Sinful Brand

Classes Demon Hunter
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So with the recent changes to The Hunt, how is Sinful Brand not just a straight up inferior version of The Hunt in practically every way?

Currently The Hunt does:

  • more burst damage
  • more DoT damage
  • Adds a good amount of self-heal through Leech
  • has AoE capability every time you cast it
  • is a 50 yard charge/root
  • can be fake-cast in pvp situations

Comparatively, Sinful Brand is:

  • an instant cast
  • adds a 30% attack/cast speed debuff
  • has a lower damage DoT
  • 30 seconds shorter CD
  • can be AoE every 4 minutes

Does this ability just need a straight up rework? I went Venthyr on my 3rd DH for the mogs/style but my oh my does it feel like I am gimping myself.

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Well, the only downside when comparing the two is that The Hunt has AoE(Dot) cap, which in M+ is not optimal. It realy depends but unless you are going for 19-20+ keys it really doesnt matter. The only time when Sinful would be better if you are running high tier group and you plan to use Meta on A VERY BIG PULL(8-9+ mobs) and depending on affixes that might not be possible. The Niche use is that if you plan on having that much of a big pulls, you can combine Meta+New Venthyr Legendary which extends duration of Sinful Brand and it increases it damage.

But, once again, this is a very niche use that I dont think is worth AT ALL. And as you said, hunt is 1.5 min cd = Meta is 4 so roughly that’s 2 hunts and 2/3 of 3rd hunt for a niche use, so unless you like cosmetics, I’d go NF.

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Uncapped AoE.

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