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Demon Hunter Strafe Demolition Build

Demon Hunter Strafe Demolition Build

Demon Hunter Strafe:Demolition Build submitted by TianZi.

It seems that there are lots of people that have began playing their DH again, with lots of questions about gearing, paragon leveling, and loot farming. Right now Strafe:Demolition happens to be one of the fastest and most efficient farming specs, with people getting experience rates over 100m exp/hour in MP0. Since 1.0.7 does not change anything with the DH Strafe:Demolition build, I figured itd be good time to write up a detailed guide on how to gear for and play the spec efficiently.

Please note that this guide ONLY covers Strafe:Demolition, and does not include ANY other strafe runes or other builds.

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Ill be splitting this guide into 3 short sections:

1) Strafe Mechanics and Basic PlayStyle
2) Passive/Active Skills
3) Basic Gearing

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New video of me playing Strafe at under 100k DPS (with scoundrel) getting rates of about 70m exp/hour. DPS for Strafe:Demo simply isnt as important as many players believe it is:

Video of me playing Strafe with my Legacy Set at the 100m exp/hour rate:

Strafe Mechanics and Basic PlayStyle

Strafe is a auto-aiming channeled ability that spends 12 hatred per attack cycle, where each attack cycle depends on your APS (attacks per second). In each attack cycle you throw 2 bouncy grenades dealing 93.5% weapon damage each. Strafe:Demo also has a proc coefficient of 50% for each target hit, which is relevant for disc regeneration when using the Nightstalker passive. Because Strafe:Demo hits for such a low amount of damage spread among many targets, it is best used in low/no monster power.

Notice how bouncy was underlined in the previous paragraph. Because of the fact that these grenades bounce, it leads to a situation where being closer to the target increases your chance to hit the target(s). Simply put, you want to be standing on your targets while playing the strafe:demo spec, especially vs enemies with a small hit-box.

This leads into an interesting situation with gearing, where strafe basically requires a higher amount of effective hit points (eHP) then other Demon Hunter specs. While typical DH specs stay at range and nuke enemies, strafe:demo plays more like a WW Barb where you stand on top of mobs and spin-to-win. Because of this, the gearing requirements lean towards All Resists, Armor, and Vitality in order to have higher eHP.



Passive Skills 
Sorry, You really dont get options on passives if you want high efficiency.

• Passive 1) Tactical Advantage
  Pretty much to move faster between point A and point B, and to move on top of mobs faster to maximize DPS. No point farming slow when you can farm fast.
• Passive 2) Vengeance
  Used to restore hatred from health globes. Without vengeance and no hatred generator youll constantly be standing around doing nothing.
• Passive 3) Night Stalker
  Used to restore discipline so you can vault more. Walking is a waste of time when you can vault.


Required Active Skills
You pretty much need these 4 abilities in order for the spec to work.


• Skill 1) Strafe: Demolition
  This is basically what this build is all about. Strafe in basically your main damage dealing ability.
• Skill 2) Vault: Tumble (or Trail of Cinders)
  Vault lets you move from point A to point B faster. Players with the Legacy Natalya set, or using Preparation in the 6th skill slot, can use the �Trail of Cinders� rune instead.
• Skill 3) Shadow Power: Gloom
  Shadow Power is needed for healing, and for standing on dangerous affixes. While other DH specs do the same DPS regardless of distance, Strafe:demo builds kill faster when mobs move less. That means you will end up standing in affixes such as molten or plague which can potentially kill you without gloom. If your eHP is high enough you can swap �Gloom� for �Shadow Glide�.
• Skill 4) Companion: Bat
  The bat is used for hatred regeneration since this spec generally does not have a hatred generator.

Optional Active Skills

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