Havoc Demon Hunter DPS Stat Priority — The War Within (11.1.5)

Havoc Demon Hunter has slightly different stat priorities depending on your Hero Talent selection, but they do not differ significantly enough that you need different gearsets to play them.

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Stat Priorities

Aldrachi Reaver Fel-Scarred

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Aldrachi Reaver Havoc Demon Hunter Stat Priority

While playing Aldrachi Reaver, a basic recommended stat priority is as follows:

1. Critical Strike;
2. Mastery;
3. Haste;
4. Versatility;
5. Agility.

Know Your Enemy keeps Critical Strike as the focus due to the additional multiplier it provides, alongside working with proc effects. Mastery multiplies this further with your strongest abilities and is close behind, making it the second-best stat to focus on.

Haste is slightly behind due to the lack of cooldown reduction on some key abilities such as Essence Break and Eye Beam and the amount of time spent in Metamorphosis, but is still relevant. Alongside this, there is also no strong hook elsewhere in the kit compared to the above options with additional scaling multipliers.

Versatility falls behind the above two stats but still outperforms Haste due to its lack of strong interaction with the AoE build's toolkit.

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Fel-Scarred Havoc Demon Hunter Stat Priority

While playing Fel-Scarred, a basic recommended stat priority is as follows:

1. Critical Strike = Mastery;
2. Versatility;
3. Haste;
4. Agility.

Know Your Enemy keeps Critical Strike as the focus due to the additional multiplier it provides, alongside working with proc effects. Mastery is roughly equal due to the high amount of Chaos damage done by the Fel-Scarred, so aiming for these two stats whenever possible is ideal.

After that, Versatility is slightly behind hovering around the value of Agility due to simply being a flat damage amp.

Haste falls behind for Fel-Scarred specifically due to a lack of cooldown reduction on key abilities, and the massive amount of time spent in the Metamorphosis effect that grants additional Haste.

Every stat has a limit where they will begin to offer less increase per point gained, which are known as the points of diminishing return. Once you have reached these amounts, stats will become progressively less valuable and may fall behind other options. The current breakpoints are:

• 21000 Critical Strike Rating
• 19800 Haste Rating
• 23400 Versatility Rating
• 21000 Mastery Rating

With the higher item level in the current season, we are at risk of hitting the first of these points on at least two stats. Be aware of these breakpoints if you find your sim results are unusual.

If you are ever in doubt about what items to wear for any given situation, the best way to figure it out for your character is to use Raidbots. This website allows you to easily compare gear you already have, as well as gear you do not have.

Due to every character being unique with variables based on your current gear, racial bonuses and effects you have active, it is much easier to trust its bespoke output rather than a general priority if you are looking to min-max your damage potential.

The gems, enchants, and consumables you will use are directly derived from your stat priority. You can find our advice on this topic on our dedicated page.

Agility is your primary statistic. You should look for it in all of your upgrades. It provides you with Attack Power, which determines the damage your abilities do.

Critical Strike increases the chance for your attacks and abilities to critically strike, dealing double damage, and has several supporting talents that grant it additional scaling. In particular, Critical Chaos, Ragefire and Know Your Enemy amplify their value beyond the raw effect, keeping it relevant.

Mastery increases all Chaos damage you deal through Mastery: Demonic Presence, and also increases your passive movement speed. The value per point is already quite high, and the variety of talents on the tree improve its value even further when taken, making it a good all-round pick. In particular, First Blood converts Blade Dance/ Death Sweep to Chaos for your primary target, and A Fire Inside fully converts Immolation Aura as well.

Haste increases your auto attack speed, reduces the Global Cooldown recovery time down to a minimum of 0.750 seconds, and reduces the base cooldown of Blade Dance/ Death Sweep, Immolation Aura, Glaive Tempest and Throw Glaive. It also leads to higher Fury Generation through Demon Blades via auto-attacks, but in AoE situations, many of the key burst tools such as Eye Beam and Essence Break have no scaling with this, reducing its value.

Versatility provides a flat boost to damage dealt and reduction to damage taken, with no other interactions.