World of Warcraft
- Platform:
- PC
- Released:
- 2004-11-23
- Developer:
- Blizzard
- Publisher:
- Blizzard
- Genre:
- MMORPG
- Multiplayer:
- Online Multiplayer
- ESRB:
- T for Teen: Blood and Gore, Crude Humor, Mild Language, Suggestive Themes, Use of Alcohol, Violence (online interactions not rated)
- Franchise:
- Warcraft
- Expansions:
- World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Classic
- Engine:
- Unreal Engine
While Vengeance Demon Hunters are optimizing their stats for tanking, the other half of the Demon Hunter population is likely trying to climb to the top of the WoW Dragonflight DPS charts in Raids and Mythic+ dungeons. In order to do that, players are going to have to do their homework.
Havoc Demon Hunters are a very exciting fast-paced melee DPS class that have the potential to deal some serious damage. In order for World of Warcraft players to really push them to the limit, they'll want to ensure that they understand the ideal Havoc Demon Hunter talents, rotations, and stat priorities.
Once players have the right Havoc talents in place, they'll want to start studying stat priorities to understand what is most valuable for them as they head into Dragonflight dungeons and raids. Exact stat priority does shift around a bit depending on each situation and strategy, like with any DPS class, but there is a general stat priority order that should be reliable as a starting point.
Havoc Demon Hunter Stat Priority
- Agility
- Item Level
- Mastery
- Critical Strike
- Haste
- Versatility
Havoc Demon Hunter Stats Explained
Agility/Item Level
Agility is the primary stat for Vengeance Demon Hunters. Agility will increase attack power and damage done with abilities. Item level is pretty closely tied to Agility and should be the primary priority in most cases. When it comes to a tie-breaker, then start to think about the secondary stat priority.
Critical Strike
Crits deal double damage and are crucial for climbing the DPS charts as a Havoc Demon Hunter. Particular Havoc talents will also scale nicely with increased Critical Strike.
Mastery
Mastery will increase chaos damage and movement speed for Havoc Demon Hunters. After Critical Strike, it's probably the best secondary stat to stack.
Haste
Haste is going to increase auto attack speed and reduce the global cooldown time. It also reduces the cooldown times on a number of important crucial Havoc Demon Hunter abilities. This synergy keeps it above Versatility on the priority list.
Versatility
As usual, Versatility boosts all damage and decreases all incoming damage.
Ideal Stat Caps
At this point, Havoc Demon Hunter do not need to worry about stat caps in Dragonflight content. At some point in the future Dragonflight meta game it's possible that might change.
That should be everything that Havoc Demon Hunters need to know as they figure out their stat priorities and begin dominating the WoW Dragonflight endgame content. Be sure to check back for more WoW Dragonflight news, updates, and strategy guides in the near future. Until then, For the Horde!
World of Warcraft is available now on PC. Dragonflight launches on November 28.