Demon Hunter
Havoc
Playstyle
Fast-paced, dual-wielding melee DPS with a mix of short AoE cooldowns, consistent DPS, and high mobility — damage isn't tied to long cooldowns, more to shorter rolling cooldowns with something almost always available to hit. Tanky with powerful self-sustain healing and great passive magic damage reduction; excellent solo capabilities.
Consistent AoE damage
Season 2 Tier Set
Abyssal Doomhound's Pursuit
Blade Dance, Chaos Strike, and Essence Break deal 12% increased damage.
Essence Break now applies and benefits from the effects of Cycle of Hatred, has 25% increased initial strike damage, and has 2 seconds of increased duration.
+ The Good
Consistent AoE damage
Top-tier mobility
Chaos Brand (magic-vuln debuff, unique to this class) plus Darkness
− The Bad
Generates awkward AoE threat despite Scars of Suffering
Loses meaningful DPS swapping between single-target and AoE talent builds
Talents like Exergy reward aggressive mobility usage, which can bait you into overextending
Pick My Main ratings
Raid buffs
Utility
Hero talents
Built around Reaver's Glaive procs (every 6 Shattered Souls), shifting Blade Dance/Chaos Strike ordering. Currently the stronger choice for raid and single-target work as of Patch 12.1.
Empowers Metamorphosis for AoE damage and buffs surrounding spells. Currently the stronger choice for most Mythic+ scenarios, after Patch 12.1 restored Demonsurge's mastery scaling.