Havoc Demon Hunter leveling Guide

11.0.5 - The War Within

Last Updated:November 30, 2024|Changelog

Welcome to the Havoc Demon Hunter leveling guide for the World of Warcraft patch 11.0! In this guide, you find a small overview of good talents to pick, a simplified rotation as well as a shopping list to prepare you for your leveling journey!
If you are already level 80, don't hesitate to check out the Mythic+ or Raid guide instead!

Talents

Patch 11.0.5 - The War Within
Havoc Demon Hunter
Fel-Scarred Level 70
Fel-Scarred Havoc Demon Hunter leveling talents

Spec Tree

  • Blind Fury
    • So your Eye Beam actually does damage, pull a lot and Eye Beam them down.
  • Glaive Tempest
    • Good on demand AoE ability, place it after pulling together stuff with Throw Glaive.
  • Essence Break
    • Very strong 40 seconds cooldown for leveling, make sure to hit all hostile enemies in front of you.
  • Momentum
    • As you are going to be using Fel Rush a lot while leveling to move you want to pick up Momentum for some extra damage.

Class Tree

  • The Hunt
    • Use this on cooldown to close gaps between you and enemies.

Hero Talents

  • Fel-Scarred performs better than Aldrachi Reaver while leveling due to the fact that Pursuit of Angriness massively increases your movement speed.
  • Monster Rising and Enduring Torment significantly increase your damage outside of Demon Form and you are going to be spending a lot of time outside of that during leveling.
  • Demonic Intensity and Demonsurge give you a high on demand burst damage.
  • Try being high on fury all the time as Pursuit of Angriness gives you a lot of movement speed.

Leveling Talent Points

  • Talent point allocation
    • 1. Level 71
    • 2. Level 72
    • 3. Level 73
    • 4. Level 74
    • 5. Level 75
    • 6. Level 76
    • 7. Level 77
    • 8. Level 78
    • 9. Level 79
    • 10. Level 80
Milestones: 0 / 10
1. Level 71
  • Choose Fel-Scarred as your Hero Talent.
  • Pick Pursuit of Angriness.
2. Level 72
  • Pick Burning Blades.
3. Level 73
  • Pick Untethered Fury.
4. Level 74
  • Pick Demonic Intensity.
5. Level 75
  • Pick Focused Hatred.
6. Level 76
  • Pick Violent Transformation.
7. Level 77
  • Pick Student of Suffering.
8. Level 78
  • Pick Set Fire to the Pain.
9. Level 79
  • Pick Enduring Torment.
10. Level 80
  • Pick Monster Rising.

Rotation

Patch 11.0.5 - The War Within
Havoc Demon Hunter

Single-Target

  • Open with Glaive Tempest.
  • Use all your major cooldowns in the following order
    • cast Eye Beam.
    • cast Essence Break.
    • cast Metamorphosis
  • After this point make sure to keep Glaive Tempest and Death Sweep on cooldown.
  • Spend left-over fury with Annihilation and Chaos Strike.

AoE

  • In general, the AoE rotation while leveling looks the same as your Single-Target rotation, make sure to pull as many enemies as possible by utilizing your Throw Glaive stacks and Torment and walk them together in a circle without having them reset.
  • Use all your major cooldowns in the following order
    • cast Eye Beam.
    • cast Essence Break.
    • cast Metamorphosis
  • After this point make sure to keep Glaive Tempest and Death Sweep on cooldown.
  • Spend left-over fury with Annihilation and Chaos Strike.

Shopping List

Patch 11.0.5 - The War Within
Havoc Demon Hunter
  • Consumables
    • 1. Phial
    • 2. Food
    • 3. DPS Potion
    • 4. Heal Potion
    • 5. Weapon Rune
    • 6. Augment Rune
  • Utility
    • 7. Goblin Glider Kit
    • 8. Gunshoes
    • 9. Mount Equipment
  • Experience Gains
    • 10. Banner of Cooperation
    • 11. Standard of Unity
    • 12. Battle Standard of Coordination
Milestones: 0 / 12
1. Phial
  • 20x Phial of Tepid Versatility
2. Food
  • 40x Fried Bonefish
3. DPS Potion
  • 40x Elemental Potion of Ultimate Power
4. Heal Potion
  • 80x Potion of Withering Dreams
5. Weapon Rune
  • 4x Hissing Rune
6. Augment Rune
  • Dreambound Augment Rune -- Requires Reputation
    or
  • 10x Draconic Augment Rune
7. Goblin Glider Kit
  • 20x Goblin Glider Kit
    • Nice to either prevent yourself from dying to fall damage or to fly over small gaps without mounting up.
    • Doesn't lose momentum (speed) when using Gunshoes.
8. Gunshoes
  • 20x Gunshoes
    • Use to gain a 200% movement speed & water walking buff for 25 seconds.
    • Use the "walk" toggle to slow down if you want to hand in quests.
9. Mount Equipment
  • Buy 1x Light-Step Hoofplates and use it as your mount equipment.
10. Banner of Cooperation

Buy this Banner on your faction's Guild Vendor.

  • Horde/Orgrimmar: Banner of Cooperation
  • Alliance/Stormwind: Banner of Cooperation
11. Standard of Unity

Buy this Banner on your faction's Guild Vendor.

  • Horde/Orgrimmar: Standard of Unity
  • Alliance/Stormwind: Standard of Unity
12. Battle Standard of Coordination

Buy this Banner on your faction's Guild Vendor.

  • Horde/Orgrimmar: Battle Standard of Coordination
  • Alliance/Stormwind: Battle Standard of Coordination

Credits

Written by: Nicememes

Reviewed by: Clickz

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