Havoc Demon Hunter

Fel-Scarred

Not supported in this fight ⓘPatched ⓘ

With the Single-Button Assistant and its cooldowns, Havoc Demon Hunter (Fel-Scarred) deals 82% of perfect manual play in M+ dungeons (rank 26 of 51) and 76% of perfect manual play on a raid boss (rank 43 of 51). In M+, the best build we found for the button deals 12.0% more than SimulationCraft's.

At a glance

4-piece set · SimulationCraft's talents · share of manual DPS kept

Fight	Manual DPS	SBA + cooldown	SBA alone	Assisted Highlight	Rank (SBA + cooldown)
M+ dungeon	295,304	81.9%−18.06%	62.3%−37.69%	89.1%−10.88%	26 of 51
Raid boss	260,985	75.7%−24.28%	55.0%−45.01%	83.2%−16.83%	43 of 51

Against real +15 players

Real dungeons · data from 7 Nov 2026

−3%damage with the button and cooldowns, simulated on real +15 routes, against typical Havoc Demon Hunter (Fel-Scarred) players, from 679 real runs. This spec is not ranked in SimulationCraft's generic M+ fight above, which it does not support; the real routes use another fight style that it does support.

All specs against real players, and how it is measured

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What the assistant costs

M+ dungeon · 4-piece set · Best talents for the button · data as of 2026-11-11 08:07 UTC

83%of manual DPS with SBA + cooldown. SBA alone reaches 63%, Assisted Highlight 90%.

Manual328.1Kreference
SBA + cooldown271.0K83% of manual
SBA alone207.9K63% of manual
Assisted Highlight295.1K90% of manual

SimulationCraft does not support this fight for Havoc Demon Hunter.Its own report says results for this spec in the M+ dungeon are inaccurate and should not be used, so the build is not ranked there. The raid boss figures are not affected.

The assistant never uses Eye Beam.Eye Beam: 0 casts in manual play (3.1% of its damage), 0 with SBA + cooldown. We have not traced this to Blizzard's list, so the build is not ranked.

Patched: SimulationCraft needs a fix to play Blizzard's list for this spec.Patch 0005-demonhunter-sba-button-overrides. In the game Metamorphosis turns Blade Dance into Death Sweep and Chaos Strike into Annihilation, Throw Glaive becomes Reaver's Glaive, and several Devourer buttons change in place (Consume becomes Devour, Reap becomes Cull, Voidblade becomes Hungering Slash, Pierce the Veil or Reaper's Toll, Metamorphosis becomes Collapsing Star). SimulationCraft never pressed the new buttons. The patch lets each button become its replacement. Without the fix (SimulationCraft as published, or Raidbots) the assistant's figures differ; manual play is not affected.

Best Mythic+ talents for the button

For one-button play in M+, import this build: +12.0% damage with SBA + cooldown over SimulationCraft's build.

Best of 11 builds tested with the button (SimulationCraft's and the top 10 Mythic+ players' on murlok.io, plus a talent search), 2026-10-01: the build of the #8 Mythic+ player on murlok.io. SimulationCraft does not support the M+ fight for this spec, so treat it as a rough guide.

One-button damage (SBA + cooldown DPS), M+ dungeon, 4-piece

Best M+ build for the buttonRecommended271,011+12.0%
SimulationCraft's build241,978

Best M+ build for the button: talent string Recommended for one-button

CEkAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYmZGzMz2MmZmZmZmwMDAAAAAAY2MzsNDMwMWmZmZYmBzyALziZMMbaaMzMzwGAAAwAAAAYmBDABAAG

SimulationCraft's build: talent string

CEkAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYAzMzmxMzMmZmMmZAAAAAAAzyDMmtZYmxyMzYZm5BmZWmZWGjBWmFzYY200wMjhNAAAAAAAAmZwAAAAwA

In game, open the talent window, choose Import and paste it. The best build we found for the button. Every figure on this page uses it.

Best raid talents for the button

SimulationCraft's raid build is already the best we found for one-button play on a raid boss.

Talent search for the button on the raid boss, 4-piece set (2026-11-10): it starts from SimulationCraft's raid build, tries every legal single talent swap, keeps the ones that add damage and repeats, never touching a defensive talent; a build wins only when it beats SimulationCraft's raid build by more than 0.2 %. Perfect manual play keeps SimulationCraft's raid build, so the Ranking compares the button on its best talents with the best manual build.

SimulationCraft's raid build (best on the raid boss for the button): talent string Recommended for one-button

CEkAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYAzMzmxMzMmZmMmZAAAAAAAzyDMmtZYmxyMzYZm5BmZWmZWGjBWmFzYY200wMjhNAAAAAAAAmZwAAAAwA

In game, open the talent window, choose Import and paste it.

Where the damage comes from

M+ dungeon · 4-piece set · Best talents for the button · data as of 2026-11-11 08:07 UTC

Compare manual play with

Damage per second and casts per ability, averaged over the simulated fights. Pets and summons show their own name in brackets.

Ability	Manual	SBA + cooldown	SBA + cooldown vs manual
Demonsurge	45.9K14.0%	39.2K14.4%	−6,739
Burning Blades	24.4K7.4%	20.9K7.7%	−3,462
Ragefire	21.1K6.4% · 33.9 casts	19.0K7.0% · 16.9 casts	−2,019
Immolation Aura (Tick)	19.0K5.8%	14.8K5.4%	−4,253
Font of Venomous Rage	18.1K5.5% · 2 casts	6,1462.3% · 2 casts	−11.9K
Eye Beam (Tick)	13.8K4.2%	15.9K5.8%	+2,090
Essence Break	15.8K4.8% · 11 casts	12.7K4.7% · 8.7 casts	−3,036
Perfected Guillotine	15.2K4.6% · 25.5 casts	15.2K5.6% · 25.2 casts	−32
Essence Break (Proc Damage)	14.1K4.3% · 61.1 casts	11.9K4.4% · 51.7 casts	−2,268
Eye Beam (Empowered Tick)	10.6K3.2%	9,1053.3%	−1,509
Death Sweep (First Blood 4)	10.3K3.1%	8,1493.0%	−2,136
Eye Beam	10.2K3.1%	–	−10.2K
The Hunt (DoT)	9,5582.9%	9,7983.6%	+240
Annihilation (Damage 1)	7,0742.2%	4,4001.6%	−2,674
Glaive Tempest (OH)	6,1841.9%	5,8602.2%	−324
Glaive Tempest (MH)	6,1821.9%	5,8562.2%	−326
Auto Attack (Main Hand)	5,6791.7% · 169.6 casts	5,8532.2% · 170.4 casts	+174
Trail of Ruin (Death Sweep)	5,6801.7%	4,8531.8%	−827
Annihilation (Damage 2)	5,3151.6%	3,3151.2%	−2,000
The Hunt (Damage)	5,2071.6%	5,2851.9%	+78
Chaos Strike (Damage 1)	5,2311.6%	5,0701.9%	−161
Demon Blades	4,3851.3% · 288.5 casts	4,5191.7% · 290 casts	+134
Chaos Strike (Damage 2)	3,9591.2%	3,8201.4%	−139
Blade Dance (First Blood 4)	3,2671.0%	3,7481.4%	+481
Venom Splatter	3,6161.1%	2,6491.0%	−967
Eye Beam	3,4571.1%	–	−3,457
Venomfang Burst	3,4021.0% · 74.7 casts	3,3911.2% · 74 casts	−11
Immolation Aura (Initial)	3,1751.0%	3,3791.2%	+204
Death Sweep (First Blood)	2,9990.9%	2,3840.9%	−615
Death Sweep (First Blood 2)	2,9860.9%	2,3790.9%	−607
Death Sweep (First Blood 3)	2,9350.9%	2,3330.9%	−602
Auto Attack (Off-Hand)	2,7000.8% · 165.5 casts	2,7871.0% · 166.3 casts	+87
Trail of Ruin (Blade Dance)	2,2350.7%	2,5680.9%	+333
Venomfang	2,5530.8% · 78.8 casts	2,5580.9% · 77.9 casts	+5
Death Sweep (4)	2,0010.6%	1,7860.7%	−215
Burning Wound	1,6860.5%	1,0370.4%	−649
Felblade (Damage)	7250.2%	1,1540.4%	+429
Blade Dance (First Blood)	9330.3%	1,0820.4%	+149
Blade Dance (First Blood 2)	9310.3%	1,0700.4%	+139
Blade Dance (First Blood 3)	9180.3%	1,0550.4%	+137
Rune of Unleashed Fire	9550.3% · 54.6 casts	9490.3% · 54.2 casts	−6
Blade Dance (4)	8070.2%	9340.3%	+127
Death Sweep (1)	5920.2%	5320.2%	−60
Death Sweep (2)	5850.2%	5260.2%	−59
Death Sweep (3)	5720.2%	5110.2%	−61
Blade Dance (1)	2360.1%	2700.1%	+34
Blade Dance (2)	2340.1%	2680.1%	+34
Rune of Lingering	2680.1% · 54.6 casts	2510.1% · 54.2 casts	−17
Blade Dance (3)	2280.1%	2640.1%	+36
Metamorphosis (Impact)	1650.1%	2260.1%	+61
Vengeful Retreat (Damage)	1320.0%	1400.1%	+8
Throw Glaive (Damage)	–	660.0%	+66
Total	328.2K	271.9K	−56.3K

A dash means the ability was never used in that mode. Damage is attributed the way SimulationCraft reports it, so a pet's damage appears under the pet.

Questions about Havoc Demon Hunter (Fel-Scarred)

What are the best Mythic+ talents for Havoc Demon Hunter (Fel-Scarred) with the one-button rotation?

The best build we found for the Single-Button Assistant in Mythic+ deals 12.0% more damage with the button than SimulationCraft's build. It was the best of 11 builds tested (SimulationCraft's and the top 10 Mythic+ players' on murlok.io), plus a talent search for the button. Its talent string is on this page, ready to import. The raid build is searched separately.

How much DPS does Havoc Demon Hunter (Fel-Scarred) lose with the Single-Button Assistant?

Related builds

Other hero talents of Havoc Demon Hunter

Havoc Demon Hunter · Aldrachi ReaverM+ −20.36% · raid −18.92%

Other Demon Hunter specs

DPS lost with SBA + cooldown, 4-piece set, SimulationCraft's talents (a top player's build for the hero talents SimulationCraft has no profile for). All specs · Ranking

How it's measured, and its limits

SBA + cooldown is a best case: the simulator never misplays. It is always better to sim your own character.
Manual play is SimulationCraft's own rotation executed perfectly, so it is an upper bound for what a person can do, not a typical player.
Assisted Highlight assumes every suggestion is seen and pressed at once, which is generous for a player reading the highlight.
The M+ dungeon is SimulationCraft's own DungeonSlice fight style, its approximation of Mythic+ pulls, not a specific dungeon route.
Best talents for the button: of SimulationCraft's build, the top 10 Mythic+ players' builds on murlok.io and a talent search for the button, the one that deals the most with SBA + cooldown in the M+ dungeon. Gear and rotation are unchanged.
SimulationCraft ships no profile for some hero talents (9 here). Those use SimulationCraft's gear with a top player's build: a top Mythic+ player's build on murlok.io in M+, and on the raid boss the most played build in top raid kills on Warcraft Logs when there are any, otherwise SimulationCraft's raid talents with that Mythic+ build's hero talents (or the Mythic+ build itself where it deals more). No talent search for the button has been run for them yet.
SimulationCraft ships no profile at all for Devastation Evoker and Balance Druid. Those use the median gear of real +15 players, raised to the item level of SimulationCraft's profiles, with the build most real players use (or a top player's build where too few play that hero talent), and a talent search for the button.

Full method, reliability rule and patches: Sources · Simulated with SimulationCraft 1210-01 (WoW 12.1.5.70575) 710c240 +16 patches, 10,000 iterations per figure.