Vengeance Demon Hunter Tank Stat Priority (Legion 7.3)

Table of Contents

• +Introduction
  • 1. Class Overview
  • 2. Patch 7.3 Changes
  • 3. Patch 7.2.5 Changes
  • 4. Patch 7.2 Changes
  • 5. Contents
  • 6. ChangeLog
• +Easy Mode
  • 1. The Basics
  • 2. Talent Choice
  • 3. Stat Choice
  • 4. Basic Rotation
  • 5. Active Mitigation and Cooldowns
  • 6. ChangeLog
• +Spell Summary
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Main Resource
  • 3. Basic Abilities
    • 3.1. Movement
    • 3.2. Utility
  • 4. Important Procs
  • 5. Active Mitigation and Defensive Abilities
  • 6. Cooldowns
  • 7. ChangeLog
• +Builds and Talents
  • 1. Talent Choices
  • 2. Tier 1 (Level 99) Talents
  • 3. Tier 2 (Level 100) Talents
  • 4. Tier 3 (Level 102) Talents
  • 5. Tier 4 (Level 104) Talents
  • 6. Tier 5 (Level 106) Talents
  • 7. Tier 6 (Level 108) Talents
  • 8. Tier 7 (Level 110) Talents
  • 9. ChangeLog
• +Artifact Traits and Relics
  • 1. Artifact Progression
  • 2. Relic Choice
    • 2.1. Survivability
    • 2.2. DPS
  • 3. ChangeLog
• +Netherlight Crucible Relic Paths
  • 1. General Optimization Advice
  • 2. Tier 2 Upgrade Priority
    • 2.1. Survivability Priority
    • 2.2. DPS Priority
  • 3. Tier 3 Upgrade Priority
    • 3.1. Survivability
    • 3.2. DPS
  • 4. ChangeLog
• +Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities
  • 1. Single Target Rotation
  • 2. Multiple Target Rotation
  • 3. Active Mitigation and Defensive Abilities
  • 4. Defensive Cooldowns
  • 5. Taunting
  • 6. Optional Read: Mastering Your Vengeance Demon Hunter
    • 6.1. Pain
    • 6.2. Mastery: Fel Blood
    • 6.3. Soul Fragments
    • 6.4. Pain Management
    • 6.5. In-Depth Ability Usage
      • 6.5.1. Artifact Ability
      • 6.5.2. Throw Glaive
      • 6.5.3. Consume Magic
      • 6.5.4. Sigils
    • 6.6. Advanced Active Mitigation Usage
      • 6.6.1. Demon Spikes
      • 6.6.2. Soul Cleave
      • 6.6.3. Empower Wards
      • 6.6.4. Fiery Brand
  • 7. ChangeLog
• ×Stat Priority
  • 1. Basics
    • 1.1. Survivability
    • 1.2. Mythic+
    • 1.3. Damage Output
  • 2. Getting a Better Understanding
  • 3. ChangeLog
• +Gems, Enchants, and Consumables
  • 1. Gems
  • 2. Enchants
  • 3. Consumables
  • 4. ChangeLog
• +Macros and Addons
  • 1. Macros
    • 1.1. Generic Macros for Demon Hunters
      • 1.1.1. Focus Interrupt Macro
    • 1.2. Specific Macros for Vengeance Demon Hunters
      • 1.2.1. Sigil Macro
      • 1.2.2. Infernal Strike Macro
      • 1.2.3. Blessing of Protection Cancelaura Macro
      • 1.2.4. Mouseover Taunt Macro
  • 2. Addons
    • 2.1. Generic Addons for Demon Hunters
      • 2.1.1. ElvUI
      • 2.1.2. Boss Mods: Deadly Boss Mods or Bigwigs
      • 2.1.3. GTFO
      • 2.1.4. Parrot or Mik's Scrolling Battle Text
      • 2.1.5. Weak Auras
      • 2.1.6. Recount / Skada / Details!
      • 2.1.7. Grid and GridClickSets (Optional)
    • 2.2. Specific Addons for Vengeance Demon Hunters
      • 2.2.1. Omen Threat Meter
  • 3. ChangeLog
• +Gear, Legendaries, and Best in Slot
  • 1. Best in Slot List
  • 2. Tier 20 Set Bonuses
  • 3. Legendary Items
    • 3.1. Single Target Damage
    • 3.2. AoE Damage
    • 3.3. Single Target Healing
    • 3.4. AoE Healing
    • 3.5. Raid Survival
    • 3.6. Dungeon Survival/Utility
  • 4. Loot Competition
  • 5. ChangeLog

General Information

On this page, we explain what the best statistics are for Vengeance Demon Hunters in World of Warcraft Legion 7.3, how the class benefits from each of them.

The statistics priority is important as it influences itemisation choices (gear, enchants, and gems).

The other pages of our Vengeance Demon Hunter guide can be accessed from the table of contents on the right.

About Our Reviewer

This guide has been reviewed and approved by Greensprîng, one of the best Vengeance Demon Hunters in the world, who raids in untitled spreadsheet.

1. Basics

The stat priority for Vengeance Demon Hunters depends on whether you are interested in maximising your survivability or your damage output. We also provide a separate priority for dungeon content.

Note that in general, if an item is 15 or more item levels above another one, you should just equip the new item despite what stats it might have.

1.1. Survivability

1. Agility;
2. Haste (until 20%) >= Mastery;
3. Versatility;
4. Haste (over 20%);
5. Critical Strike.

Do not sacrifice too many item levels for Haste; Haste will smoothen out your gameplay, but will not significantly increase your survivability.

1.2. Mythic+

1. Agility;
2. Mastery;
3. Versatility;
4. Haste;
5. Critical Strike.

1.3. Damage Output

1. Agility;
2. Critical Strike >= Versatility >= Mastery >= Haste.

It is important to maintain a balance between these stats, however, and we do not recommend simply trying to maximise your "best" stat.

These statistics have been obtained by combining common sense, in-game testing, and simulations using Simulation Craft.

2. Getting a Better Understanding

Agility increases your attack power, dodge chance, and self-healing (since your healing scales off of your attack power).

Mastery: Fel Blood increases your attack power, and the amount of damage reduction you gain from Demon Spikes.

Critical Strike increases the chance for your damaging abilities and your heals to be twice as effective. Your Critical Strike chance is also converted into parry chance.

Versatility increases all your damage and healing done, and decreases all damage taken.

Haste reduces the global cooldown (until you reach 50% Haste), and also reduces the cooldown of Demon Spikes, Immolation Aura, Throw Glaive, and Felblade.

Most encounters have abilities that cannot be mitigated or avoided. Also, you need to have a decent amount of health, in order to give yourself the chance to be healed before a subsequent attack kills you. As such, you need a minimum amount of Stamina. This amount will, in most cases, simply come from the Stamina found innately on your gear. Therefore, item level is the determining factor in keeping your health pool growing.

3. ChangeLog

+ show all entries - show only 10 entries

• 29 Aug. 2017: Updated stat priorities.
• 13 Jun. 2017: Page reviewed and deemed updated for 7.2.5.
• 27 Mar. 2017: No changes needed for Patch 7.2.
• 07 Feb. 2017: Updated the stat priorities.
• 09 Jan. 2017: Updated the stat priorities slightly.
• 10 Nov. 2016: Updated the DPS and dungeon stat priorities.
• 28 Sep. 2016: Tweaked the survivability stat priority to place Haste clearly above Mastery.
• 01 Sep. 2016: Slightly amended the DPS stat priority.
• 29 Aug. 2016: Updated for Legion's launch.
• 11 Aug. 2016: Updated the stat priority and added different priorities for survivability, damage output, and dungeons.
• 02 Aug. 2016: Updated the stat priority.