Mobile tank that turns Soul Fragments into Spirit Bomb damage and self-healing.
Tank
Gear: Method.ggBuilds: Archon consensus, M+ This Week (+7–+19)Updated 10/29/2026 by Guild guides
Playing
Vengeance builds Fury and Soul Fragments with Fracture and spends them in large Spirit Bombs and Soul Cleaves that also heal. Demon Spikes covers melee damage, Fiery Brand cuts damage from its target, and Metamorphosis is the big emergency button. Annihilator is the recommended hero tree for both raid and Mythic+.
Difficulty
A two-resource builder and spender with many short cooldowns. Keeping Fracture rolling, spending Soul Fragments in big batches and keeping Fiery Brand and Demon Spikes up takes steady attention.
Resource
Fury and Soul Fragments
Hero talents in keys
Annihilator
Standing this patch
BRaid
Brings to the group
InterruptDisrupt (15s)
StunChaos Nova, Sigil of Misery or Sigil of Silence, Imprison
Dispelnone
PurgeConsume Magic
Battle resnone
Lustnone
MobilityInfernal Strike, Vengeful Retreat
Pick any button below to follow it through the guide: where it sits in the opener, which rung of the priority fires it, and every mistake it is part of.
15.5sFracture
225sSpirit Bomb
3Soul Cleave
440sFel Devastation
530sImmolation Aura
630sSigil of Flame
71mSoul Carver
81mSigil of Spite
912sFelblade
0Throw Glaive
s11mFiery Brand
s220sDemon Spikes
s32mMetamorphosis
s415sInfernal Strike
s515sDisrupt
s61m 30sSigil of Silence
s72mSigil of Misery
s845sChaos Nova
s95mDarkness
8sTorment
Rotation
What do I press?
Press order
1Sigil of Flame0.0s
2Fracture1.5s
3Immolation Aura3.0s
4Fracture4.5s
5Spirit Bomb6.0s
6Fiery Brand7.5s
7Sigil of Spite9.0s
8Fel Devastation10.5s
9Fracture12.5s
10Soul Cleave14.0s
11Felblade15.5s
12Fracture17.0s
13Spirit Bomb18.5s
14Soul Cleave20.0s
Sigil of Flame0.0s
Fires because enemies are grouped and it is ready.
0s5s10s15s20s25s
One press per global at base haste (1.5s), longer for casts. Real pulls drift with haste and procs; the order is what matters.
Cooldowns and when to use them
Off-global armor and parry buff. Keep it rolling against melee.
What top players actually cast
Below are the opening rotations from a small sample of recent top Vengeance Demon Hunter rankings for Altar of Fangs. You can use this to compare to your own opener and find potential points of improvement. Note that the opener for some specs may vary based on when certain buffs proc.
FractureBuilderInstant · 5.5s cd ×2 · +25 Fury, +2 Soul FragmentsYour main builder; never let both charges sit full.
Spirit BombSpenderInstant · 25s cd · -40 Fury, up to -5 Soul FragmentsConsumes up to 5 Soul Fragments for an AoE explosion; cast it at 5+ fragments, or 4+ just before Fiery Brand fades.
Soul CleaveSpenderInstant · -35 Fury, up to -2 Soul FragmentsFrontal strike that heals you; spends Fury and leftover fragments when Spirit Bomb is not the right press.
Immolation AuraBuilderInstant · 30s cd · 6s long · +20 FuryFire aura for Fury and AoE threat; use it on cooldown.
Sigil of FlameOver timeInstant · 30s cdDelayed ground fire on a 30-second cooldown; precast it before the pull and use it on cooldown.
FelbladeBuilderInstant · 12s cd · +15 FuryShort charge for Fury; fills gaps while Fracture recharges.
Throw GlaiveFillerInstantRanged filler for pulling or kiting.
Cooldowns
Fel DevastationCooldown2s cast · 40s cd · -50 Fury2-second frontal channel that heals you; channel it fully, and press it earlier in AoE.
Soul CarverCooldownInstant · 1m cdBig hit that shatters Soul Fragments over a few seconds; use it when you will not overcap fragments.
Sigil of SpiteCooldownInstant · 1m cdSigil that deals chaos damage and shatters up to 3 Soul Fragments; use it when you will not overcap fragments.
Survival
Fiery BrandDefensiveInstant · 1m cd · 12s long40% damage reduction against the branded target plus a fire damage-over-time; keep it on the enemy that hits hardest.
Demon SpikesDefensiveInstant · 20s cd · 12s longOff-global armor and parry buff; keep it rolling while melee attacks are hitting you.
MetamorphosisDefensiveInstant · 2m cd · 15s long40% more health, 200% more armor and an extra fragment from each Fracture for 15 seconds; enter it with fragments banked.
Utility
Infernal StrikeMovementInstant · 15s cdOff-global leap; spend charges for damage when you will not need them for movement soon.
DisruptInterruptInstant · 15s cdMelee-range interrupt on a 15-second cooldown.
Sigil of SilenceUtilityInstant · 1m 30s cdGround sigil that silences everything in it for 2 seconds after a 2-second delay; a choice node with Sigil of Misery.
Sigil of MiseryUtilityInstant · 2m cdGround sigil that disorients a whole group for up to 15 seconds.
Chaos NovaUtilityInstant · 45s cd · 3s long · -25 Fury3-second stun on everything around you.
DarknessUtilityInstant · 5m cd · 8s longGroup cooldown that gives allies in the area a chance to avoid each attack for 8 seconds.
AnnihilatorRaid and Mythic+Recommended for raid and Mythic+ and run by every top-rated Vengeance in keys. Fracture and Spirit Bomb build Voidfall stacks that call down meteors, and almost all of it is passive, so it is also the easier tree.
Aldrachi ReaverSituationalPlays around Reaver's Glaive and Art of the Glaive combos for Fury of the Aldrachi slashes. Viable, but behind Annihilator in current tuning and more demanding on uptime.
50 of the top 50 Mythic+ players run Annihilator (3898–4199 rating). Murlok.io
Recommended loadout is the closest match to Archon’s aggregate popularity across top parses — not a single one-off key.
Sample size: 50026 top parses. Only talents in the recommended loadout are drawn.
Class
Specialization
Hero
Only talents in this loadout are drawn (Annihilator). Hover a node for its Wowhead tooltip.
Across 50,026 logs. A talent has to show up in at least 40% of them before it is part of the build.
Gear
What do I wear and enchant?
Stats for Mythic+
1Agility
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2Haste
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3Crit
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4Mastery
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5Vers
Left to right — highest priority first. Sim your character when secondaries are close.
Based on data in the last 2 weeks, the stat priority for Vengeance Demon Hunter looks to be Agility > Haste > Crit > Mastery > Vers. However, there may be bias based on what gear is available to players.
What the top Mythic+ players actually have
Haste28% +1228
Critical Strike27% +762
Mastery68% +659
Versatility7% +373
Average secondary stats of the top 50 Mythic+ players (3898–4199 rating), from Murlok.io, updated 8 hours ago.
4×piece set: Vengeance Demon Hunter16×slots
Best in slot from Method.gg. Every slot is on the figure. Point at a piece to light it.
Wear 4 tier pieces. The 4-piece bonus is what this spec is tuned around.
2-piece: The Sigil Of Flame damage of time effect deals 50% more damage, Soul Cleave extends the duration of Sigil of Flame on your main target by 2 seconds.
4-piece: Immolation Aura and Sigil Of Spite deals 100% increased damage to targets affected by Sigil of Flame.
Best-to-good single-target order from Liquid Armory (Oct 12, 2026). Filled marks = higher on the list. Your own gear can change the order — sim before you buy.
Mark of the Worldsoul
Forest Hunter's Armor Kit
Rite of the Hash'ey
Indecipherable Eversong Diamond
Flawless Deadly Peridot
