Havoc Demon Hunter Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide — The War Within Pre-Patch
On this page, you will learn the best Gems to use for your Havoc Demon Hunter in Mists of Pandaria: Remix, as well as the best leveling talents and rotation, whether you are leveling in the open world, or through raids and dungeons.
If you were looking for our normal leveling guide for Havoc Demon Hunter, please check out our Leveling page.
Remix: Mists of Pandaria Guide for Havoc Demon Hunter
Welcome to our MoP Remix Guide for Havoc Demon Hunter! This page contains everything you need to know about getting the most out of your Havoc Demon Hunter in the Patch 10.2.7 special feature, Mists of Pandaria: Remix.
This page is focused only on Havoc Demon Hunter in MoP Remix. If you want to know more about MoP Remix in general, such as its rewards, check out our dedicated page below.
Best MoP Remix Leveling Talents for Havoc Demon Hunter
Below, you will find our recommended leveling build and talent pickup order for your Havoc Demon Hunter in MoP Remix. There is a variety of options for leveling in MoP remix, but thankfully for Havoc one build can comfortably cover all of them without sacrificing much.
Note that this Leveling section is specific to MoP Remix. For our The War Within Leveling Guide for Havoc Demon Hunter, please check our dedicated Leveling page.
Best Gems for Havoc Demon Hunter in MoP Remix
Gems provide a unique way to augment your character in MoP remix, offering huge offensive, defensive and utility benefits with new abilities and passive procs. On this page, we list the best gems for each type. To learn more about Gems in MoP Remix in general, check out our dedicated page below.
- Meta Gem: Oblivion Sphere / Funeral Pyre
- Cogwheel Gem: Blink / Spirit Walk
- Prismatic Gems:
You will have a tremendous amount of stats as you start unlocking all Gem slots, and there is no single best stat to stack. Early on aim for Critical Strike and Haste, but as you start to hit diminishing return levels try to balance out with some Mastery and Versatility too.
- Tinker Gems:
- Quick Strike
- Windweaver
- Enkindle
- Lightning Rod
- Brilliance
- Frost Armor
- Cold Front
- Sunstrider's Flourish
- Slay
- Brittle — for Dungeon content.
- Explosive Barrage
- Wildfire
- Incendiary Terror
- Arcanist's Edge — paired with shield gems (such as Frost Armor)
Level by Level Rotation
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Leveling Rotation for Havoc Demon Hunter
- Cast The Hunt as frequently as possible (especially against tough enemies).
- Cast Fel Rush to engage targets.
- Cast Felblade to engage targets
- Use Metamorphosis as frequently as possible (especially against tough enemies).
- Cast Immolation Aura when at 2 charges to trigger Unbound Chaos.
- Cast Fel Rush with the Unbound Chaos buff active to trigger Inertia.
- Cast Eye Beam on cooldown.
- Cast Eye Beam on cooldown with less than 70 fury.
- Cast Vengeful Retreat after Eye Beam to trigger Initiative windows.
- Cast Essence Break after Eye Beam.
- Cast Vengeful Retreat on cooldown, try to pair every other cast with Essence Break.
- Cast Glaive Tempest on cooldown.
- Cast Blade Dance on cooldown.
- Cast Immolation Aura on cooldown.
- Cast Immolation Aura to generate Fury and trigger Unbound Chaos.
- Cast Fel Rush with the Unbound Chaos buff active.
- Use Metamorphosis as frequently as possible when Eye Beam and Blade Dance are on cooldown (especially against tough enemies).
- Cast Blade Dance on cooldown against multiple enemies.
- Cast Chaos Strike whenever you have enough Fury.
- Cast Sigil of Flame in AoE situations, or to generate Fury.
- Cast Demon's Bite to generate Fury.
- Cast Felblade to generate Fury.
- Cast Throw Glaive when you need to pull enemies from a distance.
Changelog
- 23 Jul. 2024: Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch.
- 14 May 2024: Page added.
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This guide has been written by Wordup, a frequent theorycrafter involved in a number of class communities. He is also an experienced player who has been in the world top 100 since the days of Sunwell, currently raiding in Echoes. You can also follow him on Twitter.
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