Set Dungeons - Demon Hunter - Shadows Set - Demon Hunter - Diablo III Builds (2024)

I've added RoRG just for more flexible builds, in this case you could use Pride's Fall for the resource cost reduction. If you're wearing the full set, feel free to substitute in one of the other rings listed (Obsidian Ring or Convention of Elements).

The Krelm's Buff Belt is there just for the movement speed, although you could use the Krelm's Bracer as well but it isn't necessary. You can use any Belt and you should be fine!

Thanks for the input! I've updated the build guide slightly to account for Area Damage possibly breaking the Impale chain.

You need to use a generator then if you're using Focus and Restraint, so you'd probably want to equip the Spines of the Seething Hatred and use Chakram as your generator, or Bola/Grenade.

From what I can tell based on the wording by the Blizzard Rep that posted the information, the 40000% damage bonus isn't applied to ANY of the runes. Either way you still get a huge boost to your damage from the Grievous Wounds rune due to the combination with Envious Blade, which guarantees you a critical hit since monsters should be 100% health. This should one shot every single monster even with basic gear. Remember to dismiss your follower, and possibly remove Companion from the skill bar so they don't deal damage to the monsters before you do! You can definitely replace the movement speed passives listed above with Ambush and/or Cull the Weak for more damage if required.

I still find the build above to be much easier to gear for rather than finding a Focus/Restraint. You don't even need a Karlei's Point, just the Envious Bladeand the Shadows Set itself should be sufficient to clear this Set Dungeon. You will need farm some act 3 bounty bags and hope one pops out though but at least it's a somewhat reliable way of farming an item.

Unfortunately I'm not sure how the mechanics of the shields work. A friend who also attempted to use this guide and was running into the same issue so I suspect it's something do with the amount of damage you deal. A Wiki post here:http://diablo.gamepedia.com/Skeletal_Shieldbearer states that "Uses a shield to block all incoming damage. Shield will block a limited amount of damage before breaking. No more damage is blocked once shield is broken."

I did this Set Dungeon twice - first time with 831 paragon levels and well optimised gear in the video showcased, but I also did this a second time for the Seasonal Conquest with only 200 odd paragons. I do know I had an ancient Envious Blade weapon (Karlei's Point in the cube) in my second run and didn't encounter any issues with one shotting the shield monsters.

Can you try to complete this Set Dungeon using the Pain Enhancer gem instead of the Gogok of Swiftness gem and/or increasing your paragons/damage? There was a good recommendation made by user 'MomoPewpew' to use Pain Enhancer to let the gem's bleed effect finish off the monsters. Unfortunately there's no easy way for me to test how this works as I've only kept Ancient pieces of the Shadow gear so I'd likely one shot the monsters.

As a side note from re-watching my Shadows Set Dungeon video, I noted multiple times where Area Damage was proccing and killing multiple monsters with a single Impale so it appears Area Damage does not affect the Impale Chain objective. Please note that the monsters hit by the Area Damage ALSO died instantly, I'm not sure how the Impale Chain objective is affected if the monster is hit by Area Damage but is still alive.