Vengeance Demon Hunter Tank Spec, Builds, and Talents - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (2024)

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Note that these builds are generic recommendations for various content. For more specific recommendations for the Raid and Mythic+, check out the dedicated pages below.

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Best Talents for Vengeance Demon Hunter

Heretic: Raid BuildSigilweaver: Mythic+ BuildSigilweaver: Mythic+ UtilityTalents Explained

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Heretic: Raid Talent Build for Vengeance Demon Hunter

See Also

Havoc Demon Hunter DPS Spec, Builds, and Talents - Dragonflight 10.2.7Havoc Demon Hunter DPS Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities - Dragonflight 10.2.7

The Heretic build centers around increasing your Fire damage through talentslike Fiery Demise and Down in Flames, it offers great offensiveand defensive talents for Single Target encounters, perfect for Raiding

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Sigilweaver: Mythic+ Talent Build for Vengeance Demon Hunter

The Sigilweaver talent build functions around using your Sigil toolkit toboost your AoE Damage, Defensive value, and Utility. Centering heavily around Sigil of Flame and the new Talent Illuminated Sigils to gainlarge amounts of Parry to supplement your kit.

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Sigilweaver: Utility Focused Talent Build for Vengeance Demon Hunter

This build is based on the defensive Sigilweaver talent build but moves talent pointsinto talents focused on control like Improved Sigil of Misery and Sigil of Chains.This offers you more control of enemies in a Mythic+ setting at the cost ofdefensive value and is generally recommended in situations whereyou need more tools to help your group with handling dangerous casters.

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Talent Explanations for Vengeance Demon Hunters

Note that we do not explain EVERY Talent in the tree on this page. We onlyexplain Talents that are part of our optimal builds.For full details and explanations of every Talent, please visit our Spells pagevia the button below.

Vengeance Demon Hunter Dragonflight Spell Glossary

3.1.

Talent Rows 1-4

3.1.1.

Noteworthy Talents

Talent	Description/Effect
Fel Devastation	A channeling cooldown that deals heavy fire damage to all enemies in a conein front of you, healing you a medium amount while channeling. Interacts with Demonic to grant 7 seconds of Metamorphosiswhen used. It costs 50 fury to use and has a 40-second cooldown. The cooldown canbe reduced by the Darkglare Boon talent.
Frailty	Causes enemies hit by Sigil of Flame to get a stack of Frailty, causing you to heal for 10% of all damage you deal to them for6 seconds. It interacts with several talents further down the talent tree,empowering Frailty and making it a core part of the Vengeanceidentity.
Fiery Brand	Brand your target, dealing heavy fire damage to your target, causingThey do deal 40% less damage to you for 12 seconds. A strong defensive thatinteracts with several other strong talents further down the talent tree.
Deflecting Spikes	Causes Demon Spikes to also increase yourParry chance by 15% for the full duration. A former core component of Demon Spikes, which increases the defensive potential of the spellsignificantly. It's worth the point in all content where you take physical damage.
Fracture	Replaces Shear, it has two charges on a 4.5-second cooldown andgenerates 25 Fury and spawns 2 Lesser Soul Fragments when cast.A great ability that enables a large part of your class toolkit.It is highly recommended to path down and get Fracture in all content.
Felblade	An active ability with a 15-second cooldown that generates 40 Furywith a low chance to reset its cooldown when you use Fracture.Felblade is on a shorter global cooldown than normal abilities and is a greattool to generate extra fury in a very short time.

3.1.2.

Niche Talents

Talent	When to Consider
Consume Magic	Purges the target, removing 1 beneficial magic effect onthe target. It has a 30-yard range and a 10-second cooldown. Strong for anycontent that requires dispelling magic effects on targets.

3.2.

Rows 5-7

This section of the talent trees provides several core passive talents thatgenerally support your base kit.

Talent	Description/Effect
Rush of Chaos	Reduces the cooldown of Metamorphosisby 30/60 seconds. A very strong talent that is easily reachable and very strong.It is worth taking in all content.
Chaos Nova	A 2-second AOE-stun on a 45-second cooldown. It costs 25Fury and deals a low amount of chaos damage to every target hit. A greataddition to your toolkit in Mythic+ and PvP content.
Demonic	Grants you 7 seconds of Metamorphosiswhen using Fel Devastation. This Talent makes Fel Devastationyour strongest defensive outside of Metamorphosis. This Talentis core to the Vengeance Tooltip and something you should try to Talent inall forms of content.
Spirit Bomb	A spender that costs 40 Fury and consumes up to 5available Soul Fragments and dealsfire damage is based on the amount consumed by all enemies in range.Applies 1 stack of Frailty to each target hit. Strong in encounterswith several enemies. Very strong in Mythic+ since Soul Cleave onlydeal damage to up to 5 enemies, and you often encounter situations with morethan that in any given dungeon.
Void Reaver	Targets afflicted by Frailty now deals 4% lessdamage to you. Causes enemies struck by Soul Cleave to be afflictedby Frailty for 6 seconds. An extremely potent defensive talentwhen paired with Soulcrush further down in the tree.
Fallout	The initial damage of Immolation Aura nowhas a high chance of spawning a Lesser Soul Fragment for every target hit.Up to a maximum of 5 Lesser Soul Fragments. This Talent scales extremelywell, the more enemies you are fighting. It has a lower value in Raidencounters with only 1 target. However, in Mythic+ and Raid encounters withmultiple targets, it becomes a very potent talent, especially when pairedwith Spirit Bomb.

3.2.1.

Niche Talents

Talent	When to Consider
Sigil of Chains	Places a Sigil on the ground, and 2 seconds latergrips all enemies in the Sigil for 6 seconds, slowing them by 70% for 6seconds. It has a 1-minute cooldown. A strong utility cooldown for Mythic+and certain raid encounters where displacement effects are of great worth, thetalent cost is still somewhat noticeable, and with a reduced amount of casterenemies needing frequent interrupts in Season 4, the value is diminished comparedto Season 3 of Dragonflight.
Fiery Demise	Causes targets afflicted by Fiery Brandto take 50%increased fire damage from you. Great for overall offensive output and leadsto strong talents, especially for Raid encounters with fewer enemies.Taking it will incentivize you to use Fiery Brand as an offensivecooldown, despite it being one of your few defensive cooldowns. So onlytake it when you are aware of the tradeoff and can make use of the damageincrease.

3.3.

Rows 8-10

3.3.1.

Noteworthy Talents

Talent	Description/Effect
The Hunt	An ability that will charge an enemy, causing Nature damage,rooting them in place, and dealing additional nature damage over 6 seconds toup to 5 targets in the path of the charge. It will also mark your maintarget for 30 seconds, healing you for 25% of all damage you deal to them.It is a strong offensive and defensive cooldown and worth talenting in mostcontent.
Collective Anguish	Your Fel Devastation summon anallied Havoc Demon Hunter dealing chaos damage to all targets in front ofyou. A strong talent that increases your AoE damage by a significantamount if you choose to take it.
Vulnerability	Increases damage done to targets affected by Frailty by 2% per talent point and a stack of frailty. A strong talentwhich gains significant value with the Talent following it, Soulcrush.This allows you to use Spirit Bomb and Soul Cleave as a formof offensive cooldown, stacking Frailty for a significant damageincrease to large cooldowns. A must-pick in almost all content.
Feed the Demon	Reduces the cooldown on Demon Spikesby 0.25 seconds per talent point every time you consume a Soul Fragment.A strong defensive talent. Especially in Mythic+, where you gain more overallvalue due to Fallout.
Soulcrush	Allows Frailty to overlap on targets, stackingall the effects of Frailty. Each stack has an independent durationof 6 seconds. It also causes Soul Cleave to apply a second stacklasting 8 seconds to your primary target. This Talent providesmassive value from every single node affecting Frailty. Overall, thisis one of the strongest Talent on the Vengeance treeand should be taken in all content if possible.
Soul Carver	A 1-minute cooldown that deals a large amount of fire damage and leavesa 3-second damage over time effect dealing additional damage. It spawns 3Lesser Soul Fragments on initial damageand another Soul Fragment every second for 3 seconds. A strongtalent both offensively and defensively, and worth taking if you can spare thetalent point.
Elysian Decree	You place a sigil dealing massive Chaos damage to all enemies hit after2 seconds. Dealing damage with Elysian Decree will summon 3 Lesser SoulFragments. A strong active ability that deal a lot of AoE damage.
Darkglare Boon	Reduces cooldown of Fel Devastation after it iscast by 20-40% and refunds 20-40 fury. A large increase toyour overall damage output, especially in combination with talents such as Collective Anguish and Stoke the Flames. In combination with Demonic It also adds significant defensive value. A highlyrecommended Talent in all content.
Illuminated Sigils	Grants a second charge of all of your sigils and gives you 15% increasedchance to parry attacks from targets afflicted by your Sigil of Flame.A very potent utility and defensive Talent for Mythic+, and generally worthtaking over Down in Flames for dungeon content.
Down in Flames	Grants a second charge of Fiery Brand and reduces the cooldown of Fiery Brand by 15 seconds. This lets you use a second charge and lowerthe cooldown to work around Soul Carver to maintain defensive uptime whilealso utilizing Fiery Demise for maximizing damage output.You can also use this together with Burning Alive and Darkglare Boon to have a strong Fel Devastation boosted by Fiery Demise on a large amount of enemies.

3.3.2.

Niche Talents

Talent	When to Consider
Last Resort	A cheat death ability that will heal you if you sustain lethal damage,grantingyou 15 seconds of Metamorphosis. It has an 8-minute cooldownafter saving you. Overall decent in challenging content; the long cooldown meansthat you can only rely on it to save you once in most Raid encounters andusually only a handful of times over a full Mythic+ dungeon. However if thereare some extremely hard parts of a fight Last Resort can be utilized asan additional, strong defensive cooldown.
Darkness	A 5-minute defensive cooldown that affects you and allallies inside the effect. It spawns a could of darkness for 8 secondsthat causes all damage you or an ally inside the darkness to have a 20%chance to be negated. It works best against frequent and periodic hits sinceit is random if the damage will be negated or not.
Pitch Black	Reduces the cooldown of Darkness by 120 seconds.This Talent gains value in raid situations where it lets you use Darkness on at least one more dangerous mechanic. It is generallymore useful than Long Night, however hard to motivate spendingpoints on it unless it adds Darkness casts to vital parts of thespecific encounter.

Considering the varied Talent builds recommended for different types ofcontent, there is also going to be some variation in your rotation. Visit therotation page linked below to figure out more about how your rotation works.

You have the option to enter into "War Mode" in your Factions Capital city.Enabling War Mode provides the following benefits:

• Grants access to PvP talents in the open-world.
• 10% increase in World Quest rewards at max level.
• 10% more experience gained while leveling.
• Earn Conquest Points, which can reward gear every week.

With the benefits of enabling War Mode for leveling and PvE content, it isrecommended to enable the feature to maximize your leveling and rewards atmaximum level. However, you will enable yourself for open-world PvP and thepossibility, so be aware of hostile enemy players who could interfere with you,and this is a risk you will have to take.

Generally, the selections are made to optimize your ability to kill enemiesfaster, increasing your pace when moving through content.

1. Everlasting Hunt is a passive ability that increases yourmovement speed by 15% for 3 seconds when dealing damage. This ability isdesigned to move from pack to pack quickly and more efficiently.
2. Jagged Spikes reflects damage back to the attacker for 30%of the damage received when Demon Spikes is active.
3. Illidan's Grasp crowd controls 1 target for 6 seconds. If theability is activated again, throw the target at a location within 40yards and stun everything in the target area for 3 seconds. Thisability provides additional crowd control and is fun to use.
4. Tormentor debuffs the target when taunted, applying the FocusedAssault debuff, which increases the damage received by 3%. Your meleeattacks refresh the duration of Focused Assault. Each unique target up to5 that hits the target will stack Focused Assault by an additional 3%. Thisability will provide a decent single-target damage buff in a party.
5. Detainment increases the duration of Imprison by 1 second andmakes the imprisoned target immune to damage and healing. This Talent is amazingfor arenas and battlegrounds, but it should not be picked for leveling.Imprisoning a target while using this Talent will put you into combat andprevent monster skipping in PvE content.
6. Unending Hatred increases Fury generation based on magic damagereceived. Larger attacks will increase the Fury generation. This Talent is quitesituational and should not be used in normal content.
7. Cleansed by Flame removes all magical effects when you castImmolation Aura.This Talent is situational, but it can be very strong depending on thesituation.
8. Demonic Trample transforms you into a demon and increases yourmovement speed by 175%. Any enemy hit with the trample will be knocked andreceive physical damage. You are immune to snares while trampling. DemonicTrample shares cooldown with Infernal Strike. This ability is very strongin battlegrounds to remove snares and for pseudo-crowd control with theknockdown.
9. Sigil Mastery reduces the cooldown of sigils by 25%. This Talentshould not be used.
10. Reverse Magic removes all harmful magic effects on you and allallies within 10 yards and, if possible, returns them to their caster.It has a 1-minute cooldown.
11. Blood Moon empowers your Consume Magic to now affectall enemies within 8 yards of the target and grants 5% leech for 5 secondsafter using it.
12. Chaotic Imprint makes your Throw Glaive deal damagefrom a random school of magic, leaving a mark increasing their damage takenfrom that school by 10% for 20 seconds.
13. Cover of Darkness increases the radius of Darkness by4 yards and increases its duration by 2 seconds.
14. Rain from Above launches you up in the air and grants access to Fel Lance allowing you to deal damage to enemies on the ground.
15. Glimpse grants you immunity to loss of control effects whileunder the effect of Vengeful Retreat and reduces damage taken by 35%until you land.