Great Tips for DH want to Power Level 51 ~ 60.

Stat Setting
7:3 Dex:Vit

Skill deployed
Must be Elative Mode
Jugged Trap, Battle Scar(60% hp recover), Valley of Death(Mark), Dark Cloud(Rain of Death)
Scatter Shot, Rapid Fire( i switch to ferrot companion for more gold drop )

EQ Setting
2hand Crossbow + Quiver
Why? Your skill DMG Count only your Weapon dmg ONLY, not its Atk Speed. Meaning :

680DPS BOW dmg is same with 680DPS 2hand Crossbow.
But the dmg count in your skill, eg jugged trap. 680DPS Crossbow will be 30% higher than Bow

Because , Bow atk/second = 1.4
2h Crossbow atk/second = 1.1
With lower DMG, bow can achieve higher DPS because faster atk speed.
BUT The skill do not count your Weapon Atk Speed, count only DMG spread.

So, for maximum Skill dmg, the finest choice is 2h Crossbow. Lowest dmg spread, Highest DMG.
For newbie, you can continue using hand crossbow ( highest atk speed, lowest dmg, largest dmg spread )
Theoretically, your normal dmg is meaningless. Skill dmg is much more effective.

Gold Find
minimum 80%
You need to upgrade your gear every level ( at least one )
i switch 6pcs 2h crossbow from 52 ~ 60

Magic find
Simple Useless. Why?
100%you need gold.
but not 100% the rare gear you drop is what you want, and more importantly, and worse - its worthless.
I have stack naphelem valor x5 with magic find 104%, drop nothing usefull for 10 hours farm..... ( in hell mode )

Extra
Get life on hit when your dps is low
do the math.

Place to Level
Simply act 3
Open space do not suitable for leveling DH. When there is a lot of door/stairs, you can effectively place your trap along the stairs, doors.
in Act 3, the level design simply sweet spot for DH.

This post has been edited by ifourtos: May 28 2012, 02:10 PM

Anyone got any level 60 legendaries yet? Saw a lot on blizz forum.... so tempting...

got one, but sold, useless stats although dex+118

saw an Andariel helm or something.. seems like a famous DH helm.. starting bid 3.5 M

haha, every DH is craving for that. too much, can't afford

yeah, can't stand to look at the stats.. too far away from me

WANT PICTAR!!

I think I'm about 1 week behind you in progress. The good thing about being late to the party is that 800-ish dps bows are much cheaper now

oh ya i think we are the same stage too, bought 872 dps bow for like 800k, i am happy for that and farming happily too

hi guys...level 55 DH reporting in..so hard in Act 2 Hell level...wanna buy equipment..DPS only 7k... cannot survived.. any good place for farming gold guys (nightmare level)?

This post has been edited by milzer1993: May 28 2012, 05:29 PM

Nightmare Act 3 - oh wait!
well u can add me and msg me tonite, i can take u on a quick tour fight all the boses in Act 3 Nighmare

hi there, i personally wouldn't suggest you to farm now at level55, due to the buff x 5, which makes a lot easier for you to farm rather than farming now at level55 in nightmare mode, endure the pain and frustration, get it over, until you reach level 60 and farm on act 3 Hell, which is more suitable IMHO... been there, done that too, next stage i face is inferno

i try to compare with this 2 bow.
the result is i keep my bow and sell the crossbow ><""

eh eh..
how u made dat Normal / SS stats?
u edit or got option to compare that?

dem 4mil oso cant seem to buy anything decent.
resellers jacking up price left and right.

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

Rakanoth says hi.

Saw someone selling 1054 2H bow at 75k only.. Im too slow..

This post has been edited by Amedion: May 28 2012, 06:17 PM

Yeah. Him..

Im using 1H crossbow now with 895dmg +128 dex.. I think will be using it for awhile..

Any tips on buying armor? Must search for over 100dex, 50vit and all resist?