Havoc Demon Hunter DPS Gear and Best in Slot — The War Within (11.2.5)

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

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

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BiS Gear for Havoc Demon Hunter

Season 3 BiS List Manaforge Omega BiS List Mythic+ BiS List

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Havoc Demon Hunter BiS List in Season 3

This list contains the Best in Slot Gear for Season 3 of The War Within. 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	Collapsing Phaseblades	The Soul Hunters
Off Hand	Everforged Warglaive	Crafted — Blacksmithing
Alternative	Interrogator's Flensing Blade	Tazavesh: Streets of Wonder
Helm	Charhound's Vicious Scalp (Tier)	Forgeweaver Araz
Neck	Salhadaar's Folly	Nexus King Salhadaar
Shoulder	Charhound's Vicious Hornguards (Tier)	The Soul Hunters
Cloak	Reshii Wraps with Crit	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	Gauzewoven Legguards	Ara-Kara, City of Echoes
Boots	Interloper's Reinforced Sandals	The Soul Hunters
Ring #1	Logic Gate: Alpha	Plexus Sentinel
Ring #2	Devout Zealot's Ring	The Dawnbreaker
Trinket #1	Astral Antenna	Loom’ithar
Trinket #2	Sigil of the Cosmic Hunt	The Soul Hunters
Trinket Alt.	Screams of a Forgotten Sky Araz's Ritual Forge Ticking Sack of Terror Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker	Dimensius The All Devouring Forgeweaver Araz Tazavesh: Streets of Wonder Operation: Floodgate

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Manaforge Omega BiS List for Havoc 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	Collapsing Phaseblades	The Soul Hunters
Alternative	Unbound Training Claws	Soulbinder Naazindhri
Helm	Charhound's Vicious Scalp	Forgeweaver Araz
Neck	Salhadaar's Folly	Nexus King Salhadaar
Shoulder	Charhound's Vicious Hornguards	The Soul Hunters
Cloak	Reshii Wraps with Crit	11.2 Campaign
Chest	Charhound's Vicious Bindings	Fractillus
Bracers	Bindings of Lost Essence	Soulbinder Naazindhri
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	Logic Gate: Alpha	Plexus Sentinel
Ring #2	Logic Gate: Omega	Forgeweaver Araz
Trinket #1	Sigil of the Cosmic Hunt	The Soul Hunters
Trinket #2	Astral Antenna	Loom’ithar
Trinket Alt.	Screams of a Forgotten Sky Araz's Ritual Forge	Dimensius The All Devouring Forgeweaver Araz

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Mythic+ BiS List for Havoc Demon Hunter

Below is a list of the ideal pieces that can be found in each slot from Season 3 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	Interrogator's Flensing Blade	Tazavesh: Streets of Wonder
Alternative	First Fist of the So Cartel	Tazavesh: Streets of Wonder
Helm	Helm of the Righteous Crusade	Priory of the Sacred Flame
Neck	Ornately Engraved Amplifier	Tazavesh: Streets of Wonder
Shoulder	Breakbeat Shoulderguards	Tazavesh: Streets of Wonder
Cloak	Reshii Wraps with Crit	11.2 Campaign
Chest	Vest of Refracted Shadows	Halls of Atonement
Bracers	Unbreakable Beetlebane Bindings	Ara-Kara, City of Echoes
Gloves	Knuckle-Dusting Handwraps	Tazavesh: Streets of Wonder
Belt	Shadow Congregant's Belt	The Dawnbreaker
Legs	Gauzewoven Legguards	Ara-Kara, City of Echoes
Boots	Boots of Titanic Deconversion	Tazavesh: So'leah's Gambit
Ring #1	Devout Zealot's Ring	The Dawnbreaker
Ring #2	Signet of the False Accuser	Halls of Atonement
Trinket #1	Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker	Operation: Floodgate
Trinket #2	So'leah's Secret Technique	Tazavesh: So'leah's Gambit
Trinket Alt.	Ticking Sack of Terror Ara-Kara Sacbrood Empowering Crystal of Anub'ikkaj Signet of the Priory	Tazavesh: Streets of Wonder Ara-Kara, City of Echoes The Dawnbreaker Priory of the Sacred Flame

Patch 11.2.5 reintroduces the Puzzling Cartel Chip system, available after October 21st. 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 each respective difficulty. As an example, to purchase Araz's Ritual Forge Mythic, you need to have defeated Mythic Forgeweaver Araz. 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 ➜ Sigil of the Cosmic Hunt ➜ Astral Antenna or On-use Pick

Due to Havoc needing different trinkets for Raid and Mythic+, and some choices specific to Fel-Scarred, it's not as easy to carve out exactly 3 high priority items. Below, we've compiled a list of details on key pickups, and you can click to expand a small breakdown. 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 Chain Boots (Myth) - Click for Details

  • The cantrip boots are 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.
• Sigil of the Cosmic Hunt (Myth) - Click for Details

  • A high-value passive trinket that works well with Havoc's playstyle, benefitting from Know Your Enemy. Of the direct damage trinkets, this is generally the most flexible and consistent compared to Screams of a Forgotten Sky, and has universal use between builds and most content types.
• Cursed Stone Idol - (Mythic+) - Click for Details

  • Mythic+ lends itself to having additional burst even as Aldrachi Reaver, and this provides the most up-front benefit on a cooldown that suits many route timers. While this can be a little awkward to use, it's the best pick for specifically Mythic+ purposes as your on-use slot.
• Araz's Ritual Forge ( Fel-Scarred) - Click for Details

  • If you're playing Fel-Scarred, this is a high value pickup for raid situations to go into your on-use slot. Pairing up with Metamorphosis for your burst windows is strong, and it can also flex into your Mythic+ loadouts with Aldrachi Reaver, making it a solid all-rounder.
• Astral Antenna (Myth) - Click for Details

  • Strongest passive stat trinket available, and can work well with any alternative and in all content types. The chance to miss orbs hurts it a little in some situations, and isn't quite as useful as more specific situational trinkets, but will always be relatively close to alternatives regardless of the scenario.

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 Patch 11.2, the Reshii Wraps is a unique artifact cloak item that can be obtained through the Ghosts of K'aresh quest chain. This starts at item level 694, and as you progress through the campaign, upgrades to a final item level of 730. This should always be used in Season 3, as other cloaks have been removed from loot tables.

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. Weaker stats means it's not very sought after.

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 Havoc, you will be using either Precise Fiber or Pure Precise Fiber for Critical Strike.

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

Previously introduced in Patch 11.1.7, the Durable Information Securing Container is a unique belt that comes with additional proc effects. While this originally required Overcharged Delves to complete, it can now be acquired from any Delve.

Due to nerfs that have come into effect in Patch 11.2.5, this is quickly outpaced by equivalent item-level options, and you should aim to replace this as soon as possible. If you're still using it, use the following powers until you can replace it:

• Single-Target - Critical Chain (Critical Strike)
• AoE / Open World - Critical Chain (Critical Strike)

For more information on how to acquire the belt and how it works, make sure to check out our dedicated D.I.S.C. page that can guide you through the steps!

For the third season of The War Within, Blizzard has tried something new with the Charhound's Vicious Hunt. Instead of one static bonus, each Hero Talent provides its own unique 2-piece and 4-piece depending on which you are playing. You can use the switch below to see details on both bonuses:

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Season 3 Tier Sets

Hero Talents
Aldrachi Reaver	Fel-Scarred

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Aldrachi Reaver Set Bonuses

The Aldrachi Reaver set focuses heavily on amplifing a number of Reaver's Glaive related effects, leaning heavily into the Physical damage components in the toolkit:

• Demon Hunter Aldrachi Reaver 11.2 Class Set 2pc — Reaver's Glaive damage increased by 50%, and other Physical-only damage increased by 25%.
• Demon Hunter Aldrachi Reaver 11.2 Class Set 4pc — Fury of the Aldrachi now causes Blade Dance to trigger 12 slashes when used after Chaos Strike. Additionally, Reaver's Mark now stacks up to 3 times and further empowers Chaos Strike when cast after Blade Dance by applying a second stack at full duration.

The Aldrachi Reaver is extremely good both from a pure damage perspective and a damage profile one. It provides a solid increase across the board, but in particular it leans into sources that feed Wounded Quarry, empowering the already strong funnel profile Havoc has. Due to that, this bonus is worth switching to as soon as you acquire the 2-piece, and you should aim to complete the 4-piece to fully switch quickly after. You can use the Matrix Catalyst to convert regular items (from Mythic+ or Raid) into Tier pieces in slots you are missing.

You only need 4 pieces to maximize the set bonus, though the set is relatively well itemized so using all 5 is an option. Of all the pieces, the weakest is the Legs due to the weighting toward Haste. Check the BiS List for alternative recommendations.

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Fel-Scarred Set Bonuses

The Fel-Scarred set rewards you for entering Metamorphosis frequently, and empowers core abilities in Chaos Strike and Immolation Aura:

• Demon Hunter Fel-Scarred 11.2 Class Set 2pc — Immolation Aura deals 30% increased damage and while active increases the damage of Chaos Strike by 20%.
• Demon Hunter Fel-Scarred 11.2 Class Set 4pc — Entering Metamorphosis via any means immediately triggers a Demonsurge pulse and shatters a Demon Soul Fragment. When collected, this fragment increases all damage dealt by 20% for 10 seconds.

The Fel-Scarred is extremely powerful as a raw damage increase, providing powerful single-target and AoE gains. It strongly leans into the 20-second Demonic cycle, while also pushing builds toward Immolation Aura being taken at all times. This set is worth equipping as soon as you acquire the 2-piece, and you should aim to complete the 4-piece to fully switch quickly after. You can use the Matrix Catalyst to convert regular items (from Mythic+ or Raid) into Tier pieces in slots you are missing.

You only need 4 pieces to maximize the set bonus, and for Fel-Scarred the Legs are the weakest due to the heavy weighting toward Haste. Check the BiS List for alternative recommendations.

Crafted gear for Havoc in The War Within Season 3 has a few embellishments worth looking at, but one in particular is a consistently worthwhile craft — Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension. It's 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 Critical Strike and Mastery is most likely your best option with an Algari Missive of the Peerless.

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. Alternatively - you can opt into using Dawnthread Lining for the passive Critical Strike, as it can perform slightly better in ideal gear setups, and does not require you to invest in a weapon if you so wish.
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 early on in the season for maximum value is high, and it's unlikely you'll have access to items that outvalue it before sparks are more plentiful. When you reach that point, you can consider extremely optimized setups built around two Dawnthread Lining crafts on off-pieces.

Note that any Agility one-handed weapon can be crafted, meaning you have a choice between Everforged Warglaive, Charged Slicer, Charged Facesmasher or Everforged Longsword. The choice is purely cosmetic and does not affect performance.

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 generic sim charts and recommendations for 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 in The War Within, 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.