[S9] Fire Natalya + Shi Mizu - Solo 85-90+ - Demon Hunter - Diablo III Builds

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[S9] Fire Natalya + Shi Mizu - Solo 85-90+

by wudijo last updated Jan 11, 2017 ( Patch 2.4.3 )

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Skills

Entangling Shot Justice is Served
- Entangling Shot
Generate: 4 Hatred

Imbue an arrow with shadow energy that deals 200% weapon damage to the primary enemy and entangles up to 2 enemies, slowing their movement by 60% for 2 seconds.

When Entangling Shot hits an enemy, the Slow effect on all entangled enemies is refreshed.
Justice is Served

Increase Hatred generated to 7.

Entangling Shot's damage turns into Fire.
Strafe Drifting Shadow
- Strafe
Cost: 12 Hatred

Shoot at random nearby enemies for 675% weapon damage while moving at 75% of normal movement speed.
Drifting Shadow

Movement speed increased to 100% of normal running speed while strafing.

Strafe's damage turns into Lightning.
Rain of Vengeance Anathema
- 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.
Anathema

Summon a Shadow Beast that drops grenades from the sky dealing 5800% weapon damage as Fire over 2 seconds.
Preparation Focused Mind
- Preparation
Cooldown: 45 seconds

Instantly restore 30 Discipline.
Focused Mind

Gain 45 Discipline over 15 seconds instead of restoring it immediately.
Smoke Screen Special Recipe
- Smoke Screen
Cost: 14 Discipline
Cooldown: 1.5 seconds

Vanish behind a wall of smoke, becoming momentarily invisible for 1 second.

This ability does not start its cooldown until after its effects expire.
Special Recipe

Reduce the cost to 8 Discipline.
Vengeance Dark Heart
- 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.
Dark Heart

Vengeance fills your heart, reducing all damage taken by 50%.

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.
Grenadier
- Grenadier
Increase the damage of grenades by 10%.
Increase the explosion size of grenades by 20%.

Upon death, you drop a giant grenade that explodes for 1000% weapon damage as Fire.
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.
Cull the Weak
- Cull the Weak
Increase damage against Slowed or Chilled enemies by 20%.

Items

Natalya's Sight

Set Helm

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+330–524 Dexterity

+330–524 Strength

+330–524 Intelligence

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 |4second: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 500% increased damage and take 60% reduced damage for 10 seconds.
Mantle of Channeling

Legendary Shoulders

Primary Stats

+85–108 Vitality
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

While channeling Whirlwind, Rapid Fire, Strafe, Tempest Rush, Firebats, Arcane Torrent, Disintegrate, or Ray of Frost, you deal 20–25% increased damage and take 25% reduced damage.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+85–108 Dexterity

+85–108 Strength

+85–108 Intelligence
Hellfire Amulet

Legendary Amulet

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+626–750 Intelligence

+626–750 Dexterity

+626–750 Strength
Natalya's Embrace

Set Cloak

Primary Stats

+220–349 Dexterity
+4 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket

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 |4second: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 500% increased damage and take 60% reduced damage for 10 seconds.
Wraps of Clarity

Legendary Bracers

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 1.5–2.0%
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Your Hatred Generators reduce your damage taken by 30–35% for 5 seconds.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+24–29 Dexterity

+24–29 Strength

+24–29 Intelligence
Natalya's Touch

Set Gloves

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 6.0–10.0%
+4 Random Magic Properties
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+330–524 Dexterity

+330–524 Strength

+330–524 Intelligence

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 |4second: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 500% increased damage and take 60% reduced damage for 10 seconds.
Hellcat Waistguard

Legendary Belt

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Grenades have a chance to bounce 3–5 times dealing an additional 50% damage on each bounce. This bonus is increased to 800% on the final bounce.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+24–29 Dexterity

+24–29 Strength

+24–29 Intelligence
Natalya's Leggings

Set Pants

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence

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 |4second: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 500% increased damage and take 60% reduced damage for 10 seconds.
Natalya's Bloody Footprints

Set Boots

Primary Stats

+81–85 Resistance to All Elements
+4 Random Magic Properties
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence

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 |4second: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 500% increased damage and take 60% reduced damage for 10 seconds.
Focus

Set Ring

Primary Stats

Sockets (1)
+416 - 500 Strength
+416 - 500 Dexterity
+416 - 500 Intelligence

Bastions of Will
Focus
Restraint
(2) Set: When you hit with a resource-generating attack or primary skill, deal 50% increased damage for 5 seconds.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Restraint

Set Ring

Primary Stats

Sockets (1)
+416 - 500 Strength
+416 - 500 Dexterity
+416 - 500 Intelligence

Bastions of Will
Focus
Restraint
(2) Set: When you hit with a resource-generating attack or primary skill, deal 50% increased damage for 5 seconds.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Natalya's Slayer

Set Hand Crossbow

Primary Stats

+(533–652)–(639–810) Cold Damage
+4–7% Damage
+330–524 Dexterity
Increases Rain of Vengeance Damage by 20–25% (Demon Hunter Only)
+2 Random Magic Properties

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 |4second: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 500% increased damage and take 60% reduced damage for 10 seconds.
Dawn

Legendary Hand Crossbow

225.6 Damage Per Second

Primary Stats

Secondary Stats

Reduce the cooldown of Vengeance by 50 - 65%.
One of 7 Magic Properties (varies)

+(115 - 268) Physical Damage

+(115 - 268) Fire Damage

+(115 - 268) Lightning Damage

+(115 - 268) Cold Damage

+(115 - 268) Poison Damage

+(115 - 268) Arcane Damage

+(115 - 268) Holy Damage

+ 3 Random Magic Properties

More Details

Head
- Natalya's Sight
- Stat Priority: None
Shoulders
- Mantle of Channeling
- Stat Priority: None
Amulet
- Hellfire Amulet
- Stat Priority: None
Torso
- Natalya's Embrace
- Stat Priority: None
Wrists
- Wraps of Clarity
- Stat Priority: None
Hands
- Natalya's Touch
- Stat Priority: None
Waist
- Hellcat Waistguard
- Stat Priority: None
Legs
- Natalya's Leggings
- Stat Priority: None
Feet
- Natalya's Bloody Footprints
- Stat Priority: None
Rings
- Focus
- Restraint
- Stat Priority: None
Weapon
- Natalya's Slayer
- Stat Priority: None
Offhand
- Dawn
- Stat Priority: None

Legendary Gems
- Bane of the Trapped
  Bane of the Trapped
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Increase damage against enemies under the effects of control-impairing effects by 15.00%.
  Gain an aura that reduces the movement speed of enemies within 15 yards by 30%. (Requires Rank 25)
- Taeguk
  Taeguk
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Gain 2.00% increased damage for 1.5 seconds when you spend resource on a channeled skill. This effect stacks up to 10 times.
  Gain 2.0% increased Armor for every stack. (Requires Rank 25)
- Bane of the Stricken
  Bane of the Stricken
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Each attack you make against an enemy increases the damage it takes from your attacks by 0.80%.
  Gain 25% increased damage against bosses and Rift Guardians. (Requires Rank 25)

Kanai's Cube

Fortress Ballista

Legendary Hand Crossbow

Primary Stats

+626–750 Dexterity
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Attacks grant you an absorb shield for 2.0–3.0% of your maximum Life. Stacks up to 10 times.
One of 7 Magic Properties (varies)

+(858–1049)–(1028–1304) Arcane Damage

+(858–1049)–(1028–1304) Poison Damage

+(858–1049)–(1028–1304) Lightning Damage

+(858–1049)–(1028–1304) Holy Damage

+(858–1049)–(1028–1304) Cold Damage

+(858–1049)–(1028–1304) Fire Damage

+(858–1049)–(1028–1304) Damage
Fortress Ballista
Shi Mizu's Haori

Legendary Chest Armor

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

While below 20–25% Life, all attacks are guaranteed Critical Hits.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+85–108 Dexterity

+85–108 Strength

+85–108 Intelligence
Shi Mizu's Haori
Convention of Elements

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5–6.0%
+2 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Gain 150–200% increased damage to a single element for 4 seconds. This effect rotates through the elements available to your class in the following order: Arcane, Cold, Fire, Holy, Lightning, Physical, Poison.
Empty Socket
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence
Convention of Elements

Paragon Priorities

Core

Movement Speed
Vitality
Primary Stat
Maximum Resource

Offense

Critical Hit Chance
Critical Hit Damage
Cooldown Reduction
Attack Speed

Defense

Resist All
Life
Armor
Life Regeneration

Utility

Area Damage
Resource Cost Reduction
Gold Find
Life on Hit

You should probably put some paragons into vitality, especially at low levels you will be quite squishy with this build. Don't assign any points in life regen / life on hit.

Build Guide

Overview

This build is aimed at pushing solo using the established Natalya playstyle (Strafe + Generator + RoV) and combining it with the newly reworked Hellcat Waistguard as well as the Shi Mizu’s Haori. The goal is to stay at <25% all the time to maximize your damage, so you will always be on the brink of dying, only kept alive with the Fortress Ballista shield. If you don’t really enjoy the perma low-hp playstyle, you can also play it without Shi Mizu (see below). Beware, it only really works well for experienced players and requires some fishing as well.

Itemization

Pretty much all of the listed items are necessary and require decent rolls for this to work properly. Make sure you don’t have any recovery (life regen, life per hit, life per kill) anywhere, because this will get you out of Shi Mizu range easily. Roll off any crit chance you have and try to stack CDR on 3 items (preferably weapons and shoulders), you should have close to 40% CDR. If you don’t have perfect rolls, you can also add a fourth item with it. Roll Rain of Vengeance damage on your shoulders and cloak if possible, and try to stack some defense wherever possible. You also want to roll off the damage range on your offhand, because it doesn’t count for Rain of Vengeance.

Optimal item rolls: http://ptr.d3planner.com/367288240

Playstyle

The basic playstyle is fairly simple: hold down Strafe, cast RoV, cast two generators, repeat. Try to make big pulls because this build is fairly weak and requires good density to clear rifts. Playing around Shi Mizu requires some practice, so you should only really use it when you are familiar with the basics already. You need to learn how many hits you can take before your shield drops, so be aware of your surroundings and which projectiles, elite affixes or melee attacks hit you that will reduce your shield. Especially when fire Convention is coming up, you want to be inside an Oculus ring to maximize your nuke, while avoiding a potential death or healing from dropping health globes. Spamming Preparation and Smoke Screen helps with that.

Variations

Instead of running with no crit chance and cubing Shi Mizu, you can also go for a standard setup and cube Aquila or Hexing Pants, however the build will be maybe 2-3 tiers weaker. Another option is to go with Lord Greenstone cubed and drop Shi Mizu + Fortress Ballista, so you can combine the fire RoV with lightning FoK. This version should be around on par with the Shi Mizu fire build, and is also easier to play.

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