2012-05-11, 12:08 AM
JoeTang Wrote:The point is I'd be reusing Mantra of Conviction every now and then to get the +48% damage buff instead of +24% when possible to spend spirit (which would be half my total spirit without that passive), and Dashing Strike would be for moving towards enemies initially and it only costs 25. After I've closed the distance once, it wouldn't be necessary to do it again and I'd have recharged the spirit spend in ~2 seconds there after? The point of three generators is to make use of Combination Strike, though I might lower it to two or swap Dashing Strike to get Sweeping Wind for more damage, which would be a good spender as well. If I actually have trouble surviving, I could just swap out Mantra of Conviction to something defensive, rather than taking Near Death Experience since survival would be a larger issue for other party members at that point than me I feel.
It seems really wasteful to have Deadly Reach only for the 3rd strike bonus every 30 seconds though, but 18% is a lot, and it has good linear range. I really enjoyed Piercing Trident's effect, despite being slower. Crippling Wave is for radial crowd control with really good debuffs, especially party, and Hundred Fists would be my primary attacking. I have a strong intention of party play here, so I should have some decent support for crowd control, and I may not need to engage too quickly if others can't keep up with movement, or may need to engage quicker if there's a Vaulting DH with me ~_~ which would affect my Dashing Strike spec.
About your Demon Hunter, I had read somewhere that Hungering Arrow with Puncturing Arrow had higher DPS than an unruned Rapid Fire since it could pierce, which is interesting, but I'm not too sure on the validity. It seems plausible, but since we don't know any specifics yet on the rate of fire for Rapid Fire, we don't know for sure yet. Rapid Fire just has such a low potential to overkill against trash with its 57%? per arrow that made it so good in the beta, whereas Hungering usually only hit two targets and died, it was still really good. I think you've specced too much into crowd control though. Also, given how good Hungering Arrow and Entangling Shot are, I think having too many Hatred reducer runes is a bit wasteful when you could be investing in DPS or even better crowd control on spenders. There's that Discipline generator on Multishot too, which is really weird. Having near limitless Discipline with Vault... It'd be like trying to keep up with a Teleporting Sorc in DII T_T I think Demon Hunters have too much mobility.
personally, i wouldnt remove dashing strike without replacing it with another mobility skill... but thats why i plan to be able to vault constantly. im a clearer at heart, but i also have a shorter attention span nowadays. clearing faster is better clearing.
i believe i may have seen that about puncturing arrow, but i definitely want rapid fire for the trash. i enjoy getting 20+ urn combos holding down right click too damn much. and in beta, i didnt figure out elective mode... so i gimped myself using entangling shot a lot without realizing i could have puncturing arrow too. 4 mob entangling shot was enough cc to vault away and wipe mobs with rapid fire, and i like that playstyle.... and it takes quite a bit of hatred doing that, even with withering fire reductions. but i havent (obviously) tried much else yet and at least a couple of my slots arent cemented.