Diablo 3 Demon Hunter Leveling

Level Strategically as a Demon Hunter

The Demon Hunter will be a refreshing class for players who like to think while they play. It is a relatively fragile class and because of this you have to pick your moves wisely and prepare for your fights before running into them. By using a series of ranged attacks and traps you should be able to outsmart your opponent easily.

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Precision Shooter Build
With the precision shooter build your focus is on staying mobile while knocking out one powerful enemy at a time. While you will have the ability to wipe out groups of weaker enemies, your main task will be to jump from one enemy to the next until you don’t have any left. This build excels at beating single powerful enemies and struggles with handling very large groups.

Damage
Utility
Passive
Hungering Arrow
Marked for Death
Vengeance
Rapid Fire
Caltrops
Sharpshooter
Cluster Arrow
Evasive Fire
Thrill of the Hunt

Attack
You will start the fight by marking the most powerful target with Marked for Death. Then you will continually hit it with Hungering Arrow until your Hatred is
full, in which case you will begin using Rapid Fire until your enemy is dead. Launch Cluster Arrow into the groups of weaker enemies to wipe most of them out before they have a chance to reach you.

Evade
There are going to be moments when your enemies gain ground on you and you will have to do something. If you notice that a large group of enemies is starting to gain on you, lay down a Caltrops to slow them down. For smaller groups or even single enemies, use Evasive Fire to get back out of reach while you finish them off.

Passives
You should have Vengeance, Sharpshooter and Thrill of the Hunt. Vengeance will reduce the downtime between groups of enemies. Sharpshooter will allow you to kill your single target enemies faster with more critical hits, and Thrill of the Hunt will help you keep the most powerful opponents locked down while you take care of the weaker ones.

Group Blaster Build

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Instead of juggling between different opponents, the Group Blaster build simply burns down large groups at the same time. This build kills groups of evenly matched opponents efficiently while keeping you out of danger.
 
Damage
Utility
Passive
Entangling Shots
Spike Trap
Cull the Weak
Rain of Vengeance
Caltrops
Custom Engineering
Chakram
Vault
Steady Aim

Attack
Start off by laying both a Spike Trap and a Caltrops down next to each other. Now, fire Entangling Shots into the group of enemies to draw them all in toward the traps. Make sure that the traps are close enough to you that the enemies will be within range of Rain of Vengeance. As the enemies are approaching, you should be hitting them with Chakrams whenever you can to deal the maximum damage. As soon as the traps go off use Rain of Vengeance and Vault away to restart your attack.

Passives
For passives it is important to have Cull the Weak, Custom Engineering, and Steady Aim. Cull the Weak works great with this build because your enemies will almost always be slowed. Since you are using both Spike Traps and Caltrops with this build Custom Engineering gives it a powerful boost with the doubled duration giving you more time for Rain of Vengeance to finish. Steady Aim will greatly increase the damage you cause.

Have Fun!

Rogue


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