First Blood
Blade Dance deals Chaos damage to the first target struck.
Tree position
In the Havoc Demon Hunter talent tree, First Blood sits in the Havoc specialization talents, row 3 of 11. It is a single-point node.
Connected above
The tree draws a line into First Blood from Burning Hatred and Critical Chaos.
Burning HatredImmolation Aura generates an additional Fury over 6 sec.
Critical ChaosThe chance that Chaos Strike will refund 20 Fury is increased by 30% of your critical strike chance.
Connected below
First Blood leads on to Desperate Instincts and Deflecting Dance or Mortal Dance.
Desperate InstinctsBlur now reduces damage taken by an additional 10%. Additionally, damage taken below 35% Health is reduced by 10%.
Deflecting DanceYou deflect incoming attacks while Blade Dancing, absorbing damage up to 15% of your maximum health.
Mortal DanceBlade Dance now reduces targets' healing received by 50% for 6 sec.
Same row
Also on this row: Never Say Die, Improved Chaos Strike, Accelerated Blade and Demon Hide.
Never Say DieDamage is increased by 3% while above 50% Health. Leech is increased by 5% while below 50% Health.
Improved Chaos StrikeChaos Strike damage increased by 10%.
Accelerated BladeThrow Glaive deals 60% increased damage, reduced by 30% for each previous enemy hit.
Demon HideMagical damage increased by 3%, and Physical damage taken reduced by 5%.
Talent trees
First Blood is in the talent tree of 3 specializations. Demon Hunter: Devourer (DPS), Havoc (DPS), Vengeance (Tank).
First Blood Changes by patch
Tracked changes to this talent between game data builds, newest first.
- First tracked in the game data (patch 12.1.0)