Havoc Demon Hunter Midnight Gearing Guide

Midnight Season 1 Tier Set Bonuses:

• (2) Set Bonus: Blade Dance damage increased by 15%.
• (4) Set Bonus: Haste increased by an additional 6% in Metamorphosis.

The 2-set bonus is solid, but the 4-set bonus is not great as Haste is not a very desired stat for Havoc. The tier sets don’t affect Havoc’s gameplay in any meaningful way.

You should still prioritise the gear you use by running a sim for your character, but the lists below will give you a good idea of what items are considered good for Havoc Demon Hunter, and help you target the right content for each piece of loot.

• Overall
• Raiding
• Mythic+

Havoc has a few trinket options, some coming from Mythic+ and some from raid. Generally, I recommend using an on-use trinket paired with a passive proc trinket.

The best trinkets for Havoc in Midnight Season 1 are:

• Algeth'ar Puzzle Box - Powerful on-use trinket that grants Mastery. This is a great trinket to pair with Metamorphosis. This trinket is BiS for Fel-Scarred
• Umbral Plume / Radiant Plume - A passive stat-stick that grants either Critical Strike (Umbral) or Mastery (Radiant).
• Gaze Of The Alnseer - Passive proc trinket that grants massive amounts of primary stat.
• Ranger-Captain's Iridescent Insignia - On-use trinket that deals a large damage hit, further increased by your critical strike chance. This is a top choice for pure single target situations..

The trinkets above are all close to equal, so any combination is good, but the BiS setup is Umbral Plume paired with Algeth'ar Puzzle Box.

Alternatives:

• Undreamt God's Oozing Vestige - Passive proc stacking trinket that deals damage split between nearby enemies.
• Solarflare Prism - Passive proc trinket that grants Critical Strike.
• Emberwing Feather - On-use trinket that grants Haste. Not a great trinket, but is usable until you loot Algeth'ar Puzzle Box.
• Vessel Of Tortured Souls - Passive trinket that spawns souls on the ground. Collecting a soul grants Intellect for 60 seconds. This trinket is good in theory, but requires the player to actively collect and look out for soul spawns, which can make it worse in practice.

I don’t recommend crafting with Spark of Radiance until the season begins.

The BiS embellishment setup for Havoc is using 2x Arcanoweave Lining, but since it can only be applied on armor pieces, it’s not the best craft early on.

Your first craft should be Spellbreaker's Warglaive, with Darkmoon Sigil: Hunt as embellishment. Crafting a weapon first is usually the largest damage increase. Even if it’s not technically BiS for Havoc, it’s still going to be a safe craft in the early season.

My Recommendation:

• 1st craft: Spellbreaker's Warglaive with Darkmoon Sigil: Hunt. This will also give you the option to swap between Havoc and Devourer with ease. If you plan on only playing Havoc, Darkmoon Sigil: Void is slightly better.
• 2nd craft: Silvermoon Agent's Utility Belt or Adherent's Silken Shroud with Arcanoweave Lining.
• 3rd craft: From here on the crafts are going to be more individual, but you should prioritize replacing your worst off-pieces with a crafted item. The choice is usually between a cloak, wrists, belt and boots.. For this craft you can apply the 2nd Arcanoweave Lining and remove Darkmoon Sigil: Hunt from your crafted warglaive.

Keep in mind, the difference between embellishments isn’t massive, and your BiS embellishment might vary depending on the content you’re doing and your current gear. Simming your character to get the most accurate data is heavily recommended.

Use Thalassian Missive Of The Peerless for all crafted pieces when possible. This ensures that the item has Critical Strike and Mastery on it.

Note: Make sure that your crafted weapon is a warglaive, so that you can use it for all three specs.