Initiative
Damaging an enemy before they damage you increases your critical strike chance by 10% for 5 sec. Vengeful Retreat refreshes your potential to trigger this effect on any enemies you are in combat with.
Tree position
In the Havoc Demon Hunter talent tree, Initiative sits in the Havoc specialization talents, row 5 of 11. It is a single-point node. Its row opens once 8 points are spent in Havoc Talents.
Connected above
The tree draws a line into Initiative from Desperate Instincts.
Desperate InstinctsBlur now reduces damage taken by an additional 10%. Additionally, damage taken below 35% Health is reduced by 10%.
Connected below
Initiative leads on to Tactical Retreat and Blind Fury.
Tactical RetreatVengeful Retreat has a 5 sec reduced cooldown and generates Fury over 10 sec.
Blind Fury2 ranksEye Beam generates 10 Fury every second, has 10% increased duration, and deals 10% increased damage.
Same row
Also on this row: Scars of Suffering, Demonic, Furious Throws and Trail of Ruin.
Scars of SufferingIncreases Versatility by 4% and reduces threat generated by 8%.
DemonicEye Beam causes you to enter demon form for 5 sec after it finishes dealing damage.
Furious ThrowsThrow Glaive now costs 25 Fury and throws a second glaive at the target.
Trail of RuinThe final slash of Blade Dance inflicts an additional (72% of Attack Power) Chaos damage.
Talent trees
Initiative is in the talent tree of 3 specializations. Demon Hunter: Devourer (DPS), Havoc (DPS), Vengeance (Tank).
Initiative Changes by patch
Tracked changes to this talent between game data builds, newest first.
- First tracked in the game data (patch 12.1.0)