What are your impressions?

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I would suggest the Hatred Regen Rune on Smoke Screen is likely doing very little for you. With the Bat, you already regenerate seven hatred per second, and Smoke Screen only gives you a one-off (per use) extra six. The first two Runes are more useful on Smoke Screen. Personally, I like the speed boost; Elites in Hell are faster than you, and still see/target you even when invisible (since 1.0.2), so I find making some distance better; most prefer the extra 0.5 seconds of protection from the second Rune.

I actually changed my rune on SS the other night. I can't remember what to though (the highest available for me at the moment). It doesn't really matter though because the only times I've died recently is when I grew bored clearing act 3 and stopped paying attention and when I pulled a very nasty fast boss pack in a tight dungeon. 99% of fights are just a matter of holding down the right mouse button behind the door (and my merc). I'm often getting 20+ mobs killed with one shot (the scorpions in act 3 loved to die in huge numbers to ball lightning). Ball lightning is awesome because a) it's aoe and b) it passes through all mobs and can hit them more than once. Its slowness is its only weakness and I felt some danger against the port-a-whack mobs late in act 3. I get the feeling that in hell I might switch my lmb to shackles instead of hungering arrow. Ball lightning is just as good as hungering against single targets anyway.