Vengeance Demon Hunter Tank Easy Mode — Dragonflight 10.0.7
On this page, we explain how to easily play Vengeance Demon Hunter in World of Warcraft — Dragonflight 10.0.7, using the simplest rotation, talent tree, stat priority, gear setup, etc., without sacrificing performance.
Foreword
This page is intended for players who are new to the game or class, have no intentions of raiding Mythic difficulty, or simply want a more straightforward way to play their specialization without being overwhelmed by the numerous subtleties and active abilities that need to be taken into consideration for optimal play.
The Basics of Vengeance Demon Hunter
Vengeance Demon Hunters have strong mobility, which can help during tanking, especially in dungeons. Your main goal throughout fights will be to survive through clever usage of your defensive abilities.
Talent Choice for Vengeance Demon Hunter
Dragonflight introduces new and expanded talent trees giving you access to a Demon Hunter talent tree, and a Vengeance talent tree. Below you will find a general talent build for Vengeance Demon Hunter. For more information on the talents and what they do visit the Talent Page. If you are interested in a talent tree more specialized for Mythic+ or Raid you can visit their respective pages.
General Talent Build
You can easily import the talent tree below into the game with the following string:
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Stat Choice for Vengeance Demon Hunter
Currently, you will want to prioritize stats as follows:
- Agility;
- Haste;
- Versatility = Critical Strike;
- Mastery.
To review the stat priority in more detail, please follow the link below.
Basic Rotation for Vengeance Demon Hunter
For more in depth details on your rotation please visit the rotation link below.
The basic rotation as a Vengeance Demon Hunter is based on this
priority while talented into Spirit Bomb.
- Use
The Hunt on cooldown.
- Use
Soul Carver on cooldown.
- Use
Fel Devastation on cooldown.
- Use
Immolation Aura on cooldown if you will not cap on Fury, and if talented into
Fallout that the risk of capping Soul Fragments is low.
- Keep
Fracture recharging if you will not cap on Fury and Souls. During
Metamorphosis you may overlook wasting small amounts of Fury.
- Use
Sigil of Flame on cooldown as long as you will not cap Fury, or Soul Fragments if
Soul Sigils is talented.
- Use
Spirit Bomb, when you have 4 or more Soul Fragments ready.
- Use
Soul Cleave to spend Fury when you have no Soul Fragments available.
- Use
Throw Glaive as a filler when nothing else is available.
The basic rotation as a Vengeance Demon Hunter is based on this
priority while not talented into Spirit Bomb.
- Use
The Hunt on cooldown.
- Use
Soul Carver on cooldown.
- Use
Fel Devastation on cooldown.
- Use
Immolation Aura on cooldown if you will not cap on Fury, and if talented into
Fallout that the risk of capping Soul Fragments is low.
- Keep
Fracture recharging if you will not cap on Fury and Souls. During
Metamorphosis you may overlook wasting small amounts of Fury.
- Use
Sigil of Flame on cooldown as long as you will not cap Fury, or Soul Fragments if
Soul Sigils is talented.
- Use
Soul Cleave to consume Soul Fragments and to avoid overcapping Fury.
- Use
Throw Glaive as a filler when nothing else is available.
Active Mitigation and Cooldowns
You have one active mitigation ability that you need to use to keep yourself
alive, which is Demon Spikes. This should be used frequently, even
simply against auto-attacks. Always keep at least one of its charges
rolling.
Aside from this, you also have a couple of other abilities you can use to help keep you alive.
Fiery Brand should be placed on the target when you anticipate
that they will deal high damage to you, or when you simply want to reduce the
damage you take.
In addition to that, you have access to a major survivability cooldown in
Metamorphosis. This works both pro-actively (to increase
your health in preparation for damage) and re-actively, as an emergency
cooldown to heal you up when you drop low on health. Additionally,
an additional Lesser Soul Fragment and an extra 20 Fury
is generated when
Fracture or
Shear is used.
While playing with Demonic,
Fel Devastation will
trigger
Metamorphosis for 8 seconds. In almost all
situations
Metamorphosis is enough to
survive and this opportunity allows for
Demon Spikes to recharge.
Changelog
- 20 Mar. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 24 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight Pre-Patch.
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This guide is written by Meyra, a Vengeance main with a love for pushing Mythic+ keys and showcasing Proof of Concept keys with 5 tanks or other non-standard group compositions. They are a distinguished member and frequent contributor to Vengeance theory in the Demon Hunter class discord who also occasionally streams Vengeance and other tank content on Twitch.
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