Generator
Entangling with 4-target rune is very useful for kiting elites/ for cull the weak.
Grenade is for gaining for hatred for cluster arrow spec.
Some people use evasive fire 3-target rune.
Spender
Cluster is one of the most dps skills.
Sentry is also popular.
Multi-shot is also popular.
Strafe is good for low MP.
In their current state,
Grenades suck.
Evasive fire sucks.
Multishot is inferior to Elemental arrow in every single way with the possible exception of generating disc.
Cluster arrow costs way more than trap and just doesn't hit hard enough. A mediocre skill, but only because the others are absolute shit.
Generator
Entangling with 4-target rune is very useful for kiting elites/ for cull the weak.
Grenade is for gaining for hatred for cluster arrow spec.
Some people use evasive fire 3-target rune.
Spender
Cluster is one of the most dps skills.
Sentry is also popular.
Multi-shot is also popular.
Strafe is good for low MP.
The builds you listed only exist on paper. No one uses them! And amongst the few that do get used there is only 1 maybe 2 useful runes.
Ball Lightning and Beastly Bombs are the only offensive skills I use regularly. I'll add Spray of Teeth or Devouring Arrow against high MP ubers. It's a shame that people forget Beastly Bombs (a rune of Rain of Vengeance), especially if they build for chc+chd with 2h xbow. The amount of damage those beasts do is amazing, and the 30 sec cooldown is low enough to fire the bombs against every elite pack.
And I've experimented a lot, especially with granadier builds, but nothing compares in effectiveness to Ball Lightning, Beastly Bombs, Bat, Gloom, Backup Plan, Tumble, Archery, Tactical Advantage, Perfectionist (or Nightstalker).
You have the common disc skills followed by the 2 generators, and a few offensive skills.
EA
Sentry
Spike Trap
Cluster arrow kinda
And then the rest is crap.
Also note we are talking 1-2 runes per skill!
Thats 23 * 5 = 115 skills, but maybe 30 see any use at all?
Spender
Spike Trap - Echoing blast (maybe scatter)
Elemental Arrow - Ball lightning
Generators
Hungering Arrow - Devouring or Spray of Teeth
Bola Shot - The only skill with lots of good runes.
And thats pretty much it.... Everything else sucks in comparison. Not matter the build you have at least 1 of these abilities.
Where is the diversity?!?!
EDIT: I also like sentry, but I find it hard to fit it in my builds.
Entangling with 4-target rune is very useful for kiting elites/ for cull the weak.
Grenade is for gaining for hatred for cluster arrow spec.
Some people use evasive fire 3-target rune.
Spender
Cluster is one of the most dps skills.
Sentry is also popular.
Multi-shot is also popular.
Strafe is good for low MP.
Grenades suck.
Evasive fire sucks.
Multishot is inferior to Elemental arrow in every single way with the possible exception of generating disc.
Cluster arrow costs way more than trap and just doesn't hit hard enough. A mediocre skill, but only because the others are absolute shit.
The Strafe build is meh at best.
The builds you listed only exist on paper. No one uses them! And amongst the few that do get used there is only 1 maybe 2 useful runes.
And I've experimented a lot, especially with granadier builds, but nothing compares in effectiveness to Ball Lightning, Beastly Bombs, Bat, Gloom, Backup Plan, Tumble, Archery, Tactical Advantage, Perfectionist (or Nightstalker).
http://diablo.somepa...ar/demon-hunter
You have the common disc skills followed by the 2 generators, and a few offensive skills.
EA
Sentry
Spike Trap
Cluster arrow kinda
And then the rest is crap.
Also note we are talking 1-2 runes per skill!
Thats 23 * 5 = 115 skills, but maybe 30 see any use at all?