Havoc Demon Hunter DPS Gems, Enchants, and Consumables — Dragonflight 10.0.7
On this page, we list the best gems, enchants, flasks, potions, and food you can get for your Havoc Demon Hunter, based on your stat priority. We also give budget alternatives. This page is updated for World of Warcraft — Dragonflight 10.0.7.
Enchants, Gems and Consumables for Havoc Demon Hunter
This section specifically covers the optimal gems, enchants, food, and flasks to use for your character. To get a more detailed rundown of the different stats for Havoc Demon Hunter, please visit our dedicated Stats page.
For all consumables excluding food in the lists below, you should utilize lower ranks of the same rank 3 options listed if you are looking for a cheaper alternative. The price difference is often significant for a small loss in stats gained.
Best Gems for Havoc Demon Hunter
Due to secondary stat diminishing returns, your gems may fluctuate slightly depending on what is currently present on your gear so keep this in mind.
You should make sure to have one Inscribed Illimited Diamond
as your single unique Primalist gem. To fill the rest of the slots you will
want either
Sensei's Alexstraszite or
Crafty Alexstraszite
depending on your stats, which can be found by simulating your character.
If you are using the Elemental Lariat neck however, you should
keep the single Primalist diamond, but change all of your other gems
to
Sensei's Neltharite. This is due to the proc being more valuable than
the raw stats, and the element of the gem (in this case Fire to trigger Critical
Strike) dictates the proc.
Primordial Stones for Havoc Demon Hunter
The Onyx Annulet added in Patch 10.0.7 contains 3 unique Primordial
Stone gem slots, allowing you to equip up to 3 different proc effects.
Due to us primarily focusing on DPS, the ideal throughput gems for each scenario
are as follows:
Single Target:
Multi Target:
To find out how to obtain the Onyx Annulet, and the Primordial Gemstones to use with it, check out our dedicated guide for it below.
Best Enchants for Havoc Demon Hunter
Slot | Enchantment |
---|---|
Weapon (main-hand) | |
Weapon (off-hand) | |
Cloak | |
Chest | |
Legs | |
Bracers | |
Boots | |
Rings |
In Dragonflight currently we double up on Enchant Weapon - Sophic Devotion,
this is because two procs simply double the value of each proc, and it is
the strongest available enchant. In some cases
Enchant Weapon - Frozen Devotion
may be competitve especially at lower gear levels, but in practice will
be less flexibile and lose out so Sophic remains the recommendation.
Cloak, Bracer and Boot enchants are personal preference as they have no direct impact on performance, but we recommend Avoidance and Stamina for the extra survivability as Havoc has more than enough movement.
Consumables for Havoc Demon Hunters
Best Phials and Potions for Havoc
Currently there are 3 options available based on the situation worth considering for different reasons:
Iced Phial of Corrupting Rage — this is generally the strongest option available giving a large amount of bonus Critical Strike. The downside however can be quite dangerous so do be wary of using this if you are running into any survival issues. This downside can also cause the uptime to fall so low that it simply is not worth using, so consider this when using it
Phial of Elemental Chaos — the more reliable option for situations where you are worried about damage intake but still want some performance gain.
Phial of Tepid Versatility — numerically weaker than other choices but provides a consistent stat boost and some bonus survival, with the bonus of being very cheap.
Elemental Potion of Ultimate Power (or the cheaper
Elemental Potion of Power
variant) is your recommended potion in all situations. These
potions can also be obtained from a
Potion Cauldron of Ultimate Power/
Potion Cauldron of Power,
so long as you have five
Primal Chaos to convert into
potions.
Potion of Shocking Disclosure has some niche benefits for mass AoE
situations in Mythic+ if you do not want to pay the high price for other
potions, but is generally weaker.
Refreshing Healing Potion is the healing potion of choice. Using
this has a 5-minute cooldown, but multiple can be consumed in an extended boss
fight should it go on long enough. You can also use
Potion of Withering Vitality
in emergencies, but be wary of how much damage it deals after being used.
Additionally, Warlock's Healthstones do not share a
cooldown with other healing consumables. Remember to use it as well if
you are holding one!
Lastly, Alchemy has some more niche potions that
can be used even if you are dead. Keeping some Residual Neural Channeling Agent
handy in case you need to wait for a battle resurrection can be useful
to still get value out of your potion cooldown should you die early.
Best Food for Havoc
Whenever possible if a feast is available, use the one provided
in your group ( Grand Banquet of the Kalu'ak for example). Alternatively
for personal food,
Fated Fortune Cookie or
Thousandbone Tongueslicer
should be used.
Weapon Enhancement Consumables for Havoc Demon Hunter
Your weapon enhancement consumable of choice is Buzzing Rune
for the additional Critical Strike.
Augment Runes for Havoc
In addition, if you can afford it, you should use Draconic Augment Runes to
increase your primary stat. Since there is a finite amount of the consumable
runes available, you should make sure to use them wisely and to stock up on them
for when you need them.
Changelog
- 20 Mar. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed and updated for Patch 10.0.5.
- 31 Dec. 2022: Weapon Enchantment recommendation changed to Sophic Devotion.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 24 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight Pre-Patch.
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With our usual writer, Wordup, being unavailable for an indefinite period of time, this guide has been updated for Dragonflight by Shadarek, who currently raids in top 50 US guild Resonate-Bleeding Hollow.
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