Currently Aldrachi reaver is better on single target but no one runs it because of how unenjoyable it is. It’s a nightmare in AoE as well. It needs more work than tuning numbers but maybe it gets played on Sikran and Kyveza now.
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Maybe proc off the hunt and have souls reduce CD of the hunt instead.
It needs a complete rework like Dark Ranger is getting.
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I wish, every damn patch I lose hope man… almost every other class at this point has had a rework to its class talents or spec talents or hero talents over and over while demon Hunter just sits there completely ignored or given tiny damage buffs and more damage buffs and more damage buffs. That’s not what we need!! 
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I’m going to be honest, if you think Havoc is ever going to be in a position to have healthy spec/hero trees, you’re probably wasting your time.
Demon Hunters in general is the class that gets the least developer attention out of all classes, and this was obvious in the TWW alpha/beta cycle.
0 changes to the class through all of it, 0 reactions to feedback whatsoever.
We have a non-functional hero tree, and that issue was communicated extensively through Alpha and Beta, with 0 changes to it.
They had the chance to rework it in 11.0.5 and they didn’t do it. What makes you think they’ll address it in 11.1.0?
This spec is just doomed, for some reason I just can’t understand. But for some reason, it seems that using resources on DHs is something that Blizzard is not interested on.
As time goes by, DH popularity keeps dropping, and when you’re one of the edgiest classes in the game, is not a good sign.
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both trees are poor design. Fel scarred is just braindead easy aoe vomit. when the options are that or 14x the work for at best maybe close to half the damage. yeah …
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If reaver glaive was off gcd it had felblade GCD it would be fine. Just takes a lot of globals
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I wouldn’t surprised if we will see Aldrachi is still 0% usage for m+ and raid after buffs. Fel Scarred is still ahead, realistically. Aldrachi is still way behind for the humans regardless of what sim said because you need to be robot / inhuman to play Aldrachi to beat Fel Scarred. Aldrachi is ahead on pure ST patchwork with no mechanics, no adds and no downtime. That won’t happen and everyone will play Fel-Scarred.
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Agreed, just went to the training dummy, aldrachi is horrible. It’s not fun to play, I think the worst part of it are the buffs you have to manage. Debuff and buffs, they both feel horrible. Reaver glaive doesn’t feel strong at all. I think they should rework this hero tree to give the season 3 tier set, that way we have strong aoe through blade dance and throw glaive, we get our hunt cooldown back and we have damage in and outside of cooldowns.
Aldrachi reaver can sim 50k up and I still wouldn’t play this garbage.
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Just tried AR, it’s still awful.
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I don’t think AR was at all intended for havoc. The DH hero specs seem to be this one was designed for havoc and this one is designed for vengeance sort of look to them. Fel Scarred having to blow all your abilities on cd for the beeg dps is fine on a dps but on tank you kinda want to have somethings for actual tanking moments. then AR seems more like it was meant for a tank playstyle. and is wildly clunky when you try and throw it on a dps.
do people play it on VDH?
100% AGREE!
After Tuesdays Buff it feels a lot smoother as Vengeance and is very viable. However as Havoc it just feels like a clunky mess. Not mention just not fun at all
Some, but most I know use FS because it’s just as viable and doesn’t feel terrible to play.
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Funny because Fel-Scarred takes more skill than 99% of the hero talents they’ve added to the game. Monk? Passive. Druids? Brain not found. DK? Press 1 button. Warrior? Literally 10000% passive. Paladin? Press 1 button. Like man there’s nothing to anything.
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You track student buff or whatever but that’s about it lol
Not saying FS is hard, but that’s extra steps that most hero talents don’t have to take.
I’m sure they all have at least one thing to think about to be totally optimized. Unless you personally play those examples listed and there is quite literally zero.
Shoot. I just started leveling this demon hunter as Aldrachi Reaver because it sounded cool. I guess I’ll switch to Fel-Scarred because throwing the glaive is a little clunky.
For them to fix the problems with AR they actually need someone who understands the build and fight mechanics. They are just going to keep jacking up it’s damage and scratching their heads trying to figure out why no one is playing it still.