You should go full DEX too. After Act II Inferno, there is no point to stacking VIT because everything will kill you in one hit. A person I know who is a 60 Barbarian in Act IV Inferno said he too cannot tank anything past Act I. DEX contributes to dodge which at least gives you a chance to survive.

My 1H Crossbow has 840.8 DPS. The stats on it were worth the price though. DEX, damage% and life on hit.

2.19 attacks per second I think. I'll check for you when I wake up as I have an exam in..12 hours. Don't worry about weapon type unless you specifically want to trigger the Archery bonus. Just use the one which has the best damage yield for yourself.

You will die in Inferno Act II regardless of how you build your character. This is a fact, period.

Smoke nerfed. GG

Duration dropped from 2(3 w/ lingering fog) to 1 (2). Go test it out.

Trust me I know my DH, and EU and Asia got the hit earlier than us.

Obligatory DPS update as at 24/05/2012. No Sharpshooter.



Additionally, MF set:


This post has been edited by ZeratoS: May 24 2012, 10:03 AM

As I mentioned earlier, there is no possible way to survive an Act II elite's hit unless you have Act IV / Pony gears or exploited the Resplendent Chest.

Even with my 45% mitigation + 40% resistances, I die in one hit to everything.

My suggestion is not to rush Inferno because you CAN NOT get past it without dying like seven billion times. Its doable, but it will take a lot of deaths to get done right.

Handbow + Quiver if you're aiming to proc Nightstalker. DH can still operate with the SS nerf, you just need to be smart and Tactical Advantage is mandatory now.

DEX. Always DEX.


Also, sorry I haven't been able to reply. My flight got delayed for 6 hours before I finally made it to Malaysia

Belial Inferno, oh you.

Spent all day wiping at him. Best I got him to was 50% Phase 3.

Act II Inferno complete. Also got the last cow level staff. GG 1m to craft.

Kinda gave up in Act III Inferno. Even the small goblins ohko you lol.

This post has been edited by ZeratoS: May 28 2012, 02:12 PM

I found a 970 DPS 2H Crossbow in Act IV, so I've been using that instead. I've really lost all motivation to play right now. I mean, what is there left to do once you hit Act IV Inferno. Farming yields just bigger DPS..thats it.

Also Act IV is equally as frustrating as Act II because as a DH, you die to anything. Now what makes it frustrating is the fact that the Corrupt Angels dash at you from like ten screens away and you'll never see it coming.

Lets not even get into the super fast Morlus and the meteors that you can't dodge in the lag. :|

This post has been edited by ZeratoS: May 28 2012, 06:10 PM

Yeah. Him..

There is no such thing as crazy DPS without Sharpshooter, Steady Aim and Archery. Trust me, those are all inflated values. Actual top DPS values range from 50~60k only. Also, look at the raw damage on the weapon. DPS may be lower due to IAS but when you're doing burst damage, IAS hardly matters.

This post has been edited by ZeratoS: May 29 2012, 02:49 PM

In Inferno, IAS will help your skill animations play out faster. This is important up to the point where you can comfortably stutter step (Shoot 1 arrow, run back, shoot another) to kite.

After that, arguably damage per hit becomes more important as its more resource effective (Impale, etc) and wastes less time doing the same damage.

At some point (2.7+ attacks per sec) you'll be able to do two shots per round, but until you get to that point, its more cost effective to build damage over IAS.