06-02-2012, 01:04 AM
I'm a 41 (very soon to be 42) DH in late act 2 NM.
My skill choices:
LMB - Hungering arrow with the rune that splits it to 3
RMB - Elemental arrow with Electrical arrow rune
1 - Smoke screen with rage regen rune
2 - Bat companion
3 - Fan of knives with range extender
4 - I've been experimenting but recently settled on the skill which shoots rockets at a small area.
Basically this build plays almost exactly like a frozen orb sorc from diablo 2, without teleport or the slowing effect of the frozen orb. Fan of knives is my only snare, I rely a lot on my templar to do snaring/stunning for me. The combination of elemental arrow with the bat companion and the rage regen rune on smoke screen basically lets me use elemental arrow as my go-to skill. It takes quite a number of shots to dump my entire hatred ball.
I can't say enough good things about this build. The only weakness it can have is in bringing down single targets. It's much more adept at clearing out entire rooms. Now I know that this will likely change come hell/inferno, but the other advantage of ball lightning is that it can shoot around corners. Really, the only time I'm endangered is when I let myself get cornered or come up against a fast boss pack.
My skill choices:
LMB - Hungering arrow with the rune that splits it to 3
RMB - Elemental arrow with Electrical arrow rune
1 - Smoke screen with rage regen rune
2 - Bat companion
3 - Fan of knives with range extender
4 - I've been experimenting but recently settled on the skill which shoots rockets at a small area.
Basically this build plays almost exactly like a frozen orb sorc from diablo 2, without teleport or the slowing effect of the frozen orb. Fan of knives is my only snare, I rely a lot on my templar to do snaring/stunning for me. The combination of elemental arrow with the bat companion and the rage regen rune on smoke screen basically lets me use elemental arrow as my go-to skill. It takes quite a number of shots to dump my entire hatred ball.
I can't say enough good things about this build. The only weakness it can have is in bringing down single targets. It's much more adept at clearing out entire rooms. Now I know that this will likely change come hell/inferno, but the other advantage of ball lightning is that it can shoot around corners. Really, the only time I'm endangered is when I let myself get cornered or come up against a fast boss pack.
Disarm you with a smile 