I mean, why give up that kind of insane single target DPS when I can just get evasive fire/covering fire or elemental arrow/frost arrow which mows down mobs in less time? Makes no sense at all IMO.
I never said Spray of Bone IS the best singer target rune in the first place. If you don't understand my point in the second post, here it is:
Spray of Bone is being utilized in a lot of high crit cluster bomb build as an reliable aoe ability, so that the build will not require Elemental Arrow/Spike Trap/Multishot/EF; therefore free up a skill slot for defensive/utility spells.
Spray of Bone DOES proc the +50% damage on its original target, and it scales as better as Devouring Arrow with high end gears.
To sum up the about two just to give you an idea that the rune is not "waste and useless".
Edit: Since you claimed that you can kill azmodan before he starts dropping pools with just hungering arrow and 22% crit chance, I gave it a try and failed with my 61.5% crit chance and 120k dps with no SS. Care to share your DH profile and method?
I have no interest in sharing my profile with these boards as too many people her QQ and I rag on them for it. I would rather not risk in game harassment.
That being said I wait for my 100% crit to build from sharpshooter, go in and spam hungering arrow and use smoke screen when he targets me with anything. My 5.5k DPS sorceress drops erosion on him and he eventually goes "Blah ur OP" and bends over. Right now with passive I am at 145k DPS, with my actual progression gear set I am also at a 1.45 attack speed. If I start as far from azmodan as I can I get 3-4 guaranteed crit HA's which do over 400k damage on pierce. Killing him as quickly as I can take a bit of luck, but not much.
Bullshit. It was proved long ago that no matter the distance to the boss, if you crit the target, then it'll reset - and any shots fired after will start with your 22%+3% crit chance. You can't get 3-4 "guaranteed" HA crits. As you can see, proven by this video:The second shot is fired before the first shot hits Asmodan, which means while sharpshooter had 100% crit chance. It doesn't crit.
I don't know if true or not, but keep in mind Nether Tentacle is very slow and most of us are not stacking IAS like pre 1.03 anymore either. You still have that 1 second to contiously crit right? Hungering Arrow is a lot faster, but I am still hesitant it can get 3 or 4 guaranteed crit in. Maybe he can get 2 crit atleast? But if that's the case, it makes more sense to try to crit with 2x cluster bombs.
Hungering Arrow is amazing single, and the 50% AOE is just icing. I say it has made my Azmodan go from one full blood pool duration to just 1-2 blood pool. But that could just be cluster bomb. I find that the damage from evasive fire just drops off, even though it has a lot of advantages.
You need to fill out a spread sheet. Everything depends on everything else, but in general, hand xbows need to be paired with very high crit damage to surpass xbows.
Your 1h are gonna need dex+crit dmg+open socket. Both of each to surpass a 2h xbow.
Although having +disc on 1h and lower damage could be "fun" as you'll likely to survive more. More disc = more gloom! Paired with Natalyza or Nightstalker Passive and you may never run out of disc!
Also generally speaking, try to seek a 2h xbow w/o IAS unless they bring your weapon DPS up to 1400-1500DPS range. Otherwise you may be doing less damage per hit cause your damage range is low, but you make up that dps difference by having more ias.
For leveling, I recommend:
Since you aren't 42 yet, you may want to use Puncture run for HA, or Bola Shot/Volatile Explosives or another Hatred Generator of your preference. http://us.battle.net...dYTV!Yeb!YabZZb
Hungering Arrow -> Devouring Arrow
Elemental arrow -> Ball Lightning
Vault -> Tumble
Caltrops -> Torturous Ground
Companion -> Bat Companion
Prepration -> Battle Scars
Steady Aim
Archery
Vengeance
You can also swap out Ball Lightning for Frost Arrow and Vengeance for Cull of the Weak.
Smoke Screen you will need by the time you get into Inferno, and possibly Hell. You may want to swap out either Vault or Bat Companion for that. And possibly take Tactical Advantage.
I also enjoyed Mark of Death (Contangion) while leveling up. There lot of viable builds while leveling up. The one thing to consider is does this ability synergize with a passive or another ability? Also what are your expectation at this level range?
Good buy if you need the ias (preferrably stacking with a bow). How much?
Granted, you can get more dps from rares with both vitality/ar, might be expensive too (as not building GC seems to be the case).
kinda have to be close so all your cluster bombs land i think its about 6 or 7 bombs (still not sure lol)? so like 1380%+ weapon damage, and imagine if they all crit!!
Cool. I've never timed (I am estimating 15 seconds) my Azmodan kill, but I can get him within the 2nd blood pool since Cluster Arrow/Cluster Bomb is pretty damn rigged for this fight. I have a tendoncy to get to full hatred before he starts laying pool so it takes a lil longer.
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I don't know if true or not, but keep in mind Nether Tentacle is very slow and most of us are not stacking IAS like pre 1.03 anymore either. You still have that 1 second to contiously crit right? Hungering Arrow is a lot faster, but I am still hesitant it can get 3 or 4 guaranteed crit in. Maybe he can get 2 crit atleast? But if that's the case, it makes more sense to try to crit with 2x cluster bombs.
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nice flip on that belt lol..ppl rly undervalue main stat+vit+all ar+armor
edit: good thing those soul lashers were mortar or you would not have a good time.
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Scatter Trap & Jagged Caltrope.
Hungering Arrow is amazing single, and the 50% AOE is just icing. I say it has made my Azmodan go from one full blood pool duration to just 1-2 blood pool. But that could just be cluster bomb. I find that the damage from evasive fire just drops off, even though it has a lot of advantages.
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Your 1h are gonna need dex+crit dmg+open socket. Both of each to surpass a 2h xbow.
Although having +disc on 1h and lower damage could be "fun" as you'll likely to survive more. More disc = more gloom! Paired with Natalyza or Nightstalker Passive and you may never run out of disc!
Also generally speaking, try to seek a 2h xbow w/o IAS unless they bring your weapon DPS up to 1400-1500DPS range.
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Since you aren't 42 yet, you may want to use Puncture run for HA, or Bola Shot/Volatile Explosives or another Hatred Generator of your preference.
http://us.battle.net...dYTV!Yeb!YabZZb
Hungering Arrow -> Devouring Arrow
Elemental arrow -> Ball Lightning
Vault -> Tumble
Caltrops -> Torturous Ground
Companion -> Bat Companion
Prepration -> Battle Scars
Steady Aim
Archery
Vengeance
You can also swap out Ball Lightning for Frost Arrow and Vengeance for Cull of the Weak.
Smoke Screen you will need by the time you get into Inferno, and possibly Hell. You may want to swap out either Vault or Bat Companion for that. And possibly take Tactical Advantage.
I also enjoyed Mark of Death (Contangion) while leveling up. There lot of viable builds while leveling up. The one thing to consider is does this ability synergize with a passive or another ability? Also what are your expectation at this level range?
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Granted, you can get more dps from rares with both vitality/ar, might be expensive too (as not building GC seems to be the case).
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LOH -> Jagged Caltrope -> Gloom -> SS -> Vitality -> AR -> Life Regen
LOH with Jagged Caltrope = easymode.
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