So I mained DH all through Shadowlands M+ and I learned a lot about the game, dungeons, and, of course, the class itself. I didn’t try PvP too much because I am terrible and never know what to do because… I am terrible.
Anyway, while I still have an “okay” iLvl, I figured I try again since Solo Shuffle seems like goofy fun (I have tried it thrice on my lower ilvl Shaman and it seemed fun enough). I really don’t care about my rating, but I would like to know: What is the current bread and butter of Demon Hunter PvP as we live in this wild Pre-Patch world?
I’m not trying to be all hard-core-meta-slave-life, but I wouldn’t mind knowing the general idea of do’s and don’ts of talents to use or other tips and tricks. To give context, I’m looking at the immolation aura talents and thinking “wow these look really good” ← judge me by that pls
First step: Roll your face across the keyboard to become immortal
Second Step: Dish out millions of damage within 5 seconds with 3 buttons
Third Step: Hit 2900 solo shuffle in 1 day
There’s currently 2 builds, essence for burst or AMN for consistent dam (bursty also) cause the hunt gets buffed with mastery. I prefer AMN build cause you can OOM healers faster also even if you get ccd immolation aura still doing damage.
I am speaking for 2v2 3v3
Essence Break is incredible for 1 shot scenarios. One thing to keep in mind with this play style though is the amount of synergy and control you will have to have with the team that a build like AMN/Soulrend will not need so much of since your damage is more consistent. You can easily 100-0 some one with just Sigil of Misery-Hunt-Eruption-Essence-Blade dance if you cannot get shut down at any point during this rotation. It’s fun and reliable if your team is also coordinated enough to get the set up. AMN/Soulrend is a lot more of a train the healer scenario or whoever really and it gets the job done. You still have Hunt in this build 9/10 times and it hits like a truck without having to rely on if you crit (Essence break play style needs high crit I play at 40%) or not. Both builds have pros and cons it comes down to what kind of player you are really for Havoc arena gameplay
Yeah, I liked essence but all it takes is like a coil or a micro cc and it kinda delays it and they get a defensive or heal off.
It’s also comp based, let’s say hero cleave (DH/Dk) I think AMN is good for aoe damage with glaives and immolation. DH/Boomie probably essence, root beam a healer and stun burst the dps.
Lol, well I played DH all through Shadowlands so there is a good chance I’ll swap to another class for DF.
But this is all good information. I have been indeed running AMN, and in my 4 solo queue matchs I have made it to 1350 rating, which makes me feel really good. I’ve enjoyed having the passive damage increases. I never really played night fae during SL, so I grabbed the Hunt just to try it and it isn’t so bad. I also do indeed feel like I sometimes just roll my face across my keyboard, so it sounds like everything has happened as the prophets here have foretold.
So I’m trying to accomplish this, but I got to 1353 rating after 4 matches and now my rating won’t go up. Is PvP rating capped per day? Is step three not possible?
So at first I rolled my eyes a bit when I read various people saying that, but now that I’m at 1497 rating and have had no deaths, I fully understand this is actually a very detailed strategy that not only works, but is super fun! I’m probably over ilvl for most other folks, but this has been a rather enjoyable first jump into rated PvP at least.
You can never convince any player with a good knowledge of PvP or even PvE that BM isn’t the easiest spec in game. Ranged DPS, all instant casts, big damage on short CDs, pets do majority of the damage, you can constantly move, huge mitigation with a soft immunity (turtle), snare on very short CD, interrupt, etc I could go on for quite some time. There is nothing easier to play than BM hunter
15 years. Highest ever was 2k? I’m sorry… both classes are the same. Difference is ranged and melee, positioning matters a lot in arena. If your a stuck in a bad spot as melee you’ll die, as ranged you get to sit further back and have a bigger view of what’s going on. But both classes are as simple.
I just wanna say that I have now lost two of my 10 solo queue matches so, per the logic I have acquired through reading these forums, DH is very underpowered. Have I reached the correct the conclusion?
I’ve had like 3 accounts lmao. Funny all these posts come from dh when I literally play both and am telling you. Both are easy yes. So is dk. Dh is easiest in the game. It literally can fit everything on one or two action bars. You hit any of your 4 attack buttons and just use two defensives and cc. Hunter has way more buttons now. Have to be good with traps, keep barbed shot up etc. It was true bm was easiest in the game at one point. Now it’s only stigma.
A class having more buttons is not a metric of difficulty. If that was the case then ENH Shaman would be the hardest spec in game.
You always Stun or Snare before a trap. If you miss a trap in 2022 log off your hunter. Barbed shot is a prominent part of the rotation there is no difficulty in keeping it rolling.
It still is the easiest. Sucio nor myself are saying DH is NOT easy to get the hang of. My argument stemmed from a guy genuinely playing the easiest class possible in the game came to troll. I don’t think you could ever convince me that the floor rating for a BM hunter is lower than Havoc DH.
How? BM has to actively kite and land a skill shot for their setup. DH just barrels into stuff and has a galaxy of CC and major defensive CDs at their disposal. (And heal as much as a healer as part of their general damage rotation).
