Havoc Demon Hunter DPS Gear and Best in Slot — Dragonflight 10.2

This list is the ideal DPS setup, including all sources available to us. This includes Crafting, Raids, Mythic+, and even The Great Vault. Therefore, think of this more as an end goal to work toward, as this list provides the most balanced end setup, assuming you have access to everything. All crafts use Draconic Missive of the Peerless unless otherwise stated.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapons	Double Time (489)	The Great Vault / Dawn of the Infinite: Galakrond's Fall
Alternatives	Thorncaller Claw (489)	Mythic Council of Dreams
Helm	Screaming Torchfiend's Burning Scowl (489)	Revival Catalyst, or Mythic Tindral Sageswift
Neck	Chain of the Green Flight (489)	The Great Vault / Darkheart Thicket
Shoulder	Strigine Epaulets (489)	Mythic Council of Dreams
Cloak	Mantle of Blazing Sacrifice (489)	Mythic Smolderon
Chest	Screaming Torchfiend's Binding (489)	Revival Catalyst, or Mythic Nymue, Weaver of the Cycle
Bracers	Life-Bound Bindings (486)	Crafted by Leatherworking, using Blue Silken Lining
Gloves	Screaming Torchfiend's Grasp (489)	Revival Catalyst, or Mythic Igira the Cruel
Belt	Life-Bound Belt (486)	Crafted by Leatherworking, using Blue Silken Lining
Legs	Screaming Torchfiend's Blazewraps (489)	Revival Catalyst, or Mythic Larodar, Keeper of the Flame
Boots	Tasseted Emberwalkers (489)	Mythic Tindral Sageswift
Ring #1	Band of Twisted Bark (489)	The Great Vault / Darkheart Thicket
Ring #2	Band of Callous Dominance (489)	The Great Vault / Black Rook Hold
Trinket #1	Cataclysmic Signet Brand (489)	Mythic Smolderon
Trinket #2	Witherbark's Branch (489)	The Great Vault / The Everbloom
Alternative	Augury of the Primal Flame (496)	Mythic Fyrakk, the Blazing

This list contains the ideal options for each slot available from Mythic+ dungeons added in the Season 3 pool. These are items that are worth target farming if you are looking to gear up a character and have holes in your gear set. This does not include any Raid or Crafted items.

Note: this is not a list for the best gear to wear when doing Mythic+, and instead a list of the best gear available from these dungeons in each respective slot. For that, see the overall list.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapons	Double Time	Dawn of the Infinite: Galakrond's Fall
Alternatives	Lightning Whelk Axe	Throne of the Tides
Helm	Hood of Perpetual Conflict	Dawn of the Infinite: Murozond's Rise
Neck	Chain of the Green Flight	Darkheart Thicket
Shoulder	Screaming Torchfiend's Horned Memento	Revival Catalyst
Cloak	Raal's Bib	Waycrest Manor
Chest	Screaming Torchfiend's Binding	Revival Catalyst
Bracers	Bracers of Dreadful Maladies	Waycrest Manor
Gloves	Screaming Torchfiend's Grasp	Revival Catalyst
Belt	Salty Shell-Studded Girdle	Throne of the Tides
Legs	Screaming Torchfiend's Blazewraps	Revival Catalyst
Boots	Decapod Slippers	Throne of the Tides
Ring #1	Band of Twisted Bark	Darkheart Thicket
Ring #2	Band of Callous Dominance	Black Rook Hold
Trinket #1	Witherbark's Branch	The Everbloom
Trinket #2	Porcelain Crab	Throne of the Tides
Alternative	Accelerating Sandglass	Dawn of the Infinite: Galakrond's Fall

This list provides the best item in each slot available within Amirdrassil if you need to inform your organized group of items you are looking out for. This does not include any Crafted pieces.

Note: this is not a list for the best gear to wear when Raiding, and instead a list of the best item available from the current raid in each slot. For that, see the overall list.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Main Hand	Thorncaller Claw	Council of Dreams
Off Hand	Igira's Flaying Hatchet	Igira the Cruel
Helm	Screaming Torchfiend's Burning Scowl	Tindral Sageswift
Neck	Amulet of Eonar's Chosen	Nymue, Weaver of the Cycle
Shoulder	Strigine Epaulets	Council of Dreams
Cloak	Mantle of Blazing Sacrifice	Smolderon
Chest	Screaming Torchfiend's Binding	Nymue, Weaver of the Cycle
Bracers	Verdant Sanctuary Bands	Council of Dreams
Gloves	Screaming Torchfiend's Grasp	Igira the Cruel
Belt	Vengeful Bladebeak Girdle	Amirdrassil Trash
Legs	Screaming Torchfiend's Blazewraps	Larodar, Keeper of the Flame
Boots	Tasseted Emberwalkers	Tindral Sageswift
Ring #1	Signet of the Last Elder	Igira the Cruel
Ring #2	Daydreamer's Glimmering Ring	Amirdrassil Trash
Trinket #1	Cataclysmic Signet Brand	Smolderon
Trinket #2	Augury of the Primal Flame	Fyrakk, the Blazing
Alternative	Coiled Serpent Idol	Volcoross

Tier sets are unique bonuses tied to each Season of Dragonflight, comprised of 5 gear pieces. Bonuses are unlocked at 2 and 4 pieces equipped, and the Screaming Torchfiend's Brutality confers the following bonuses:

• Demon Hunter Havoc 10.2 Class Set 2pc - Your Blade Dance automatically casts Throw Glaive on your primary target for 100% damage, and each slash has a 50% chance to also Throw Glaive an enemy for 35% damage.
• Demon Hunter Havoc 10.2 Class Set 4pc - The Hunt damage over time effect lasts 6 seconds longer, and each time you Throw Glaive, its remaining cooldown is reduced by 2 seconds.

This set locks in a lot of talents to enable it, but it is worth it. Once you have the 4-piece equipped, it requires The Hunt and all supporting Throw Glaive talents to get full value:

• Master of the Glaive / Champion of the Glaive
• Accelerated Blade
• Furious Throws
• Serrated Glaive
• Soulscar

The primary target throw of Throw Glaive will consume a charge to deal full damage, and any glaive sent out by Blade Dance will gain the effect of talents taken. This means there is no need to rotationally cast Throw Glaive with the bonus taken, as the procs will naturally consume charges for free when it triggers. It also means you need to plan around a much lower cooldown on The Hunt in your cycles when using the 4-piece.

For Havoc, as soon as you have access to the Season 3 set bonus, you should switch and also swap to all of the supporting Throw Glaive talents. The old set 4-piece is not enough to compete with how much power is built into the new one.

Tier sets are unique bonuses tied to each Season of Dragonflight, comprised of 5 gear pieces. Bonuses are unlocked at 2 and 4 pieces equipped, and the Kinslayer's Burden confers the following bonuses:

• Demon Hunter Havoc 10.1 Class Set 2pc - Every 175 Fury you spend, you gain Seething Fury, increasing your Agility by 10% for 6 seconds.
• Demon Hunter Havoc 10.1 Class Set 4pc - Each time you gain Seething Fury, gain 15 Fury and increase the damage of your next Eye Beam by 15%, stacking up to 5 times.

While the bonus hooks into Eye Beam and your Fury cycle, they are mostly passive and plays itself through regular gameplay. There is no rotational alteration, but there is an encouragement to spend quickly and efficiently to cycle the bonus. It simply provides a large Agility boost with a high uptime and enhances your burst windows at all target counts.

The Skybound Avenger's Flightwear bonuses from Season 1 are still available, and were as follows:

• Havoc Demon Hunter 2pc increases the Critical Strike chance of Blade Dance and Chaos Strike by 5%, and increases their Critical Strike damage by 10%.
• Havoc Demon Hunter 4pc grants Chaos Strike and Blade Dance a 20% chance to increase your damage by 5% for 6 seconds. Critical Strikes have double the chance of triggering this.

These bonuses are strong in all scenarios, providing flat bonuses to rotational buttons. The 4-piece grants a simple bonus damage proc that has a very high uptime through regular gameplay thanks to it triggering from each damage event, making Blade Dance a consistent activator. Due to its simplicity, it neither alters your gameplay in any meaningful way nor your talent selections.

This is our general recommendation for the best Crafting Order. Due to the high value of Embellishments for Havoc, these come first, followed by the highest value single crafts after. All crafts, unless otherwise stated, use a Draconic Missive of the Peerless wherever possible. Havoc has two separate options depending on your preference:

1. EITHER:
   • Life-Bound Belt and Life-Bound Bindings, using Blue Silken Lining on both.
   • Toxic Thorn Footwraps with an off-piece using Toxified Armor Patch.
2. Signet of Titanic Insight (with Alchemical Flavor Pocket)

You can also consider crafting a weapon early, such as Primal Molten Warglaive if you do not expect to get a high item level one quickly.

The entire decision hinges on whether you are willing to play around the 90% health threshold of Blue Silken Lining or not. Havoc is capable of it, but some encounters may have very low uptime. Toxic Thorn Footwraps have some issues with certain items, such as Cataclysmic Signet Brand wasting procs on healing, but it remains the strongest alternative.

Embellishments either come set on items as standard or can be added with an optional reagent when crafting the piece. These provide additional bonuses (and in some cases quite large ones) but are limited to two. Due to there being so many options, here we will look at the options available to Havoc:

1. Blue Silken Lining - This is theoretically the strongest option, using two of them on any selection of crafted pieces. Thanks to Soul Rending, Havoc can realistically keep it active outside of extreme circumstances, so, if any spec is going to make it work, it will be Havoc.
2. Toxic Thorn Footwraps - these still deal strong single-target damage and are a consideration if you do not want to worry about Silken Lining uptime.
3. Toxified Armor Patch - Due to the above being strong, if you want to invest in the boots rather than Silken Lining due to the Health threshold, then taking this alongside it is ideal.
4. Undulating Sporecloak - Patch 10.2 added Versatility while above 70% (which, thanks to Soul Rending, Havoc has an easy time doing). Unfortunately, just before the patch launch, every aspect of this item was reduced, making it far less appealing.
5. Slimy Expulsion Boots* - these should be avoided, as while they deal competitive damage, the downside of losing Haste makes them a weaker choice.
6. Elemental Lariat* - still competitive with alternatives, but the extra requirement of sockets means that it is not as easy to get consistent value from it early in the season.
7. Alchemical Flavor Pocket* - this does not require an Embellishment slot, and as such, is worth using to avoid losing your Well Fed buff should you die.

Another specialty item worth looking at, especially for Mythic+, is the Engineering pieces. The Head ( Peripheral Vision Projectors) requires Engineering as your profession, while the Bracers ( Needlessly Complex Wristguards) can be used by anyone and either allow you to use the Tinker: Arclight Vital Correctors giving you access to a Combat res, which can be game-changing. If you are considering these, avoid crafting Life-Bound Bindings as your Embellishment piece.

These items also come entirely with one stat, meaning you should craft them with the Razor-Sharp Gear for Critical Strike. Non-engineers should also fit this with a Critical Failure Prevention Unit, while Engineers should use the Calibrated Safety Switch.