Welcome to The War Within Demon Hunter Guide. Here we will look into class changes and mechanics, discuss their pros and cons, and advise best consumables. All in all, we will try to cover all the essential information and answer any questions connected with the Demon Hunter Class gameplay.
4.9The War Within Demon Hunter Overview
Demon Hunter is a melee class that can handle two roles: Tank and DPS. This class’s mechanics are pretty straightforward and newbie-friendly, so it’s also a great choice who just started their way in WoW. You build resources with one type of spell and spend it with another. It’s not hard to play and master this class, but it doesn’t mean it is boring.
Playing Demon Hunter can help you to feel that lore part of the game. There is another pleasant part of playing DH as they are the only class that can perform double jumps, and they have wings to glide from high places without getting any damage. They also have a Demon Form, which uses the full power of monsters to shut the enemy down. Don’t forget that they are the only ones who can carry the famous Warglaives of Azzinoth!
Demon Hunter Strengths and Weaknesses
Havoc Demon Hunter’s warglaives are the last thing that Demons see before death. Masters of melee combat spin like a whirlwind sewing dead bodies behind their path. Vengeance are perfect Tanks with incredible mobility and great utility. They use seals to burn, fear, and silence their enemies. But what are their pros and cons?
| Havoc | Vengeance | |
|---|---|---|
| Strengths | ✅ Powerful cooldowns, especially in AoE; ✅ Easy to learn and master; ✅ Strong survival kit; ✅ Great mobility; ✅ Can switch targets without any penalties; ✅ Strong group utility like Chaos Brand. | ✅ Strong group utility, magic-using classes will love your Chaos Brand; ✅ High mobility; ✅ High boss damage; ✅ Great sustain. |
| Weaknesses | ⛔️ Damage is cooldown-reliant; ⛔️ Sometimes you can face starvation for resources. | ⛔️ CD reliant class; ⛔️ Only a couple of builds work which lowers the gameplay variability. |
The War Within Demon Hunter Changes
Demon Hunter is one of those classes, who received only minor changes, or at least a minimal amount of them. The biggest change is the nerf of Illuminated Sigils, which will no longer grant us a chance to parry attacks.
Many players have always complained, that DHs are OP and too easy to play. This is probably the reason for the severe underperformance of Demon Hunters in beta. But, things can change in the PvE environments with the introduction of new Hero Talents from the Hero Talent Tree, and we will probably see the DH damage increase. As this class has only two specs, both of them can choose between Aldrachi Reaver and Fel-Scarred Trees.
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The War Within Demon Hunter Abilities
Demon Hunter utilizes a number of powerful abilities, which can be divided into those that generate Fury, like Immolation Aura, and those that spend it, like Chaos Strike, Blade Dance, and your ultimate Eye Beam. Keep in mind that DHs excel in AoE damage to enemies, and in solo target encounters you can feel the damage reduction. Thus, for Raids and M bosses, you should focus on those abilities in your talent trees, that allow you to focus on one target.
The War Within Demon Hunter Rotation
The rotation for Demon Hunter is pretty simple, as the number of spells they use is not that big, so there will be no problem learning and using it. The major target is to avoid downtime and DPS loss, so press the buttons fast. Here’s some tips for you to understand how to start a fight:
- Use Immolation Aura before pulling to generate some Fury. Without it, you’ll be unable to use your core spells, so first make sure to generate this resource. It is also a source of additional damage, so use it on CD;
- When there’s enough Fury, use Throw Glaive or Sigil of Flame to pull from from distance;
- If you don’t like distant pulls for some reason, charge to your target with Felblade or Fel Rush. The second can be used to travel faster.
The War Within Demon Hunter Leveling
The most convenient way to level up your Demon Hunter is doing that in a DPS spec. This spec provides players with simple rotation, decent damage, and awesome survivability during the leveling process. It makes you flexible depending on the situation.
The most effective way to level up is to find a party of 3 DPS, 1 healer, and 1 tank and complete dungeons one by one. In this case, you can spend less time traveling around the Azeroth, increasing the amount of exp you gain. This way is only viable if you have a premade party as random players sometimes can be very slow and face problems during the run.
Another option is to quests leveling. In this case, we suggest you level in Legion, especially if you haven’t completed the Legion campaign and DH questlines before. This way, you can kill two of our locks with one stone and enjoy both lore and easy leveling, with a chance to obtain unique DH gear and transmog options.
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Don’t hesitate to spend some gold on the following items as they will ease your life drastically.
- Gunshoes — increase your movement speed on the ground;
- Goblin Glider Kit — having a few in your bags is always helpful;
- Light-Step Hoofplates & Comfortable Rider’s Barding — improve your ground mounts;
- Bear Tartare — killing monsters increase your speed;
- Drums of Deathly Ferocity — a Bloodlust effect;
- Spectral Flask of Power — The old flask will give you a pretty decent stat increase.
The War Within Demon Hunter BiS Items
For Demon Hunters, Reshii Wraps provides just what the class requires in WoW The War Within — agility, haste, and resilience. The cloak enhances mobility play and allows for uptime on main cooldowns such as Metamorphosis. It’s a no-brainer for both Havoc and Vengeance specs. Check out our full guide to Reshii Wraps here.
Best Demon Hunter Cartel Chip Items
To get even more BiS items, participate in the Turbo Boost event. Here’s a list of the best Demon Hunter Cartel Chip purchases:
| Spec | Best Cartel Chip Purchases |
|---|---|
| Havoc Demon Hunter | |
| Vengeance Demon Hunter |
The War Within Demon Hunter Stats
The primary stats for both Demon Hunter specs are almost similar with only minor differences.
| Havoc | Vengeance |
|---|---|
| Agility; Critical Strike; Mastery; Haste; Versatility. | Agility; Critical Strike / Haste; Versatility; Mastery. |
The War Within Demon Hunter Consumables
Looking for a way to enhance your performance, do not forget to buy your DH a bunch of consumables. In this section of our comprehensive guide, you’ll find the best options for each and every type of consumables for Demon Hunter.
Demon Hunter Flasks in The War Within
Demon Hunter Combat Potions in The War Within
Demon Hunter Health Potions in The War Within
Demon Hunter Weapon Buff in The War Within
Best Demon Hunter Food in The War Within
Best Demon Hunter Gems in The War Within
Demon Hunter Best Enchants in The War Within
| Slot | Best Enchant | Cheaper Version |
|---|---|---|
| Weapon Single Target |  Enchant Weapon – Authority of the Depths  | Enchant Weapon – Council’s Guile |
| Weapon AoE | Enchant Weapon – Authority of Radiant Power | Enchant Weapon – Council’s Guile |
| Cloak | Enchant Cloak – Chant of Winged Grace | Enchant Cloak – Whisper of Silken Avoidance |
| Chest | Enchant Chest – Crystalline Radiance | Enchant Chest – Stormrider’s Agility |
| Bracers | Enchant Bracer – Chant of Armored Avoidance | — |
| Legs |  Stormbound Armor Kit |  Dual Layered Armor Kit |
| Boots | Enchant Boots – Defender’s March | — |
| Ring – Regular | Enchant Ring – Radiant Critical Strike | Enchant Ring – Glimmering Critical Strike |
| Ring – Cursed | Enchant Ring – Cursed Critical Strike | — |
The War Within Demon Hunter Best Race
Only two races can become Demon Hunters. They are Blood Elves and Night Elves. The bonuses you get are minor and your choice only matters in a question of the side: Horde or Alliance.
Horde
Playing for the Horde, you’ll receive these Blood Elves bonuses:
- Arcane Torrent — removes 1 beneficial effect from all enemies within 8 yards and generates 15 Rage. Sometimes might be very handy as a mass dispel ability;
- Arcane Affinity — life-quality passive ability. Enchanting skill increased by 5;
- Arcane Resistance — reduces Arcane damage taken by 1%;
- Arcane Acuity — increases critical strike chance by 1%.
Alliance
Night Elves grant the Alliance players the following bonuses:
- Shadowmeld — allows players to become stealth in the middle of the fight;
- Quickness — grants you 2% extra movement speed and a 2% dodge chance;
- Touch of Elune — increases Haste or Critical Strike by 1% depending on the time of day;
- Nature Resistance — reduces Nature damage taken by 1%.
The War Within Demon Hunter PvP
Demon Hunters are versatile and very mobile thanks to PvP Everlasting Hunt talent, with a few CC capabilities, so in PvP they can perform quite well. For Vengeance spec, you can pick Jagged Spikes and turn the weapon against the toughest enemies against them. Also, you can remove magic effects with Reverse Magic, which is cool against casters.
Demon Hunters often dominate PvP arenas and BGs, they are a real pain in the hands of other players due to their mobility, CC, and high DPS. However, even the best of us struggle to obtain the highest rank and best rewards. Therefore, our team can help you with getting the Gladiator Title, and you don’t have to spend countless hours trying to win all your arenas.
The War Within Demon Hunter Best Professions
The bonus that all professions give you is so miserable in comparison to gear, flasks, and consumables, but it is more about gameplay quality changes. We recommend leveling up Engineering first of all as it provides you with battle resurrection devices like Disposable Spectrophasic Reanimator. Should I explain how it is important to have an opportunity to revive your healer or tank in combat? It sometimes can make a difference between timed M+ and depleted keys.
As for gold-making Alchemy and Enchanting step out. Both professions can provide players with the necessary consumables and enchants that will be needed during the whole expansion. For more detailed information check out our in-depth The War Within Profession guides.
The War Within Demon Hunter Macros
To enhance your Demon Hunter performance, you can use macros. Here, in our comprehensive guide, we gathered the most useful macros:
- Focus Interrupt Macro. This macro will use Disrupt on your current focus target.
#showtooltip Disrupt
/cast [@focus,harm,nodead][] Disrupt - Focus Purge Macro. This macro will use Consume Magic on your current focus target.
#showtooltip Consume Magic
/cast [@focus,harm,nodead][] Consume Magic - Blessing of Protection CancelAura Macro. This macro is very useful to have. It allows you to cancel a Blessing of Protection that may have been cast on you, allowing you to resume your attacks.
/cancelaura Blessing of Protection
4.9Thank you for reading our The War Within Demon Hunter guide, we hope we helped you to find something new about the changes, abilities, rotation, and useful tips to improve your gameplay. Stay tuned, as we provide all the latest updates to our TWW expansion guides.
