The downside, obviously, is that it can lead to overhealing if not used carefully - though this can be compensated with proper talenting.) Shattering that many Lesser Soul Fragments in that short a time means it’s an incredibly helpful way to get a quick health boost when you’re in trouble. Soul Carver is one fel of a cooldown, too. Again, we start with a base ability just for acquiring the artifact: Soul Carver. Lucky for Demon Hunters, having two specs means only two trees to worry about and our other tree belongs to Vengeance, the tank spec. Of course, every Artifact has its own tree. You’ll want to be even more aware of your target’s potential to move when you use Eye Beam, since it causes you to remain stationary for the duration. More importantly, though, it actually means that you’ll suffer a bigger penalty for timing Eye Beam poorly or not aiming it properly. It’s another passive increase for just using your abilities as you normally would, but it also means you’ll get the most out of it when you can hit multiple targets at once, since the damage is not split among targets. Each time Eye Beam deals damage, it adds a stack of Anguish to the target which will deal damage once its duration ends. This one is a bit of an in-between as far as difficulty to maximize goes. In that sense, it’s the perfect choice for a passive damage increase.

While this may slightly alter your rotation (the verdict is still out on that), it mostly just rewards you with extra damage for doing what you’d already been doing. It’s fairly straightforward: your Chaos Strike has a chance to “unleash your inner demons” that deal additional AOE damage. Of course, you might prefer Inner Demons as your first major Artifact talent - it’s arguably the easiest of the three talents to make work in your favor. Overall, it’s a great talent that toes the line between an outright bonus and a reward to skilled players very well. But also like the DPS ring, even mistimed Fury attacks will still be a sizable net gain in damage. That means there will be situations where it will be better to save Fury of the Illidari for add waves that can be taken down before Rage of the Illidari’s explosion - then the full damage of Rage will be poured into a single target (likely the boss). This talent functions almost exactly as the DPS legendary ring does right now. What at first might seem like a passive increase to our damage actually has a bit of finesse to it that makes it a powerful talent. The quickest route to all three major talents will be going immediately left or right and then straight across in the opposite direction, so let’s move along to Rage of the Illidari, the counterpart to Fury of the Illidari. By doing AOE, we not only have a unique (and cool!) visual but also an ability that does a much better job of emphasizing what exactly Demon Hunters are all about. If you stayed in melee range (as anyone would), it felt like a wasted animation. Personally, the current version is much better since the leaping animation was only visible if you ran out of melee range. At one point, this ability threw our weapon at a targeted enemy and using it again would cause us to leap toward our weapon and deal damage. This is the base ability we receive when first acquiring our Artifact weapons and in its current iteration, it causes us to throw our weapons around us and deal a whirlwind of damage to anyone near us over 3 seconds. Choosing which will be most effective for your playstyle will be important in saving you unnecessary respeccing costs and making the most of your time on the Broken Isles. Each is a major boon and each will benefit players in different ways. There are three “major” Artifact traits and you will have to decide which to pursue first. From there, the Artifact tree branches out in three different directions. So like the majestic lunging Metamorphosis demon hidden inside us, let’s dive in!įor those who need a brief refresher, Artifact talent trees all begin with one ability or effect that players gain right when they obtain their artifact. We have a solid mix of options that will get DPS and tank Demon Hunters alike excited to fill out their trees. Good thing for prospective Illidari, the Artifact trees are turning out quite nicely. With the recent addition of Artifact Knowledge as a way to fill out multiple specs’ Artifact trees, now seems like a great time to take a look at just what said trees have in store for both Demon Hunter specs come Legion.

Artifact of vengeance