Havoc Demon Hunter PvP Stat Priority, Gear, and Trinkets (Season 4)
Choosing your gear carefully is important for your Havoc Demon Hunter in PvP. We give you a stat priority to help you choose items with the right stats, followed by advice on how to choose the rest of your gear and your trinkets.
This page is part of our Havoc Demon Hunter PvP Guide.
Stat Priority for Havoc Demon Hunters in PvP
The stat priority for Havoc Demon Hunter in PvP is as follows:
- Agility;
- Mastery;
- Versatility;
- Haste;
- Critical Strike.
Agility is the best stat in all situations. Mastery ( Mastery: Demonic Presence) is the strongest secondary stat at all times due to it increasing your Chaos damage and movement speed. You should also try to focus on getting Versatility. This will reduce the damage you take while increasing your overall damage.
Gear Recommendations
General Guidelines
In general, as a Havoc Demon Hunter, you want to get trinkets that increase your damage or survivability. These trinkets can have a passive or on-use effect. The stat you want to be increasing is Versatility or Agility. The reason you want to increase both of these stats is because they both increase your overall damage output, and the Versatility will help you survive easier. Here is the best gear we recommend you use as a Havoc Demon Hunter.
- Head: Screaming Torchfiend's Burning Scowl
- Neck: Draconic Gladiator's Amulet
- Shoulders: Screaming Torchfiend's Horned Memento
- Cloak: Hellbloom Cape
- Chest: Life-Bound Chestpiece - Crafted with Versatility/Mastery
- Wrists: Hellbloom Wraps
- Hands: Screaming Torchfiend's Grasp
- Waist: Hellbloom Belt
- Legs: Screaming Torchfiend's Blazewraps
- Feet: Life-Bound Boots - Crafted with Versatility/Mastery
- Ring 1: Signet of Titanic Insight - Crafted with Versatility/Mastery
- Ring 2: Draconic Gladiator's Signet
- Trinket 1: Draconic Gladiator's Medallion
- Trinket 2: Draconic Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity
- Weapon 1: Draconic Gladiator's Warglaive
- Weapon 2: Draconic Gladiator's Warglaive
Note: It is essential to be wearing 2 PvP trinkets. This will give you a Stamina and stat boost that will increase your survivability.
Havoc Demon Hunter Tier Set
As noted above, acquiring both your 2-set and 4-set bonus is crucial. It is also important to note that ALL tier sets are nerfed by 50% in PvP. Although this nerf is significant, tier sets are still important to acquire to maximize your chances of winning. For Havoc Demonhunter, this is your tier set:
- 2-set: Blade Dance automatically triggers Throw Glaive on your primary target for 100% damage, and each slash has a 50% chance to Throw Glaive an enemy for 35% damage. This is great for increasing both your single-target and cleave damage.
- 4-set: Throw Glaive reduces the remaining cooldown of The Hunt by 2 seconds, and The Hunt's damage over time effect lasts 6 seconds longer.
Havoc Demon Hunter Embellishments
Embelishments are bonuses that can be put on crafted gear. These affects can have a drastic impact on the game. You are only allowed to have 2 Embellishments equipped at the same time. Here are the recommended Embellishments for Havoc Demon Hunters:
- Blue Silken Lining greatly increases the Mastery of the player when they are above 90% health. This is great for increasing the benefit of Mastery: Demonic Presence.
- Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch is an embellishment that deals damage to enemies. This will significantly increase your damage output. This should be crafted on your helm.
- Infurious Footwraps of Indemnity. These Embellishment Boots give you a primary stat increase when you successfully interrupt, crowd control, or dispel an enemy. These are automatically crafted on your boots.
Gems and Enchants
Here are the best enchants and gems for a Havoc Demon Hunter:
- Cloak: Enchant Cloak - Regenerative Leech
- Chest: Enchant Chest - Waking Stats
- Bracers: Enchant Bracer - Writ of Leech
- Waist: Shadowed Belt Clasp
- Legs: Fierce Armor Kit
- Feet: Enchant Boots - Plainsrunner's Breeze
- Rings: Enchant Ring - Devotion of Mastery
- Weapon1: Enchant Weapon - Shadowflame Wreathe
- Weapon2: Enchant Weapon - Shadowflame Wreathe
Zen Neltharite is the best gem you can use.
Changelog
- 22 Apr. 2024: Updated Recommended Gear for Patch 10.2.6.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Updated Recommended Gear.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.2.
- Updated Recommended Gear.
- Updated Tier Set bonus.
- 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
- 10 Jul. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
- 26 Jun. 2023: Several changes made.
- Updated Recommended Gear.
- Updated Tier Set section.
- Added Embellishment section.
- Updated Gems and Enchants section.
- 01 May 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.
- 21 Mar. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
- Updated Recommended Gear to include Tier Set.
- Added Tier Set section.
- Added Trinkets to Recommended Gear.
- 30 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 30 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 13 Jan. 2023: Updated Stat Priority.
- Updated Recommended Gear.
- Updated Recommended Enchants.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Updated Recommended Gear.
- Updated Gems and Enchants.
- 22 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight Pre-patch.
- 01 Aug. 2022: Updated for Shadowlands Season 4.
- 17 Jun. 2022: Updated Best Weapons.
- 31 May 2022: Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
- 26 Feb. 2021: Updated Recommended Gear.
- Added Tier Set section.
- Removed Shards of Domination section.
- 10 Nov. 2021: Reviewed for Patch 9.1.5.
- 02 Jul. 2021: Updated Recommended Gear section.
- Added Shards of Domination section.
- 08 Mar. 2021: Reviewed for Patch 9.0.5.
- 17 Feb. 2021: Updated Best Weapons.
- 06 Dec. 2020: Added BiS gear list for Shadowlands.
- 29 Nov. 2020: Removed outdated Traits and Essences.
- Removed outdated gear.
- Added gems section.
- 14 Oct. 2020: Updated for Shadowlands pre-patch.
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