Vengeance Demon Hunter Talents

The War Within Season 1

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 The War Within Season 1.

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 86 Physical damage.
Blazing Path	Passive	Fel Rush gains an additional charge.
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 will 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 146 Chaos damage and stunning all nearby enemies for 2 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%.
Chaos Fragments	Passive	Each enemy stunned by Chaos Nova has a 30% chance to generate a Lesser Soul Fragment.
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.
Felblade	Instant - 15 Yd Range - 15 Sec Cooldown	Charge to your target and deal 595 Fire damage. Demon's Bite has a chance to reset the cooldown of Felblade. enerates 40 Fury.
Swallowed Anger	Passive	Consume Magic generates 20 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.
Infernal Armor	Passive	Immolation Aura increases your armor by 20% and causes melee attackers to suffer 32 Fire damage.
Lost in Darkness	Passive	Spectral Sight lasts an additional 6 sec if disrupted by attacking or taking damage.
Felfire Haste	Passive	Fel Rush increases your movement speed by 10% for 8 sec.
Illidari Knowledge	Passive	Reduces magic damage taken by 5%.
Demonic	Passive	Eye Beam causes you to enter demon form for 5 sec after it finishes dealing damage.
Will of the Illidari	Passive	Increases maximum health by 5%.
Precise Sigils	Passive	All Sigils are now placed at your target's location.
Internal Struggle	Passive	Increases your mastery by 2.4%.
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.
Soul Sigils	Passive	Afflicting an enemy with a Sigil generates 1 Lesser Soul Fragment.
Quickened Sigils	Passive	All Sigils activate 1 second faster.
Erratic Felheart	Passive	The cooldown of Fel Rush is reduced by 20%.
Long Night	Passive	Increases the duration of Darkness by 3 sec.
Pitch Black	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of Darkness by 120 sec.
Rush of Chaos	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of Metamorphosis by 60 sec.
Demon Muzzle	Passive	Enemies deal 8% reduced magic damage to you for 8 sec after being afflicted by one of your Sigils.
Flames of Fury	Passive	Sigil of Flame deals 70% increased damage and generates 2 additional Fury per target hit.
Collective Anguish	Passive	Eye Beam summons an allied Vengeance Demon Hunter who casts Fel Devastation, dealing 955 Fire damage over 2 sec. Dealing damage heals you for up to 105 health.
The Hunt	1 Sec Cast - 50 Yd Range - 1.5 Min Cooldown	Charge to your target, striking them for 2,681 Chaos damage, rooting them in place for 1.5 sec and inflicting 2,119 Chaos damage over 6 sec to up to 5 enemies in your path. The pursuit invigorates your soul, healing you for 10% of the damage you deal to your Hunt target for 20 sec.
Sigil of Spite	Instant - 30 Yd Range	Place a demonic sigil at the target location that activates after 2 sec. Detonates to deal 2,304 Chaos damage and shatter up to 3 Lesser Soul Fragments from enemies affected by the sigil. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.

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 1,376 Fire damage over 2 sec.
Frailty	Passive	Enemies struck by Sigil of Flame are afflicted with Frailty for 6 sec. You heal for 8% of all damage you deal to targets with Frailty.
Fiery Brand	Instant - 30 Yd Range	Brand an enemy with a demonic symbol, instantly dealing 1,124 Fire damage. The enemy's damage done to you is reduced by 40% for 12 sec.
Shear Fury	Passive	Shear generates 10 additional Fury.
Fracture	Instant - Melee Range	Rapidly slash your target for 333 Physical damage, and shatter 2 Lesser Soul Fragments from them. enerates 25 Fury.
Deflecting Spikes	Passive	Demon Spikes also increases your Parry chance by 15% for 6 sec.
Ascending Flame	Passive	Sigil of Flame's initial damage is increased by 50%. Multiple applications of Sigil of Flame may overlap.
Perfectly Balanced Glaive	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of Throw Glaive by 6 sec.
Calcified Spikes	Passive	You take 12% reduced damage after Demon Spikes ends, fading by 1% per second.
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 4 sec.
Retaliation	Passive	While Demon Spikes is active, melee attacks against you cause the attacker to take 82 Physical damage. Generates high threat.
Meteoric Strikes	Passive	Reduce the cooldown of Infernal Strike by 10 sec.
Spirit Bomb	Instant	Consume up to 5 available Soul Fragments then explode, damaging nearby enemies for 192 Fire damage per fragment consumed, and afflicting them with Frailty for 6 sec, causing you to heal for 8% of damage you deal to them. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets.
Feast of Souls	Passive	Soul Cleave heals you for an additional 955 over 6 sec.
Agonizing Flames	Passive	Immolation Aura increases your movement speed by 10% and its duration is increased by 50%.
Extended Spikes	Passive	Increases the duration of Demon Spikes by 2 sec.
Burning Blood	Passive	Fire damage increased by 10%.
Soul Barrier	Instant - 30 Sec Cooldown	Shield yourself for 15 sec, absorbing 7,965 damage. Consumes all available Soul Fragments to add 2,124 to the shield per fragment.
Bulk Extraction	Instant - 1 Min Cooldown	Demolish the spirit of all those around you, dealing 170 Fire damage to nearby enemies and extracting up to 5 Lesser Soul Fragments, drawing them to you for immediate consumption.
Revel in Pain	Passive	When Fiery Brand expires on your primary target, you gain a shield that absorbs up 4,481 damage for 15 sec, based on your damage dealt to them while Fiery Brand was active.
Void Reaver	Passive	Frailty now also reduces all damage you take from afflicted targets by 3%. Enemies struck by Soul Cleave are afflicted with Frailty for 6 sec.
Fallout	Passive	Immolation Aura's initial burst has a chance to shatter Lesser Soul Fragments from enemies.
Ruinous Bulwark	Passive	Fel Devastation heals for an additional 10%, and 100% of its healing is converted into an absorb shield for 10 sec.
Volatile Flameblood	Passive	Immolation Aura generates 5-10 Fury when it deals critical damage. This effect may only occur once per 1 sec.
Fel Flame Fortification	Passive	You take 10% reduced magic damage while Immolation Aura is active.
Soul Furnace	Passive	Every 10 Soul Fragments you consume increases the damage of your next Soul Cleave or Spirit Bomb by 40%.
Painbringer	Passive	Consuming a Soul Fragment reduces all damage you take by 2% for 6 sec. Multiple applications may overlap.
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 40%.
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 19,734.
Stoke the Flames	Passive	Fel Devastation damage increased by 35%.
Burning Alive	Passive	Every 1 sec, Fiery Brand spreads to one nearby enemy.
Cycle of Binding	Passive	Afflicting an enemy with a Sigil reduces the cooldown of your Sigils by 2 sec.
Vulnerability	Passive	Frailty now also increases all damage you deal to afflicted targets by 4%.
Feed the Demon	Passive	Consuming a Soul Fragment reduces the remaining cooldown of Demon Spikes by 0.50 sec.
Charred Flesh	Passive	Immolation Aura damage increases the duration of your Fiery Brand and Sigil of Flame by 0.50 sec.
Soulcrush	Passive	Multiple applications of Frailty may overlap. Soul Cleave applies Frailty to your primary target for 8 sec.
Soul Carver	Instant - Melee Range - 1 Min Cooldown	Carve into the soul of your target, dealing 1,097 Fire damage and an additional 700 Fire damage over 3 sec. Immediately shatters 3 Lesser Soul Fragments from the target and 1 additional Lesser 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.
Illuminated Sigils	Passive	Sigil of Flame has 5 sec reduced cooldown and 1 additional charge. You have 12% increased chance to parry attacks from enemies afflicted by your Sigil of Flame.

Hero Talents

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

Fel Scarred

Name	Cast	Effect
Demonsurge	Passive	Metamorphosis now also greatly empowers Soul Cleave and Spirit Bomb. While demon form is active, the first cast of each empowered ability induces a Demonsurge, causing you to explode with Fel energy, dealing 1,043 Fire damage to nearby enemies.
Wave of Debilitation	Passive	Chaos Nova slows enemies by 60% and reduces attack and cast speed 15% for 5 sec after its stun fades.
Pursuit of Angriness	Passive	Movement speed increased by 1% per 10 Fury.
Focused Hatred	Passive	Demonsurge deals 50% increased damage when it strikes a single target. Each additional target reduces this bonus by 10%.
Set Fire to the Pain	Passive	5% of all non-Fire damage taken is instead taken as Fire damage over 6 sec. Fire damage taken reduced by 10%.
Improved Soul Rending	Passive	Leech granted by Soul Rending increased by 2% and an additional 2% while Metamorphosis is active.
Burning Blades	Passive	Your blades burn with Fel energy, causing your Soul Cleave, Throw Glaive, and auto-attacks to deal an additional 35% damage as Fire over 6 sec.
Violent Transformation	Passive	When you activate Metamorphosis, the cooldowns of your Sigil of Flame and Fel Devastation are immediately reset.
Enduring Torment	Passive	The effects of your demon form persist outside of it in a weakened state, increasing maximum health by 5% and Armor by 20%.
Untethered Fury	Passive	Maximum Fury increased by 50.
Student of Suffering	Passive	Sigil of Flame applies Student of Suffering to you, increasing Mastery by 14.4% and granting 5 Fury every 2 sec, for 8 sec.
Flamebound	Passive	Immolation Aura has 2 yd increased radius and 25% increased critical strike damage bonus.
Monster Rising	Passive	Agility increased by 8% while not in demon form.
Demonic Intensity	Passive	Activating Metamorphosis greatly empowers Fel Devastation, Immolation Aura, and Sigil of Flame. Demonsurge damage is increased by 10% for each time it previously triggered while your demon form is active.

Aldrachi Reaver

Name	Cast	Effect
Art of the Glaive	Passive	Consuming 20 Soul Fragments or casting The Hunt converts your next Throw Glaive into Reaver's Glaive. eaver's Glaive: Throw a glaive enhanced with the essence of consumed souls at your target, dealing 1,831 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. 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. If cast after Soul Cleave, Reaver's Mark is increased to 14%.
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	While eaver's Mark is on your target, melee attacks strike with an additional glaive slash for 106 Physical damage and have a chance to shatter a soul.
Incisive Blade	Passive	Soul Cleave deals 10% increased damage.
Keen Engagement	Passive	Reaver's Glaive generates 20 Fury.
Preemptive Strike	Passive	Throw Glaive deals 1,062 Physical damage to enemies near its initial target.
Warblade's Hunger	Passive	Consuming a Soul Fragment causes your next Shear to deal 212 additional damage.
Thrill of the Fight	Passive	After consuming both enhancements, gain Thrill of the Fight, increasing your attack speed by 15% for 20 sec and your damage and healing by 20% for 10 sec.

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 3,717 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 40 yards, stunning them and all nearby enemies for 3 sec and dealing 1,100 Shadow damage.
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 58.0 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.