Since it only has one dps spec what if that spec gets destroyed? I hear DH’s have been top tier for awhile
I mained DH in legion and I have always regretted it. There’s just not much complexity to the class.
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a casual, but it is just a boring class once you peel away the glide and fel rush.
I personally find a lot more enjoyment in rogue and monk.
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This. You have to play a toon you will enjoy.
I really like my DH. I mained a Rogue from the end of vanilla through TBC and loved it. I started my hunter about that time and mained him from then until Legion. Friggin awesome. I also had a Pally that I played in ICC when it was a wrecking ball. Great toon also. Don’t select one based on it’s current standings. Blizz always turns over the applecart and with each xpac FOTM can change. But if you pick a toon you like you’ll always have fun playing it. Of course if you’re hardcore and doing mythic raiding or really high level keys that could affect your choice, but for the most part I say play what you like. DH is a great class with it’s mobility, aoe, and single target. A lot of peeps don’t like the rotation so that’s something you’ll have to decide on your own. Good luck.
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honestly classes like demon hunters, dks, paladins,etc make horrible mains, because of the simplicity of it all and the constant nerf/buff cycle. Mages,warrior,rogues make much better mains. You will always have one spec thats doing well and all three take a while to master.
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Eh, on the other side of this argument is that multi-role classes (what used to be “hybrid”, though they really aren’t that anymore) are often very strong picks for your main, because they can use the higher-demand off-specs to get done stuff out of raids. For example, the daily heroic early in the expansion, the weekly mythics while they are relevant, quick-queuing for instance WQs, even running M+ and lower difficulties of the current raid are all perfectly viable even without a fully optimized offspec, and it’s much easier to get those done if your offspec is a tank or healer role.
Honestly, that’s half the reason I initially picked up DH. It’s the only class in the game that:
- Has a tank offspec, allowing me to shortcut queues
- Lacks a healing offspec, so I’ll never be asked to off-heal a fight (I enjoy healing on a couple classes (druids, monks) in 5-mans, but I hate raid healing).
- Has only 1 DPS spec, which means I’ll never be stuck in a position where my favored spec is the poorly tuned one.
Regarding that latter point, Blizzard, in general, tends to first ensure that each class has at least one viable DPS spec, and then try to balance the other specs within each of those classes. Their balancing thus far in BfA has been…well, “less than exemplary” would be a Nordrassil-sized understatement, but in general classes with only one DPS spec generally have a better chance of being viable than whatever your favored spec is within a multi-dps-spec class.
As an example, if your favorite mage spec is Frost or Arcane, you’re pretty much SOL at the moment. Same if your favorite warlock spec is Demonology, or if your favorite rogue spec is Sub, etc. Retribution and Windwalker aren’t doing stellar at the moment, but raid leaders (outside of high-end progression teams) generally don’t put nearly as much pressure on raiders to change classes as they would to change specs for a DPS gain. In other words, a mage is much more likely to be asked to swap from Frost to Fire to benefit raid DPS than a paladin is going to be asked to swap to warrior or priest or something.
So ya, there’s something to the idea of having only one DPS spec.
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As Xaedys Says , Blizz always Makes sure one spec of every class should be good, Either for M+ or Raid or PVP. That is why Despite Player’s complaining about Havoc DH is too OP in M+ and PVP, Blizz didn’t nerf it. as VDH is very bad the entire expac, blizz make sure people have at least one reason to play it. So having a Single DPS spec is Blessing. If it becomes too OP in next expac, blizz may tune it down a bit . And if it’s pretty Bad, blizz will give you a reason to play it, aka buff it.
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Another great thing about DH over other classes if you dont need to farm other weapons or change enchants when changing spec’s
My warrior is my main and i have a hard time deciding between my paladin and DH as my main alt
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VDH is fine for all sorts of content, pvp (rbgs), m+ and even mythic raid. It’s not “very bad” but a good portion of people that play it don’t utilize all of it’s kit so it’s often called “squishy”.
i love DH
they r very fun and strong, however assa rogue is a lot more lethal.
you dont get to double jump or glide as rogue but stealth… man stealth is fun
i dont really have a main anymore i play 4 diff classes at once. gearing is pretty easy these days so having many toons is not that hard
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To be fair, part of that kit (kiting) shouldn’t be the role of a tank, at least in the majority of circumstances. Sure, at the tippy-top of competitive M+, they pulls are big enough that most tanks have to kite (though none quite as much as a VDH), and if it’s Necrotic week, ya, of course, but VDHs have to kite as standard practice while other tanks just sit there and face-tank stuff.
My Havoc DH is by far my favorite class. My Druid was my main as I’ve always liked casting, but I liked the Havoc DH class/spec so much I’ve since switched from my Druid to my DH as my main. Plus Havoc DH almost always rank first for damage
In general, it’s better to worry about whether you like the class fantasy and the play style. Don’t focus as much about whether or not it’s “top tier.”
If you’re interested in a play style of a melee, high mobility, and relatively simple rotation character, then demon hunter is a perfect class.
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Don’t pick a class based on that, balance changes per patch, and often rather drastically even within at patch, due to the mercurial and spastic nature of Blizzard’s balancing efforts. Havoc in particular looks to be in a rather rotten spot for SL so far.
If you enjoy actively thinking while you play your class, Havoc is not for you.
If you just like looking cool and animations, Havoc is one of the best.
It’s not like “press the button when it lights up” is 4head gameplay either. Complexity was stripped from classes in the majority and baked into encounters instead.
Also, please don’t necro posts.
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Said the warrior. None of the melee classes require much brain power right now. Then again, neither do the casters.
Havoc is currently a pretty fun spec to play, but it’s looking like total garbage in SL. Buuuuut since spriest got a rework today, maybe there’s still some hope for SL havoc to get unborked.
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Nah. With warriors you at least have something to pay attention to. Colossal Smash windows or Enrage uptime where the buttons you need to press vary a little depending on those factors. But honestly I don’t play warrior either, just picked this guy to post on. Most classes have something to keep track of or something that changes up the order of things to keep you entertained. Keep dots up, a proc that changes button press priority.
I prefer more complex rotations (keyword more) but even simpler ones can be fun if you have something fun that changes it up here and there.
Havoc has nothing. All it has going for it is speed to fit in a third blade dance. And that’s not even in the base kit.
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Why are you here
Pick a class to main based on fantasy, not whether it’s presently fotm. It’s an mmorpg. That’s kinda what it’s all about.
If you’re trying to min/max and raid or arena competitively, you likely wouldn’t be in the wow forums asking what classes are the best, because you’d already know…
Opposable thumbs and free will, my friend 