Havoc Demon Hunter DPS Nerub-ar Palace Raid Guide — The War Within (11.0.5)

Ulgrax is, at its core, a single-target encounter for Havoc, and thankfully many of the ideal builds already come with built-in Cleave options to deal with the intermission without having to sacrifice any. I would recommend boss damage builds here, and just using these tools to contribute to add killing in the intermission when the boss is untargetable.

• Use Blur whenever you are targeted by Digestive Acid while running out to clear webs.

• Metamorphosis should always be used on the pull. The intermission will occur at 1m30s and take 45 seconds to complete, but hold your next use until Ready to Feed is complete, as the boss takes 99% reduced damage.
• In higher difficulties, consider instead using this in the intermission to burst down add spawns using Demonsurge procs to end the phase more safely before the healers get overwhelmed.

• Save some movement tools following the Juggernaut Charge intermissions so you can quickly deliver food to the boss and complete Ready to Feed as Havoc is very good at ferrying these across the platform.

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Dealing with The Bloodbound Horror mostly depends on how your raid wants to set up each group that is sent downstairs. While dealing with these is the make-or-break of the encounter, Havoc has more than enough built-in cleave and AoE to deal with this without needing to invest fully. Instead, build to deal as much damage to the boss as possible while upstairs.

• Use Blur after Goresplatter hits to reduce the follow-up DoT.

• Metamorphosis should be used on the pull, and make sure to only use it when you are upstairs hitting the boss on subsequent casts.

• You can use Netherwalk to cross the Spewing Hemorrhage beams if you are caught out.
• Save a charge of Fel Rush or Vengeful Retreat to get out of the Goresplatter circle quickly.
• Both Netherwalk and Metamorphosis immunity windows can be used to stay in for the initial Goresplatter hit if timed correctly.
• Chaos Nova should be used to stun any Blood Horrors that are getting too close to the boss.
• Be careful when targeted by Grasp From Beyond to not use too many instant movement tools to avoid trapping your teammates with tentacles.

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Sikran is a pure single-target boss burn encounter that also has a large amount of movement needed should you be targeted by Phase Blades. Your main goal is to keep as much uptime on the boss as possible while handling the number of mechanics that force you out, so I would recommend a pure boss damage build.

• If targeted by Phase Blades, use Blur or Netherwalk in emergencies as it is about to hit to reduce both the up-front damage and the follow-up DoT.

• Use cooldowns as they are ready; no special considerations here.

• Be careful with movement tools to not accidentally get hit by Phase Blades targeting other players.
• Try to save Vengeful Retreat or other movement tools to get to max range during Shattering Sweep, then re-engage with Felblade.

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The key part of Rasha'nan is single-target damage to burn the boss down, however, the add spawns are dangerous, so thankfully, Havoc can make use of its baseline AoE tools to deal with them. These adds should generally be killed before you should need to fully invest in an AoE talent setup, however.

• Try to use Blur for each Erosive Spray if the healers are struggling.

• Use them on cooldown whenever you can guarantee full uptime on the boss. Watch out for the transition timer to avoid using it as the boss flies away.
• If possible align Eye Beam and other AoE burst with Infested Spawn timers, but do not hold it so much that you would otherwise lose uses.

• Talk with your healers to assign Darkness to Erosive Spray casts that they may need help with.
• Use Chaos Nova to stun any add spawns that are getting too close to fixate targets to stop Infested Bite getting out of control.

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Broodtwister Ovi'nax is one of the more complex encounters within Nerub'ar Palace, as it requires your raid to carefully balance dealing with a large number of adds and the boss. Due to the volume of add spawns throughout the encounter and the fact that the entire raid generally needs to contribute to dealing with them, there is an option here to invest heavily into AoE. Due to Havoc having very strong built-in cleave, however, I would recommend simply sticking to cleave unless your raid is struggling.

• Use Blur as Experimental Dosage is expiring if you are targeted.

• Metamorphosis should generally be saved for situations where you have full uptime on the boss.

• Save a charge of Fel Rush to get to your assigned egg in case you are targeted by Experimental Dosage. Netherwalk is also helpful to get there quickly and negate the damage from expiration.
• You can use Vengeful Retreat to self-dispel Sticky Web. Be careful not to do this near other melee to avoid hitting them with the eruption.
• Use either the boss or Colossal Spiders as your main target to cleave from, as these are the highest health priority targets.

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Nexus-Princess Ky'veza is again a very single-target focused encounter with no additional targets, but a large amount of movement needed. I would recommend a pure boss damage build here.

• You need to watch your health here, and if you feel like you are not being topped use Blur to buy healers time to avoid Reaper.
• Netherwalk is best saved for when you run out with Assassination as this will often mean moving out of the raid away from healers.

• Use cooldowns as soon as they are ready, so long as you can guarantee full uptime on the boss.

• Save a charge of Fel Rush in case you are targeted by Assassination, and use it to get to your spot quickly.
• In Heroic and above, positioning is often quite tight when doing this. Do not, under any circumstances, run back into melee until your Queensbane debuff has expired. This is to avoid launching orbs through your team as they are extremely lethal.
• Be careful using movement tools during the intermission to avoid hitting other players with Regicide beams.

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The Silken Court is a two-target encounter with an extremely large amount of movement. Depending on how effectively they are tanked, you should have a reasonable amount of uptime on both of them. Since most of the time is spent at just two targets, Havoc can use the built-in cleave of Fel-Scarred and be fine here.

• Use Blur on Venomous Rain.

• Try to align Metamorphosis with the damage increase phase following Reckless Charge on Anub'arash, and the Stinging Swarm expose on Skeinspinner Takazj. You should be able to get off one opening Sigil of Flame / Eye Beam combo on the pull, and then wait until the first charge to burst.

• Save Fel Rush charges to stick to the boss following Void Step casts. Try to also have another ready, or alternatively use Vengeful Retreat to get out of the Entropic Desolation circle.
• Use Chaos Nova to stun groups of Shattershell Scarabs to try and keep them under control while they are AoEd down.

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Queen Ansurek is an encounter that demands a variety of different damage profiles from everyone in the raid, but fortunately Havoc as Fel-Scarred can effectively cover all of them without sacrificing any single-target throughput, so is a strong recommendation here.

• Phase 1 — can be used freely. Particularly useful if your other melee are not comfortably spreading for Silken Tomb.
• Phase 2 — make sure to have Blur or Netherwalk available for the Gloom Touch plus Wrest overlap.
• Phase 3 — keep one available in case you are targeted by Royal Condemnation.

• Metamorphosis is always used on the pull, but your second use can either be sent immediately for the burst and reset for the third Silken Tomb wave, or held for the intermission shield if your group is struggling. In the final phase aim to use it either to burst down the Gloom Hatchling wave, or when you can guarantee full uptime on the boss.

• Try to position yourself well in the melee for Silken Tomb so you can AoE other melee who are rooted, but do not overlap each other.
• You can use Glide to cancel out the pull from Wrest, just give yourself a bit of space so you do not get pulled in too quickly from melee range.
• Use Chaos Nova after Infest is cast to lock down the Gloom Hatchling wave and AoE them down quickly.

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