Vengeance Demon Hunter Gearing Guide

The War Within Season 2 Tier Set Bonus for Vengeance Demon Hunter:

• (2) Set Bonus: Taking damage has a chance to grant Metamorphosis for 4 seconds and grant Luck of the Draw for 10 seconds increasing damage done by 15%.
• (4) Set Bonus: When Luck of the Draw activates you have a 75% chance to reset The Hunt.

The 2-piece set bonus is a mixed bag. The bonus damage is certainly positive, but the 4 seconds of Metamorphosis does not add very much to the spec, since it will almost always stack with already active defensives.

As for the 4-piece set bonus giving you a fair few more casts of The Hunt, this will benefit Aldrachi Reaver more than Fel-Scarred, since The Hunt gives access to an extra cast of Reaver’s Glaive. A bonus for the 4-piece is that since the reset will always accompany a proc of Metamorphosis, you will be fairly safe to cast the Hunt instantly.

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 Vengeance Demon Hunter, and help you target the right content for each piece of loot.

Worth noting that as a tank, most items on this list will only be your best option defensively if they are the highest item level piece available for you.

• Overall
• Raiding
• Mythic+

The second season of The War Within brings with it a new collection of trinkets to strengthen your character, and unlike season one the trinkets this season are tuned slightly stronger, although they are still weaker than many previous seasons.

As of current tuning most trinkets are still fairly underwhelming, with the best trinkets usually only being in the 3-4% power range when compared to Dragonflight where many trinkets were several times stronger. Below are a few more notable trinkets and what they bring.

Chromebustible Bomb Suit

A large absorb shield for roughly 50-70% of your max health that absorbs 75% of all damage taken, exploding for some fire damage once the shield is fully consumed. A fairly decent defensive trinket, however it comes at some damage and passive defensive loss due to having Haste instead of Agility.

Ringing Ritual Mud

A slightly worse version of Chromebustible Bomb Suit with longer cooldown unless you are taking damage over time to reduce its cooldown. A fairly decent option if you do not have access to Bomb Suit, however it comes at some damage and passive defensive loss due to having Versatility instead of Agility.

Eye of Kezan

A stacking Agility trinket that ramps up over time up to 20 stacks. Once at 20 stacks it gives a very significant amount of stats on top of some bonus Fire damage. A very powerful trinket in extended fights or Mythic+ as long as you can keep the stacks going by pulling trash aggressively.

Scrapfield 9001

This trinket gives a minor shield whenever you drop below 60% health, with a cooldown of 30 seconds. If you go 20 seconds without dropping below 60% when the shield is available you instead gain a small amount of haste for 12 seconds. Overall the effects are relatively mediocre, but it offers acceptable average defensive value in Mythic+.

House of Cards

A trinket that gives a large amount of Mastery on a 1.5 minute cooldown. Strong as Fel Scarred if combined with Metamorphosis since it adds a lot of damage to your Demonsurge abilities.

Signet of the Priory

A slightly worse version of House of Cards, that gives a bit less of your highest secondary stat over a slightly longer period of time, meaning your burst will be weakened slightly. It does however grant a bonus to everyone else using the trinket which does grant it some extra value.

Blessed Weapon Grip has a chance to grant your highest secondary stats, decreasing slowly over time. The frontloaded value means that any proc early on in a fight is really strong, since a large part of our damage is frontloaded. Currently our strongest embellishment for Mythic+ and Raid, however long term you only want to run one of these in combination with an Adrenal Surge Clasp or an item with an Adrenal Surge Clasp, since having a 639 weapon in your Main Hand slot is more overall value.

Adrenal Surge Clasp has a chance to grant main stat and reduce your Mastery. Since Mastery is somewhat weaker than other stats even after the buff just before 11.0.5. It does however only activate from taking damage, meaning the value somewhat diminishes in raid since several bosses feature tanking downtime. Your best embellishment in Mythic+ combined with a weapon with a Blessed Weapon Grip.

Cyrce’s Circlet

After some last minute buffs to Cyrce’s Circlet, it is now looking to be a relatively powerful offensive tool, while still letting you obtain a fair bit of secondary stats for defensive value once the ring is fully upgraded. It is worth noting that if you choose to run gems that do not offer secondary stats you will be trading a small amount of defensive value for a bit more damage.

The current best combinations for Vengeance does generally look to be:

• Raiding: Fathomdweller’s Runed Citrine, Windsinger’s Runed Citrine, and Thunderlord’s Crackling Citrine
• Mythic+: Fathomdweller’s Runed Citrine, Windsinger’s Runed Citrine, and Stormbringer’s Runed Citrine

Make sure to simulate your character to find out what combination might be worth using since it can depend greatly on what gear you have available.