Hi, I've just gotten back from a pretty long break and I would like to gear up my Demon Hunter again to MF-farm, so I have a few questions.
Do you still need to roll as a Glass Cannon, or could you grab some resists and do allright?
What stats should I aim for to farm Act 2?
How much MF should I go for?
What builds are good for farming with sub-average gear?
Any special DH mechanic I should know about?
Any tactics/routes etc. I should know? Should I clear the whole act or do 5NV-2xBoss?
Last, but not least: Any places/guides you guys could link me to?
I've been away since a week or so after 1.0.3, which I played a Monk in since I was tired of getting one-shotted, so could use a quick little guide on where the Demon Hunters stand now.
The easiest and cheapest way on a demon hunter will always be glass cannon. I personally like to keep around 28k to 30k hp so I can survive a hit if I am being careless. For stats I am around 240 MF (260 with Templar) 115k dps with SS and 50k without. I usually roll with SS in magic find concidering I lose so much crit. As for spec I believe your cookie cutter ball lightning spec is most popular. As far as routes in Act 2 I try to farm as many elites as possible and then bosses at the end. For act 1 I just do elites. If you are looking for specific routes I can elaborate later as I am at work. Hope some of this helps. My armory should be in my sig and should reflect the spec I normally use for Farming runs. Although I may have logged out in my normal gear.
Thanks a bunch Solo, will try to aim for something like that aswell
Will try Ball Lightning on my next run aswell (been doing Cluster-Bear for now).
How about resists in A2? What should I have to be able to take a few hits?
And how about LoH? Is it worth it to get a bow with a bit of LoH, or only to swap to on Reflects?
Would be great with some routes aswell, I'm doing A1 for now (Festering, Manor Courtyard and then clear all the levels of Halls of Agony).
Spec shouldnt matter too much for you attacking spells. General rule of thumb is have a good single target and a good aoe damage dealer. I really do however love rain of vengence stampede. I used it before since 1.0.4 for the knock back in act 1 and 2 and in 1.0.4 it was buff for I think twice the damage. Since I have 4 piece natalya's, I switch RoV stampede out for shadow power gloom for act 3 and 4 farming. (I only farm act 3 and 4 with 4 pieces natalya'sand about 170 MF. I wear straight MF for acts 1 and 2.)
Regarding resists, I dont even really worry about resists in act 1 or 2 I think I run sub 100 actually in those acts. Like I said in my first post I just try to keep a bit over 28k health roughly. But that is just my own personal preference.
I know some people prefer using a bow with LoH for reflect damage, but I never bother. I think my dps in my farming gear is pretty high so that might be why. In my experience most elites atleast in solo games are dead before I use all of my available smoke screens.
As far as act one routes I will just give a run down of my route. (which is probably different order than some others)
- Leorics manor/courtyard/hunting grounds (3 to 5 champion packs)
- Northern highlands? sorry at work and not quite sure on name. (1 to 2 champ packs outside and chance to spawn watchtower 0 to 6 champs roughly in watch tower alone and a resplendant chest)
- Highlands crossing (run across bridge and search for Cave of the moonclan, 1 to 4 champs outside while finding caves, 3-5 champs inside, resplendant chest, and great chance for gobby)
- Festering woods (4 to 6 elites)
- Cemetary of the forsaken (all of the crypts, if I do happen to spawn development hell I usually skip that crypt as jay wilson never drops anything, but roughly 1-2 champs in each crypt maybe more on rare occasions.)
At this point in my run I usually decide to reset and go again. But sometimes I decide to go to halls of agony and clear to butcher. I have really good luck in act 1 which is why I mainly farm it. Act 2-4 are just to break the repetitiveness. Anyways hope this helps.
Hey, just want to thank everyone for helping me out
I've made some progress and played around with Bola (Acid Strike) + Impale (Chemical), which is alot of fun
Now I want to try to do some Act 3 and see how that goes, so how do you guys do that? Any specific routes there?
I did some SB-runs a long time ago, is that still viable?
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All help is really appreciated
Will try Ball Lightning on my next run aswell (been doing Cluster-Bear for now).
How about resists in A2? What should I have to be able to take a few hits?
And how about LoH? Is it worth it to get a bow with a bit of LoH, or only to swap to on Reflects?
Would be great with some routes aswell, I'm doing A1 for now (Festering, Manor Courtyard and then clear all the levels of Halls of Agony).
Thanks again!
Regarding resists, I dont even really worry about resists in act 1 or 2 I think I run sub 100 actually in those acts. Like I said in my first post I just try to keep a bit over 28k health roughly. But that is just my own personal preference.
I know some people prefer using a bow with LoH for reflect damage, but I never bother. I think my dps in my farming gear is pretty high so that might be why. In my experience most elites atleast in solo games are dead before I use all of my available smoke screens.
As far as act one routes I will just give a run down of my route. (which is probably different order than some others)
- Leorics manor/courtyard/hunting grounds (3 to 5 champion packs)
- Northern highlands? sorry at work and not quite sure on name. (1 to 2 champ packs outside and chance to spawn watchtower 0 to 6 champs roughly in watch tower alone and a resplendant chest)
- Highlands crossing (run across bridge and search for Cave of the moonclan, 1 to 4 champs outside while finding caves, 3-5 champs inside, resplendant chest, and great chance for gobby)
- Festering woods (4 to 6 elites)
- Cemetary of the forsaken (all of the crypts, if I do happen to spawn development hell I usually skip that crypt as jay wilson never drops anything, but roughly 1-2 champs in each crypt maybe more on rare occasions.)
At this point in my run I usually decide to reset and go again. But sometimes I decide to go to halls of agony and clear to butcher. I have really good luck in act 1 which is why I mainly farm it. Act 2-4 are just to break the repetitiveness. Anyways hope this helps.
I've made some progress and played around with Bola (Acid Strike) + Impale (Chemical), which is alot of fun
Now I want to try to do some Act 3 and see how that goes, so how do you guys do that? Any specific routes there?
I did some SB-runs a long time ago, is that still viable?