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cerealguy #1422
The Demon Hunter Non-M6 Challenge(1)Category: Demon HunterAugust-4-2014 11:05 AM PDT (10 years ago) Go to Blizzard forum post
I decided to stop updating this post because it's bleeding obvious that there's no build that comes close to M6 for doing greater rifts or even just T6. Will be posting other thoughts soon though. Feel free to contribute if you like.

Blatantly ripping off Nubtro because we should do this to (if only to prove how useless DH is without Marauder) http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/13681598039?page=1

Which secondary skill is the best?
How does it fare compared Marauder? (Feel free to make use of the M4 bonus as well as any other sets)

Rules:

1. no Marauder 6 set bonus, no legacy gear
2. need to have a secondary (or Archery) skill in your build (Impale, Rapid Fire, Chakram, Elemental Arrow, Multishot, Cluster Arrow, Strafe, ect),
3. no gear swap, no build swap until the Rift Guardian is down,
4.a) highest successfuly cleared Greater Rift in time (PTR)
or
4.b) average time it took to clear 10 subsequent T6 rifts on live. (Do as many as you have time for if you cant do 10):
-> start = entering Rift
-> finish = Guardian down


Ideally, you would record everything and also gather data on average champion and rare elite kill times, if that doesn´t cause you too much trouble, but it is not a prerequisite for participating :)

Enter the challenge if you simply want to test your capability with a non Marauder build and/or to provide tangible data for the purpose of comparing the current Demon Hunter endgame build options.

Please post as much information about your character and build as you can, also what your experience was and how you felt relying on our secondary skills to deal damage.

Good luck and have fun.

Greater Rift rough reference chart:
Rank 25 = Torment 6 monster health
Rank 28 = Torment 7
Rank 31 = Torment 8
Rank 34 = Torment 9
Rank 37 = Torment 10
Rank 40 = Torment 11


Records:

PTR Server:
Rudi1337 -> Greater Rift level 27
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/13680738375?page=2#39

Live Server:
Cottonface -> Average T6 time: 14:41
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/13680738375?page=2#28

RedCell -> Average T6 time: 20:08
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/13680738375?page=2#23

DrDirtyBirdy -> Average T6 time: 23:07
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/13680738375?page=2#35


Let's get some GREATER RIFTS up in this piece.

Edit: Do whatever as long as you're not using M6! Sorry about the confusion.

Edit: This is not a contest! We're doing this to provide information to the devs so that they can fix stuff and improve the game. There is no winner, just test things out. All data is helpful! Also it would be helpful for me if you compute your average time for T6 rifts.

Edit: Re-named post for clarity.

Edit: Please, if you have some high level gems on the PTR, I would love to see some testing of Non-M6 builds involving them.
[Post edited three times, last edit by cerealguy#1422 at August-12-2014 12:50 PM PDT (10 years ago)]
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Araxom
The Demon Hunter Main Spender Challenge(16)August-4-2014 7:05 PM PDT (10 years ago) Go to Blizzard forum post
It’s an interesting test. We’ll be keeping our eyes on the post to see how the community results pan out.
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