A Look Back at Havoc Demon Hunter in Dragonflight & War Within Wishlist - Editorial

Moderna Publicado 27/01/2024 a las 17:33 por Shadarek

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Havoc Demon Hunter's Dragonflight Experience

Season 1 - Coming into Dragonflight, Havoc had massive changes to its base design with many actively used talents being added to the kit. With Rotura de esencia and Inercia being able to be taken with Demoníaco for the first time, and Tomar la iniciativa being added, the skill ceiling of the spec was raised as the movement builds became the top performers in all scenarios. The number of added abilities Havoc gained access to made the class a much harder class to play right out of the gate from Season 4 of Shadowlands, where Marca pecaminosa extension builds dropped even Danza de hojas from the rotation.

While Havoc started this season incredibly strong, multiple buffs and changes to other specs constantly during this season quickly lowered it from a top single target and AoE spec to being mediocre at single target scenarios with good AoE. Havoc at this time also had a frustrating design in single target, where Ciclo de odio and Destino destrozado were superior single target options forcing you to maintain uptime to keep Metamorfosis uptime near 85%, and ruining any form of a burst profile. When this season ended, Havoc was pretty average as a raid spec after starting strong, however, it stayed as a meta option in Mythic+ despite survivability issues in one of the two meta comps that were being utilized at the end of the season.

Season 2 - Entering into Season 2, Havoc received a weaker tier set than the previous tier, which again focused on uptime while Aberrus, el Crisol Ensombrecido came with many single-target oriented bosses and was generally a weaker tier for melee. Havoc was still good enough to be run in raids, but it was a stark drop-off from the previous season and required large 7-8% single target buffs which left it mediocre instead of outright bad. There was also a minor shuffle of talents which did nothing to alleviate issues, making Camino abisal an easier grab for no-movement builds but impossible to take without a massive DPS loss and 2 talent commitments in regular mythic+ setups.

Much like Season 1, in Mythic+ Havoc had massive survivability issues. The lack of access to Camino abisal, no form of Physical DR, and the only real defensive option it had available being a 20% DR on a 1-minute cooldown in Disiparse, left it in situations where it could die 1-2 key levels lower than high keys were being pushed to without external defensive support. This issue lumped into the Season 2 'God Comp' fiasco, and Havoc, lacking both high damage and the utility all the meta DPS specs brought, was left in a position where it was entirely unwanted for the back half of the season.

Season 3 - With the drop of Season 3, Havoc Demon Hunter received a Rework and many additions to its talent tree and toolkit that brought it back to, and even surpassed the strongest it had been in the expansion. While I will get into the rework in better detail below, the changes to pathing giving Camino abisal, and Danza deflectora being added, shored up its defensive weaknesses. The changes to movement-based builds from Impulso did a significant amount to make the class feel like less work to play and Metamorfosis was finally changed to be a 2-minute cooldown which fits much better into mythic+ pull cadence and raid design. In short, the rework brought everything Havoc needed in changes and more, putting it in the strongest spot it had been defensively and offensively, and widely considered the best the playstyle has been in a long time.

Talent TreesTier Sets

Skybound Avenger's Flightwear

2-Set - Conjunto de clase de cazador de demonios Devastación (2 piezas) - Golpe de caos and Danza de hojas chance to critically strike is increased by 5% and their critical strike damage is increased by 10%.
4-Set - Conjunto de clase de cazador de demonios Devastación (4 piezas) - Golpe de caos and Danza de hojas have a 20% chance per damage event to increase damage you deal by 8% for 6 sec. Critical strikes increase this chance to 40%. Note: Now nerfed to 5% damage increase after Season 1 ended.

Kinslayer's Burdens

2-Set - Demon Hunter Havoc 10.1 Class Set 2pc: Every 175 Fury you spend, gain Seething Fury, increasing your Agility by 10% for 6 seconds.
4-Set - Demon Hunter Havoc 10.1 Class Set 4pc: Each time you gain Seething Fury, gain 15 Fury and the damage of your next Eye Beam is increased by 15%, stacking up to 5 times.

Ciclo de odioHaz ocular

Screaming Torchfiend's Brutality

2-Set - Demon Hunter Havoc 10.2 Class Set 2pc - Casting Danza de hojas or Barrido mortal automatically casts Lanzar guja if off cooldown, and has a 50% chance per slash to proc an additional free Lanzar guja at 35% damage.
4-Set - Demon Hunter Havoc 10.2 Class Set 4pc - Casting Lanzar guja reduces the remaining cooldown of La caza by 2 seconds, and the duration of the DoT of The Hunt is increased by 6 seconds. The free 35% damage proc Lanzar guja from the 2-Piece does not reduce the cooldown of The Hunt.

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