Ok, so after failing 6 times with a barb ( between lvl 55 and infenro act 3, all of them ) I decided to try my luck with a DH. I heared quite often on this forum that DH can just plow trough low MP levels, but has troubles at higher MP's. Since my main goal is to finally beat inferno diablo, I am not worrying too much about high mp's.
You may saw my last thread about vault ( and how I died to it twice with my previous DH hc attempts ^^ yes, that takes the toll up to 8 chars all between lvl 55 and 60... ) and I am now rigth there again with my 3th try... Standing at the edge of hell mode.
Now, I have a few build questions and also a few itemisation questions.
items :
I seem to die ALOT in hell, shortly before reaching lvl 55 or 56. I realised that while my healthpool is very high ( over 30k life with all chars, barb or dh ) I am severely lacking in the resist department, and so it is no surprise that I died once to a molten explosion and once while vaulting over plagued ground.
So how do you guys deal with this ? Do you invest alot in lvl 50 resist/vitality items ? Just play extra carefull ? ( That's what I gonna try next ^^ )
build :
Anything special that I have to keep in mind ? You can check out what I am using atm ( link in signature, char : rincewind ). I am pretty certain about the skills I use except for sentry. Maybe I will also switch to a elemental arrow / hungering arrow build at 60 cause that's what I play with my sc DH and I am used to it. But atm bola for packs and rapid fire for high health single mobs works like a charm, I may even keep that spec. ( I last played my sc DH before they buffed rapid fire, so it was not much of a option for him. )
Anyway, hope to hear from you guys, and of course SC dh's can tell me what they think, too ^^
You can actually use a quiver instead of the recommended shield if you are careful and don't play stupid/recklessly shield on a dh lowers the dps alot, which makes the gameplay slow and boring :/
I never ever used a shield with any of my DH's ever.
First off, use vit gems in all slots except weapon
That's pretty much it.
Oh and the last 10 levels, go slow. Hell can be hard.
Yeah I noticed that ^^ Hell is indeed the hardest part IMO. Once you hit 60 you can shop so much that the beginning of inferno is certainly easier than hell act 2-4.
1 : self-found or purist or whatever
2 : buy a lvl 47-50 1h crossbow with over 600 dps and a socket
3 : put in a LoH gem,
4 : Also maybe take Balistics so you can play slowly and safely by luring stuff into your 3 turret nests etc.
1 : I didnt have any gold when I started, so I was selffound at first, but I now that I have some gold I am using the AH. Anything to get me that "beat infenro" achievement !
2 : I actually have a lvl 46 crossbow ( 500 dps ) that is good enugh for farming nightmare MP10 act 3 till I hit 50. I will look for another one with more DPS once I get into hell. Probably at lvl 51, cause everybody wants new gear at 50 and it's overpriced.
3 : Never thought of that. LoH any good for DH's ? Dont we have terrible coefficients ? I always thougth that we have gloom and dont need any life steal or LoH.
4 : That's probably my main mistake you are talking about there. I am always way too fast and in the face of the deamons. My motto is that the DH is built around killing them faster than they kill me, so I play very very agressive. Probably too much. Will take it slow this time trough hell.
for starters, I noticed that I sometimes run confused circles while the speed bonus from tactical advantage is active, so I switched it for perfectionist More control and more health, can't be bad I imagine.
You may saw my last thread about vault ( and how I died to it twice with my previous DH hc attempts ^^ yes, that takes the toll up to 8 chars all between lvl 55 and 60... ) and I am now rigth there again with my 3th try... Standing at the edge of hell mode.
Now, I have a few build questions and also a few itemisation questions.
items :
I seem to die ALOT in hell, shortly before reaching lvl 55 or 56. I realised that while my healthpool is very high ( over 30k life with all chars, barb or dh ) I am severely lacking in the resist department, and so it is no surprise that I died once to a molten explosion and once while vaulting over plagued ground.
So how do you guys deal with this ? Do you invest alot in lvl 50 resist/vitality items ? Just play extra carefull ? ( That's what I gonna try next ^^ )
build :
Anything special that I have to keep in mind ? You can check out what I am using atm ( link in signature, char : rincewind ). I am pretty certain about the skills I use except for sentry. Maybe I will also switch to a elemental arrow / hungering arrow build at 60 cause that's what I play with my sc DH and I am used to it. But atm bola for packs and rapid fire for high health single mobs works like a charm, I may even keep that spec. ( I last played my sc DH before they buffed rapid fire, so it was not much of a option for him. )
Anyway, hope to hear from you guys, and of course SC dh's can tell me what they think, too ^^
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I never ever used a shield with any of my DH's ever.
Yeah I noticed that ^^ Hell is indeed the hardest part IMO. Once you hit 60 you can shop so much that the beginning of inferno is certainly easier than hell act 2-4.
1 : I didnt have any gold when I started, so I was selffound at first, but I now that I have some gold I am using the AH. Anything to get me that "beat infenro" achievement !
2 : I actually have a lvl 46 crossbow ( 500 dps ) that is good enugh for farming nightmare MP10 act 3 till I hit 50. I will look for another one with more DPS once I get into hell. Probably at lvl 51, cause everybody wants new gear at 50 and it's overpriced.
3 : Never thought of that. LoH any good for DH's ? Dont we have terrible coefficients ? I always thougth that we have gloom and dont need any life steal or LoH.
4 : That's probably my main mistake you are talking about there. I am always way too fast and in the face of the deamons. My motto is that the DH is built around killing them faster than they kill me, so I play very very agressive. Probably too much. Will take it slow this time trough hell.
for starters, I noticed that I sometimes run confused circles while the speed bonus from tactical advantage is active, so I switched it for perfectionist More control and more health, can't be bad I imagine.
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Twoflower-2131/hero/47336841
Died rigth after dinging lvl 50 in nm mp10.
Nice infos though, thanks guys
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