Hey,
I was a bit upset about the nethertentacle/increased attackspeed nerf yesterday & i did not enjoy my "new" demonhunter.
I was even trying to sell my gear for some RMAH Money, but noone bought it :>
After i received my gear back from the RMAH, i played around with the skills/equipment to find a new dps good dps build.
And well, i found one
Your Gear:
The Build requires beside Crit also Critdamage. Here again => more = better. You should have atleast 25% critchance and 200% critdamage.
The fastest way to aquire atleast 200%critdamage is a xbow with socket (50% basis+50%passive+70%critdamage socket) and a neck.
The following Items can have Crit & Critdamage:
Crit:
Helm 6% // Bracers 5.5% // Neck 8.5% // Gloves 10% // Ring 4.5% (9%) // Quiver 8.5% = 47.5% + 5% basic = 52.5% Critcap
Critdamage:
Neck 65% // Ring 34% (68%) // Gloves 50% = 183% + 50% basic = 223% without weapon
With 2x 1hand weapon: 100% crit + 100%crit socket*2= 400% = 623%
With 2hand xbow: 100% crit + 100%critsocket + passive = 250% = 473%
Since you wont find weapons with 100% crit+socket, just get an xbow with good dps (1k +) and socket.
The Skills: Im gonna post my Skillsetup & i'll explain it.
Additional Info: Im using E (3) instead of Leftclick. So, if you use the default option, just switch E (3) with Leftclick.
Insane Damage Skillsetup:
https://i.imgur.com/tPPYg.jpg
Leftclick: <>
You can pick everything you want here. I use Marked for Death with Mortal Enemy
Rightclick: Cluster Arrow with Loaded for Bear.
This will be your Maindamage spell.
<You can choose between Loaded for Bear or Cluster Bombs>
Q (aka 1): Smoke Screen with Lingering Fog.
Vanish with increased Duration. You need always Vanish.
W (aka 2): Preparation with Punishment.
Blow up all your Disziplin for more Hatred.
<You can also switch to Focus Mind if that is to much glasscannon for you>
<You can also switch for Backup Plan>
E (aka 3): Hungering Arrow with Spray on Teeth.
With much crit, you can crit every second attack. You even can pierce through & crit again. And again. And again. And again.
Insane Damage in that skill with enough crit.
R (aka 4): Bat Companion
Nothing much to explain here.
<You can also switch that skill to for example Root Caltrops>
Passive1: Nightstalker
Everytime you crit you get the chance to regain disziplin. If you picked Preparation with Focus Mind, you can use vanish for good 60seconds.
With that Build and 4er Natalya's you should have Infinity Disziplin (but i cant test that).
Passive2: Archery
50% Critdamage extra for xbow's.
<You can also switch with Steady Aim, im not sure with passive is better>
Passive3: Sharpshooter
You get more Crit. Cant be bad with that Build.
If you picked Preparation with Punishment and have the ssbuff up (100% crit), you can do some insane damage.
I do (with 100k dps (ss buff stacked)) 1mio damage in about 2,5seconds.
<Also switchable with Steady Aim if you have enough crit>
My Stats:
Critchance: 34,5%
Critdamage: 277%
Dps without ss: 50k
Dps with ss: 95k
My "Achievements" with that build:
Act1:
Watcher in 1second (two-shot)
Almost every golden mob in act1 within 5-10seconds
Almost every blue group in act1 within 2-10seconds
Butcher in 10seconds
Act2: Did not try yet
Act3: Elite groups go way faster than with nether tentacle build.
I need a bit more defensive build for act3,
so im using Preparation with Focus Mind instead of Preparation with Punishment &
Root Caltrops instead of Bat Companion. The rest is the same.
Added Video:
Demon Hunter New DpS Build - YouTube