#1 - Feb. 3, 2026, 2:20 a.m.
With scheduled weekly maintenance in each region, we’re doing some PvP tuning which will focus primarily on the Devourer Demon Hunter.
Player versus Player
Demon Hunter
- Developers’ notes: We’re applying several changes that were made to Devourer in the Beta, to reduce burst during pre-patch. These come along with an overall damage reduction to the specialization.
- Fel-Scarred: Focused Hatred now increases Demonsurge damage by 10% (was 50%) when damaging a single target, reducing by 2% (was 10%) per additional target in PvP combat.
- Fel-Scarred: Demonsurge damage reduced by 20% in PvP combat.
- Devourer
- All damage reduced by 8% in PvP combat.
- Consume damage increased by 100% in PvP combat. Does not affect Devour.
- Devour damage increased by 30% in PvP combat.
- Voidblade damage increased by 15% in PvP combat. Does not affect Pierce the Veil.
- Void Ray damage increased by 30% in PvP combat.
- Hungering Slash damage increased by 15% in PvP combat. Does not affect Reaper’s Toll.
- Impending Apocalypse now increases the damage of your next Collapsing Star by 15% in PvP combat (was 30%).
- Focused Ray now increases the damage of Void Ray by 15% in PvP combat (was 50%).
- Inevitable End now reduces the cast time of Collapsing Star by 25% instead of increasing its damage done. Please note that the tooltip will not reflect this change during pre-patch.
- Predator’s Wake damage reduced by 15% in PvP combat. This is the empowered The Hunt from Demonic Intensity.
- Devourer’s Bite now increases the damage your target takes by 5% per application (was 12%).
- Surrender to the Void now increases damage dealt while in Void Metamorphosis by 10% (was 20%).
Hunter
- Pack Leader: Boar Charge damage is now reduced by 50% in PvP combat.