, and much more.

Pre-Patch Disclaimer

Midnight has brought with it a stat squish, so all items provide less stats than they did previously. While this doesn't affect Devourer (due to being a new specialization), it may be worth looking through gear you had previously for Havoc/Vengeance that would suit its stat requirements better.

For discussion and information on Stats specifically, check out our Stats page below.

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BiS Gear for Devourer Demon Hunter

Pre-Patch BiS List Manaforge Omega BiS List Mythic+ BiS List

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Devourer Demon Hunter BiS List in Pre-Patch

This list contains the Best in Slot Gear for the Midnight Pre-Patch. Items from all sources including Raids, Mythic+, Delves, The Great Vault and Crafting are included here.

Note that this gearset aims to balance out stats evenly to avoid diminishing returns, so individual pieces may not suit your current gearset on their own.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Main Hand	Voidglass Sovereign's Blade	Nexus King Salhadaar
Off Hand	Everforged Warglaive	Crafted — Blacksmithing
Alternative	Event Horizon's Edge	Tazavesh: So'leah's Gambit
Helm	Charhound's Vicious Scalp (Tier)	Forgeweaver Araz
Neck	Sin Stained Pendant	Halls of Atonement
Shoulder	Breakbeat Shoulderguards	Tazavesh: Streets of Wonder
Cloak	Reshii Wraps with Mastery	11.2 Campaign
Chest	Charhound's Vicious Bindings (Tier)	Fractillus
Bracers	Rune-Branded Armbands	Crafted — Leatherworking
Gloves	Charhound's Vicious Felclaws (Tier)	Soulbinder Naazindhri
Belt	Atomic Phasebelt	Plexus Sentinel
Legs	Charhound's Vicious Hidecoat (Tier)	Loom’ithar
Boots	Interloper's Reinforced Sandals	The Soul Hunters
Ring #1	Signet of the False Accuser	Halls of Atonement
Ring #2	Whispers of K'aresh	Eco-Dome Al'dani
Trinket #1	Diamantine Voidcore	Fractillus
Trinket #2	Lily of the Eternal Weave	Eco-Dome Al'dani
Trinket Alt.	Araz's Ritual Forge Azhiccaran Parapodia So'leah's Secret Technique Signet of the Priory	Forgeweaver Araz Eco-Dome Al'dani Tazavesh: So'leah's Gambit Priory of the Sacred Flame

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Manaforge Omega BiS List for Devourer Demon Hunter

Below is a list of the ideal pieces that can be found in each slot from Manaforge Omega. Bear in mind this is a recommendation of gear to look out for to fill in holes in your gear set, not a strict recommendation of what you should always wear in raids.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapons	Voidglass Sovereign's Blade	Nexus King Salhadaar
Alternative	Collapsing Phaseblades	The Soul Hunters
Helm	Charhound's Vicious Scalp	Forgeweaver Araz
Neck	Salhadaar's Folly	Nexus King Salhadaar
Shoulder	Deathbound Shoulderpads	Loom’ithar
Cloak	Reshii Wraps with Mastery	11.2 Campaign
Chest	Charhound's Vicious Bindings	Fractillus
Bracers	Time-Compressed Wristguards	Dimensius The All Devouring
Gloves	Charhound's Vicious Felclaws	Soulbinder Naazindhri
Belt	Atomic Phasebelt	Plexus Sentinel
Legs	Charhound's Vicious Hidecoat	Loom’ithar
Boots	Interloper's Reinforced Sandals	The Soul Hunters
Ring #1	Band of the Shattered Soul	Dimensius The All Devouring
Ring #2	Logic Gate: Omega	Forgeweaver Araz
Trinket #1	Diamantine Voidcore	Fractillus
Trinket #2	Araz's Ritual Forge	Forgeweaver Araz
Trinket Alt.	Astral Antenna Screams of a Forgotten Sky	Loom’ithar Dimensius The All Devouring

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Mythic+ BiS List for Devourer Demon Hunter

Below is a list of the ideal pieces that can be found in each slot from Pre-Patch of Mythic+ in The War Within. These are recommendations for pieces in each slot to look out for when farming gear upgrades, not a strict recommendation on what you should always be wearing in Mythic+.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapons	Event Horizon's Edge	Tazavesh: So'leah's Gambit
Alternative	Arachnoid Soulcleaver	Ara-Kara, City of Echoes
Helm	Waterworks Filtration Mask	Operation: Floodgate
Neck	Sin Stained Pendant	Halls of Atonement
Shoulder	Breakbeat Shoulderguards	Tazavesh: Streets of Wonder
Cloak	Reshii Wraps with Mastery	11.2 Campaign
Chest	So'azmi's Fractal Vest	Tazavesh: Streets of Wonder
Bracers	Disturbed Kelp Wraps	Operation: Floodgate
Gloves	Knuckle-Dusting Handwraps	Tazavesh: Streets of Wonder
Belt	Shadow Congregant's Belt	The Dawnbreaker
Legs	Spittle-Stained Trousers	Eco-Dome Al'dani
Boots	Stalwart Guardian's Boots	Priory of the Sacred Flame
Ring #1	Signet of the False Accuser	Halls of Atonement
Ring #2	Whispers of K'aresh	Eco-Dome Al'dani
Trinket #1	Lily of the Eternal Weave	Eco-Dome Al'dani
Trinket #2	Azhiccaran Parapodia	Eco-Dome Al'dani
Trinket Alt.	Signet of the Priory Ara-Kara Sacbrood So'leah's Secret Technique	Priory of the Sacred Flame Ara-Kara, City of Echoes Tazavesh: So'leah's Gambit

For players returning during the Midnight Pre-Patch, since it doesn't last very long you may not have time to gather up all the gear to get a perfect setup. Especially if you're just swapping over from Havoc or Vengeance, prioritize getting hold of the following:

• Crafted Weapons ( Everforged Warglaive x2) — Having weapons will always be the biggest upgrade possible, especially for Devourer as even the off-hand provides a huge amount of intellect. If you don't already have Warglaives available, this is top priority.
• Tier Set — you should be able to gather up 4 pieces of gear to acquire the 2-piece and 4-piece bonus, making them stronger than other items at similar levels. You can make use of the Matrix Catalyst to acquire it quickly. The pieces you use to do this don't matter - just get the bonuses!
• Trinkets — focus on picking up trinkets you don't have to micro-manage. Remember that old Agility trinkets may not work when you switch specializations, and you can use your left over Dinars left over from the final season of The War Within if you have any spare.

Reintroduced in Patch 11.2.5, the Puzzling Cartel Chip system is also currently active in Pre-Patch. Like before, a weekly quest can be completed to obtain these, and can be used to purchase high-value items from Manaforge Omega and Mythic+ dungeons. You can purchase any trinkets or special cantrip items available, all the way up to Myth track!

Purchasing an item, however, does require you to have defeated the boss. Each item drops from its respective difficulty. As an example, to purchase Diamantine Voidcore Mythic, you need to have defeated Mythic Fractillus. Trinkets from dungeons also require you to have completed every keystone in time at level 12 or above.

To keep it very simple, your purchase order assuming you have access to every boss on Mythic Difficulty should be the following:

Puzzling Cartel Chip Purchase Quick Guide

Interloper's Reinforced Sandals ➜ Voidglass Sovereign's Blade ➜ Lily of the Eternal Weave

While Devourer has a lot of potential options, especially if you're moving over from Havoc, you may not have access to some of the new key items that it uses due to being intellect based. It's best to prioritize filling in gaps that are harder to acquire (such as a voidglass weapon and trinkets) to round out a setup. This list is not exhaustive or in order of priority, and you are best served simming yourself for optimal results, as the best pick will depend on the gear you already have available.

• Interloper's Reinforced Sandals (Myth) - Click for Details

  • The cantrip boots provide a flat increase to your Reshii Wraps, and as such are better than any alternative in the slot by quite a large margin. These can be quite easy to obtain due to being a guaranteed drop per kill, but they're also highly contested. If you can't get hold of a pair but can pick up the Myth track version, these are a very high priority. This is especially true if you don't have a pair at all.
• Voidglass Sovereign's Blade (Myth) - Click for Details

  • The best weapon available for Devourer, and should be prioritized if you don't have one already. In particular if you're moving over from Havoc, you may not have had the chance to grab this. This is especially important to enable Diamantine Voidcore to reach its full potential.
• Lily of the Eternal Weave - Click for Details

  • Devourer's best on-use, providing a bulk amount of a desirable stat with a low enough cooldown that it can be aligned comfortably with Void Metamorphosis. This was also a trinket available to Havoc in previous patches so you may already have one, but if not it's the best first pick trinket available.
• Diamantine Voidcore (Myth) - Click for Details

  • Devourer's strongest passive trinket, providing a large amount of Mastery and a huge Intellect proc. This is empowered further if you have a Voidglass weapon equipped (in this case Voidglass Sovereign's Blade), so when deciding on your purchases, ideally make sure you already have the weapon available to get the most out of it.
• Azhiccaran Parapodia - Click for Details

  • If you're not interested in using an on-use trinket (especially for the purposes of leveling in Midnight), you can alternatively pick up an easy to use second passive trinket. Azhiccaran Parapodia fits that perfectly to go alongside Diamantine Voidcore.

As purchasing these items requires you to have defeated Mythic bosses to acquire them at the highest level, if you ever intend to kill those then hold off on buying a heroic version. You will only receive 3 total purchases through the remainder of the season, so use them wisely!

Added in the final season of The War Within, the Reshii Wraps is a unique artifact cloak item that can be obtained through the Ghosts of K'aresh quest chain. When completed, this reaches a final item level of 170. This should always be used during the Pre-Patch, as no other cloaks are available.

As a DPS, the unique effect is a high damage proc that also splits between enemies hit. This effect is amplified by the specific items available within Manaforge Omega:

• Interloper's Reinforced Sandals - boots from The Soul Hunters. These significantly increase the rate your cloak effect triggers, and are a best-in-slot pickup at all times.
• Band of the Shattered Soul - ring from Dimensius The All Devouring. Provides a niche extra defensive component to procs, which has some uses on certain encounters.

The Reshii Wraps also come with one single Fiber Socket that dictates which secondary stat it has, which can be changed at any time out of combat. These can be acquired at Blue quality from Hashim on K'aresh, or crafted by Tailoring at Epic quality. As Devourer, you will be using either Energizing Fiber / Pure Energizing Fiber for Mastery, or Chronomantic Fiber / Pure Chronomantic Fiber for Haste, depending on your gear setup.

For more information on acquiring and upgrading your Cloak, make sure to check our dedicated Reshii Wraps page that covers it in more detail:

The previous season's final Tier Set of The War Within - the Charhound's Vicious Hunt - has been updated to be usable by Devourer, though the bonuses available have been changed. Instead of providing unique bonuses suited to each Hero tree, they instead provide flat damage increases:

• Demon Hunter- Midnight PrePatch - 11.2 Class Set 2pc — Increases all damage dealt by 6%.
• Demon Hunter- Midnight PrePatch - 11.2 Class Set 4pc — Increases all damage dealt by 10%.

These are simply straight increases, and while they have no impact on your rotation, they do significantly improve your throughput and should still be used at all times over the course of the Pre-Patch.

Crafted gear for Devourer can still be made in the Midnight Pre-Patch, allowing you to pick up some key items to switch over from Havoc, or set up a new character ready for Midnight. There's only really one consistently worthwhile embellishment option — Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension, which is also a Nerubian enchant that can be doubled up with Writhing Armor Banding.

You should ideally sim the optimal stats to craft for your particular character, but Haste and Mastery is most likely your best option with an Algari Missive of the Feverflare.

1. First - craft weapon Everforged Warglaive with a Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension applied.
2. Second - craft an off-piece and apply Writhing Armor Banding to double the effect — Any will do but Rune-Branded Armbands has the least friction with the rest of the gearset.
3. Third - if you don't have a second high item-level weapon available, craft a second Everforged Warglaive without any embellishments.
4. After this, you are done with priority crafts and embellishments and can use sims to determine your best piece to upgrade with item level. Generally, it is a good idea to look for Rings and Necks as good options are very contested among other classes.

The value of crafting a high item-level weapon is very high, especially if you don't have access to one. This also uniquely applies to the off-hand for Devourer, as it gains equal Intellect for each weapon equipped. While the ideal setup only uses one so it can make room for a Voidglass weapon, if you're unable to pick up a Mythic level drop, a second craft can fill in the gap.

Note that any Intellect one-handed weapon can be crafted, meaning you have a choice between Everforged Warglaive, Charged Runeaxe, or Charged Hexsword. It's strongly advised to craft the Everforged Warglaive here, as it's the only one that will switch primary stats if you ever intend to play either Havoc or Vengeance.

Throughout this page and elsewhere in our guide, we regularly refer to the importance of simming yourself on Raidbots. This is because every character is unique, and each gear piece you have access to can change what is best right now for you.

While we do offer recommendations for gear and trinkets, these are not complete replacements for simming yourself. The only way to truly optimize your character to that degree is by making use of the tools available!

If you are new to simming and Raidbots, check out our detailed guide below.

As you complete endgame content, you will gather upgrade crests such as Gilded Ethereal Crest that can be used to upgrade your items. Once you have upgraded a slot to a particular item level, any other item in that slot can be upgraded without a Crest cost.

As Crests are a limited resource, ideally you want to obtain the highest item-level possible before committing any crests to upgrade it. If you are capable of completing higher Mythic+ dungeons, it is generally a good idea to wait until you have the slot maxed out with free upgrades first.

Below is a general slot priority you should upgrade your items in.

1. Weapons
2. Trinkets
3. Helm/Chest/Legs
4. Shoulders/Gloves/Belt/Boots
5. Rings and Necks
6. Cloaks and Bracers

Note that exceptions are possible, such as special items that have additional procs attached to them.