Demon Hunter Top 5 Builds Guide

1st. Natalya's Vengeance Set (Spike Trap)

Natalya's Vengeance was reworked into a Spike Trap build way back in Season 28 which made it the highest damage Demon Hunter build in the game.

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Legendary Gems

Bane of the Trapped

Increases damage against enemies under the effect of crowd controlling effects and gives a 30% slow aura.

Bane of the Powerful

Gives 20% increased damage after killing an elite and increased damage/reduced damage taken against elites.

Bane of the Stricken

Enemies receive a stacking damage taken increase and your damage against bosses is increased by 25%.

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Skills & Passives

Skills

Companion - Boar Companion (Rune)

Spike Trap - Echoing Blast (Rune)

Caltrops - Bait the Trap (Rune)

Strafe - Drifting Shadows (Rune)

Shadow Power - Gloom (Rune)

Vengeance - Dark Heart (Rune)

Passives

Custom Engineering

Cull the Weak

Ambush

Awareness​

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Equipment

Set: Natalya's Vengeance

(2) Set Bonus:

Spike Trap deals 100% increased damage to enemies affected by Caltrops. Spike Traps also now instantly refreshes its charges, no longer has a resource cost, and each detonation restores 2 Discipline.

(4) Set Bonus:

Spike Traps now blasts enemies to the nearest set of Caltrops and grants 75% reduced damage taken.

(6) Set Bonus:

Spike Trap deals 10,000% increased damage and each explosion deals 25% more damage.

Set: Captain Crimson's Trimmings

(2) Set Bonus:

Regenerates 6000 life per second and reduces your cooldowns by 20% and resource costs by 20%.

(3) Set Bonus:

Damage dealt is now increased by your percentage of cooldown reduction and damage taken is now reduced by your percentage of resource cost reduction.

Set: Aughild's Authority

(2) Set Bonus:

Increases your damage dealt by 30% and reduces your damage taken by 15%.

(3) Set Bonus:

Increases your damage dealt against elites by 30% and reduces your damage taken from elites by 30%.

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Weapon: Dawn

Vengeance now has a 65% reduced cooldown.

Weapon: The Demon's Demise

Spike Trap now damages all enemies a second time after 1 second and deals 200% increased damage.

Ring: Natalya's Reflection 

Gives one set item for the Natalya's Vengeance set bonuses.

Ring 2: Elusive Ring

Gives 60% reduced damage taken for 8 seconds after using Shadow Power.

Amulet: Hellfire Amulet

Gives a free random passive from the character class that creates the amulet.

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Seasonal Kanai's Cube Powers

Note: You should use the below items instead whenever there's a seasonal Kanai's Cube power.

Seasonal Ring 2: The Compass Rose

Set: While standing still gain up to 100% increased damage and while moving gain up to 50% damage reduction.

Seasonal Amulet: The Traveler's Pledge

Set: While standing still gain up to 100% increased damage and while moving gain up to 50% damage reduction.​

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Potion

Bottomless Potion of the Leech

This life on hit potion heals you on hit and helps you to survive.

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Helm Socket

Flawless Royal Diamond

A Flawless Royal Diamond gives reduced cooldowns including for your Vengeance skill and increases your damage with the Captain Crimson's Trimmings set equipped.

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Powers

Weapon: Chanon Bolter

Your Spike Traps now lure nearby enemies to them and deal 200% increased damage.

Armor: Trag'Oul Coils

Spike Traps gain the effect of the Scatter rune, are deployed twice as fast, and deal 200% increased damage.

Ring/Amulet: Ring of Royal Grandeur

You require one less set item to complete sets (with a minimum of two set items).

Seasonal: Elusive Ring

Gives 60% reduced damage taken for 8 seconds after using Shadow Power.

Item Stat Priority

Helm: Dexterity > Socket > Critical Hit Chance > Vitality

Body: Sockets > Dexterity > Vitality > % Spike Trap Damage

Hands: Critical Hit Chance > Dexterity > Critical Hit Damage > Vitality

Shoulders: Dexterity > Vitality > Cooldown Reduction > % Spike Trap Damage

Legs: Sockets > Dexterity > Vitality > All Resistance

Waist: Dexterity > Vitality > All Resistance > Life %

Bracers: Dexterity > Vitality > Critical Hit Chance > Cold Damage %

Feet: Dexterity > Vitality > All Resistance > Armor

Amulet: Socket > Dexterity > Critical Hit Damage > Critical Hit Chance

Rings: Socket > Critical Hit Chance > Dexterity > Cooldown Reduction

Note: You should raise the priority of defensive stats like Vitality and life recovery if you have low paragons.

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Natalya's Vengeance Tips

1. Use your defensive skill Shadow Power when you are fighting on cooldown to survive.

2. Cooldown Reduction and Resource Cost Reduction also increase your damage dealt and reduce your damage taken with the Captain Crimson's Trimmings set equipped.

3. The Elusive Ring gives higher damage reduction than Unity. It also can be up at all times with the Natalya's Vengeance set bonuses which makes Spike Trap detonations restore Discipline.

4. The Elusive Ring legendary Power which provides 60% damage reduction can be switched to a Convention of Elements which gives an occasional 200% damage increase for 4 seconds at higher paragon levels.

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2nd.  Shadow's Mantle Set  (Impale)

The damage of this build was majorly buffed back in Season 30 which made it take the second place spot in these rankings for the highest damage Demon Hunter builds.

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Legendary Gems

Bane of the Trapped

Increases your damage against enemies under the effect of crowd control effects and gives a 30% slow aura.

Gogok of Swiftness

Increases attack speed and cooldown reduction by 1% and gives you a chance to dodge stacking up to 15 times.

Bane of the Powerful

Gives 20% increased damage after killing an elite and increased damage/reduced damage taken against elites.

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Skills & Passives

Skills

Grenade - Tinkerer (Rune)

Impale - Ricochet (Rune)

Shadow Power - Gloom (Rune)

Fan of Knives - Bladed Armor (Rune)

Companion - Boar Companion (Rune)

Vengeance - Black Heart (Rune)

Passives

Thrill of the Hunt​

Cull the Weak

Perfectionist

Awareness

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Equipment

Set: Shadow's Mantle

(2) Set Bonus:

While equipped with a melee weapon the damage of your Impale is increased by 6000%.

(4) Set Bonus:

Shadow Power gains the effect of every Shadow Power rune and lasts forever.

(6) Set Bonus:

Impale deals an additional 120,000% weapon damage to the first enemy hit and 40,000% weapon damage to secondary enemies that are hit.

Set: Captain Crimson's Trimmings

(2) Set Bonus:

Regenerates 6000 life per second and reduces your cooldowns by 20% and resource costs by 20%.

(3) Set Bonus:

Damage dealt is now increased by your percentage of cooldown reduction and damage taken is now reduced by your percentage of resource cost reduction.

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Weapon: Karlei's Point

Impale now gains resource cost reduction and deals 375% increased damage.

Quiver: Holy Point Shot

Impale now throws two additional knives and deals 100% increased damage.

Bracers: Wraps of Clarity

Your Hatred generators now provide 50% reduced damage taken for 5 seconds.

Ring: Elusive Ring

Gives 60% reduced damage taken for 8 seconds after using Shadow Power.

Ring 2: The Compass Rose

Set: While standing still gain up to 100% increased damage and while moving gain up to 50% damage reduction.

Amulet: The Traveler's Pledge

Set: While standing still gain up to 100% increased damage and while moving gain up to 50% damage reduction.

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Seasonal Kanai's Cube Powers

Note: You should use the below items instead whenever there's a seasonal Kanai's Cube power.

Seasonal  Ring: Focus

Set: Gain 50% increased damage after using a primary and 50% increased damage after using a spending skill.

Seasonal Ring 2: Restraint

Set: Gain 50% increased damage after using a primary and 50% increased damage after using a spending skill.

Season 33 Amulet: Squirt's Necklace

Gives up to 100% increased damage and 50% increased damage taken when you haven't taken damage.

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Potion

Bottomless Potion of the Leech

With the fast attack speed of this build this life on hit potion helps you to survive.

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Helm Socket

Flawless Royal Diamond

A Flawless Royal Diamond should be used for cooldown reduction for your Vengeance skill and cooldown reduction also increases your damage with the Captain Crimson's Trimmings set equipped.

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Powers

Weapon: Dawn

Vengeance now has up to a 65% reduced cooldown.

Armor: Aquila Cuirass

Gain 50% reduced damage taken when you're above 90% primary resources.

Ring/Amulet: Ring of Royal Grandeur

You require one less set item to complete sets (with a minimum of two set items).

Seasonal: Elusive Ring

Gives 60% reduced damage taken for 8 seconds after using Shadow Power.

Item Stat Priority

Helm: Dexterity > Socket > Critical Hit Chance > Vitality

Body: Sockets > Dexterity > Vitality > Life Percent

Hands: Critical Hit Chance > Dexterity > Critical Hit Damage > Vitality

Shoulders: Dexterity > Vitality > Cooldown Reduction > Resource Cost Reduction

Legs: Sockets > Dexterity > Vitality > All Resistance

Waist: Dexterity > Vitality > All Resistance > Life %

Bracers: Dexterity > Vitality > Critical Hit Chance > Lightning Damage %

Feet: Dexterity > Vitality > % Damage to Impale > Armor

Amulet: Socket > Dexterity > Critical Hit Damage > Critical Hit Chance

Rings: Socket > Critical Hit Chance > Dexterity > Cooldown Reduction

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Shadow Mantle Tips

1. Shadow Power is always active with the Shadow's Mantle set but you should still hard cast Shadow Power to trigger the Elusive Ring effect which reduces your damage taken.

2. Cooldown reduction and resource cost reduction also increase your damage and reduce your damage taken with the Captain Crimson's Trimmings set equipped.

3. The Thrill of the Hunt passive slows enemies and increases your damage with the Bane of the Trapped legendary gem and the Cull the Weak passive.

4. The Elusive Ring is recommended over a Unity ring for more damage reduction. It can also be up at all times with the Shadow's Mantle set bonus which reduces the Discipline cost of Shadow Power.

5. When the seasonal legendary power is active your Elusive Ring can be switched to Convention of Elements which provides an occasional 200% elemental damage increase at higher paragon levels.

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3rd. Gears of Dreadlands Set (Hungering Arrow)

The Gears of Dreadlands Demon Hunter is the best speed farming build in the game due to its extremely fast movement speed and it's ranked third for Demon Hunters for Greater Rifts progression.

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Legendary Gems

Simplicity's Strength

Increases the damage of primary attacks and makes them heal you for 4% of your maximum life.

Taeguk

Gives increased damage and increased armor when a skill is channeled stacking up to 10 times.

Gogok of Swiftness

Increases attack speed and cooldown reduction by 1% and gives you a chance to dodge stacking up to 15 times.

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Skills & Passives

Skills

Hungering Arrow - Devouring Arrow (Rune)

Strafe - Drifting Shadow (Rune)

Shadow Power - Gloom (Rune)

Fan of Knives - Bladed Armor (Rune)

Companion - Wolf Companion (Rune)

Vengeance - Dark Heart (Rune)

Passives

Thrill of the Hunt​

Cull the Weak

Archery

Awareness

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Equipment

Set: Gears of Dreadlands

(2) Set Bonus:

Gain 4 seconds of Momentum when attacking with a primary skill with a maximum duration of 20 seconds. Your primary skills deal 10% increased damage for each second of Momentum you have remaining.

(4) Set Bonus:

Strafe now automatically uses your last used primary skill and reduces your damage taken by 60%. While using Strafe you also gain 8% increased movement speed per second of Momentum you currently have.

(6) Set Bonus:

Your primary skills deal 27,500% increased damage.

Weapon: Dawn

Vengeance now has a 65% reduced cooldown.

Weapon: Valla's Bequest

Strafe projectiles now pierce enemies.

Belt: Hunter's Wrath

Your primary skills now attack 30% faster and deal 200% increased damage.

Bracers: Wraps of Clarity

Hatred generators now provide 50% reduced damage taken for 5 seconds.

Ring: Focus

Set: Gain 50% increased damage after using a primary and 50% increased damage after using a spending skill.

Ring 2: Restraint

Set: Gain 50% increased damage after using a primary and 50% increased damage after using a spending skill.

Amulet: Squirt's Necklace

Gives up to 100% increased damage and 50% increased damage taken if you haven't taken damage recently.

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Potion

Bottomless Potion of the Leech

With the very fast attack speed of this build this life on hit potion helps you to survive.

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Helm Socket

Flawless Royal Diamond

A Flawless Royal Diamond gives cooldown reduction which provides more uptime on the Vengeance skill.

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Powers

Weapon: The Ninth Cirri Satchel

Hungering Arrow now gains a 100% chance to pierce and deals 600% increased damage.

Armor: Depth Diggers

Gives 100% increased damage to your primary skills.

Ring/Amulet: Convention of Elements

Rotates through elemental damage types and gives an occasional 200% damage increase for 4 seconds.

Seasonal: Unity

Splits your damage taken with your immortal follower if they're equipped with a "follower cannot die" relic.

Item Stat Priority

Helm: Dexterity > Socket > Critical Hit Chance > Vitality

Body: Sockets > Dexterity > Vitality > Life Percent

Hands: Critical Hit Chance > Dexterity > Vitality > Critical Hit Damage

Shoulders: Dexterity > Vitality > Cooldown Reduction > Life Percent

Legs: Sockets > Dexterity > Vitality > % Damage to Hungering Arrow

Waist: Dexterity > Vitality > % Damage to Hungering Arrow > Life Percent

Bracers: Dexterity > Vitality > Critical Hit Chance > Cold Damage Percent

Feet: Dexterity > Vitality > All Resistance > Armor

Amulet: Socket > Dexterity > Critical Hit Damage > Critical Hit Chance

Rings: Socket > Dexterity > Cooldown Reduction > Vitality​

Gears of Dreadlands Tips​​

1. Use your defensive skill Shadow Power when you're fighting on cooldown for survival.

2. The Thrill of the Hunt passive improves the slow based damage from the Bane of the Trapped legendary gem and the Cull the Weak passive. Cull the Weak increases your damage against slowed enemies.

3. Build up 20 stacks of Momentum with the Gears of Dreadlands set bonus by hard casting Hungering Arrow and then Strafe to automatically shoot Hungering Arrows. You should also refresh Momentum stacks by hard casting Hungering Arrow whenever you need more Momentum.​

4. The Unity seasonal Kanai's Cube Power can be switched to Echoing Fury power which gives up to 5 stacks of increased attack speed and movement speed at higher paragon levels.