[Speedrifting] Desolacer's ARMAGEDDON DH-Build

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by user-12115951 last updated Feb 6, 2015 ( Patch 2.1.2 )

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Skills

Rain of Vengeance Dark Cloud
- Rain of Vengeance
Cooldown: 30 seconds

Fire a massive volley of arrows at a large area. Arrows fall from the sky dealing 1500% weapon damage over 5 seconds to all enemies in the area.
Dark Cloud

Launch a volley of guided arrows that rain down on enemies for 3500% weapon damage over 8 seconds.
Fan of Knives Assassin's Knives
- Fan of Knives
Cooldown: 10 seconds

Throw knives out in a spiral around you, dealing 620% weapon damage to all enemies within 20 yards. Your knives will also Slow the movement of enemies by 60]% for 1 second.
Assassin's Knives

Also throw long-range knives that deal 620% weapon damage to 5 additional enemies.
Vengeance Seethe
- Vengeance
Cooldown: 90 seconds

Turn into the physical embodiment of Vengeance for 20 seconds.

Side Guns: Gain 4 additional piercing shots for 60% weapon damage each on every attack.
Homing Rockets: Shoot 2 rockets at nearby enemies for 80% weapon damage each on every attack.
Vengeance: Gain 40% increased damage.
Seethe

Gain 10 Hatred per second.
Vault Action Shot
- Vault
Cost: 8 Discipline

Tumble acrobatically 35 yards.
Action Shot

While Vaulting, shoot 4 arrows for 75% weapon damage at nearby enemies. These shots are guaranteed Critical Hits.
Preparation Punishment
- Preparation
Cooldown: 45 seconds

Instantly restore 30 Discipline.
Punishment

Restore 75 Hatred.

Preparation has a 20 second cooldown.
Companion Wolf Companion
- Companion
Cooldown: 30 seconds

Active: Your raven deals an additional 500% damage on its next attack.

Passive: Summons a raven companion that pecks at enemies for 100% of your weapon damage as Physical.
Wolf Companion

Active: Your wolf howls, granting you and your allies within 60 yards 15% increased damage for 10 seconds.

Passive: Summons a wolf companion that attacks enemies in front of him for 150% of your weapon damage as Physical.

Awareness
- Awareness
When you receive fatal damage, you instead vanish for 2 seconds and regenerate 50% of maximum Life.

This effect may occur once every 60 seconds.
Tactical Advantage
- Tactical Advantage
Whenever you use Vault, Shadow Power, Smoke Screen, or backflip with Evasive Fire you gain 60% movement speed for 2 seconds.
Ambush
- Ambush
You deal 40% additional damage to enemies above 75% health.
Archery
- Archery
Gain a bonus based on your weapon type:
Bow: 8% increased damage
Crossbow: 50% Critical Hit Damage
Hand Crossbow: 5% Critical Hit Chance
2nd Hand Crossbow: 1 Hatred per Second

Items

Natalya's Sight

Set Helm

398 - 472 Armor

Primary Stats

Sockets (1)

Natalya's Vengeance
Natalya's Sight
Natalya's Slayer
Natalya's Embrace
Natalya's Reflection
Natalya's Bloody Footprints
Natalya's Leggings
Natalya's Touch
(2) Set: Reduce the cooldown of Rain of Vengeance by 4 seconds when you hit with a Hatred-generating attack or Hatred-spending attack.
(4) Set: Rain of Vengeance deals 100% increased damage.
(6) Set: After casting Rain of Vengeance, deal 3500% increased damage and take 60% reduced damage for 10 seconds.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Homing Pads

Legendary Shoulders

Primary Stats

+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

+9–10% Extra Gold from Monsters
Your Town Portal is no longer interrupted by taking damage. While casting Town Portal you gain a protective bubble that reduces damage taken by 50–65%.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+18–23 Dexterity

+18–23 Strength

+18–23 Intelligence
Haunt of Vaxo

Legendary Amulet

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 3.0–4.0%
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Summons shadow clones to your aid when you Stun an enemy. This effect may occur once every 30 seconds.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+128–163 Dexterity

+128–163 Strength

+128–163 Intelligence
Natalya's Embrace

Set Cloak

360 - 472 Armor

Primary Stats

Sockets (1)

Natalya's Vengeance
Natalya's Sight
Natalya's Slayer
Natalya's Embrace
Natalya's Reflection
Natalya's Bloody Footprints
Natalya's Leggings
Natalya's Touch
(2) Set: Reduce the cooldown of Rain of Vengeance by 4 seconds when you hit with a Hatred-generating attack or Hatred-spending attack.
(4) Set: Rain of Vengeance deals 100% increased damage.
(6) Set: After casting Rain of Vengeance, deal 3500% increased damage and take 60% reduced damage for 10 seconds.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Nemesis Bracers

Legendary Bracers

8 - 10 Armor

Primary Stats

+416 - 500 Strength
+416 - 500 Dexterity
+416 - 500 Intelligence

Secondary Stats

Shrines and Pylons will spawn an enemy champion.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Gloves of Worship

Legendary Gloves

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Damage Increased by 10.0–12.0%
+27–60 Life per Hit
+2 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Shrine effects last for 10 minutes.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+36–44 Dexterity

+36–44 Strength

+36–44 Intelligence
Harrington Waistguard

Legendary Belt

Primary Stats

+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

+13–14% Extra Gold from Monsters
Opening a chest grants 100–135% increased damage for 10 seconds.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+85–108 Dexterity

+85–108 Strength

+85–108 Intelligence
Hexing Pants of Mr. Yan

Legendary Pants

33 - 38 Armor

Secondary Stats

Your resource generation and damage is increased by 25% while moving and decreased by 20 - 25% while standing still.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Natalya's Bloody Footprints

Set Boots

309 - 366 Armor

Primary Stats

+51 - 60 Resistance to All Elements

Natalya's Vengeance
Natalya's Sight
Natalya's Slayer
Natalya's Embrace
Natalya's Reflection
Natalya's Bloody Footprints
Natalya's Leggings
Natalya's Touch
(2) Set: Reduce the cooldown of Rain of Vengeance by 4 seconds when you hit with a Hatred-generating attack or Hatred-spending attack.
(4) Set: Rain of Vengeance deals 100% increased damage.
(6) Set: After casting Rain of Vengeance, deal 3500% increased damage and take 60% reduced damage for 10 seconds.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Stone of Jordan

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Increases damage against elites by 25.0–30.0%
+2 Random Magic Properties
One of 6 Magic Properties (varies)

+8–10 Maximum Discipline (Demon Hunter Only)

+7–8 Maximum Fury (Barbarian Only)

+7–9 Maximum Arcane Power (Wizard Only)

+105–119 Maximum Mana (Witch Doctor Only)

+13–14 Maximum Spirit (Monk Only)

+7–8 Maximum Wrath

One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence

One of 7 Magic Properties (varies)

Physical skills deal 15–20% more damage.

Lightning skills deal 15–20% more damage.

Cold skills deal 15–20% more damage.

Fire skills deal 15–20% more damage.

Arcane skills deal 15–20% more damage.

Poison skills deal 15–20% more damage.

Holy skills deal 15–20% more damage.
Ring of Royal Grandeur

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Attack Speed Increased by 2.0–3.0%
+27–60 Life per Hit
+2 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Reduces the number of items needed for set bonuses by 1 (to a minimum of 2).
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+24–29 Dexterity

+24–29 Strength

+24–29 Intelligence
Danetta's Revenge

Set Hand Crossbow

Primary Stats

+330–524 Dexterity
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Vault gains the effect of the Rattling Roll rune.
One of 7 Magic Properties (varies)

+(533–652)–(639–810) Arcane Damage

+(533–652)–(639–810) Poison Damage

+(533–652)–(639–810) Lightning Damage

+(533–652)–(639–810) Holy Damage

+(533–652)–(639–810) Cold Damage

+(533–652)–(639–810) Fire Damage

+(533–652)–(639–810) Damage

Danetta's Hatred
Danetta's Spite
Danetta's Revenge
(2) Set: Vault deals 100% increased damage.Vault deals 800% increased damage.

More Details

Head
- Natalya's Sight
- Stat Priority: None
Shoulders
- Homing Pads
- Death Watch Mantle
- Stat Priority: None
Amulet
- Haunt of Vaxo
- The Flavor of Time
- Stat Priority: None
Torso
- Natalya's Embrace
- Stat Priority: None
Wrists
- Nemesis Bracers
- Stat Priority: None
Hands
- Gloves of Worship
- Stat Priority: None
Waist
- Harrington Waistguard
- Stat Priority: None
Legs
- Hexing Pants of Mr. Yan
- Stat Priority: None
Feet
- Natalya's Bloody Footprints
- Stat Priority: None
Rings
- Stone of Jordan
- Ring of Royal Grandeur
- Natalya's Reflection
- Stat Priority: None
Weapon
- Danetta's Revenge
- Danetta's Spite
- Stat Priority: None
Offhand
- Stat Priority: None

Legendary Gems
- Pain Enhancer
  Pain Enhancer
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Critical hits cause the enemy to bleed for +2500% weapon damage as Physical over 3 seconds.
- Gem of Efficacious Toxin
  Gem of Efficacious Toxin
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Poison all enemies hit for 2000% weapon damage over 10 seconds.
  All enemies you poison take 10% increased damage from all sources and deal 10% less damage. (Requires Rank 25)
- Bane of the Powerful
  Bane of the Powerful
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Gain 20% increased damage for 30 seconds after killing an elite pack.

Paragon Priorities

Core

Movement Speed
Maximum Resource
Primary Stat
Vitality

Offense

Critical Hit Chance
Cooldown Reduction
Critical Hit Damage
Attack Speed

Defense

Resist All
Armor
Life
Life Regeneration

Utility

Resource Cost Reduction
Area Damage
Life on Hit
Gold Find

Build Guide

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Updates:
* Added Armageddon Video Guide (06.02.2015)
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Hi everyone,
did you ever dream of not having to play "Marauders-6", still have alot of fun and be efficient? THEN THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR!

This Build was created by >>> Desolacer#2339 <<< !

positive aspects:
- SUPER fast Rifting - Hardcore viable!
- very efficient (30+ Legendaries/h | 5B+ XP/h)
- fast Bloodshard farming (~1200/h)

negative aspects:
- You have to get used to the Gameplay Speed of the Build
- 2 Sets required (Danetta’s + Natalya’s)
- Only efficient when playing on Torment 4 or lower
(depending on your Equipment)
- alot of Ingame-Effects ⇒ not recommended if you have a bad PC
- Only effective when playing Solo (Group-Play only with other DHs using the same Build)

Video Guide:
>>> Armageddon Video Guide <<<

Gameplay:
> > > LINK < < < (9 Minutes Gameplay Video)

Details on the Build:
This Build is NOT for efficient T6 or GR25+ farming!
We are currently playing this build Torment 3 & 4 on Seasonal Hardcore with an average clear time of 2-3 minutes per Rift.
The Build requires Danetta’s and Natalya’s Setbonus with Hatred Regeneration on your Weapons & Chest.
Because all of the Skills are Physical Damage and you will use a Physical Legendary Gem, you want to have some %Physical Damage on your gear (e.g. Bracers, Amulet, Stone of Jordan).

Spell-Explanation:
Action Bar Skills:
Rain of Vengeance (Dark Cloud):
- This is your Main-Damage source, you want to Spam this Skill everytime you can to have a high DPS-Output.

Fan of Knives (Assassin’s Knives):
- Fan of Knives is used to be your Burst-Damage for Elite-Packs to clear them faster, because you dont have to stop and cast something, it seemed to be a good Pick.

Vengeance (Seethe):
- This Skill is used to generate Hatred and do some extra Damage while you are Vaulting, nothing more to say.

Vault (Action Shot):
- Vault is your Movement-Spell you permanently use.
- You shoot 4 arrows to nearby enemies which are guaranteed Critical Hits so free Damage you pick up here.

Preparation (Punishment):
- Preparation is there to give you some Hatred back when you are running out of it.
- Nothing special but very usefull in some situations (e.g. no Empowered Shrine)

Companion (Wolf Companion):
- The Companion is a Damage-Boost you want to use everytime its up.
- 30% Damage for 10 seconds is nice to have.

Passive Skills:
Awareness:
- This Passive is recommended using in HC, because every now and you get into a bad spot where you want to have this up.
- A good Option for Softcore is the Passive Ballistics for extra Damage.

Tactical Advantage:
- Since you permanently Vault, this is a great Passive to give you some extra Movementspeed (60% for 2 seconds) ⇒ increases your Vaulting Speed.

Ambush:
- A great chunk of Damage that is very usefull against the Rift Guardian or Elites.

Archery:
- Here you pick up some Critical Hit Chance and Hatred Regeneration, since you have the Danetta’s Weapons.

Item-Explanation
Helm - Natalya’s Sight:
- required for the Natalya’s Set Bonus
- CritChance > Dexterity > Vitality

Shoulders - Homing Pads:
- Homing Pads are very usefull for Speedrifting, because you can Teleport back to Town and dont get interrupted.
- If you dont want to use them or you want to swap them on everytime you recall, a good Option is just a good pair of Shoulders with the Stats below.
- Dexterity > CDR > %Rain of Vengeance Damage > Vit / Allres / %Life

Amulett - Hellfire Amulet / Haunt of Vaxo / Flavor of Time:
- The best Amulet you can pick up is the Hellfire Amulet, because a 5th Passive Skill is awesome. (You can pick up the Ballistics Passive for extra Damage)
- Haunt of Vaxo is a good pick, because you are stunning on every Vault (Rattling Roll, Danetta’s Revenge).
- Flavor of Time is good aswell, because it has 5 Primary Affixes.
- CritChance > Socket > CritDamage > Dexterity / %Physical Damage

Cloak - Natalya’s Embrace:
- required for the Natalya’s Set Bonus
- 3 Sockets > Dexterity > Hatred Regeneration > %Rain of Vengeance / Vitality

Wrists - Nemesis Bracers:
- For Speedrifting this is the best Pickup, because you dont have the time to swap Nemesis Bracers on/off.
- CritChance > %Physical Damage > Dexterity > Vitality

Hands - Gloves of Warship:
» When you have 10 minutes Empowered Shrine it feels like a “Cheat” «
(Quote: Desolacer 2014)
- lower Cooldowns give you a higher DPS-Output
- CritChance > CritDamage > Dexterity > Cooldown Reduction > Vitality

Waist - Harrington Waistguard:
- Harrington is a HUGE Damage Buff that you get when using a clickable Object or opening a Chest.
- Dexterity > Allres / Vitality / Armor > %Life

Legs - Hexing Pants of Mr. Yan:
- You are permanently Vaulting / Moving so those Pants give you more Damage and increased Hatred Regeneration.
- 2 Sockets > Dexterity > Vitality > Allres / Amor

Feet - Natalya’s Bloody Footprints:
- required for the Natalya’s Set Bonus
- Dexterity > Movementspeed > Vit > Allres / Armor

Rings - Stone of Jordan / Ring of Royal Grandeur / Natalya’s Reflection:
- You want to have a Stone of Jordan for %Elite Damage and %Physical Damage (Dexterity > CritChance > Socket > CritDamage)
- If you have a good Natalya’s Reflection (Dexterity, CritChance, Socket, CritDamage/Average Damage) then use it.
- Otherwise you want to use the Ring of Royal Grandeur to have the 4-Piece-Natalya’s (Dexterity > CritChance > Socket)

Weapons - Danetta’s Revenge & Danetta’s Spite:
- The Damage you deal is depending from you Weapon used in the Mainhand, thats why you want to have the Weapon with higher Average Damage (not DPS) in your Main-Hand.
- Main-Hand: High Average-Damage > Dexterity > Socket > Hatred Regeneration
- (Example for a good >>> Mainhand <<<)
- The Offhand-Weapon is irrelevant for the Damage you deal, thats why you can reroll the Bonus Average-Damage to e.g. %Elite Damage (IMPORTANT: This can cost you alot of Gold!)
- Dexterity > Socket > Hatred Regeneration > %Elite Damage
(Example for a good >>> Offhand <<<)

Gem’s on Gear:
- You want to put 3 Dexterity Gems in your Cloak and 2 Dexterity Gems in your Pants, because it will give you 280*5 = 1400 Dexterity (with Flawless Royal Emeralds)
⇒ more Damage and some Armor.
- You also want to put a Diamond Gem in your Helmet, to get some extra Cooldown Reduction. Another Option would be the Topaz to get some Magic Find.

Legendary Gem’s (required for Torment):

#1 - Pain Enhancer:
- This Gem will Give you an insane Damage Buff for the build, because it also scales with Physical Damage and proccs from Rain of Vengeance. Try to level up the gem as high as possible.

#2 - Gem of Efficacious Toxin:
- The Poison Gem will deal alot of your Damage aswell and also Buff your overall Damage by 10%. Try to get this atleast to Rank 25 for the 10% Damage Buff.

#3 - Bane of the Powerful:
- This Gem is great because you kill alot of Elites (~2k Elitekills/h), so you have a permanent Uptime of the Buff. - 15% Elite Damage on Rank 25 is another Damage-Boost you want to have.

Paragon Point Priority:
- Core: Cap Movementspeed (at 25%) > Maximum Hatred > Dexterity
- Offense: CritChance > Cooldown Reduction > CritDamage
- Defense: Allres > Armor > %Life > Life Regeneration
- Utility: Resource Cost Reduction > Area Damage > Life per Hit

Gameplay-Strategy:
- The Rotation of your Spells is basically holding down the Vault-Button and pressing Shift+Rain of Vengeance / Fan of Knives to cast it.
- When you are facing Elites or the Rift Guardian you want to use the Companion for the Damage Buff.
- When you are close to run out of Hatred you want to use Preparation / Vengeance.
- Good Timing of your Skills will come with playing the Build yourself.

FAQ:
Q: Why are you playing this Build?
A: The Build is alot of Fun and feels very Rewarding, because you will get alot of Legendarys when Speedrifting.

Q: Why are you not playing M6 Build?
A: The Marauders-6 Set got boring to play.

Q: Do I have to care about Thoughness?
A: Actually, No. You are permanently Vaulting which makes you very flexible and you can react fast to Elite-Affixes. Sometimes you get in a bad spot, but therefore we have the Passive Awareness.

Q: Why are you not playing Torment 6 or GR25+? A: This Build is only for Speedrifting up to Torment 4, because Monsters take to long to kill above and its just not efficient enough anymore.

# Will be adding more upcoming Questions #

Live-Stream:
If you liked the guide, then check out >>> Desolacers Stream <<< and >>> k1ckd0wNs Stream <<<!
Thread created by Desolacer#2339 & k1ckd0wN#2959

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