Build Guide
Overview
This build is aimed at pushing solo with the Shadow's Mantle set and the new reworked Holy Point Shot (Impale now throws two additional knives). It has a very distinct new playstyle and is very consistent with little fishing involved, and can push into the high 90s with endgame setups, so it is roughly 2-3 tiers behind the current top DH builds.
Itemization
There's not a lot of room for variation here. Full Shadow's set, Karlei's Point, Holy Point, Chain of Shadows, Endless Walk are required, equip Convention or Elusive Ring and cube the other ring, preferably equip Strongarm Bracers, as they are the only really useful pair you can get for that slot. With Gogok up you will need CDR on one item (preferably shoulders). Supplement that with attack speed on gloves and perhaps rings, stack elemental damage + chc + chd where possible. Try to get Impale damage on boots, helm and quiver.
D3planner setup with optimal item rolls: http://www.d3planner.com/345268342
Playstyle
This is an elite hunter build, just try to vault through the rift until you find a pack, then focus on it at all costs. Killing trash without elites around will almost always be worse than just looking for the next pack, so try to stand on top of your main target to make sure you hit it with all three knives, and let the area damage kill some trash. Make sure you keep up your Elusive Ring with Vault or Shadow Power and try to time your vaults a little to apply the Strongarm buff right before your lightning CoE. Generally, you are pretty tanky and can fight almost any elite, but don't hesitate to just skip a very terrible pack that would take too long to kill.
Variations
It's possible to play Focus + Restraint setups and / or Lord Greenstone setups as well, but they will very likely be a couple tiers worse. The only big variation here would be changing Awareness to Leech once you have grown comfortable with the playstyle, that will let you play a little bit more aggressively because you have better sustain. For a little bit more damage, you can equip a Unity instead of Elusive ring.
Feel free to watch the video for more in-depth explanations and the reasoning behind some of the item / skill choices etc.
I seem to be hatred starved all the time, not sure what im doing wrong.
EDIT: ah, holy point shot with Ricochet makes sense.
is this build still up todate with Season 10 ?
Man I love this build. Easy to play fast and pretty efficient. Thx Wudijo.
what proc's numbing traps?
Can someone explain to me how numbing traps is activated? Someone earlier said vAult activates it but I don't see how. Any insight would be appreciated to help me understand. Thanks.
Numbing Traps procs when enemies are slowed. There are a few slow effects baked into the build passively, such as the slow aura on Bane of the Trapped and the always on slow aura Shadow Power rune.
All the top players on solo leaderboard are using Fan of Knives-Blade of Armor instead of Marked for death. What are your thoughts on that?
Zodiac is definitely a handy option, too!
Activating Shadow Power and Bane of the Trapped secondary.
At low paragon / gear levels, going with a defensive option will make your runs a little more consistent. The higher tiers you go, the more your toughness will increase compared to your dps, so you can drop Blade of Armor and go with even more damage. You'll see them switching over to MfD soon I guess (or just a more powerful build in general if they care about top ranks).