Vengeance Demon Hunter Tank Gear and Best in Slot — Battle for Azeroth (BfA) 8.3

Bear in mind that all of this is subject to change based on Warforging and Titanforging happening on gear, so this is absolutely a guideline and not a rule. Note that it is also just dealing with gear from raid environments, so this could change if you are spending a large amount of time in Mythic+ and gaining different, rarer pieces.

During Patch 8.3, items have a chance to get corrupted, giving them a beneficial effect and causing you to gain a Corruption stat. The latter gives you debuffs that negatively effect you. For more information, please refer to our guide on Corrupted Items.

As we are a tank, it is not recommended to go over 20 Corruption unless you are doing a job that does not have strict boss/mob facing/movement requirements. When you go over 20 Corruption, the effects cause you to have to move often, which can hurt the group/raid in many different ways (wWhether it is moving out of range, or moving bosses too close, etc.).

There is an optional build where you run as much Corruption as you can handle. You use defensive talents and DPS corruption, then just tank through the Corrupted effects. This is a high skill level build only. It will be determined by how comfortable you are. This is one of the main things that lets us do so well in Mythic+.

The beneficial effects are still being tuned and implemented into SimC, so please await further information. Go to Discord for more info (link in my bio on the right side).

1. Twilight Devastation — very large DPS increase
2. Infinite Stars — very large DPS increase
3. Echoing Void — DPS increase

• Versatile
• Expedient

• Racing Pulse
• Twisted Appendage
• Searing Flames
• Gushing Wound
• Ineffable Truth

Unguent Caress provides a large DPS increase if you use it. Note that it is 25 Corruption, and you do not want to go above 19 if possible. Be mindful of how much corruption you have when using this.

Slot	Item	Source
Wrists	Wristwraps of Volatile Power	Shad'har the Insatiable — Ny'alotha
Gloves	Gloves of Abyssal Authority	Drest'agath — Ny'alotha
Belt	Belt of Braided Vessels	Il'gynoth, Corruption Reborn — Ny'alotha
Legs	Onyx-Imbued Breeches	Wrathion, the Black Emperor — Ny'alotha
Boots	Boots of Manifest Shadow	Maut — Ny'alotha
Ring #1	Ring of Cosmic Potential	N'Zoth the Corruptor — Ny'alotha
Ring #2	Void-Etched Band	Shad'har the Insatiable — Ny'alotha
Weapon 1	Mish'un, Blade of Tyrants	Wrathion, the Black Emperor — Ny'alotha
Weapon 2	Mish'un, Blade of Tyrants	Wrathion, the Black Emperor — Ny'alotha

Slot	Item	Source
Cloak	Drape of the Loyal Vassal	Rixxa Fluxflame — Atal'Dazar
Wrists	Sea Dog's Cuffs	Trothak — Freehold
Gloves	Gloves of Corrupted Waters	Aqu'sirr — Shrine of the Storm
Belt	Belt of Gleaming Determination	Priestess Alun'za — Atal'Dazar
Legs	Singe-Blotched Britches	Jes Howlis — Tol Dagor
Boots	Mercenary Miner's Boots	Azerokk — The MOTHERLODE!!
Ring #1	Ritual Binder's Ring	Mchimba the Embalmer — King's Rest
Ring #2	Seal of the Regal Loa	Rezan — Atal'Dazar
Trinket #1	Azerokk's Resonating Heart	Azerokk — The MOTHERLODE!!
Trinket #2	Lustrous Golden Plumage	The Golden Serpent — King's Rest

There is also a unique proc-effect Fist Weapon, Bile-Stained Crawg Tusks from The Underrot. This effect can be strong, but the loss of secondary stats and additional randomness makes it a side-grade choice based on current simulations.

For information about what Azerite traits to choose and what the best items are, see our Azerite page.

Here is a list of the best items for both Mythic+ and raiding.

• Helm: Gibbering Maw from Ra-den the Despoiled (Revel / Infernal / Overwhelming Power / Soulmonger)
• Shoulders: Gorak Tul's Mantle from Vendor (Revel / Hour / Elemental Whirl / Soulmonger)
• Chest: Tortured Fleshbeast Cuirass From Carapace of N'Zoth (Revel / Hour of Reaping / Crystalline Carapace / Gemhide)

• Helm: High Altitude Turban (Revel / Rigid / Ablative / Resounding)
• Shoulders: Gold-Tasseled Epaulets (Revel / Rigid) / Ablative (Heed) / Vampiric Speed)
• Chest: Cephalohide Jacket (Revel / Hour / Blood / Gemhide)

• Helm: Gibbering Maw from Ra-den the Despoiled (Revel / Infernal / Overwhelming Power / Soulmonger)
• Alternate Vendor Helm: Cowl of Fluid Machinations (Rigid / Infernal / Heed / Soulmonger)
• Shoulders: Gorak Tul's Mantle from Vendor (Revel / Hour / Elemental Whirl / Soulmonger)
• Chest: Gore-Splattered Vest (Revel / Cycle / Heed / Impassive)

Defensively, you will go for trinkets that grant stats. None of them are particularly amazing in this instance, however going for trinkets with stats on them give you a mix of offense and defense.

1. Sigil of Warding provides a large absorb and is great if you need an extra cooldown.
2. Vita-Charged Titanshard & Void-Twisted Titanshard are a 2 piece combo that provides a large amount of stats if you use both at the same time.
3. Humming Black Dragonscale is a plain stat trinket that provides Haste on a proc with high uptime.
4. Bwonsamdi's Bargain will be fight and strategy dependent, but has potential to be used fairly often. When you would die, it absorbs a portion of the damage then gives you a healing absorb based on a percentage of that damage. It will be a good progression tool depending on the fight. Good to have even if you are nor currenlty using it.
5. Diamond-Laced Refracting Prism has a small absorb, but due to most tank trinkets being underwhelming at best, this is actually a pretty good choice.
6. Bloodthirsty Urchin is a general purpose trinket that provides consistent healing.
7. Chain of Suffering is potentially one of the best tank trinkets, but it needs to be coordinated with your raid, so that healers can focus your target.
8. Edicts of the Faithless is very good when it is good. Utilize the side that is best for the moment. In general, the magic side will be used the most.
9. Pocket-Sized Computation Device should be used with the Trajectory Analysis or Cyclotronic Blast cards, with stat cards that follow the priority.
10. Ascended Alchemist Stone is the new Alchemy stone that provides a socket as well. This will be decent for all-purpose use.
11. Xalzaix's Veiled Eye is one of the better trinkets, as it is a shield that procs when you are low on health. Good progression tool.
12. Darkmoon Deck: Blockades is one of the best defensively at the moment. It is not very strong, but compared to the rest, it is "good".
13. Galecaller's Boon provides you with Haste on a short cooldown, which makes this very good for raid; potentially one of the best trinkets overall.
14. Azerokk's Resonating Heart
15. Lustrous Golden Plumage
16. Dead-Eye Spyglass

Thanks to Bloodmallet.com, a comprehensive list of available trinkets for Havoc are listed against each other below.