A big issue when it comes to DH is how, despite having a very small number of abilities, their toolkit is actually greater that most other specs in the game for two reasons:
- each button does multiple, sometimes unrelated things at once.
- an abundance of very low cooldown defensives coupled with high mobility means there is no such thing as “commitment” or “consequences for bad plays” as a Demon Hunter. Very forgiving gameplay - too forgiving.
An overview:
Metamorphosis: a leap, a stun, an immunity, a burst CD, a leech defensive CD.
Blade dance: an AOE + an immunity.
Vengeful retreat: better disengage + a 70% slow, can be talented to generate fury AND increase your damage by 20%.
Fel eruption: a stun AND a damage CD.
Eyebeam: AoE that can be talented into a mini-burst, which can then also be talented into a defensive (Demon Form = Leech).
Blurr: a better evasion (can dodge from behind) and ironbark, on a 1 minute CD.
With PvP talents :
Imprison (detainment): an instant cast cyclone.
Reverse Magic : a ONE MINUTE AOE Shadow cloak that also doubles as a spell reflect. This one needs to be removed from the game altogether, it’s completely busted.
Rain from above: a melee immunity + a spammable, high damage ability for the duration.
Mana Rift: damage + instant cast mana burn can’t be countered.
An obvious fix: split some of these abilities into two.
The following ideas are just hypothetical, they serve as examples and are not genuine suggestions:
- Remove the immunity from blade dance, and maybe give Demon Hunters a 2,5 minutes CD, off-GCD spell “ethereal form” that allows you to dodge everything for 2 seconds.
- You could give DH a second Demon Form, one with a lot of leech, that could not be used simultaneously.
The burst Metamorphosis should only do that - morph you into a Demon and increase your damage output. No leap. No stun. No immunity.
Increasing their cooldown is an obvious fix also - most of the Demon Hunter toolkit is just spells inspired by other classes’ defensives with a lowered cooldown.
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***** Fun Police Allert !!! *****
Here is another suggestion. Just leave the Demon Hunter alone. It’s a fun seriously OP class that can still bring a smile to your face.
And yet another suggestion. Fix the other classes like the Shaman so they also become fun to play and can put a smile on your face.
I know it’s radical, but if people have fun playing a game, they will play it more often and for longer periods of time.
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Yeah DH is hella OP, but that’s just awesome!
And the best part is everyone has accesses to it 
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Pressing 2 buttons and doing laughable high DPS =/= fun.
It does when you had a bad day at work and you just want to go home and KILL some things to get rid of your aggression. Try it, it really works. I find the Demon Hunter and Legion Dungeons any difficulty work the best for me.
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your statement =/= being right
So…to be OP and have fun you have to forsake a non DH class (one you love and probably mained for years) and roll a DH? Lets see how that works out. . .
no ones says you have to main one, then it works out pretty good.
Fair enough. Problem is though, not ALL DH are there just to blow of steam. Other players play them in e.g arena or bg where they have an clear advantage.
Lets say Timmy had a bad day at work and wants to blow of some steam in a random bg. Timmy plays warlock. Mr DH comes along and rofl-stomp Timmy over and over, not because of skill…but a clear class advantage. Fair?
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This actually made me chuckle.
Unless you’re a PvP player facing one, then you just end up leaving the game! 
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Well there are PvE’rs and PvP’rs.
PvE its massive fun imo.
And yeah i agree with you with pvp
It’s simple really. Demon hunter is the product of it’s time. Designed in it’s efficiency and toolkit. The other classes are not so, the other classes are a product of a time long ago and long gone, when blizzard was younger and more inexperienced.
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I wouldn’t call cramming 5 abilities into a single button the pinnacle of experience and good class design to be honest.
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Why did you make this post on your Hunter & not your Demon Hunter?
most idiotic comment ever, so you basically saying: wanna have fun? reroll
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it was the logical bottom line
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