Vengeance Demon Hunter Tank Gear and Best in Slot — The War Within (11.1.5)

Welcome to our Gear and BiS Page for Vengeance Demon Hunter for The War Within Season 2. Check this page to learn everything you need to know about gearing a Vengeance Demon Hunter, including the BiS Gear from all sources, Raiding, and Mythic+, information on the best Trinkets, Tier Sets, and much more.

For discussion and information on Stats specifically, check out our Stats page below.

The War Within Season 2 lets you collect Puzzling Cartel Chip, which can be used to purchase specific items from Liberation of Undermine, or Myth-track Trinkets from the current pool of Mythic+ dungeons if you have finished all dungeons in time on +12 or higher difficulties. You will be able to acquire enough Chips to buy three items, however, you will need to have killed a boss to be able to buy items from it. So in order to be able to purchase items on Myth-track, you will need to have defeated the corresponding boss on Mythic difficulty. More information about the system can be found on the dedicated section over at Puzzling Cartel Chip

Below you will find a list of strong items from Liberation of Undermine that you should prioritize buying as Vengeance Demon Hunter. This list does not contain all items available or in order of priority. Your best bet to figure out the best option is by simming yourself for optimal results when it comes to damage. Defensively you may want to consider if there is any trinket that you think might be able to supplement in the content you prefer, and if there are other options you might be able to get in other ways.

• The Jastor Diamond - Special ring with a bonus effect that lets you gain stats based on your allies, a very potent bonus for free, and an item that is likely to be highly contested and hard to obtain normally.
• Eye of Kezan - A very strong passive trinket for Raid, and likewise a trinket that will likely be very hard to obtain through normal means even if you do manage to kill Gallywix.
• House of Cards - A very strong on-use option that pairs well with our burst cooldowns.
• Chromebustible Bomb Suit - A strong defensive trinket for Aldrachi Reaver, especially in high Mythic+ keys. A decent option if you do not have access to any other defensive trinkets and want something to help you in hard content.
• Capo's Molten Knuckles - A decent cantrip Fist Weapon that trades Secondary Stats for a damage effect, might be worth considering if it is a large damage upgrade for you.

If you do not have access to Mythic versions of the items above but have access to trinkets from Dungeons, you can consider some of the following trinket options.

• Tome of Light's Devotion is a very strong offensive trinket with a good damage profile for Mythic+. If you have not already gotten one of these on Myth-track it can be a fairly decent gain to upgrade this.
• Signet of the Priory is a strong offensive trinket for Fel-Scarred and upgrading it to Myth-track could be a decent gain offensively.
• Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker is a decent passive upgrade if you do not have it on Myth-track and can be a minor, but consistent upgrade option.
• Ringing Ritual Mud is a fairly strong defensive trinket for Fel-Scarred and an acceptable option for Aldrachi Reaver if you do not have access to a Chromebustible Bomb Suit.

Patch 11.0.7 introduced the special ring Cyrce's Circlet which you acquire in the new zone Siren Isle by completing activities. Instead of the regular Secondary Stats of rings you empower Cyrce's Circlet with 3 sockets which can be filled with different kinds of gems. Each socket type has 4 separate gem options, letting you pick from a large number of combinations.

After nerfs to some of the gems the power of the ring has slightly diminished, and it is now recommended until you find a ring that sims higher or contains a larger total amount of secondary stats. Depending on your total amount of Mastery on the rest of your gear this could either mean it gets replaced by an itemlevel 665 ring or an itemlevel 678 ring.

However, depending on the gems you choose to use the ring might be a loss of defensive power. This is not an issue if you use gems that offer Secondary Stats, in which case it will offer roughly equivalent defensive value as an itemlevel 678 ring. Take this in consideration if you want to have a good offensive and defensive balance.

The gems below are likely to be the strongest combination, but it is highly recommended to sim yourself to figure out the best choices since the best option might change depending on your current gear and the content you are doing.

• For raid, you will likely want to play Thunderlord's Crackling Citrine, Fathomdweller's Runed Citrine and Windsinger's Runed Citrine
• For Mythic+/AoE, you will likely want to play Stormbringer's Runed Citrine, Fathomdweller's Runed Citrine and Windsinger's Runed Citrine

For more information on how to acquire the ring and all of the different gems that are available, check out the Cyrce's Circlet guide below!

Throughout this page, we regularly refer to the importance of simming yourself on Raidbots, as it is an indispensable aspect of optimizing your character.

If you are new to simming and Raidbots, check out our detailed guide below.

Our BiS Crafts depend somewhat on the content you are doing. The best mix of offensive and defensive power seems to be Adrenal Surge Clasp and a weapon with Blessed Weapon Grip making this a good option for a Mythic+-focused player. Meanwhile if your main focus is Raiding Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension looks to be a stronger option for you. The same applies if you play a lot of Havoc, in which case Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension offers a good mix of value for both specializations. Make sure to sim yourself to find out if your current gear is better serviced by other options.

For players coming right into the Season from its beginning, the choice is very different as we are not just concerned about the best Crafted Slots and Embellishments, but also potentially short-term Item Level gains. This means you want to generally target high value gear slots. For Vengeance the highest value slot by far is your Main-hand weapon, meaning it is a very strong option for a first craft. Therefore a Weapon with Blessed Weapon Grip or Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension is likely to be one of your best early crafts, with whichever attachment being dependent on your goal of Mythic+ or Raid respectively; your second craft could either be Adrenal Surge Clasp for Mythic+ or Rune-Branded Armbands with an Writhing Armor Banding attached for Raid.

You should ideally sim the optimal stats to craft for your particular character, but Haste/Critical Strike or Haste/Versatility are generally decent overall choices for a defensive and offensive mix.

1. Everforged Warglaive, with Blessed Weapon Grip or Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension as optional additions — Crafting a weapon early in the Season will be a significant gain due to the item level bump in main-hand, our most relevant item slot. You can choose between Blessed Weapon Grip for a better Mythic+ profile where you frequently have downtime, and Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension for raid where fights are prolonged and you get to spend a larger amount of time at max stacks, however it is perfectly optional to exclude the embellishments choice as well simply to get a higher item level weapon. It is also worth noting that if you wait until your first Great Vault and it has a Weapon, then you may wish to craft something else instead short term. Long term, you might want to pair this with Adrenal Surge Clasp for Mythic+, and Rune-Branded Armbands with an Writhing Armor Banding, although you will have to sim your options if your primary goal is to do maximum damage.
2. Rune-Branded Armbands with an Writhing Armor Banding attached to it will likely be your best second option for Raid assuming you have crafted a weapon with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension.
3. Adrenal Surge Clasp — This belt offers a high uptime of Agility at the cost of a small amount of Mastery. This is a decent offensive option while also giving a decently large defensive bonus from the Agility. This option is a decent choice for Mythic+ where you will take consistent enough damage to activate it frequently. There might be other options that perform slightly better dependent on the gear you have at any specific moment, but the difference is likely not significant.
4. Next, chase Item Level where needed, preferring Helm/Chest/Legs (though these are likely occupied by tier) > Boots/Belt > Rings/Necks > Off-hand weapon > Cloak/Wrist.
5. At this point, you are mostly done crafting. You can spend future Sparks on off-spec items, alternatively statted crafts for different situations, and so on.

You will be able to upgrade your items via Crests, such as Gilded Undermine Crest and Valorstones. Once you have upgraded a slot to a certain item level, upgrading other items of that slot to that item level is free.

When you upgrade with Crests, you should think of it as upgrading slots and not items.

Additionally, since Crests are a limited resource, you will want to obtain the highest item-level possible before upgrading a given slot, as this means you will spend fewer Crests on that slot in total. If you are at all capable of doing a +9 Dungeon, for example, it would be a VERY bad idea to upgrade an item from a +8 Dungeon, as those are wasted Crests you may not get back for a very long time.

We see a ton of players, even at a high level, mess up their upgrade priorities, and upgrading prematurely. Getting this right will put you ahead of other players.

Below is the slot priority you should upgrade your items in. It is essentially based on "which slot gives the most DPS and survivability if you increase its Item Level by 10".

1. Main-hand Weapon
2. Trinkets
3. Helm/Chest/Legs
4. Shoulders/Gloves/Belt/Boots
5. Rings/Necks/Off-hand Weapon
6. Cloaks/Bracers

Note that exceptions are possible, such as special items that have more Item Level scaling than their slot would imply.

The Tier Set is comprised of 5 items, all carrying the Fel-Dealer moniker. Unique bonuses are unlocked when wearing 2 or 4 pieces from the set:

• Demon Hunter Vengeance 11.1 Class Set 2pc — Taking damage has a chance to grant you 4 seconds of Metamorphosis, and grant you Luck of the Draw! increasing your damage dealt by 15% for 10 seconds.
• Demon Hunter Vengeance Season 1 4pc — The Hunt has a 75% chance to reset its cooldown whenever you gain Luck of the Draw!.

The Tier Set Bonus is a decent gain and a long-term goal to work towards and will grant you some bonus value as you attain them. You can use the Matrix Catalyst to convert regular items (from Mythic+, for example) into Tier Items.

The Tier Set is slightly stronger for Aldrachi Reaver than Fel-Scarred, due to The Hunt activating Reaver's Glaive.

You only need 4 pieces out of 5 to get both set bonuses. Given equal item level on all pieces, we recommend you simulate your gear to figure out if you want to unequip some piece for another item. Check out the BiS List for more information.