Chaos Theory
Blade Dance causes your next Chaos Strike within 8 sec to have a 14-30% increased critical strike chance and will always refund Fury.
Tree position
In the Havoc Demon Hunter talent tree, Chaos Theory sits in the Havoc specialization talents, row 8 of 11. It is a single-point node. Its row opens once 20 points are spent in Havoc Talents.
Choice node
Chaos Theory shares its node with Inner Demon. A character takes one of the two.
Inner DemonEntering demon form causes your next Chaos Strike to unleash your inner demon, causing it to crash into your target and deal (213% of Attack Power) Chaos damage to all nearby enemies. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
Connected above
The tree draws a line into Chaos Theory from Isolated Prey, Exergy or Inertia and The Hunt.
Isolated PreyChaos Nova, Eye Beam, and Immolation Aura gain bonuses when striking 1 target. : Stun duration increased by 2 sec. : Deals 30% increased damage. : Always critically strikes.
ExergyThe Hunt and Vengeful Retreat increase your damage by 5% for 20 sec.
InertiaThe Hunt and Vengeful Retreat cause your next Fel Rush or Felblade to empower you, increasing damage by 12% for 5 sec.
The HuntCharge to your target, striking them for (744.2% of Attack Power) Chaos damage, rooting them in place for 1.5 sec and inflicting (480.6% of Attack Power) Chaos damage over 6 sec to enemies in your path.
Connected below
Chaos Theory leads on to Know Your Enemy.
Same row
Also on this row: Unbound Chaos, Chaotic Transformation, Relentless Onslaught or Soulscar and Ragefire.
Unbound ChaosThe Hunt and Vengeful Retreat increase the damage of your next Fel Rush or Felblade by 300%. Lasts 12 sec.
Chaotic TransformationWhen you activate Metamorphosis, the cooldowns of Blade Dance and Eye Beam are immediately reset.
Relentless OnslaughtChaos Strike has a 10% chance to trigger a second Chaos Strike.
SoulscarThrow Glaive causes targets to take an additional 80% of damage dealt as Chaos over 6 sec.
RagefireEach time Immolation Aura deals damage, 35% of the damage dealt by up to 3 critical strikes is gathered as Ragefire. When Immolation Aura expires you explode, dealing all stored Ragefire damage to nearby enemies.
Talent trees
Chaos Theory is in the talent tree of 3 specializations. Demon Hunter: Devourer (DPS), Havoc (DPS), Vengeance (Tank).
Chaos Theory Changes by patch
Tracked changes to this talent between game data builds, newest first.
- First tracked in the game data (patch 12.1.0)