[Guide] Demon Hunter Grifts 40+
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Climb the Ladder...... roflmao really, I don't know about anyone else... I just enjoy playin manual with friends... and walk away the rest of the time... as for the ladder I could care less, if the ladder consisted of consecutive hours botted,,id do it with pride... as for ladder I try to avoid it...
I just returned to botting and were here reading up on what use to be the best bot class. whats new to date? Is barb the strongest alternative? Can someone please point me in the right direction for a great class construction guide as I feel that I'm lost in a jungle
Thanks!
I haven't really written a guide before so I just stole the "template" from the monk guide.
Currently using:
DB .407
Trinity 2.9.1
QuestTools 3.4.19
Introduction
As I'm only playing demon hunter and I always strive to get better gear and rank, I have no interest in botting on monk or barbarian. I've now tweaked my bot settings and build to clear greater rifts on my Natalya's DH up to 45 with 5-10 minutes remaining. When the trinity avoidance fork gets updated, I suppose my DH will be able to reach 48.
The build, gearing and bot settings will continue to be tweaked to hopefully reach higher greater rifts.
Build and gear
The build revolves around the Natalya's set with Rain of Vengeance and Strafe. My current build which clears 45 with ease is as follows:
Abilities:
Rain of Vengeance - Stampede - reason is that stampede rune gives the bot great crowd control and thus helps it surviving.
Strafe - Rocket storm - used to lower the cooldown of Rain of Vengeance
Smoke Screen - Lingering Fog - I choose this rune as my DH can keep it up 90% of the time resulting in less deaths
Evasive Fire - Focus - we use a generator to proc the Bastion of Will buff from the rings.
Preperation - Focused Mind - makes the bot able to keep high uptime on Smoke Screen
Fan of Knives - Bladed Armor - I'm still not sure which spell to put in the last spot but for now I use this to boost toughness to survive random stuff like arrows. I may change this to Companion - Wolf when I go higher but for now the bot just have problems with surviving and not damage.
Passives:
Awareness - nobrainer. Makes the bot die less.
Ambush - makes the bot able to one-shot most monsters with RoV.
Blood Vengeance - More discipline - more uptime on Smoke Screen.
Perfectionist - reduced cost on Smoke Screen - more uptime on Smoke Screen. Also boost your toughness abit.
As we don't have a reliable slow, we don't use Cull of the Weak. On lower greater rifts, you can swap Perfectionist for Steady Aim.
This is the gear you want: Diablo III Character Planner
You should aim for 54% cooldown reduction to have high uptime on Smoke Screen and to lower the cooldown of RoV.
Paragon points:
1. We want to maximize movement speed first then dexterity
2. This one is a little complicated, but we want to adjust attack speed first. With no IAS on gear, you wan't 2.20% IAS from paragon points to reach the first breakpoint which gives strafe move ticks per second resulting in less cooldown on RoV. If you use Gogok of Swiftness (+15% IAS at max stacks) you want to have 6.60% IAS from paragon points to reach the next breakpoint. TL;DR: 2.20% IAS without Gogok, and 6.60% IAS with Gogok. Rest you spend in CDR > CHD > CC.
3. All resist > Life/Armor > Life regen
4. RCR > Area dmg > Life per hit.
Comments to gearing:
Weapons:
Natalya's Slayer is mandatory for this build. You want it with high damage rain and cooldown reduction.
For offhand, if you do not have a Balefire Caster, you can use a Calamity. The offhand also needs cooldown reduction, however the damage range is irrelevant. You just want high dex, cooldown reduction and preferably reduced resource cost as the last important stat.
Amulet:
Immunity neck is really great as we're not always avoiding monster/boss spells. If you don't have a decent immunity neck, either Hellfire or Ess of Johan are great choices.
Shoulders:
The reason to use Pauldrons of the Skeletton King is that it gives you another '***** death' mechanic. I don't have them myself but any shoulders with dex, cooldown reduction and rain of vengeance damage works.
Rings:
Ideally you want Focus and Restraint with CC, CHD and CDR but if you have found such yet, it is most important that the rings have CDR and either CC or CHD (depending on your stats).
Follower
You want to use the templar with this gear:
Relic - Enchanting Favor with strength, block chance, CHD
Amulet - Ess of Johan with attack speed, cooldown reduction, CC
Ring1 - Wyrdward with attack speed, cooldown reduction, strength, CC
Ring2 - Bul-Kathos's Wedding Band with attack speed, cooldown reduction, strength, CC
Shield - Freeze of Deflection with block chance, CC, strength, socket (ruby)
Weapon - Thunderfury with attack speed, CDR, strength and socket (topaz)
Skills:
Heal, Intimidate, Charge, Inspire
Trinity settings
Combat Routine alterations
I have modified the trinity variables and combat routines. The affected variables are:
SpellDelay.DemonHunter_RainOfVengeance changed to 2000 ms
SpellDelay.DemonHunter_FanOfKnives changed to 4000 ms
SpellDelay.DemonHunter_Preperation changed to 10000 ms
SpellDelay.DemonHunter_SmokeScreen changed to 2000 ms
In the combat routines I made the bot cast Smoke Screen, Fan of Knives and Preperation whenever when off cooldown.
I've attached this combat routine.
Additionally
I hope this will help you reaching higher greater rifts on your demon hunter. It may not be 50+ but surely better than nothing and surely better than high 30s.
The bot WILL die, and in some rifts more than others, but on the other hand it clears so fast that it will clear the rift with 5-10 minutes left, even if you die 5 times.
Feel free to comment or ask question or even give me advice if you feel I've overlooked something.
HI
Im new to DB, what do i do with DemonHunterCombat.cs once i DL it? please help explain. thank you
Also i notice my DH is using Focus fire too often and not strafe enough