Vengeance Demon Hunter Torghast Guide and Best Anima Powers — Shadowlands 9.0.2

Vengeance Demon Hunter plays well in Torghast due to being a tank with built in self-healing and Spirit Bomb is not capped at 5 targets, like most other AoE abilities. For more in-depth details about Torghast, please visit the link below:

Level	Choices
15	✓ Abyssal Strike	✗ Agonizing Flames	✗ Felblade
25	✗ Feast of Souls	✓ Fallout	✓ Burning Alive
30	✗ Infernal Armor	✓ Charred Flesh	✓ Spirit Bomb
35	✗ Soul Rending	✓ Feed the Demon	✓ Fracture
40	✗ Concentrated Sigils	✓ Quickened Sigils	✓ Sigil of Chains
45	✗ Void Reaver	✓ Demonic	✗ Soul Barrier
50	✓ Last Resort	✗ Ruinous Bulwark	✗ Bulk Extraction

✔ Abyssal Strike

✘ Agonizing Flames

✘ Felblade

Abyssal Strike provides too much mobility to consider other talents on this row.

✘ Feast of Souls

✔ Fallout

✔ Burning Alive

Fallout provides a steady stream of souls to increase self-healing. Burning Alive should be considered if survivability is an issue while pairing with the Legendary power Fiery Soul.

✘ Infernal Armor

✔ Charred Flesh

✔ Spirit Bomb

Spirit Bomb provides a large amount of AoE and single-target damage and does not have a 5-target cap like Soul Cleave.

✘ Soul Rending

✔ Feed the Demon

✔ Fracture

Fracture provides a smoother rotation by creating GCD windows to use other abilities. Fracture is the preferred style by most Vengeance players. Feed the Demon provides higher up time of Demon Spikes which is superior defensively. Feed the Demon should be used when the extra survivability is needed.

✘ Concentrated Sigils

✔ Quickened Sigils

✔ Sigil of Chains

Sigil of Chains provides utility to group up enemies, crowd control to kite and a psuedo-interrupt. Quickened Sigils provides a lower cooldown to all sigils, including Elysian Decree if Kyrian is the selected covenant. Quickened Sigils should only be considered if you are Kyrian.

✘ Void Reaver

✔ Demonic

✘ Soul Barrier

Demonic provides an on-demand Metamorphosis on a 1 minute cooldown. This is the superior option in this row.

✔ Last Resort

✘ Ruinous Bulwark

✘ Bulk Extraction

Last Resort is the superior choice in this row and should always be picked.

Anima powers are special buffs that can be found on every level of the tower. They are random on which ones you will find on every run. Due to this randomness, some runs will be easier than others. The powers will stack in strength and choosing the best anima powers is paramount to a good run. The following list will be updated overtime and should only be used as a suggestion. The power selected should take in consideration on whether you are in a group, your current anima powers selected, what weakness you are trying to fix or a multitude of other variables. Overall, the anima powers are the best part of Torghast and will change the way you play your class every time you set foot into the tower. Experiment and have fun!

For a complete list of Anima Powers available to Demon Hunter (both generic and class-specific), please refer to the pages below.

Powers are separated into "Best", "Great", "Good", "Average", and "Terrible".

These picks are mandatory picks in every run. Make sure to only choose Covenant powers associated to your Covenant.

• Bountiful Souls
• Branding Iron (for Venthyr)
• Fae Empowered Elixir (for Night Fae)
• Glutton's Kerchief
• Mask of the Winged Dominator (for Kyrian)
• Searing Deathbrand (for Kyrian)

These powers can be picked without much thought. Make sure to only select Covenant powers that are associated with your Covenant.

• Darkglare Medallion
• Deadly Toll (for Necrolord)
• Demonglass Curio (Requires testing for Elysian Decree)
• Demonic Bias
• Heart-Piercing Spine
• Incriminating Ledger (for Venthyr)
• Resonant Mawfang
• Soarstone
• Stalker Sling (for Night Fae)
• Frostbite Wand
• Maldraxxian Repayment
• Roots of the Dreamtree
• Scouring Rags of Torghast (for Kyrian)
• Slayer's Mythos
• Slayer's Ultimatum

These powers are a solid choice in every run of Torghast. Quite a few of them become great when combined with other powers in this list.

• Dark Stalker's Draught
• Darkglare Medallion
• Demonic Resolve
• Fallen Comrade's Blindfold
• Felborn Shield
• Fury Wrappings
• Furywing
• Immolation Flux
• Manafeeder's Bib
• Perpetual Sinstone (for Venthyr)
• Cilice of Denathrius
• Crumbling Aegis
• Dark Armaments
• Dark Fortress
• Disemboweler's Hook
• Ever-Beating Heart
• Fallen Armaments
• Flamestarved Cinders
• Gift of Ardenweald
• Grim Tinder
• Hunting Bola (for Night Fae)
• Icy Heartcrust
• Irritating Moth Dust
• Obleron Endurance
• Obleron Endurance x2
• Obleron Endurance x3
• Obleron Ephemera
• Obleron Ephemera x2
• Obleron Ephemera x3
• Obleron Spikes
• Obleron Spikes x2
• Obleron Spikes x3
• Obleron Venom
• Obleron Venom x2
• Obleron Venom x3
• Obleron Winds
• Obleron Winds x2
• Obleron Winds x3
• Overgrowth Seedling
• Phial of Pain (for Kyrian)
• Ragehoof
• Sacrificial Soul-Ash (for Kyrian)
• Scroll of Elchaver (for Kyrian)
• Slayer's Invocation
• Soulrender of Zovaal
• Soulward Clasp
• Spectral Oats
• Suffused Noble Writ
• Swarm Form
• The Stone Ward
• Tremorbeast Heart
• Venthyr's Gratitude
• Vitality Guillotine

These powers are usable but not worth a lot of value.

• Blindfold of Focus
• Darkest Hour
• Fleetwing
• Forcewing
• Mark of the Ogre
• Shield of Unending Fury
• Shifting Signet
• Warden Shackles
• Band of Deep Burns
• Bottomless Chalice (for Kyrian)
• Coffer of Spectral Whispers
• Death-Triggered Anima Bomb
• Dreadsaddle
• Echo of Azeroth
• Edgelurker
• Elethium Diffuser
• Elongated Skeletal Arms
• Enchanted Thieves' Tools
• Felborn Pendant
• Felborn Torch
• Flail of Merkur
• Flask of Unbridled Darkness
• Gnarled Key (for Venthyr)
• Golden Idol
• Heart-Seeking Fang
• Mawrat Stirrups
• Mobius Graft
• Obleron Talisman
• Obleron Talisman x2
• Obleron Talisman x3
• Offer of Souls
• Open Doors (for Venthyr)
• Oversized Boots
• Parliament Stone (for Kyrian)
• Phial of Light (for Kyrian)
• Prisoner's Concord
• Protective Phantasma
• Slayer's Legacy
• Souleater's Claw (for Kyrian)
• Stoneflesh Figurine
• Strigidium (for Kyrian)
• Willbreaker

These powers are either useless or even harmful if chosen.

• Cadaverous Eye
• Finely-Honed Bone Blades
• Elethium Alembic
• Elethium Beacon
• Elethium Censer
• Elethium Lantern
• Elethium Lifegourd
• Elethium Muzzle
• Elethium Teardrop
• Elethium Veil
• Elethium Weights
• Ephemeral Effigy
• Executor's Call Sheet
• Fel Scorched Contract (for Necrolord)
• Irresistible Cheese
• Kyrian Blessing
• Lumbering Form
• Phantasmal Iris
• Polymorbid Rat Liver

There are missing anima powers and some are being overrated and some are being underrated. This is an evolving list that will change weekly with more testing and time in Torghast.

Phantasma powers are generally rated low overall. If given a choice to choose a phantasma generating power early in the run, it is normally worth it due to needing phantasma early for the vendor. As the run goes on, these powers lose their value.

Vengeance has great self sustain, which puts the spec in a good position at surviving. With Spirit Bomb and Elysian Decree, our damage output is decent to pull bigger and survive. Grabbing powers that boost overall stats (besides Mastery assuming it is not the best pick in the options) and other anima powers that heals during movement or gliding are strong. Stacking health will boost survival while in Metamorphosis. Overall, the playstyle feels like Mythic+ and is played like Mythic+. Pull as much as you can self sustain if solo, build souls, spirit bomb, and continue.