Vengeance Demon Hunter Talents

Vengeance Demon Hunter
Midnight Pre-Patch

Talents in World of Warcraft define your character's gameplay. They offer active abilities for offense and defense, major cooldowns, or passive enhancements to your stats and spells. Here are the current Vengeance Demon Hunter talents for Midnight Pre-Patch.

Where to Find Talents

Talents can be found in the talent menu, which is accessible by pressing the N key (default) or by clicking the target icon in the micro menu:

Screenshot of the talents button in the micro menu

Class Talents

Class talents represent a common tree shared across all Demon Hunter specializations. These talents provide foundational skills and enhancements essential to the Demon Hunter class, offering a range of abilities that lay the groundwork for a Demon Hunter's overall capabilities.

Name	Cast	Effect
Vengeful Retreat	Instant - 25 Sec Cooldown	Remove all snares and vault away. Nearby enemies take 5 Physical damage.
Felblade	Instant - 15 Yd Range - 12 Sec Cooldown	Charge to your target and deal 43 Fire damage. Generates 15 Fury.
Sigil of Misery	Instant - 30 Yd Range - 2 Min Cooldown	Place a Sigil of Misery at the target location that activates after 2 sec. Causes all enemies affected by the sigil to cower in fear, disorienting them for 15 sec.
Vengeful Bonds	Passive	Vengeful Retreat reduces the movement speed of all nearby enemies by 70% for 3 sec.
Unrestrained Fury	Passive	Increases maximum Fury by 20.
Shattered Restoration	Passive	The healing of Shattered Souls is increased by 10%.
Improved Sigil of Misery	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of Sigil of Misery by 30 sec.
Bouncing Glaives	Passive	Throw Glaive ricochets to 1 additional target.
Imprison	Instant - 20 Yd Range - 45 Sec Cooldown	Imprisons a demon, beast, or humanoid, incapacitating them for 1 min. Damage may cancel the effect. Limit 1.
Charred Warblades	Passive	You heal for 3% of all Fire damage you deal.
Chaos Nova	Instant - 45 Sec Cooldown	Unleash an eruption of fel energy, dealing 9 Chaos damage and stunning all nearby enemies for 3 sec.
Improved Disrupt	Passive	Increases the range of Disrupt to 10 yds.
Consume Magic	Instant - 30 Yd Range - 10 Sec Cooldown	Consume 1 beneficial Magic effect removing it from the target.
Aldrachi Design	Passive	Increases your chance to parry by 3%.
Focused Ire	Passive	The primary target of Chaos Nova is stunned for an additional 2 sec.
Master of the Glaive	Passive	Throw Glaive has 2 charges and snares all enemies hit by 50% for 6 sec.
Champion of the Glaive	Passive	Throw Glaive has 2 charges and 10 yard increased range.
Disrupting Fury	Passive	Disrupt generates 30 Fury on a successful interrupt.
Blazing Path	Passive	Shift gains an additional charge.
Swallowed Anger	Passive	Consume Magic generates 1 Fury when a beneficial Magic effect is successfully removed from the target.
Aura of Pain	Passive	Increases the critical strike chance of Immolation Aura by 6%.
Live by the Glaive	Passive	When you parry an attack or have one of your attacks parried, restore 2% of max health and 10 Fury. This effect may only occur once every 5 sec.
Pursuit	Passive	Mastery increases your movement speed.
Soul Rending	Passive	Leech increased by 10%. Gain an additional 10% leech while Metamorphosis is active.
Felfire Haste	Passive	Fel Rush increases your movement speed by 10% for 8 sec.
Infernal Armor	Passive	Immolation Aura increases your armor by 20% and causes melee attackers to suffer 4 Fire damage.
Burn It Out	Passive	Immolation Aura removes 1 Disease effect.
Soul Cleanse	Passive	Immolation Aura removes 1 Curse effect.
Lost in Darkness	Passive	Spectral Sight has 5 sec reduced cooldown and no longer reduces movement speed.
Illidari Knowledge	Passive	Reduces magic damage taken by 6%.
Felbound	Passive	Your movement speed is increased by 3%.
Will of the Illidari	Passive	Increases maximum health by 6%.
Internal Struggle	Passive	Increases your mastery by 2.6%.
Furious	Passive	Attacks and abilities that generate Fury deal 3% increased damage.
Remorseless	Passive	Attacks and abilities that spend Fury deal 3% increased damage.
First In, Last Out	Passive	Shift grants you a rapidly decaying shield equal to 6% of your maximum health.
Erratic Felheart	Passive	The cooldown of Fel Rush is reduced by 2.0 sec.
Final Breath	Passive	Fully channeling Void Ray increases the damage of its final tick by 300%.
Darkness	Instant - 5 Min Cooldown	Summons darkness around you in an 8 yd radius, granting friendly targets a 15% chance to avoid all damage from an attack. Lasts 8 sec. Chance to avoid damage increased by 100% when not in a raid.
Demon Muzzle	Passive	Interrupting a spell with Disrupt decreases your magic damage taken by 15% for 12 sec.
Soul Splitter	Passive	Any time you would generate one or more soul fragments, you have a 4% chance to generate an additional Soul Fragment.
Wings of Wrath	Passive	Glide speed increased by 10%.
Long Night	Passive	Increases the duration of Darkness by 3 sec.
Pitch Black	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of Darkness by 120 sec.
Demonic Resilience	Passive	Blur gains 1 additional charge.

Specialization Talents

Specialization talents provide Vengeance Demon Hunters with unique abilities and enhancements tailored to their combat style. These talents differentiate Vengeance Demon Hunters from other Demon Hunter specializations, maximizing effectiveness in combat.

Name	Cast	Effect
Fel Devastation	Channeled - 20 Yd Range - 40 Sec Cooldown	Unleash the fel within you, damaging enemies directly in front of you for 164 Fire damage over 2 sec.
Spirit Bomb	Instant - 25 Sec Cooldown	Consume up to 5 Soul Fragments then explode, dealing 70 Fire damage to nearby enemies, increased by 20% per fragment consumed. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets.
Fiery Brand	Instant - 30 Yd Range	Brand yourself and an enemy target with demonic symbols, reducing the damage you take by 40% and instantly dealing 147 Fire damage to the enemy.
Perfectly Balanced Glaive	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of Fracture by 1 sec and Throw Glaive by 6 sec.
Quickened Sigils	Passive	Your Sigils activate 1 second faster.
Ascending Flame	Passive	Sigil of Flame damage increased by 50%.
Tempered Steel	Passive	Physical damage increased by 12%.
Calcified Spikes	Passive	Demon Spikes reduces damage taken by 5% while active.
Roaring Fire	Passive	Fel Devastation heals you for up to 50% more, based on your missing health.
Sigil of Silence	Instant - 30 Yd Range - 1 Min Cooldown	Place a Sigil of Silence at the target location that activates after 2 sec. Silences all enemies affected by the sigil for 2 sec.
Retaliation	Passive	While Demon Spikes is active, melee attacks against you cause the attacker to take 10 Physical damage. Generates high threat.
Felfire Fist	Passive	Activating Infernal Strike out of combat or within 5 sec of entering combat places a Sigil of Flame at the target location.
Sigil of Spite	Instant - 30 Yd Range	Place a demonic sigil at the target location that activates after 2 sec. Detonates to deal 239 Chaos damage and shatter up to 3 Soul Fragments from enemies affected by the sigil. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
Agonizing Flames	Passive	Immolation Aura increases your movement speed by 10% and its duration is increased by 50%.
Feed the Demon	Passive	Every 20 Fury spent reduces the remaining cooldown of Demon Spikes by 1.00 sec.
Burning Blood	Passive	Fire damage increased by 8%.
Revel in Pain	Passive	2.0% of your Fire damage shields you, up to a maximum of 3,055. Shield and maximum values are doubled while Fiery Brand is active.
Frailty	Passive	Enemies struck by Sigil of Flame, Soul Cleave, and Spirit Bomb are afflicted with Frailty for 8 sec. You heal for 8% of all damage you deal to targets with Frailty.
Feast of Souls	Passive	Soul Cleave heals you for an additional 63 over 6 sec.
Fallout	Passive	Immolation Aura's initial burst has a chance to shatter Soul Fragments from enemies.
Ruinous Bulwark	Passive	Fel Devastation heals for an additional 10%, and 50% of its healing is converted into an absorb shield for 10 sec.
Volatile Flameblood	Passive	Immolation Aura has 10% increased critical strike chance and generates 1-5 Fury when it deals critical damage. This effect may only occur once per 1 sec.
Soul Barrier	Passive - 30 Sec Cooldown	Spirit Bomb shields you for 10 sec, absorbing 4,582 damage plus 917 for each Soul Fragment consumed.
Soul Sigils	Passive	Afflicting an enemy with a Sigil generates 1 Soul Fragment.
Fel Flame Fortification	Passive	You take 10% reduced magic damage while Immolation Aura is active.
Void Reaver	Passive	Frailty now also reduces all damage you take from afflicted targets by 4%.
Painbringer	Passive	Consuming a Soul Fragment reduces all damage you take by 6% for 8 sec.
Sigil of Chains	Instant - 30 Yd Range - 1 Min Cooldown	Place a Sigil of Chains at the target location that activates after 2 sec. All enemies affected by the sigil are pulled to its center and are snared, reducing movement speed by 70% for 6 sec.
Fiery Demise	Passive	Fiery Brand also increases Fire damage you deal to the target by 30%.
Chains of Anger	Passive	Increases the duration of your Sigils by 2 sec and radius by 2 yds.
Focused Cleave	Passive	Soul Cleave deals 50% increased damage to your primary target.
Soulmonger	Passive	When consuming a Soul Fragment would heal you above full health it shields you instead, up to a maximum of 3,055.
Stoke the Flames	Passive	Fel Devastation damage increased by 30%.
Burning Alive	Passive	Every 1 sec, Fiery Brand spreads to one nearby enemy.
Cycle of Binding	Passive	Your Sigils have 15% reduced cooldowns.
Vulnerability	Passive	Frailty now also increases all damage you deal to afflicted targets by 6%.
Vengeful Beast	Passive	Metamorphosis has 5 sec increased duration and increases the damage of Fracture, Soul Cleave, and Spirit Bomb by 20%.
Charred Flesh	Passive	Immolation Aura damage increases the duration of your Fiery Brand and Sigil of Flame by 0.50 sec.
Soulcrush	Passive	The effects of Frailty are doubled.
Soul Carver	Instant - Melee Range - 1 Min Cooldown	Carve into the soul of your target, dealing 114 Fire damage and an additional 68 Fire damage over 3 sec. Immediately shatters 3 Soul Fragments from the target and 1 additional Soul Fragment every 1 sec.
Last Resort	Passive	Sustaining fatal damage instead transforms you to Metamorphosis form. This may occur once every 8 min.
Darkglare Boon	Passive	When Fel Devastation finishes fully channeling, it refreshes 15-30% of its cooldown and refunds 15-30 Fury.
Down in Flames	Passive	Fiery Brand has 12 sec reduced cooldown and 1 additional charge.

Hero Talents

Hero talents allow for deeper customization of the Vengeance Demon Hunter class fantasy, further enhancing its combat effectiveness.

Aldrachi Reaver

Name	Cast	Effect
Art of the Glaive	Passive	Consuming 20 Soul Fragments or casting Sigil of Spite converts your next Throw Glaive into Reaver's Glaive. Reaver's Glaive: Throw a glaive enhanced with the essence of consumed souls at your target, dealing 120 Physical damage and ricocheting to 2 additional enemies. Begins a well-practiced pattern of glaivework, enhancing your next Shear and Soul Cleave. The enhanced ability you cast first deals 10% increased damage, and the second deals 20% increased damage.
Fury of the Aldrachi	Passive	When enhanced by Reaver's Glaive, Soul Cleave casts 3 additional glaive slashes to nearby targets. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets. If cast after Shear, cast 6 slashes instead.
Evasive Action	Passive	Vengeful Retreat can be cast a second time within 3 sec.
Unhindered Assault	Passive	Vengeful Retreat resets the cooldown of Felblade.
Reaver's Mark	Passive	When enhanced by Reaver's Glaive, Shear applies Reaver's Mark, which causes the target to take 7% increased damage for 20 sec. Max 2 stacks. Applies 1 additional stack of Reaver's Mark If cast after Soul Cleave.
Broken Spirit	Passive	The Hunt shatters 1 Soul Fragment. Blade Dance and Chaos Strike have a 15% chance to shatter a Soul Fragment.
Aldrachi Tactics	Passive	The second enhanced ability in a pattern shatters an additional Soul Fragment.
Army Unto Oneself	Passive	Felblade surrounds you with a Blade Ward, reducing damage taken by 10% for 5 sec.
Incorruptible Spirit	Passive	Each Soul Fragment you consume shields you for an additional 15% of the amount healed.
Wounded Quarry	Passive	Expose weaknesses in the target of your Reaver's Mark, causing your Physical damage to any enemy to also deal 20% of the damage dealt to your marked target as Chaos, and sometimes shatter a Soul Fragment.
Keen Edge	Passive	Reaver's Glaive damage is increased by 20% and other Physical-only damage is increased by 10%.
Incisive Blade	Passive	Soul Cleave deals 10% increased damage.
Keen Engagement	Passive	Reaver's Glaive generates 20 Fury.
Preemptive Strike	Passive	Throw Glaive deals 7 Physical damage to enemies near its initial target.
Bladecraft	Passive	Fury of the Aldrachi further empowers Blade Dance when cast after Chaos Strike, increasing slashes to 12. Reaver's Mark now stacks up to 2 times and further empowers Chaos Strike when cast after Blade Dance, applying an additional stack.
Warblade's Hunger	Passive	Consuming a Soul Fragment causes your next Shear to deal 14 additional Physical damage.
Thrill of the Fight	Passive	After consuming both enhancements, gain Thrill of the Fight, increasing the damage of your next Reaver's Glaive by 30% and increasing Haste by 6% for 30 sec.

Annihilator

Name	Cast	Effect
Voidfall	Passive	Consume has a 35% chance to grant 1 stack of Voidfall. Upon reaching 3 stacks of Voidfall, Reap consumes a stack to reach into the Void and call down a meteor strike at your target's location, dealing 762 Cosmic damage to all enemies within 8 yards. Damage reduced beyond 8 targets.
Swift Erasure	Passive	Each stack of Voidfall grants 2% Haste.
Meteoric Rise	Passive	Void Ray damage increased by 15%. Fully channeling Void Ray generates 1 stack of Voidfall.
Catastrophe	Passive	Enemies struck by a Voidfall Meteor take an additional 25% damage over 8 sec.
Phase Shift	Passive	Each stack of Voidfall grants 2% reduced damage taken.
Path to Oblivion	Passive	Each stack of Voidfall grants 3% increased movement speed.
State of Matter	Passive	Shift has 1 additional charge.
Mass Acceleration	Passive	Gain 3 stacks of Voidfall and reset the cooldown of Reap upon activating Void Metamorphosis.
Doomsayer	Passive	Activating Void Ray out of combat or within 5 sec of entering combat calls down 3 Voidfall Meteors over its duration.
Harness the Cosmos	Passive	Voidfall Meteor damage increased by 15%.
Celestial Echoes	Passive	Consume generates 2 additional Fury and deals 15% increased damage.
Final Hour	Passive	Passive bonuses granted by each stack of Voidfall persist for 8 sec after being consumed.
Meteoric Fall	Passive	While at 3 stacks of Voidfall, Reap consumes all 3 to rapidly call down that many meteor strikes.
Dark Matter	Passive	Your first Collapsing Star after casting Void Metamorphosis causes a Cosmic meteor shower to assault the area, dealing 1,121 Cosmic damage over 6 sec.
Otherworldly Focus	Passive	Collapsing Star and Voidfall meteors deal 35% increased damage when striking a single target. Each additional target reduces this bonus by 5%.
World Killer	Passive	The third Voidfall meteor strike called down in sequence is larger, has 50% increased area, deals 50% increased damage, and generates 1 Soul Fragment.

PvP Talents

PvP talents are tailored for player-versus-player combat scenarios. Activated in arenas, battlegrounds, and the open world with War Mode enabled, these talents optimize a Vengeance Demon Hunter 's performance in PvP encounters. They provide specialized enhancements that give players an edge in combat against other players.

Name	Cast	Effect
Cleansed by Flame		Immolation Aura dispels a magical effect on you when cast.
Everlasting Hunt		Dealing damage increases your movement speed by 15% for 3 sec.
Jagged Spikes		While Demon Spikes is active, melee attacks against you cause Physical damage equal to 30% of the damage taken back to the attacker.
Illidan's Grasp		You strangle the target with demonic magic, stunning them in place and dealing 392 Shadow damage over 5 sec while the target is grasped. Can move while channeling. Use Illidan's Grasp again to toss the target to a location within 20 yards.
Tormentor		You focus the assault on this target, increasing their damage taken by 3% for 6 sec. Each unique player that attacks the target increases the damage taken by an additional 3%, stacking up to 5 times. Your melee attacks refresh the duration of Focused Assault.
Sigil Mastery		Reduces the cooldown of your Sigils by an additional 25%.
Demonic Trample		Transform to demon form, moving at 175% increased speed for 3 sec, knocking down all enemies in your path and dealing 5.7 Physical damage. During Demonic Trample you are unaffected by snares but cannot cast spells or use your normal attacks. Shares charges with Infernal Strike.
Reverse Magic		Removes all harmful magical effects from yourself and all nearby allies within 10 yards, and sends them back to their original caster if possible.
Detainment		Imprison's PvP duration is increased by 1 sec, and targets become immune to damage and healing while imprisoned.
Unending Hatred		Taking damage causes you to gain Fury based on the damage dealt.
Blood Moon		Consume Magic now affects all enemies within 8 yards of the target and generates a Lesser Soul Fragment. Each effect consumed has a 5% chance to upgrade to a Greater Soul.
Cover of Darkness		The radius of Darkness is increased by 4 yds, and its duration by 2 sec.
Rain from Above		You fly into the air out of harm's way. While floating, you gain access to Fel Lance allowing you to deal damage to enemies below.
Glimpse		Vengeful Retreat provides immunity to loss of control effects, and reduces damage taken by 35% until you land.
Lay In Wait		Sigil of Misery has 2 charges and now lays in wait for up to 90 sec at your selected location until an enemy approaches.