Vengeance Demon Hunter Tank Mythic+ Tips — The War Within (11.1.5)

This build focuses slightly more on damage while retaining defensive nodes that do not cost too much damage to take, while they might not hold up defensively for the highest levels of dungeons, it will perform more than fine defensively while doing very good damage.

This talent tree is a general blueprint for Dungeons, and while most dungeons can be completed with this tree as is, there are going to be cases where you want to switch a few talents for utility options in the Class Tree especially. Below are just a few talents to consider depending on the situation.

• If the dungeon has plenty of dangerous spellcasters, talents like Improved Sigil of Misery and Sigil of Chains can be options to consider. If the dungeon contains mainly humanoid enemies, you can also use Imprison as an interrupt of sorts.
• If there are dangerous magic buffs that need to be Purged in the dungeon Consume Magic can be a consideration if your group is lacking options to deal with these mechanics.
• If there are dangerous group mechanics with multiple damage instances, you can talent into Darkness to help your healer out.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!

This build is my recommendation for High Mythic+ Pushing. High Mythic+ is defined as any level of Mythic+ that you consider a challenge. Talent choices in this build will focus more towards defensive coverage to reduce the risk of dying while still taking relevant offensive talents to help your group complete the dungeon within the timer and to help with generating and maintaining Aggro on enemies. It opts to take Last Resort due to the inherent risk reduction, despite the talent coming at a relatively high offensive and defensive cost.

The main motivation behind Aldrachi Reaver is the increased self-sustain offered by your Hero talents, which will help in harder content where you frequently take a large, consistent amount of damage while the healer of the group is busy keeping the rest of the group alive. The build deals slightly less damage than Fel-Scarred but thanks to the new update to Wounded Quarry you will instead compensate slightly by offering a relatively good amount of funnel damage into priority mobs.

This talent tree is a general blueprint for Dungeons, and while most dungeons can be completed with this tree as is, there are going to be cases where you want to switch a few talents for utility options in the Class Tree especially. Below are just a few talents to consider depending on the situation.

• If the dungeon has plenty of dangerous spellcasters, talents like Improved Sigil of Misery and Sigil of Chains can be options to consider. If the dungeon contains mainly humanoid enemies, you can also use Imprison as an interrupt of sorts.
• If there are dangerous magic buffs that need to be Purged in the dungeon Consume Magic can be a consideration if your group is lacking options to deal with these mechanics.
• If there are dangerous group mechanics with multiple damage instances, you can talent into Pitch Black to allow more frequent use of Darkness to help your healer out with keeping the group alive.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!

Disrupt is your "kick" and your most important bit of utility in Mythic+, used to stop enemy casts for the benefit of yourself and the rest of the group. It is highly recommended to use a Focus Kick macro for this.

• /cast [@focus,exists,nodead][@mouseover,exists,nodead] [] Counter Shot

This macro will kick your focus target if you have one, mouseover if you have no Focus target, and your target if you have neither of those.

To quickly set a focus target in hectic scenarios, we also recommend a Focus Mouseover macro.

• /focus [@mouseover]

Make sure that your UI shows your Focus Target's casts clearly so that you are always able to kick it on cooldown or in coordination with the rest of your group.

Sigil of Silence is your best talent for stopping enemy spellcasters, silencing all enemies hit for 2-4 seconds, depending on talent choices. Able to stop all nearby casters to allow for regular "kicks" and other tools to come off cooldown.

Chaos Nova is your second-most important utility and is an AoE Stun, stunning all nearby targets for 2 seconds on a short 45-second cooldown.

Sigil of Misery is a more situational tool that can fear enemies for up to 17 seconds, depending on your talents. The fear easily breaks from damage and is, therefore, usually mostly a momentary "stop". It can also be used to skip enemy trash packs by fearing them and using Shadowmeld after you and your entire party has moved past them. Does generally not work on undead targets.

Sigil of Chains can also be used to momentarily disrupt enemy casters or reposition enemies. Due to the short range, the usefulness of stacking enemies is not very high since if enemies are close enough to be gripped, they are likely already grouped well enough. It is also worth noting that the risk of syncing up the auto-attacks of enemies is high by grouping them, which can lead to a very high spike in damage at once. Therefore, it is advised never to grip enemies on top of your location and always moving slightly so the enemies spread out a bit.

Imprison can be used to trap a enemy Humanoid, Beast, or Demon for a minute; it can also be used as a weaker version of Disrupt to stop casts for a moment. It will break as soon as anyone deals damage to the enemy, so the duration will be almost zero.

Consume Magic can be used to remove a beneficial magic buff on an enemy every 10 seconds. There are often other specs with better tools for this, and the amount of times it is useful to have are usually less than the dungeons in the season pool. However, if there are situations where it is useful, it can be a worthwhile talent choice.

Vengeful Retreat is a movement tool with a nice side-effect. Using it removes most debuffs that reduce your movement speed, which sounds limited in use until you learn how many strong debuffs are also attached to a small slow. If you have any such dangerous debuffs, you want to clear Vengeful Retreat is a cheap and convenient tool.

This boss is mostly a check on positioning. Move the boss so that the rest of your group has room to avoid puddles as well as the Crawling Brawl. The boss will hit you with Keg Smash, which knocks you backwards, this can be be cancelled with Infernal Strike.

Once again, this boss is all about positioning. Move the boss so that your group has time to manage the adds that spawn. You can use Sigil of Chains if talented to help reposition the adds and slow them.

Rotate defensives for Honey Marinade and place the puddles so that the room does not fill up with them. Make sure to grab aggro on the adds as they will go for your party if left alone.

Use defensives for Cash Cannon and aim it to break the Volatile Barrels with it by pre-positioning yourself between them and the boss. Cash Cannon will always hit you so reduce the risk of hitting others by reducing movement once the cast starts.

The biggest importance in Cinderbrew Meadery is to pull large enough that you finish the dungeon in time, without overwhelming your group. This means pulling large while avoiding too many dangerous mobs like Hired Muscles and Carelss Hopgoblins in one pull.

There are a handful of spots where groups like to skip mobs, you can use Imprison and at places Shadowmeld if you are a Night Elf to help with this.

Position the boss so that you can reach the Bombcart easily and stack on top for increased cleave.

Not a lot to do other than making sure to always stay in close proximity of the boss, or it will start killing your Melee and then the rest of your group with Blazing Storms.

This boss is mostly about positioning so that your group can manage the Eerie Molds without running out of space. Help interrupt Paranoid Mind.

Help your group by moving the candle out of Umbral Slash.

Sigil of Silence shines in this dungeon, with plenty of dangerous casts on longer cooldowns. These casts can usually be synced up with Chaos Nova and then put on cooldown simultaneously with Sigil of Silence. Sigil of Chains can be useful to gather mobs in the first part of the dungeon after Rank Overseer knocks them away with Wild Wallop.

Plan defensives around Pierce Armor, which deals heavy Physical damage and leaves a strong Bleed. The common route tends to go left at the start leaving Elaena Emberlanz with the boss. If you chose this path you will want to pay extra attention to overlaps with Divine Judgment.

Dealing with Sacrificial Pyre is the main mechanic to deal with on Braunpyke. Make sure to stagger the soaks as you have 30 seconds to soak the entire Pyre.

Turn away from Blinding Light and tank the boss where Melee DPS can easily access the boss. You can use Sigil of Chains if talented to slow adds in phase 2 if needed.

Most of the trash in Priory is figuring out what you can pull without overwhelming your group. Some enemies like the Knights will deal very heavy damage to your group and ideally you pull a minimal amount of them.

No specifics about this boss, it is mostly down to not standing in circles or getting hit by the beams.

Help your group with passing around the Chaotic Corruption debuff. Beyond this help position the boss so that there is room for your group to avoid mechanics without them running out of space.

Make sure to always be in melee range of the boss and out of the way of your group. You can either tank Oblivion Wave with cooldowns, or avoid it completely if you leap sideways with Infernal Strike just as the cast finishes

Make use of Sigil of Silence to interrupt casters and if needed for routing help facilitate skips with Shadowmeld if you are a Night Elf.

Rotate through defensives for Electrocrush.

Posistion the bosses to help with clearing out the bombs and stack them when possible so your group can cleave them.

Use defensives for Sludge Claws and maintain your rotation to heal through the healing absorb efficiently.

Use defensives for Thunder Punch, you can cancel the knockback with Infernal Strike.

There is not a lot specific tips for Vengeance on trash in Floodgate. If you are a Night Elf you can help your group skip Bubbles with Shadowmeld by pulling him away and then leaping past with Infernal Strike.

Keep the bosses stacked, and help interrupt Sathel. Make sure to have some form of mitigation for Dessia's Mortal Strike.

Rotate defensives for Hateful Strike and avoid Tenderizing Smash and Meat Hooks.

Rotate defensives for Brutal Combo and position the boss so your group can cleave the Opressive Banners.

Avoid Necrotic Eruption and help interrupt casts. Position correctly for Draw Soul so they stack up and are easier to manage.

Rotate defensives for Reaping Scythe and spread out for Manifest Death. The adds spawned from Manifest Death can be interrupted with Sigil of Silence or stacked up with Sigil of Chains if needed.

Not many relevant trash tips for Theater of Pain as Vengeance. Infernal Strike trivializes skipping minibosses in the Xav wing if your group opts for that route.

Rotate defensives for Platinum Pummel. Move the bosses such that there is room for your party members to avoid the mines. Move The Platinum Pummeler underneath one of the hammers whenever it gains a stack of Platinum Plating.

Rotate defensives for Blazing Chomp. Make sure to line of sight Venting Flames behind the boxes as you can no longer position the boss so that your group can hit it.

Avoid lethal mechanics and help kill the flower adds. You can stun them with Chaos Nova to help reduce group damage.

Avoid the orbs and rotate defensives for Pulse Blast as needed in phase 1. In phase 2 it is vital that you do not cast The Hunt if you are standing in the middle section in front of the boss, as you will fall off the edge. To avoid dying you are safest off on one of the sides of the boss and ideally not trying to move while casting.

The first room has plenty of dangerous casts that can easily kill your group. Sigil of Chains and especially Sigil of Silence can make this part of the dungeon a fair bit easier to manage.

Make sure to move the boss away from coins on the ground before it reaches full energy and casts Coin Magnet. Help your group kick the Footbombs into the boss to increase the damage it takes. You can negate the knockback from Static Pulse with Infernal Strike or Felblade.

Not a lot of things related to tanks on this fight. Position the boss so your group can easily cleave adds that are kited around it.

This boss does not auto-attack and instead deals fire damage with Searing Reagent, rotate defensives outside of Propellant Blast windows to help manage this.

If you are not using the safe spot on this fight you will have to monitor the adds that fly around to see which parts of the arena will be hit by Micro Missiles. Avoid Gatling Gun and rotate defensives outside of these windows to manage his Alpha Cannon casts which replaces his normal auto-attacks.

There are plenty of trash mobs with dangerous casts which can be interrupted with Sigil of Silence.

Sigil of Silence, Chaos Nova and Sigil of Misery are all amazing for this affix.

Help your party absorb the pulsars by positioning properly. Avoid hitting your party members with dangerous frontal attacks while trying to help collect them.

Your natural healing will generally be able to heal through Void Rift.

Make sure to position enemies with the Void Emmisary so that your party members can cleave other targets efficiently.