Havoc Demon Hunter DPS Easy Mode — The War Within (11.1.7)

Havoc has a few different single-target build options, but the optimal pick currently is an Aldrachi Reaver loadout. This picks up Throw Glaive talents to support Reaver's Glaive, using Screaming Brutality to activate it as part of the rotation. If you are more interested in alternative or more complex builds, check our talent page:

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!

In AoE, both hero talents have suitable builds, but Aldrachi Reaver provides the unique benefit of extremely good funnel via Wounded Quarry, meaning it needs to maintain Reaver's Mark on your priority target. In AoE, it also still picks up movement talents, but they are more optional if you're looking for an easier time with execution, for very little performance loss.

It otherwise plays very similar to single-target builds, using Reaver's Glaive whenever available alongside its 20 and 40-second burst windows. If you are more interested in alternative builds, check our talent page:

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!

Havoc has a lot of moving parts, and many of its big damage moments are combos of different abilities that need to be overlapped to make the most out of them. At its most basic, the following rules should cover the most important aspects:

• Cast Felblade to generate Fury.
• Spend Fury on Blade Dance / Death Sweep on cooldown, and any extra can be spent on Chaos Strike / Annihilation.
• Cast Vengeful Retreat on cooldown to trigger Tactical Retreat and Exergy, and use Felblade with Unhindered Assault to get back to your target.
• Cast The Hunt and Eye Beam on cooldown.
  • Cast Essence Break after every other Eye Beam, and follow it up with Death Sweep and two Annihilation casts.
• Metamorphosis is your big damage cooldown, make sure that Eye Beam and Blade Dance are on cooldown before casting it as it resets them.
• Cast Reaver's Glaive whenever it triggers.
  • The order you cast Chaos Strike and Blade Dance does not matter too much, as repeat triggers will stack. Aim to do Chaos Strike second when setting up for burst and triggering Thrill of the Fight though.

Havoc is similar in AoE. With the addition of A Fire Inside and some AoE talents though, there are a couple of extra notes:

• Aim to have Reaver's Mark applied to your priority target to deal heavy funnel damage via your AoE with Wounded Quarry.
• Cast Immolation Aura on cooldown, especially whenever at 2 charges. Pay close attention in case it resets itself, and always be near targets as it is expiring for Ragefire.
• In AoE, always aim to cast Blade Dance second, following each Reaver's Glaive to empower Fury of the Aldrachi.
• As the AoE build drops movement talents, you no longer need to worry about using Vengeful Retreat on cooldown, nor do you need to use Essence Break.

Blur provides a 20% damage reduction and 50% increase to Dodge chance for 10 seconds, on a 1-minute cooldown. This is Havoc's consistent defense tool and, due to the low cooldown, can be used liberally to reduce the incoming damage from dangerous attacks.

Netherwalk grants complete damage immunity for 6 seconds, alongside 100% increased movement speed on a 3-minute cooldown. This should be used to avoid lethal mechanics, but you cannot attack while this is active. Also, bear in mind that while you are immune to damage, you are not immune to debuffs being applied while this is active.

Aldrachi Reaver has access to Army Unto Oneself, which causes Felblade to reduce damage taken by 10% for 5 seconds after casting. This has a fairly high uptime as you should be casting this frequently, and can even be timed for dangerous moments during encounters.

During the Metamorphosis cast animation, you are briefly immune for 1 second which can, on rare occasions, be used to avoid dangerous mechanics.

Darkness provides you and nearby allies a 15% chance (increased to 30%) to avoid damage taken from attacks for 8 seconds. This can be extremely powerful, but is best used for frequent instances of damage rather than gambling on avoiding lethal ones.

While not an active defensive tool, Havoc comes with a lot of built-in Leech thanks to Soul Rending giving 10%, plus an additional 10% during Metamorphosis. Alongside this, Demonic Appetite and enemy deaths often trigger Soul Fragments which provide additional healing in combat.

The Havoc stat priority is fairly straightforward and is as follows:

1. Critical Strike = Mastery;
2. Haste;
3. Versatility;
4. Agility.

Stat priorities will change based on other talents taken in different encounter types but, in general, this should serve you well. Finer details regarding each stat, and the reason behind why they are picked, can be found on our full stat page linked below.

Patch 11.1.7 adds the Rotation Assist tool, curated by Blizzard, which has two modes: the first highlights action bar buttons with a recommended priority, while the second provides a single keybind that will automatically press the current top priority on the same list, with a 25% GCD penalty between casts.

Uniquely for Havoc, it is significantly impacted by the restrictions on what the tools will not recommend. In addition to on-use trinkets, racials, and major cooldowns, any of Havoc's abilities that displace your character will never be recommended in the priority. This includes:

• Cooldowns - Metamorphosis, The Hunt.
• Movement/Displacement - Felblade, Fel Rush, Vengeful Retreat.

All of these will need to be used manually if you have talents related to them taken. This also extends to defensive and crowd control abilities as well.

Due to the loss of Felblade, Havoc struggles to really sustain its own resources using the tool, and flow is disrupted heavily. The estimated losses using the tool out-the-box, compared to a standard rotation based on Hero Talent choice and content type, can be found in the table below:

Hero Talent	Single-Target	AoE
Aldrachi Reaver Assist	-45%	-40%
Aldrachi Reaver One-Button	-34%	-30%
Fel-Scarred Assist	-20%	-16%
Fel-Scarred One-Button	-18%	-19%

While in many cases the tool is quite good for picking up a brand new spec, unfortunately in Havoc's case it is fatally impacted by these limitations, and it doesn't really play like it's supposed to. As of right now, Aldrachi Reaver is affected significantly more, meaning that we strongly recommend only using the tool with Fel-Scarred. You will also need to adjust your talent build slightly to avoid movement talents, with sample builds linked below: