DPS Rotation & Cooldowns

This rotation offers a general priority list for Devourer Demon Hunter abilities, along with key cooldowns at the bottom. It's based on a standard build and is here to help while we work on a smarter, build-aware system. If you are very new to the game or this class, we added info on the new assisted rotation features at the bottom of this guide. Updated for the latest patch in World of Warcraft: Midnight Pre-Patch (12.0.0).

Single Target

Ensure you have 25 Soul Fragments from Entropy before combat begins.

• Reapers Toll
• Hungering Slash
• Vengeful RetreatView detailsIf buffed by Voidstep
• Predators Wake
• The Hunt
• Collapsing Star
• Pierce The Veil
• Voidblade
• Void Metamorphosis
• Void Ray
• CullView detailsIf Moment Of Craving proc and 4+ Soul Fragments on ground
• ReapView detailsIf Moment Of Craving proc and 4+ Soul Fragments on ground
• Soul ImmolationView detailsIf it won't overcap resources
• Devour
• Consume

Prioritize Reapers Toll and Hungering Slash, followed by Void Metamorphosis and Void Ray. Use Cull or Reap with Moment Of Craving procs and sufficient Soul Fragments.

AoE

Shift to AoE priority at 2+ targets.

• Reapers Toll
• Hungering Slash
• Vengeful RetreatView detailsIf buffed by Voidstep
• Predators Wake
• The Hunt
• Collapsing Star
• Pierce The Veil
• Voidblade
• Eradicate
• Void Ray
• Void Metamorphosis
• Soul ImmolationView detailsIf it won't overcap resources
• Devour
• Consume

For AoE, prioritize Reapers Toll and Hungering Slash, followed by Collapsing Star and Eradicate. Use Void Metamorphosis and Void Ray to maximize damage.

Cooldowns

• Void MetamorphosisView detailsEnter when 50 Soul Fragments are collected
• Collapsing StarView detailsUse inside Void Metamorphosis
• The HuntView detailsUse on cooldown for burst damage
• VoidbladeView detailsUse with Voidrush to pause Fury drain
• Soul ImmolationView detailsUse to generate Fury and Soul Fragments

Utilize Void Metamorphosis when ready, and maximize Collapsing Star casts within it. Use The Hunt and Voidblade for burst and utility.

New to Class? Try Assisted Rotation

Patch 11.1.7 introduced new features that make it eaiser to pick and play new characters. These new settings can be enabled from settings » gameplay enhancements:

• Single-Button Assistant
• Assisted Highlight
• Cooldown Manager

If you are new to World of Warcraft or a certain class, enabling Assisted Highlight and Cooldown Manager can help you learn which abilities to prioritize and use.

While the Single-Button Assistant can be a much easier and more accessible way to play the game, it does come with a slight performance hit due to a small GCD penalty, as you will have to wait 25% longer in between spells and abilities.

To see which specs are best with the Single-Button Assistant feature, you can check out our DPS Rankings which uses SimC to sim every class using this feature.