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Greater Rift 20 - 4-Piece Shadows Demon Hunter | Season 13 Starter Guide

by LeviathanD3 last updated Jun 13, 2018 ( Patch 2.6.1 )

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Skills

Bolas Thunder Ball
- Bolas
Generate: 4 Hatred

Shoot out an explosive bola that wraps itself around the enemy. After 1 second, the bola explodes dealing 160% weapon damage as Fire to the enemy and an additional 110% weapon damage as Fire to all other enemies within 14 yards.
Thunder Ball

Increase Hatred generated to 7.
Chakram Twin Chakrams
- Chakram
Cost: 10 Hatred

Fire a swirling Chakram that deals 380% weapon damage as Physical to enemies along its path.
Twin Chakrams

A second Chakram mirrors the first. Each Chakram deals 220% weapon damage as Fire.
Vault Tumble
- Vault
Cost: 8 Discipline

Tumble acrobatically 35 yards.
Tumble

After using Vault, your next Vault within 6 seconds has its Discipline cost reduced by 50%.
Shadow Power
- Shadow Power
Cost: 14 Discipline

Draw in the power of the shadows, gaining 26821 Life per Hit for 5 seconds.

Life per Hit gained is increased by 25% of your Life per Kill.
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.
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%.

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.
Ambush
- Ambush
You deal 40% additional damage to enemies above 75% health.
Thrill of the Hunt
- Thrill of the Hunt
Enemies hit by your Hatred spenders are Slowed by 80% for 2 seconds.
Cull the Weak
- Cull the Weak
Increase damage against Slowed or Chilled enemies by 20%.

Items

The Shadow's Mask

Set Helm

21 - 24 Armor

Primary Stats

Sockets (1)

The Shadow’s Mantle
The Shadow's Bane
The Shadow's Coil
The Shadow's Heels
The Shadow's Grasp
The Shadow's Mask
The Shadow's Burden
(2) Set: While equipped with a melee weapon, your damage is increased by 1200%.
(4) Set: Shadow Power gains the effect of every rune and lasts forever.
(6) Set: Impale deals an additional 50000% weapon damage to the first enemy hit.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
The Shadow's Burden

Set Shoulders

59 - 68 Armor

Primary Stats

+51 - 60 Resistance to All Elements

The Shadow’s Mantle
The Shadow's Bane
The Shadow's Coil
The Shadow's Heels
The Shadow's Grasp
The Shadow's Mask
The Shadow's Burden
(2) Set: While equipped with a melee weapon, your damage is increased by 1200%.
(4) Set: Shadow Power gains the effect of every rune and lasts forever.
(6) Set: Impale deals an additional 50000% weapon damage to the first enemy hit.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
The Shadow's Grasp

Set Gloves

42 - 55 Armor

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 6 - 6.5%

The Shadow’s Mantle
The Shadow's Bane
The Shadow's Coil
The Shadow's Heels
The Shadow's Grasp
The Shadow's Mask
The Shadow's Burden
(2) Set: While equipped with a melee weapon, your damage is increased by 1200%.
(4) Set: Shadow Power gains the effect of every rune and lasts forever.
(6) Set: Impale deals an additional 50000% weapon damage to the first enemy hit.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
The Shadow's Heels

Set Boots

30 - 35 Armor

Primary Stats

+78 - 83 Vitality

The Shadow’s Mantle
The Shadow's Bane
The Shadow's Coil
The Shadow's Heels
The Shadow's Grasp
The Shadow's Mask
The Shadow's Burden
(2) Set: While equipped with a melee weapon, your damage is increased by 1200%.
(4) Set: Shadow Power gains the effect of every rune and lasts forever.
(6) Set: Impale deals an additional 50000% weapon damage to the first enemy hit.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties

More Details

Head
- The Shadow's Mask
- Stat Priority: None
Shoulders
- The Shadow's Burden
- Stat Priority: None
Amulet
- Stat Priority: None
Torso
- Stat Priority: None
Wrists
- Stat Priority: None
Hands
- The Shadow's Grasp
- Stat Priority: None
Waist
- Stat Priority: None
Legs
- Stat Priority: None
Feet
- The Shadow's Heels
- Stat Priority: None
Rings
- Stat Priority: None
Weapon
- Stat Priority: None
Offhand
- Stat Priority: None

Introduction

This is the setup that I used to clear Greater Rift 20 solo, which is a benchmark to pass to earn your third Haedrig's Gift bag in Chapter 4 of the Seasonal Journey. The third bag will complete your 6-piece set. This is specifically focused on the beginning of a new Season when Shadow's Mantle is the Haedrig's Gift for Demon Hunters.

Testing Circumstance for Minimum Luck

I used 0 paragon, which you would likely have a few levels of by the time you go for your GR20 and I also did not use a Follower. I crafted exactly one piece of Rare gear for each slot that didn't have a Shadow's piece and did not roll a single affix on any piece at the Mystic. I did not have any useful items in Kanai's Cube to simulate having zero cubed items at the start of a season.

Typical/Suggested Improvements

I easily cleared the GR20 and most players could and should make a ton of improvement on the gear by cubing useful Legendaries, finding other useful Legendaries to wear or craft along the way, including converting Rare Daggers in the cube to get either a Karlei's Point or especially a Lord Greenstone's Fan. You can even do a Greater Rift below 20 and get a Bane of the Powerful, since it's always the guaranteed first Legendary gem and use that to help assist you in clearing the GR20.

However, if you're super unlucky, you can do it with this bare bones setup, as seen in the video below.

Paragon Priorities

Core

Movement Speed
Primary Stat
Vitality
Maximum Resource

Offense

Cooldown Reduction
Critical Hit Damage
Critical Hit Chance
Attack Speed

Defense

Resist All
Armor
Life
Life Regeneration

Utility

Area Damage
Life on Hit
Resource Cost Reduction
Gold Find

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