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Demonic Instinct

Demonic Instinct2 ranks

Void Ray and Hungering Slash damage increased by 10%.

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TypeTalent
Ranks2 ranks
ClassDemon Hunter
Specializations3
Tree sectionDevourer specialization talents
Row8 of 11
Opens at20 points spent
Game build12.1.5
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Tree position

In the Devourer Demon Hunter talent tree, Demonic Instinct sits in the Devourer specialization talents, row 8 of 11. It takes 2 points to fill. Its row opens once 20 points are spent in Devourer Talents.

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Demonic Instinct from Hungering Slash and Voidrage.

  • Hungering Slash

    After dealing damage with The Hunt or Voidblade, Voidblade is replaced with Hungering Slash for 6 sec. Violently slash your scythe around you, dealing (247.5% of Spell Power) Cosmic damage to nearby enemies and generating 10 Fury. Shatters up to 2 Soul Fragments from nearby enemies. Damage reduced beyond 8 targets. Hungering Slash grants a temporary charge of Vengeful Retreat and causes your next Vengeful Retreat within 6 sec to deal an additional (150% of Spell Power) Cosmic damage.

  • Voidrage2 ranks

    Your Mastery is increased by 2%.

Connected below

Demonic Instinct leads on to Voidrush, Soulforged Blades and Impending Apocalypse.

  • Voidrush

    Collapsing Star reduces the cooldown of Voidblade by 10 sec. Voidblade and The Hunt briefly reduce your Fury drain while in Void Metamorphosis.

  • Soulforged Blades

    Hungering Slash and Voidblade's critical strike chance is increased by 18%.

  • Impending Apocalypse

    Each Collapsing Star you cast increases the damage of your next Collapsing Star by 20%.

Same row

Also on this row: Singular Strikes, Devourer's Edge and Rolling Torment.

Talent trees

Demonic Instinct is in the talent tree of 3 specializations. Demon Hunter: Devourer (DPS), Havoc (DPS), Vengeance (Tank).

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Demonic Instinct Changes by patch

Tracked changes to this talent between game data builds, newest first.

  • First tracked in the game data (patch 12.1.0)
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