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When I looked at weapons I always cover up the damage and look at stats first, when I saw these stats I nearly had a heart attack, then i looked at the damage and cried a lil.

• How much gold do I need to outfit a DH to take on Act 3? And what should I focus on?
If you go glascannon you can finish inferno below 1 million with a starter weapon. If you go for some vitality things are more expensive, but still cheap. I'd say below 10 million. If you go for proper defense gear things start to get expensive, 100-200 million at least. A glasscannon that is good enough to farm Act 3 fast would be around 50 million, half of that goes for the weapon.


• Are there any special legend/set items that are "Musts" for DH?
No musthave, but Andariel's Visage with high dex is nice, and Strongarm Bracers can go above the normal dexterity cap. Very expensive stuff though. Natalya's sucks, you loose too many stats, I'd say learn to play with normal discipline regen


• What stats should I look for in a main weapon(1h or 2?) and quiver stats?
2h xbow for slow, but reliable big shots, 2h bow for fast attacks, but with wide damage range, thus unreliable damage. Take what you like more, but certains skills, like Impale, work better with 2h xbow. Good 1h xbows are insanely expensive, just avoid them. Certain defensive builds work better with 1h xbows, but you will loose damage if you go 1h/dw. Main weapon stats: chd is musthave (socket and/or raw stat), dps, and some dexterity is always nice. You can snipe some high vitality pieces cheap on AH if you need to improve your defense. Quiver: 15% AS, 100dex+socket minimum, 6% chc. Defensive stats as you like. Skill damage boost is nice, but not musthave.


• What armor and All Resistance stats should I look to achieve?
Don't know, I've never been a tank You have to use your active abilities (Smoke Screen - Lingering Fog, Shadow Power - Gloom) a lot to survive anyways. So learn to avoid damage first, but some 300-400 AR and 3000-3500 armor with 30-40k hp will help a lot to survive in Act 3. You can tank almost everything with Shadow Power if you want, but gear with proper dps AND defense is not worth it imo.


• What attack speed and DPS should I want?
DPS depends on your skill, really. Some peeps cleared Inferno with 30k base dps. I cleared it with 40k. Farming Act 3 started to be convenient above 60k. AS obviously depends on your weapon. 2h xbows need additional AS for sure, 1.5 attacks/second are fine. You can ignore chc if you take Sharpshooter and save gold on gear a lot. Bows are fast, you can ignore AS and go for chc with it, and take a defensive passive instead of Sharpshooter. Chd is the most important dps stat whatever weapon you choose. Of course, a balanced build with average chc and AS works fine too if you don't want to specialize on a weapon/build. Use dps calculators when buying gear (and take into consideration that simulating Sharpsooter's dps benefit is not trivial)!


• What are the critical skills to have for both active and passive?
Learn to use Smoke Screen - Lingering Fog (it gives both full immunity and invisibility for it's duration. HP bar bugs sometimes, but don't be afraid, you are immune). See how mobs react in different situations, like coop, with follower, with Tyriel, etc, and learn how can get the most out of it. 1.5 seconds seem nothing, but with practice you can solve every problem in the game with it (and ignore defense on gear ). I use Elemental Arrow - Ball Lightning as main nuke, it's a very convenient skill, both for aoe and single target. Impale - Grievous Wounds for single target burst, and Hungering Arrow - Puncturing Arrow for hatred regenarition (and very decent single target dps). With high chc and a bow Devouring Arrow rune might be better for Hungering Arrow. Steady Shot, Archery and Sharpshooter passives are kinda musthave, no real choice here if you go use a general ranged dps build. For more exotic builds look up the forums and teh interwebs.

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Yes I agree that with Dazzling rune it can work out in few situations. I do agree that also dmg can be "pumped up" nicely, but still, regarding the inferno, I dont believe that there is a single elite pack that can be brought down with 2 hits.

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Demon Hunter = Can´t think of something specific right now, but there have been many movies with hunting/slaying Vampires/Demons.

More akin to a Gunslinger of Gilead. If you're familiar with the Dark Tower series.

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Witch Doctor = Yeah, can´t think of one WD hero. Can you?

The guy who gave out the curse in "Thinner" or Dhalsim from Street Fighter. Yea... that's all I got :-P