This is my solo Demon Hunter, focused around large AOE damage via Cluster Arrow and constant pressure with Elemental Arrow and Rapid fire via Preparation as a Hatred replenisher.
My skills are:
Hungering Arrow w/ Piercing Arrow
Elemental Arrow w/ Frost Arrow
Rapid Fire w/ High Velocity
Cluster Arrow w/ Loaded for Bear
Vault w/ Rattling Roll
Preparation w/ Punishment
The lower costing Hatred spenders (Elemental Arrow and Rapid Fire) are meant to do as much damage as possible which is why Rapid Fire has the skill rune that gives the arrows a chance to pierce and hit multiple targets and Elemental Arrow has the skill rune Frost Arrow so that the secondary arrows do 170% damage and slow the enemies hit, giving me more time to either regenerate my Hatred, or continue to deal damage.
Cluster Arrow is the primary source of large damage which is why Loaded for Bear is chosen as the skill rune - to just make it more devastating.
Hungering Arrow is the chosen Hatred generator because it's incredibly effective as a damage dealer, especially with the added bonus of extra piercing enemies with Piercing Arrow as the chosen skill rune.
Vault is the chosen defensive skill with the skill rune that stuns and knocks enemies back upon landing. This is effective for this build because you can wait in a spot for all the enemies to close in, vault away so they're clumped up and then fire Cluster Arrow at the large blob of enemies for maximum damage. This also works well with the other offensive hatred spenders due to the piercing nature of Rapid Shot and the extra arrows from Elemental Arrow.
Preparation is affixed with Punishment to allow for quick Hatred generation in tough spots.
Passives:
Vengeance - just so I have more Hatred to use, and so that the readily available health globes are serving multiple purposes. It's an all around good passive.
Sharpshooter - this passive is chosen so that hungering arrow is even more effective, but also because of the nature of the skill runes affixed to Rapid Fire and Elemental Arrow. Since it's a 3% chance every second, more arrows equals more chances to make use of that 3%. At the same time, there is that chance that Cluster Arrow will be able to make use of that 3%.
Perfectionist - this passive is chosen to help make vaulting around more viable during battle. I don't want to feel like I can't use Vault fairly regularly for fear of not having enough Discipline. At the same time, this will also reduce the cost of Preparation from 20 to 16, which means in the endgame I'll be able to use it more often and have more Hatred to deal damage.
There you go! My solo Demon Hunter build! Hope you enjoy!
I've been itching to play the Demon Hunter since it was first revealed. The class looks so cool, and after tinkering with builds i just can't wait to play it.
After the DH I think I might go with the Wizard, but the Demon Hunter is definitely going to be my first character.
I wouldn't, but I know that it would be fun to win, haha.
I think there's just a little too much riding on this. I get that we're taking risks by stepping out of town in HC Inferno, but I think there's something different about going at it against the NPCs vs. real players.
What I'd consider doing is once I have a decent late-game HC character, rolling some new HC characters, finishing normal difficulty with them and PvPing with ~level 30 HC characters. I think that would be pretty fun, and a decent middle-ground for people like me that would like the rush every once in a while, but wouldn't want to risk it ALL.
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This is my solo Demon Hunter, focused around large AOE damage via Cluster Arrow and constant pressure with Elemental Arrow and Rapid fire via Preparation as a Hatred replenisher.
My skills are:
Hungering Arrow w/ Piercing Arrow
Elemental Arrow w/ Frost Arrow
Rapid Fire w/ High Velocity
Cluster Arrow w/ Loaded for Bear
Vault w/ Rattling Roll
Preparation w/ Punishment
The lower costing Hatred spenders (Elemental Arrow and Rapid Fire) are meant to do as much damage as possible which is why Rapid Fire has the skill rune that gives the arrows a chance to pierce and hit multiple targets and Elemental Arrow has the skill rune Frost Arrow so that the secondary arrows do 170% damage and slow the enemies hit, giving me more time to either regenerate my Hatred, or continue to deal damage.
Cluster Arrow is the primary source of large damage which is why Loaded for Bear is chosen as the skill rune - to just make it more devastating.
Hungering Arrow is the chosen Hatred generator because it's incredibly effective as a damage dealer, especially with the added bonus of extra piercing enemies with Piercing Arrow as the chosen skill rune.
Vault is the chosen defensive skill with the skill rune that stuns and knocks enemies back upon landing. This is effective for this build because you can wait in a spot for all the enemies to close in, vault away so they're clumped up and then fire Cluster Arrow at the large blob of enemies for maximum damage. This also works well with the other offensive hatred spenders due to the piercing nature of Rapid Shot and the extra arrows from Elemental Arrow.
Preparation is affixed with Punishment to allow for quick Hatred generation in tough spots.
Passives:
Vengeance - just so I have more Hatred to use, and so that the readily available health globes are serving multiple purposes. It's an all around good passive.
Sharpshooter - this passive is chosen so that hungering arrow is even more effective, but also because of the nature of the skill runes affixed to Rapid Fire and Elemental Arrow. Since it's a 3% chance every second, more arrows equals more chances to make use of that 3%. At the same time, there is that chance that Cluster Arrow will be able to make use of that 3%.
Perfectionist - this passive is chosen to help make vaulting around more viable during battle. I don't want to feel like I can't use Vault fairly regularly for fear of not having enough Discipline. At the same time, this will also reduce the cost of Preparation from 20 to 16, which means in the endgame I'll be able to use it more often and have more Hatred to deal damage.
There you go! My solo Demon Hunter build! Hope you enjoy!
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After the DH I think I might go with the Wizard, but the Demon Hunter is definitely going to be my first character.
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I think there's just a little too much riding on this. I get that we're taking risks by stepping out of town in HC Inferno, but I think there's something different about going at it against the NPCs vs. real players.
What I'd consider doing is once I have a decent late-game HC character, rolling some new HC characters, finishing normal difficulty with them and PvPing with ~level 30 HC characters. I think that would be pretty fun, and a decent middle-ground for people like me that would like the rush every once in a while, but wouldn't want to risk it ALL.