Havoc Demon Hunter DPS Spec, Builds, and Talents — Midnight Season 1

In Midnight, while Aldrachi Reaver brings potent funnel, its power has been reduced alongside having a numerical disadvantage compared to its competitor. While the Apex Talent has a big impact on improving some of the things it's lost, it still falls behind:

In Midnight, Fel-Scarred benefitted a lot from a variety of different changes both to the spec and its own Hero tree. Most importantly, Demonsurge being affected by Mastery has caused it to leap ahead, providing higher overall damage alongside strong burst. As such, it's the recommended choice:

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In single-target, Aldrachi Reaver picks up all of the Throw Glaive talents to empower Reaver's Glaive, and uses Screaming Brutality to pull value out of them rotationally. It picks up both Exergy and Tactical Retreat to integrate movement into the build, and takes Chaotic Transformation and Shattered Destiny on the final choice nodes. Cycle of Hatred is a key pickup at the bottom of the tree, enabling the 20-second burst cycle for Eye Beam and Demonic. Finally, it invests all 4 points into Eternal Hunt, granting increased access to The Hunt and, by extension, Reaver's Glaive triggers.

In Midnight, the Fel-Scarred single-target rotation is very focused on maximizing your Demonic and Metamorphosis windows. This means heavy investment into Eye Beam through Cycle of Hatred to bring it down to a 20 second burst cycle, and Chaotic Transformation to enable back-to-back casts following Metamorphosis. It also makes use of movement talents - in particular Inertia - to further improve these windows. Finally, it invests all 4 points into Eternal Hunt, turning The Hunt into a powerful 1-minute burst cooldown to empower Demonic combos. A couple of additional notes are:

• While Essence Break is good, currently gear limits Fury in single-target. That means A Fire Inside gains significant value through resources, and Screaming Brutality paired with Soulscar allows for free damage without additional cost. By extension, this means Throw Glaive talents become worth picking up.
• In single-target Isolated Prey is numerically strong, but the overwhelming majority of encounters in all three raids of Season 1 include add spawns. These disable the talent, and due to how many encounters are like this, it's hard to recommend currently.

In Midnight, Aldrachi Reaver retains its funnel tools with Wounded Quarry, but the addition of a target cap limits its potency. It's slightly more limited in terms of talents that flex between single-target and AoE as well, making it less flexible in dungeon scenarios. While the addition of Eternal Hunt Apex talent does improve access to Reaver's Glaive consistently, it still lacks potential compared to its competitor:

Due to some significant scaling improvements, Fel-Scarred fares very well in Midnight. Demonsurge is now potent, frequent AoE and is well suited to the Mythic+ environment. With the addition of Eternal Hunt as the Apex Talent, it's also gained an additional 1-minute burst cooldown for even more potential. It is currently our recommended choice:

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In AoE situations, Aldrachi Reaver remains very similar to single-target, picking up all Throw Glaive talents to amplify Reaver's Glaive, pairing them with Screaming Brutality. It picks up the entire Immolation Aura package for AoE, while selecting Chaotic Transformation on the central choice node. Cycle of Hatred remains a key enabling talent at the bottom, reducing Eye Beam and, by extension, Demonic, down to a 20-second burst cycle. Lastly, it invests all 4 points into the Apex Talent, Eternal Hunt, converting The Hunt into a potent 1-minute burst tool while also increasing Reaver's Glaive frequency.

Fel-Scarred remains very similar to its single-target counterpart, using most of the same talents to leverage cleave. It still picks up most Eye Beam focused talents in Blind Fury and Cycle of Hatred for a 20-second burst cycle, adding in Glaive Tempest to leverage the double Death Sweep from the Apex. It adds in the full suite of Immolation Aura talents (alongside a switch to Flamebound) to further lean into A Fire Inside. Finally, it invests all 4 points into the Apex Talent, Eternal Hunt, augmenting burst tools further.

Aldrachi Reaver is well suited to Delves due to the high Soul Fragment generation granting additional sustain. It can handle larger pulls comfortably, though the extra management that Reaver's Mark requires can be awkward in some situations. Aside from that, it's a solid pick.

In Delves, Fel-Scarred leans heavily into dealing explosive burst damage very frequently, making it perfectly suited for this type of content. Pairing that with high uptime on Metamorphosis for self-sustain with Soul Rending makes it a very comfortable build, and is the recommended choice.

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This tree grants access to Reaver's Glaive, which is triggered via consuming Souls and replaces your next Throw Glaive, dealing significantly more damage. Specific mechanics are:

• After casting Reaver's Glaive a combo sequence is initiated. Depending on the order of your next Chaos Strike and Blade Dance, a bonus effect will occur and you will gain Thrill of the Fight.
• Reaver's Mark is applied via Chaos Strike from this combo. This causes all Physical damage you deal to duplicate a portion as Chaos onto the affected target through Wounded Quarry.

This makes Aldrachi Reaver a potent bringer of funnel, while still having flexible single-target and cleave tools regardless of build choice. The addition of Bladecraft in Midnight causes Blade Dance casts to deal significant damage through this effect to the target suffering from your mark.

Fel-Scarred focuses purely on your Metamorphosis windows, both via the 2-minute cooldown and Demonic. It comes with a number of buffs and effects to your core abilities, and some specific mechanics:

• After entering Metamorphosis via any means, your next Annihilation and Death Sweep will trigger Demonsurge, dealing high AoE Chaos damage.
• After casting the Metamorphosis ability, this also extends to your next Eye Beam and Immolation Aura, which are also both empowered into Abyssal Gaze and Consuming Fire.

This orients Fel-Scarred around a 20-second burst cycle with Cycle of Hatred, improved even further every 2 minutes during Metamorphosis. The up-front damage provided by Demonsurge is great in both single-target and AoE, giving it good cleave flexibility regardless of build.