Havoc Demon Hunter DPS Spell List and Glossary — Midnight Pre-Patch (12.0)

Havoc is the melee specialization for Demon Hunters, and this page covers the tools available, how they work, and their applications in combat. It will also cover synergies, cooldowns, and core concepts to get to grips with.

This page explains the details of each ability. It assumes you are playing at max level or are interested in the details. For information on when you will gain access to each tool, check out our dedicated leveling page here:

The primary resource for Havoc is Fury, which powers your strongest abilities. It's generated predominantly through Demon Blades procs and Felblade casts. This means the spec is a standard builder/spender rotation, with mix-ups added in with key cooldowns such as Eye Beam and Blade Dance.

The two Hero Talent Trees available to Havoc are Aldrachi Reaver and Fel-Scarred, with their effects listed in the two boxes below:

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Havoc Demon Hunter Hero Talents

Aldrachi Reaver Talents Fel-Scarred Talents

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Aldrachi Reaver Talents for Havoc Demon Hunter

These talents are available after selecting the Aldrachi Reaver tree from the Hero Talent selection, unlocked at Level 71. At level 90, you will have access to all talents (not including choice nodes):

Ability	Description/Effect
Art of the Glaive	Consuming 6 Soul Fragments or casting The Hunt converts your next Throw Glaive into Reaver's Glaive. This deals heavy Physical damage to your target, and bounces to 2 additional enemies. After casting this, your next Blade Dance / Death Sweep and Chaos Strike / Annihilation casts within 30 seconds are empowered. The first deals 10% increased damage, and the second deals 20% increased damage.
Fury of the Aldrachi	When enhanced by Reaver's Glaive, Blade Dance / Death Sweep casts 3 additional glaive slashes at nearby targets. If cast after Chaos Strike / Annihilation, cast 6 slashes instead.
Evasive Action	Vengeful Retreat can be cast a second time within 3 seconds. This does not trigger additional effects such as Tactical Retreat.
Unhindered Assault	Casting Vengeful Retreat resets the cooldown of Felblade.
Reaver's Mark	When enhanced by Reaver's Glaive, Chaos Strike / Annihilation applies Reaver's Mark to the target, which causes them to take 7% increased damage from your abilities for 20 seconds, stacking up to 2. If cast after Blade Dance / Death Sweep, this instead applies 2 stacks for a total of 14%. Each individual stack has its own duration.
Broken Spirit	Casting The Hunt shatters a Soul Fragment. Additionally, Chaos Strike and Blade Dance have a chance to shatter an extra fragment when cast.
Aldrachi Tactics	The second enhanced ability in your Reaver's Glaive pattern shatters an additional Soul Fragment.
Army Unto Oneself	Felblade surrounds you with a Blade Ward, reducing damage taken by 10% for 5 seconds.
Incorruptible Spirit	Each Soul Fragment you consume grants you an absorb shield for 15% of the amount healed.
Wounded Quarry	Targets affected by your Reaver's Mark will take an additional 20% of all Physical damage you deal to any target as Chaos, and sometimes shatter an extra Soul fragment.
Keen Edge	Reaver's Glaive damage is increased, and all other Physical-only damage dealt with your abilities is also increased.
Incisive Blade	Chaos Strike / Annihilation deals increased damage.
Keen Engagement	Reaver's Glaive generates 20 Fury when cast.
Preemptive Strike	Throw Glaive deals additional Physical damage to enemies near its initial target. This also applies to Reaver's Glaive.
Bladecraft	Fury of the Aldrachi further improves Blade Dance when used second, triggering 12 additional strikes. Reaver's Mark can also now stack an additional time, and Chaos Strike will apply an extra mark if used second in the sequence.
Warblade's Hunger	Consuming a Soul Fragment causes your next Chaos Strike / Annihilation to deal additional Physical damage. This effect can stack. Additionally, casting Felblade draws up to 5 nearby Soul Fragments to you.
Thrill of the Fight	After consuming both Reaver's Glaive enhancements, gain Thrill of the Fight. This increases the damage of your next Reaver's Glaive cast, and grants 6% Haste for 30 seconds.

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Fel-Scarred Talents for Havoc Demon Hunter

These talents are available after selecting the Fel-Scarred tree from the Hero Talent selection, unlocked at Level 71. At level 90, you will have access to all talents (not including choice nodes):

Ability	Description/Effect
Demonsurge	When you enter demon form, the first cast of each empowered ability ( Death Sweep and Annihilation) causes you to explode for heavy Chaos damage to all nearby enemies, reduced above 8 targets. This effect gained from either Demonic or Metamorphosis entries. Additionally, your Metamorphosis form also causes Demon Blades to generate 3 additional Fury while active.
Wave of Debilitation	Chaos Nova slows enemies by 60% and reduces the attack and cast speed of targets hit by 15% for 5 seconds after the stun fades.
Pursuit of Angriness	Your movement speed is increased by 1% for each 10 Fury you currently have.
Focused Hatred	Demonsurge deals increased damage when it strikes a single target. Each additional target hit reduces this bonus.
Set Fire to the Pain	5% of all non-fire damage taken is instead taken as Fire damage over 6 seconds. Additionally, all Fire damage taken is reduced by 10%.
Improved Soul Rending	Leech provided by Soul Rending is increased by 2%, and an additional 2% while in Metamorphosis.
Blind Focus	All Fire damage increased. This effect is doubled during Metamorphosis.
Burning Blades	Your Chaos Strike / Annihilation, Blade Dance / Death Sweep, Throw Glaive auto-attacks deal additional damage as Fire over 6 seconds.
Violent Transformation	When you cast your Metamorphosis ability, the cooldown of Immolation Aura is immediately reset. This refunds both charges of Immolation Aura with A Fire Inside taken.
Enduring Torment	While not in Metamorphosis form, your Chaos Strike and Blade Dance damage is increased, and your Haste is increased by 5%.
Undying Embers	Your Immolation Aura effect has a chance to reignite when it expires.
Untethered Fury	Your maximum Fury is increased by 50.
Student of Suffering	Eye Beam grants Student of Suffering for 6 seconds, increasing your Mastery and generating 5 Fury every 2 seconds.
Flamebound	Immolation Aura has a 2-yard increased radius and a 50% increased Critical Strike damage bonus.
Monster Rising	Your Agility is increased by 8% while not in Metamorphosis form.
Volatile Instinct	Entering Metamorphosis via any means immediately triggers a Demonsurge pulse.
Demonic Intensity	Casting your Metamorphosis greatly empowers your Eye Beam and Immolation Aura, turning them into Abyssal Gaze and Consuming Fire respectively. Additionally, Demonsurge damage is increased by 5% for 15 seconds for each time it was previously triggered during this instance of demon form.

These are the core skills you will gain access to during the Havoc leveling process and form the core gameplay loop.

Ability	Abbreviation	Description/Effect
Demon Blades	DBlades	Causes your auto-attacks to deal additional Shadow damage and generate 8-15 Fury.
Chaos Strike	CS	Core Fnury Spender, dealing moderate Chaos damage to your target at the cost of 40 Fury. Has a 20% chance to refund 20 Fury.
Blade Dance	BD	Strikes all nearby targets for Physical damage 4 times, dealing reduced damage above 5 targets. Has a 10-second cooldown (reduced by Haste) and costs 35 Fury.
Immolation Aura	Immo	Deals instant Fire damage in an AoE around you and additional Fire damage every second for 10 seconds. Generates 20 Fury when cast, with a 30-second cooldown (reduced by Haste).
Throw Glaive	TG	Deals light Physical damage to your target and bounces to a nearby enemy. Free to cast, with a 9-second cooldown (reduced by Haste).
Blur	-	Reduces all incoming damage by 25% for 10 seconds, with a 1-minute cooldown.
Disrupt	Kick	Interrupts your target and, if successful, locks them out of the interrupted spell school for 5 seconds. Has a 15-second cooldown.
Torment	Taunt	Taunts your target, forcing yourself to the top of their threat table, causing them to attack you for 6 seconds. It has an 8-second cooldown and 30-yard range.
Spectral Sight	-	Allows you to see through walls, highlighting enemies, treasures, and similar things in bright colors for 8 seconds. Any damage taken or loss of control applied will end the effect, and has a 30-second cooldown.
Metamorphosis	Meta	Leap up to 40 yards to your targeted area, dealing a small amount of Chaos damage, stunning any enemies for 3 seconds, and entering Metamorphosis for 20 seconds. While in your Demon form, you gain 20% Haste, and Chaos Strike and Blade Dance are empowered, changing to Annihilation and Death Sweep. 2-minute cooldown.
Mastery: Demonic Presence	-	Havoc Mastery stat. Increases all Chaos damage you deal based on your rating.
Fel Rush	FR	Instantly charges you forward 15 yards with a 0.5-second Global Cooldown, dealing Chaos damage to targets in your path. It has a 10-second cooldown.
Double Jump	-	Allows you to double-tap your jump key to trigger a second jump while airborne.
Glide	-	Allows you to triple-tap your jump key (or use it while already airborne) to initiate a glide, slowing your fall rate and propelling you slowly forward. This can be used as a situational tool to generate forward momentum. Vengeful Retreat stops this from being activated for 1 second after a cast, so you cannot link them together on even ground.
Chaos Brand	Brand	Upon dealing damage to a target, applies a permanent 3% magic damage taken increase from all sources. This effect has a reduced 15-second duration in PvP combat.
Demonic Wards	-	Reduces all Magic damage taken by 10% at all times.
Demonic Appetite	DA	Grants Chaos Strike / Annihilation a 6 RPPM chance to spawn a Lesser Soul Fragment nearby. Consuming any Soul Fragment also grants 20 Fury.

To help break the talent trees into more manageable chunks, we have grouped abilities into active and passive effects, and separated them into Class and Specialization tree offerings. If you would like to know more about which of these talents to select for your own Havoc Demon Hunter, refer to the builds and talents page of our guide.

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Havoc Demon Hunter Class Tree

Active Abilities Passive Effects

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Demon Hunter Tree Active Abilities

Ability	Abbreviation	Description/Effect
Vengeful Retreat	VR	Removes all snares when cast, vaults you back 15 yards, and deals a small amount of Physical damage around you. Has a 25-second cooldown.
Felblade	FB	Deals moderate Fire damage to your target and generates 15 Fury. If you are out of melee range, this will charge you up to 15 yards toward them. It has a 15-second cooldown (reduced by Haste) and also has a 0.5-second GCD.
Sigil of Misery	SoM	Places a sigil on the ground that detonates after 2 seconds, disorienting any enemies hit for 15 seconds when it goes off. Any damage taken will end the effect, and has a 2-minute cooldown.
Imprison	-	Incapacitates the targeted demon, beast, or humanoid for 1 minute. Limited to 1 imprisonment, and any damage taken cancels the effect. 45-second cooldown and 20-yard range.
Chaos Nova	Nova	Deals light Chaos damage to nearby enemies in an AoE around you, stunning targets hit for 3 seconds. It costs 25 Fury and has a 45-second cooldown.
Consume Magic	-	Removes 1 beneficial magic effect from your target. Has a 30-yard range and 10-second cooldown.
Darkness	-	Creates a pool of darkness at your feet for 8 seconds, causing any damage dealt to you or any ally stood within to have a 15% chance to miss. 8-yard radius and 5-minute cooldown. Chance to avoid damage increased to 30% when not in a raid group.

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Demon Hunter Tree Passive Effects

Ability	Abbreviation	Description/Effect
Vengeful Bonds	-	Causes Vengeful Retreat to also reduce the movement speed of all enemies hit by 70% for 3 seconds.
Unrestrained Fury	-	Increases your maximum Fury by 20.
Shattered Restoration	-	Increases the healing done by all Shattered Souls by 10%.
Improved Sigil of Misery	-	Reduces the cooldown of Sigil of Misery by 30 seconds.
Bouncing Glaives	-	Causes Throw Glaive to ricochet to an additional target. This also applies to Reaver's Glaive.
Charred Warblades	-	You heal for 3% of all Fire damage you deal. This also applies to Chaos damage.
Improved Disrupt	-	Increases the range of Disrupt to 10 yards.
Aldrachi Design	-	Increases your parry chance by 3%.
Focused Ire	-	Casting Chaos Nova will stun your current target for an additional 2 seconds.
Master of the Glaive	MotG	Grants Throw Glaive a second charge and cause targets hit by the ability to be slowed by 50% for 6 seconds. This also applies to Reaver's Glaive.
Champion of the Glaive	CotG	Grants Throw Glaive a second charge increases its range by 10 yards. This also applies to Reaver's Glaive.
Disrupting Fury	-	Successfully interrupting a target with Disrupt generates 30 Fury.
Blazing Path	-	Your Fel Rush gains an additional charge.
Swallowed Anger	-	Successfully removing a beneficial Magic effect from a target with Consume Magic generates Fury.
Aura of Pain	-	Increases the Critical Strike chance of Immolation Aura by 6%.
Live by the Glaive	-	When you parry an attack or have one of your own parried, restore 2% of your maximum health and generate 10 Fury. This effect has a 5-second internal cooldown.
Pursuit	-	Causes your Mastery also to increase your Movement speed based on rating.
Soul Rending	SR	Grants 5/10% Leech, increased to 10/20% while in Metamorphosis.
Felfire Haste	-	Casting Fel Rush also increases your movement speed by 10% for 8 seconds.
Infernal Armor	-	Immolation Aura also increases your Armour by 10/20%, and causes melee attackers to take light Fire damage when striking you.
Burn It Out	-	Immolation Aura also removes 1 Disease effect from you when cast.
Soul Cleanse	-	Immolation Aura also removes 1 Curse effect from you when cast.
Lost in Darkness	-	Spectral Sight has a 5-second reduced cooldown.
Illidari Knowledge	-	Reduces all Magic damage taken by an additional 3/6%.
Felbound	-	Increases your movement speed by 3%.
Will of the Illidari	-	Increases your maximum health by 3/6%.
Internal Struggle	-	Increases your Mastery by 4.5%.
Furious	-	Attacks and abilities that generate Fury deal 3% increased damage.
Remorseless	-	Attacks and abilities that spend Fury deal 3% increased damage.
First In, Last Out	-	Casting Fel Rush grants a small shield, which rapidly decays over the next few seconds.
Erratic Felheart	-	Reduces the cooldown of Fel Rush by 1/2 seconds.
Final Breath	-	Fully channelling Eye Beam increases the damage of its final tick by 300%.
Demon Muzzle	-	Interrupting a spell with Disrupt reduces all magic damage you take by 15% for 12 seconds.
Soul Splitter	-	Any time you generate Soul Fragments, you have a 2/4% chance to generate an additional Soul.
Wings of Wrath	-	Your Glide speed is increased by 10%.
Long Night	-	Increases the duration of Darkness by 3 seconds.
Pitch Black	-	Reduces the cooldown of Darkness by 2 minutes.
Demonic Resilience	-	Your Blur gains an additional charge.

Similar to the class tree, we have broke Havoc specific talents down into active and passive tools. These are much more important, and have a significant impact on the overall playstyle. If you would like recommendations on how to build your tree, refer to the builds on our talents page.

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Havoc Demon Hunter Spec Tree

Active Abilities Passive Effects

7.

Havoc Tree Active Abilities

Ability	Abbreviation	Description/Effect
Eye Beam	EB	Deals heavy Chaos damage to all enemies 20 yards in front of you in a line, dealing reduced damage above 5 targets. Costs 30 Fury, has a 2-second channel and a 30-second cooldown.
The Hunt	Hunt	Charges up to 50 yards to your target after a 1-second cast, dealing heavy Chaos damage to your primary target, while also applying a Chaos damage DoT to your target and up to 5 enemies in your path. Has a 1.5-minute cooldown.
Essence Break	Essb	Slashes all enemies in a cone in front of you for heavy Chaos damage, applying a 4-second debuff. While affected, targets will take additional Chaos damage when hit by your Chaos Brand / Annihilation and Blade Dance / Death Sweep abilities. Has a 40-second cooldown.

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Havoc Passive Effects

Ability	Abbreviation	Description/Effect
Critical Chaos	-	The chance that Chaos Strike / Annihilation refunds Fury is increased by 30% of your Critical Strike Chance.
Burning Hatred	-	Immolation Aura generates an additional 40 Fury over 10 seconds after activation.
Dash of Chaos	-	After casting Fel Rush, you can re-activate it within 2 seconds to dash back to your initial location. This counts as a regular Fel Rush cast.
Improved Chaos Strike	-	Chaos Strike deals 10% increased damage.
First Blood	FB	Your Blade Dance / Death Sweep deals additional Chaos damage to the first target struck.
Accelerating Blade	AB	Throw Glaive deals 60% additional damage to your target, reduced by 30% with each bounce.
Demon Hide	-	Increases your Magical damage dealt by 3%, and reduces Physical damage taken by 5%.
Desperate Instincts	DI	Blur reduces damage taken by an additional 10%. Additionally, you take 10% reduced damage from all sources when below 35% maximum health.
Deflecting Dance	-	While casting Blade Dance / Death Sweep, you absorb damage up damage up to 15% of your maximum health. This lasts for roughly 1 second.
Mortal Dance	-	Enemies hit by Blade Dance receive 50% less healing for 6 seconds.
Initiative	-	Damaging an enemy before they damage you increases your Critical Strike Chance by 10% for 5 seconds. Casting Vengeful Retreat resets this effect, allowing you to trigger it again on any enemies it has previously triggered from during combat.
Scars of Suffering	-	Increases Versatility by 4% and reduces threat generated by 8%.
Demonic	-	Casting Eye Beam grants 5 seconds of the Metamorphosis effect after the cast ends.
Furious Throws	FT	Throw Glaive throws a second glaive at your target when cast, but now has a 25 Fury cost.
Trail of Ruin	ToR	The final slash of Blade Dance / Death Sweep applies a DoT to targets hit, dealing Chaos damage over 4 seconds
Tactical Retreat	-	Casting Vengeful Retreat causes you to generate 80 Fury over 10 seconds. Additionally, the cooldown of Vengeful Retreat is reduced by 5 seconds.
Blind Fury	BF	Your Eye Beam damage and duration is increased by 10/20%, and also generates 15/30 Fury per second while channeling.
Furious Gaze	FG	Fully channeling Eye Beam also grants 10% Haste for 10 seconds.
Dancing with Fate	DWF	The final strike of your Blade Dance / Death Sweep casts deal 25/50% additional damage.
Growing Inferno	GI	Each time Immolation Aura deals damage it deals 10% increased damage until it expires. This is triggered by each individual pulse, rather than on instances of damage to multiple targets.
Exergy	-	Casting Vengeful Retreat or The Hunt increases your damage done by 5% for 20 seconds. This can be extended up to a maximum of 30 seconds with each additional trigger.
Inertia	-	The Hunt and Vengeful Retreat cause your next Felblade or Fel Rush cast to increase your damage dealt by 18% for 5 seconds.
Isolated Prey	IP	Whenever you strike only a single target with the following abilities, they gain additional effects: Chaos Nova stuns for an additional 2 seconds; Eye Beam deals 30% increased damage; Immolation Aura always critically strikes.
Serrated Glaive	SG	Hitting an enemy with Chaos Strike / Annihilation or Throw Glaive increases their damage taken by your Throw Glaive and Chaos Strike / Annihilation by 15% for 15 seconds.
Burning Wound	BW	Hitting an enemy with Demon Blades or Throw Glaive applies a DoT, dealing moderate Chaos damage over 15 seconds. Enemies take 40% additional damage from your Immolation Aura when affected by this, but it can only be applied to a maximum of 3 targets at a time.
Unbound Chaos	UBC	Vengeful Retreat and The Hunt also increases the damage of your next Fel Rush or Felblade cast within 12 seconds by 300%.
Chaos Theory	CT	Casting Blade Dance / Death Sweep causes your next Chaos Strike / Annihilation cast within 8 seconds to have a 14-30% increased chance to critically strike, and always triggers the 20 Fury refund.
Inner Demon	ID	Entering your Metamorphosis effect via any means causes your next Chaos Strike / Annihilation to deal additional Chaos damage to all nearby enemies after a brief delay. This will land at the position of your target when you cast Chaos Strike / Annihilation, so can miss if targets are moving.
Chaotic Transformation	CT	When you cast Metamorphosis, the cooldowns of Blade Dance and Eye Beam are reset.
Relentless Onslaught	RO	Chaos Strike / Annihilation has a 10% chance to trigger an additional Chaos Strike.
Soulscar	-	Throw Glaive also applies a Chaos DoT effect for 6 seconds, dealing 80% of the damage dealt by the glaive. Mastery improves this, but it cannot critically strike. This also affects Reaver's Glaive.
Ragefire	RF	When Immolation Aura critically strikes, 30% of the damage is stored up to a cap of 3 critical strikes per tick. When Immolation Aura expires, you explode, dealing all the stored Ragefire damage to all nearby enemies.
Know Your Enemy	KYE	Your Critical Strike Damage is increased by 40/80% of your Critical Strike chance.
Cycle of Hatred	CoH	Casting Eye Beam reduces the cooldown of your Eye Beam ability by 2.5 seconds, stacking up to 4 times for a total of 10 seconds.
Chaotic Disposition	-	Whenever you deal Chaos damage, there is a 7.77% chance to duplicate up to 17% of the damage dealt to the target. This can repeat up to 3/7 times.
Glaive Tempest	GT	When the final slash of your Blade Dance hits 3 or more targets, you consume 25 Fury to spawn two glaives at your location. These deal Chaos damage over 3 seconds to targets within, with reduced damage dealt beyond 8 targets.
Shattered Destiny	SD	The duration of your Metamorphosis effect is extended by 0.1 seconds per 12 Fury spent while it is active.
Collective Anguish	CA	When you cast Eye Beam, an allied Demon Hunter appears to cast Fel Devastation. This deals full damage and heals you over its duration.
Screaming Brutality	SB	Casting Blade Dance / Death Sweep automatically triggers a full strength Throw Glaive cast on your target. Each slash from Blade Dance / Death Sweep also has a 50% chance to throw an additional glaive at 35% strength. This does not trigger Reaver's Glaive.
A Fire Inside	AFI	Grants Immolation Aura a second charge, and reduces its cooldown by 6 seconds. Additionally, allows multiple Immolation Aura buffs to overlap and be active at the same time.

Since Havoc has a lot of synergistic effects within the tree, knowing how to manage your rotation in regular gameplay is essential. It can be overwhelming to be presented with the complete toolkit. Trying to work out each interaction and priority can be difficult, but now you are equipped with the knowledge of what each thing does; so you can put it into practice using the details provided on the rotation page: