Welcome to Skill Capped’s Havoc Demon Hunter PvP Guide for Dragonflight 10.2.7
To make it easier to navigate, we’ve divided the guide into the corresponding sections, covering everything from race and talents to gear and macros. These will give you a good idea about what to expect from Havoc Demon Hunter in PvP in Dragonflight, its strengths and weaknesses, and how to get your character ready to conquer the arena.
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Table of Contents
In this section, we will cover the biggest changes to the design of Havoc Demon Hunter in Dragonflight and some of their playstyle implications. Obviously, the main driving force for all adjustments this expansion comes from talents, and we will dive deeper into them a bit later. For now, let’s focus on the bigger picture.
What’s New for Havoc Demon Hunter in Dragonflight?
Overall, Demon Hunters have access to largely the same tools in Dragonflight as they did in Shadowlands with the primary change being Essence Break, which has been changed to increase our burst by a ton.
Additionally, we not have access to Throw Glaive slow through Master of the Glaive, which previously meant we would lose Fel Eruption.
DH defensives have taken a hit with Blur being on a 1 minute cooldown due to the loss of conduits. This means that we have to bemuch more careful with using it. Luckily for us, Glimpse can now be taken in every single game, since our MS is now a regular talent, freeing up a PvP talent slot.
The Hunt is still around and is in its animation-cancellable state. We will go more in-depth about it in our Damage Course. Just know that it can once again deal damage without having to travel towards the target. Additionally, Fodder to the Flame and Elysian Decree are still available, but we must choose between the two.
Bloodlet, an old friend from Legion, is making a return in the form of Soulrend. What’s different now is that it deals Chaos instead of Physical damage, meaning that it scales with Mastery.
Further reinforcing the idea of Mastery having value is Any Means Necessary. This is a new talent that causes our Mastery to not only affect Chaos, but all other schools as well, which excludes Physical damage. We will go in more detail on Mastery a little later.
One negative change in Dragonflight is the Fury cost of Blade Dance. It no longer has its cost reduced by picking First Blood, which means Fury management is a lot more important than before. On the plus side, Blade Dance now scales with Mastery, which adds to the value of that stat.
Additionally, due to a new talent Know Your Enemy, Crit damage is greatly amplified, allowing us to have insane burst.
Havoc Demon Hunter Playstyle in Dragonflight
So what do all these changes mean for Havoc Demon Hunter in Dragonflight? Well, the playstyle hasn’t changed too much from Shadowlands. It actually feels like a blend between how it was at the start and at the end of the expansion.
Those who played at the beginning of Shadowlands likely remember how low sustained damage was and how high the burst was. In the later seasons, sustained damage was out of this world, and burst took a hit.
Due to Essence Break, The Hunt and Soulrend, we have both great burst and sustained damage, giving us a perfect blend of both worlds.