Best 2.1 Demon Hunter Build & Gear: Tesla Coil Lightning Marauder - Diablo 3 Reaper of Souls Guide

[@Jamie95C]

Some minor flaws: you want the boots to have dex, vit, AR and elemental arrow. 12% ms = 24 paragon points = 120 dex or vit otherwise. And 90-100 AR is better unless you have a perfect uptime on smokescreen. You already get 10% ms from your ferrets, so achieving 25% requires a paragon level of 120. By the time you have 6p marauder and meticulous bolts, you will be over para 120 or you need to have extremely good luck or people who are carying you. You want to have somewhere between 30-35% CDR due to latency issues. If you have 25% CDR in theory you can have it up permanently but due to latency you can never recast it the moment it drops.

[@slipknnnot]

You're forgetting a very important detail in your guide. You must be able to hit Break point 7 in order for this build to work efficiently. If you're under 4.15 Pet AS you won't be generating enough lightning bolts for your discipline to regenerate. This build also only works in very high density, high rifts. Using this build for anything under GR 39 is not optimal since fire/ice build has more burst damage and it is far easier and more effective to gear yourself towards a 2H BP6 fire/ice DH.

[@dfghjkl372]

I recently made the jump to this build and wow...my damage is through the roof. I also have a friend demon hunter who plays with me and he runs the song of fire and ice build. Together we are clearing T-6 rifts in about 9 minutes!!! Great video man!

[@ChristopherAllenOfficial]

I'm using this build with some difference do to lack of the 6 set... Left button - elemental arrow/ball lightning Right button- marked for death/ valley of death Action 1-smoke screen/lingering fog *can also use caltrops/torturous ground Action 2-companion/boar (can't beat resistance) Action 3- preparation/punishment Action 4- sentry/spitfire Passive Custom engineering Perfectionist Ballistics Steady aim So far with only 300k + damage and 8 million toughness I can solo farm torment 4 to get my set now instead of torment 2...

[@ChristopherAllenOfficial]

This build is still working great for me... after the patch release I had to change to a new bow that allows elemental arrow to generate hatred... other than that is mostly a mix of spamming balls of lightning and whatever second damage dealer I choose... chakram duel chakram is fun lol...

[@NairobiOGKush]

I just recently found a Meticulous Bolts and was happy that my Kridershot generated 3 Elemental Arrow. Still trying to get an Ancient Kridershot, though!

[@ChristopherAllenOfficial]

Yeah I'm working on my ancient to lol

[@sonicdrumm80]

According to: Diablo Wiki, the witching hour gains only two of the three stats required for Trifecta status. Attack speed, and Critical hit damage. There are currently no belts that give critical hit chance in ROS, however, in Diablo 3, the Inna's Favor Legacy belt did have a 1.0% critical hit chance affix.

[@martinrossler7804]

I think that this build will work again with that legendary ring that reduces cooldown of a skill by 1 second everytime you spend resource.

[@BreadJokes]

How many sentries can you get with the helltrapper? can you get as many as you can spawn, or does it cap at like 5 or something?

[@gds000be]

A really well made video guide ! So far i have been using the cold M6 build, but after seeing your vid i will try the lightning M6 build ... so it's time to level my swiftness gem i guess ...

[@XronisFountoukidis]

I usualy run with Frost and Fire but i ll give it a shot to see!! thanks for the insight

[@Black14825]

Awesome guide...you explain things so well and clear man keep on! Subscribed.

[@velibrian]

ill try this build when i play next i got the quiver so ill try it love the ice and fire build though

[@Shiffers]

I still run the sentry build with the 6 Piece maurader and bombadiers rucksack. Pretty effective

[@marco25avr]

This build its amazing... Many thanks!

[@williambruchert7795]

Any opinion on the impact that the rumored change to M6 will have on either this or the SoIaF build? Word has it that the sentries will only fire hatred spenders *when you do* instead of all the time as they do now.

[@hokiesfan4500]

Question: I have been trying the Tesla build with decent gear. Got the full bonus on Marauders, a good Helltrapper and the proper quiver. How valuable is it to reach break point 7 with this build? Try to get it or just ride it at bp6? I can swap out a ring and amulet and with with a Gogok of swiftness gem to get to bp7. The problem is keeping enough hatred to get out sentries, proc sentries and not run out of hatred to keep 15 stacks on gem. If bp 7 is a huge increase, is it beneficial to drop Marked for Death and go with a hatred generator to attack. Thus cycling being putting sentries out, dumping hatred on coils and refilling fast to repeat the process? Preperation obviously to refill but using the hatred genrator attack to do damage and keep stacks up during cooldowns. (or keep marked for death, drop prep and go with a generator in its spot...or drop comapnions?) please advise. Thanks!

[@VexEffectz]

Also do u know the break points on a ice/fire build? Thanks

[@mrBytemare]

Whats the best BOW for this build ? Kridershot?

[@mathewXXsixx]

Right now I'm tryn to get the quiver that increases lightning damage

[@JonFredrikJohansen]

Is this build uselss without the quiver that slows balls? I got the M6, and also Natalyas 3 set bonus.

[@douglaspintor]

is there the sentry breaking point in this build?

[@TheEndershark]

Totally better than my current Lightning DH build. +1 Internet for you

[@Paauulb]

Rhykker you should really try rockets spec with M5+Nat's3 with Royal Grandeur for spamming RoV (with slowing/freezing rune) instead of elemental arrow. damage is insane and much more fun

[@Hellbeast58-Official]

i wish there was a gear build guide for this on the calculator since the gear has to be listened to, instead of just viewed might just be me being lazy

[@CollageJoker]

I dont know why but its seems like my dm has no damage it take forever to kill in t6 and yes i got the full set and stuff

[@cobydrei]

for me marauder is all about sentry and pet,must have ballistis, multishot, elemental arrow. you have too much hatred and you only use that in your sentry? which is only 4.

[@romainleonardy9380]

again amazing video, man :) still I stay with fire and ice, just because I feel it is more fun to me, I tried the lighting build with the recommended gear, but still I felt like doing way less dmg, but that is only my impression. love your guides, keep going pls

[@jgozter]

What about using wyrdward or however is it called for t6 farming, could it be competitive?

[@pottl92]

***** wouldnt the wyrdward (ring) be better for this set than the stone of jordan? because of the stunchance and with this set you are spamming lighting damage as hell

[@EugeneSinyov]

Thank you broke it down to every detail.👍

[@KidKluch]

Why don't you use the kinder shot so you generate hatred and focused mind on preparation so you can stay in smokescreen for ever?

[@Lavos2007]

hmmm...nice vide, im glad to see a build that can utilize Ball Lightning so well WITHOUT a Kridershot...tempted to try this build but ill def need the Helltrapper and Meticulous Bolts i felt so ahppy the other nigyht...after lik2 months..Kadala got her act together, ive got 3 Ring of Royal Grandeur sadly the first one was pretty bad and rolled with Dex on my Wizard of all thins so i gave it to my DH even though im gonna try and get a better rolled 1 for her eventually...but kadala dropepd the final piece i needed to complete the Firebirds set...the final piece i needed for Zunimassas set...and no joke all 3 pieces i needed to complete ALL the DG Sets, Nats, Maraudders and Shadows...each set of those 3 classes provided i have Ring of Royal Grandeur of course...but 2 of em rolled with decent stats so my WD and WIZ each have 1...my DH could use a better one but ill work on that over time

[@sonicdrumm80]

Question, wouldn't it be better to try and build a DH with better survivability? For instance, my DH has M6 + 4 piece Blackthornes, for an insane toughness of 12.4m, I also have 1.2m DPS with Hell Trapper and Bombardier's Rucksack. Just trying to figure out what the better build would be.

[@Rhykker]

What GR are you able to do? For climbing higher greater rifts, the problem is that you sacrifice too much DPS by going for more survivability, and you start to fail GRifts simply because you run out of time and can't kill fast enough. But your DPS is actually really high for such high toughness as well - can I see your profile?

[@sonicdrumm80]

Haven't tried GR to be honest I find them to be a waste of time, however I will see what I can do.

[@sonicdrumm80]

***** My username is Mrlegi0n#1161, hope this helps!

[@marcgellert736]

***** i only have the marauder set but i have 1.56m dmg and 14m toughness

[@sharksnwhales]

Amazing Video thank you, I've been looking for an in depth explanation for this build, you rock bro =) sadly when i had this quiver i thought the higher the better lol i salvaged all of my 30% and kept the 40% quiver god damn...

[@VexEffectz]

Can u get the arrows on Dia Xbox one or is it only on pc seasons version?

[@kl0ness]

Strafe build is the most fun DH build imo. But i'm sad that it's not viable for higher greater rifts and for competing.

[@MMaher704]

which one is better? this or the song of ice??

[@Rhykker]

This is better for higher greater rifts, but it really requires all the gear. The song of ice and fire is better for T6 Rifts.

[@MMaher704]

***** I'm using The song of ice and fire at the moment. This one seems a bit more interesting, i think ill switch to this and its gonna be easy for me because i have most of the stuff, the only 2 things i need are the TaskerandTheo and The witching hour! Anyways Thanks for the guides Man! you've helped me alot so far!

[@demonwulf2345]

maybe a silly question, but will the "Enforcer" gem affect the sentries? Are the sentries classified as pets?

[@Rhykker]

Yes and yes! Enforcer is best gem for this build :)

[@mathewXXsixx]

I use entangle shot with lightning an year that puts it at +30% dmg and multi shot lightning wit gear that up it 30% and 15% for sentry and use the Nate bow an ring and maurder and 3wolf clock and 55% increase in lightning damage my entangle shot does 3/4 mill and multi shot does 8/10 mill

[@eduardofdut]

what about windforce?

[@gkatmdgh74]

So I have a question because there is a ring that gives you stun when you hit enemy with lighting for 1.5 second u think its a good replacement for soj? Would that work on turrets?

[@JakubMarekVeleslavin]

1) with Helltrapper, you have to shoot all the time - so you would get tons of stuns. Sentries don't trigger it. 2) you don't want the effect - you need to push forward and let mobs and champions follow you. 3) all of that applies in higher greater rifts. there you need to put everything into DPS, hence SoJ is by far the most effective.

[@duelinthis]

How come you dont lose hatred?

[@Seth_Caskey]

I do Cold/Ice build because it slows and does a lot of damage and the Polar sentry can slow and freeze and do a lot of damage mine do 10 mil to 14 mil damage. My guy does 10 mil to 80 mil damage you can destroy if you have the right items

[@manuelbanana3273]

Thanks for the upload.

[@killersoxos]

for me sentry multishot preperation companion vault vengeance is the best demon hunter build the most dmg and the fastest

[@froztix]

atm i run ice and fire cause i don't have the lightning stuff yet

[@chromejokeralquaf149]

Dont Actually know if this build is anygood anymore. but i want to try it again cause it was the most fun build :3

[@Daichan1893]

I played this build yesterday, had gear for it. I can do Grift 27 max. with my other sentry build i make grift 35... lol

[@FDJUwe]

Dude, I stopped playing diablo 3 because of lack of luck and boredom. But after watching this video, I remembered that i have a DH with 4 pieces of marauder and I had a lightning/dex soj stashed!!!! I never expected it to be useful one day, I just kept it for kicks!! haha, I always thought I was too greedy keeping any interesting legendary I found (I even made mules to stash more of them), now I know it actually pays off sometimes! You never know when a build is going to use that "useless" legendary you keep on your chest. Even if the effect seems retarded, it can be good with some legendary in the future. That's what happened with my lightning soj. I expected Monk to be the one using it, but apparently lightning monk is still not the thing. (But I still expect it to be one day, I have a almost perfect Schaefer's hammer stashed, as well as the lightning set and other shit like thunderfury, fulminator...)

[@PudgeCrave]

I felt the same, but whenever I found better gear, it kept me moving forward and kept me playing this game. Can't get out of D3 anymore!

[@jerod5636]

Kwangho Lee Fricken loot treadmill man. I feel ya!

[@Lavos2007]

Jerod Fontenot yup...while vanilla D3 i only played loosely, i didnt think it was terrible but it wasnt that great either...Patch 2.0.1 pre-expansion followed by the expansion? ive been on crack ever since playing at least 5 days a week if not all 7 for at least a few hours...its paid off too...got full ZUnis set, full Firebirds, full Tal Rashas, all 3 DH sets...finally found a Serpents Sparker wand though it rolled pretty bad stats but i was able to help that alot with a Ramaladni's Gift and some enchanting so the damage is at leaast fairly usable now...rolled with like 2000 at lvl 70...via socket and enchanting i got it to around 2350 or so which is OKAY...not ideal but ill take the 2nd Hydra bonus till i can loot a better one...which may take a while...took 3 monthso f fairly often playing just to get ONE of those to drop...their not even the rares Wizard legendary in the game by far...fairly low chance but theres much rarer stuff

[@Ludak021]

I am not sure, but it seems to me that you are unaware how sentry APS break points work. When you reach a certain BP, sentry is going to shoot at that speed no matter how much APS you add on top of it unless that APS moves you to a next BP mark. So if you are reaching 3.33 APS BP, with Taskers that have vit instead of IAS, you certainly don;t need that trifecta. IAS is needed everywhere and it needs max rolls to reach the final max BP with the fastest base APS xbow (1.6 aps + max IAS roll). If you don't have that kind of gear, just don't bother with lacuni and trifecta Taskers, your sentries won't shoot faster. Also, Nightstalker doesn't proc off of sentries, only from your attacks, so yea, not really that useful unless you are using Kridershot, and if you are, you are not going to be runing this build and bla bla, who has the time to manually shoot in GR lvl 35+ anyway?! So nightstalker sounds good in theory but in reality it's not doing very much for you :) At least that's my experience with it with this build (I even have a HF ammy with that passive on it). Also, it's a very boring build, so is "fire and ice" I Actually reverted to rain of arrows, vengance and some other stuff build. Not using M6 at all. Sure, I can't do T6 anymore but at least I am having FUN again. :) Cheers.

[@trysephiroth007]

He talked about the breakpoints in other videos. Guess he didn't feel the need to put it in this one

[@GoZuHaZa]

Rhykker! Insted of telling us to get IAS everywhere, just tell us what breakpoint to aim for.

[@DarrenPurdyTV]

I still need 2 more Marauders :( stupid kadala hates me......

[@nathandaniel5451]

I recently power levelled my dh (i am usually a wd or a wiz) and I spent thousands of bloodshards on just the boots....... I finally got the boots on my fucking jade doc....

[@Naikotasd]

now dat's a boob-hunter :D, i run it with some differences: since i don't attack at all, i dont need hatred at all, so mark of death with contagion rune, and preparation with the one that restores discipline over time.

[@megloton]

Cool vid, thx

[@rizzorizzo2311]

You have a nice radio voice.

[@Ivl0lvl]

Smoke screen ftw...its like having a potion on a 2 sec CD :)

[@sionsector751]

This does not work on console.

[@MarcuzHD]

This build is way slower to kill enemies and does not enough damage...

[@aloevera6423]

you just make supositions with the lighting build u doesnt even have all the gear to try it on your video lmao it was used on season 1 then the helltraper sentry have been capped to 3 at max , u would see it if u would have one

[@Zoyflear]

Имея 463.020.717 золота у тебя до сих пор не БЕЗУПРЕЧНЫЙ КОРОЛЕВСКИЙ ИЗУМРУД. -__-

[@TheMicheilsGrey]

то что он ложил на него

[@RuneChaosMarine]

"into witch you will ""SHOVE" a diamond" lollololol shove

[@Asem98]

Too bad that i don't like the demon hunter :P