Diablo IIIArchive of Data for Patch 1.0.8Demon Hunter Runes

Archive of Most Popular Demon Hunter Runes in Patch 1.0.8

Note: This is historical data, from level 60 characters who played during the Diablo III PC patch 1.0.8.
This is useful data for players on the console Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 editions of Diablo III, to see the most popular level 60 runes in the console Diablo III. The runes and skills reflected in these charts are similar to the current Diablo III patch on PS3 and Xbox 360.
Players of Diablo III on the PC (Windows and OS X) should see the Popular Builds and Skills charts for the data from the current Diablo III PC patch.
This set of charts lists all the Diablo III Demon Hunter runes. The runes are ranked from the most popular rune to the least popular, based on data from active level 60 Demon Hunters who played during patch 1.0.8.
The chart on the left lists the runes used by softcore Demon Hunters, while the chart on the right shows those used by hardcore Demon Hunters. The Percent column in these charts is the Percentage of Demon Hunters who use that particular rune, of all the softcore or hardcore level 60 Demon Hunters who were active in patch 1.0.8.
Select any rune or skill below to view full information about it.

Charts Last Updated: March 3, 2014

All Runes by Popularity - Demon Hunter Softcore

Rune		Skill	Percent
1	Gloom	Shadow Power	61.80
2	Tumble	Vault	36.72
3	Bat Companion	Companion	36.70
4	Backup Plan	Preparation	33.20
5	Spray of Teeth	Hungering Arrow	25.60
6	Ball Lightning	Elemental Arrow	25.50
7	Lingering Fog	Smoke Screen	21.10
8	Trail of Cinders	Vault	20.30
9	Battle Scars	Preparation	15.40
10	Echoing Blast	Spike Trap	13.70
11	Guardian Turret	Sentry	12.30
12	Devouring Arrow	Hungering Arrow	11.80
13	Thunder Ball	Bola Shot	10.70
14	Volatile Explosives	Bola Shot	10.50
15	Bombardment	Rapid Fire	9.90
16	Boar Companion	Companion	9.40
17	Bait the Trap	Caltrops	7.80
18	Fire Support	Rapid Fire	7.20
19	Fire at Will	Multishot	6.80
20	High Velocity	Rapid Fire	6.60
21	Imminent Doom	Bola Shot	6.13
22	Punishment	Preparation	6.12
23	Jagged Spikes	Caltrops	6.11
24	Loaded for Bear	Cluster Arrow	6.11
25	Blood Moon	Shadow Power	6.10
26	Withering Fire	Rapid Fire	5.90
27	Spitfire Turret	Sentry	5.00
28	Scatter	Spike Trap	4.90
29	Nether Tentacles	Elemental Arrow	4.30
30	Torturous Ground	Caltrops	4.20
31	Ferret Companion	Companion	4.00
32	Shatter Shot	Hungering Arrow	3.91
33	Focused Mind	Preparation	3.90
34	Dark Cloud	Rain of Vengeance	3.84
35	Shuriken Cloud	Chakram	3.81
36	Cluster Bombs	Cluster Arrow	3.81
37	Bitter Pill	Bola Shot	3.80
38	Cluster Grenades	Grenades	3.60
39	Beastly Bombs	Rain of Vengeance	3.50
40	Aid Station	Sentry	3.00
41	Flying Strike	Rain of Vengeance	2.70
42	Grim Reaper	Marked for Death	2.61
43	Full Broadside	Multishot	2.60
44	Covering Fire	Evasive Fire	2.50
45	Suppression Fire	Multishot	2.33
46	Puncturing Arrow	Hungering Arrow	2.31
47	Mortal Enemy	Marked for Death	2.30
48	Displacement	Smoke Screen	2.23
49	Hail of Knives	Fan of Knives	2.22
50	Choking Gas	Smoke Screen	2.20
51	Valley of Death	Marked for Death	2.04
52	Night Bane	Shadow Power	2.00
53	Rattling Roll	Vault	1.91
54	Frost Arrow	Elemental Arrow	1.90
55	Shadow Glide	Shadow Power	1.84
56	Drifting Shadow	Strafe	1.84
57	Action Shot	Vault	1.80
58	Twin Chakrams	Chakram	1.73
59	Hooked Spines	Caltrops	1.72
60	Demolition	Strafe	1.70
61	Acid Strike	Bola Shot	1.60
62	Special Recipe	Smoke Screen	1.50
63	Wolf Companion	Companion	1.44
64	Web Shot	Rapid Fire	1.42
65	Stampede	Rain of Vengeance	1.41
66	Justice is Served	Entangling Shot	1.40
67	Rocket Storm	Strafe	1.35
68	Invigoration	Preparation	1.32
69	Acrobatics	Vault	1.30
70	Breathe Deep	Smoke Screen	1.20
71	Tinkerer	Grenades	1.14
72	Cinder Arrow	Hungering Arrow	1.13
73	Bounty Hunter	Entangling Shot	1.10
74	Grievous Wounds	Impale	1.00
75	Anathema	Rain of Vengeance	1.00
76	Vigilant Watcher	Sentry	0.92
77	Death Toll	Marked for Death	0.90
78	Contagion	Marked for Death	0.74
79	Razor Disk	Chakram	0.74
80	Lightning Bolts	Elemental Arrow	0.73
81	Arsenal	Multishot	0.70
82	Stinging Steel	Strafe	0.66
83	Chemical Burn	Impale	0.62
84	Chain Gang	Entangling Shot	0.60
85	Well of Darkness	Shadow Power	0.56
86	Stun Grenades	Grenades	0.54
87	Gas Grenades	Grenades	0.52
88	Carved Stakes	Caltrops	0.50
89	Long Fuse	Spike Trap	0.45
90	Shock Collar	Entangling Shot	0.42
91	Retaliate	Fan of Knives	0.41
92	Assassin's Knives	Fan of Knives	0.40
93	Hardened	Evasive Fire	0.36
94	Lightning Rod	Spike Trap	0.35
95	Fan of Daggers	Fan of Knives	0.34
96	Overpenetration	Impale	0.33
97	Maelstrom	Cluster Arrow	0.33
98	Shooting Stars	Cluster Arrow	0.33
99	Impact	Impale	0.31
100	Chain of Torment	Sentry	0.30
101	Sticky Trap	Spike Trap	0.25
102	Displace	Evasive Fire	0.25
103	Fire Bomb	Grenades	0.25
104	Surge	Evasive Fire	0.25
105	Spider Companion	Companion	0.25
106	Heavy Burden	Entangling Shot	0.24
107	Screaming Skull	Elemental Arrow	0.23
108	Dazzling Arrow	Cluster Arrow	0.20
109	Emberstrafe	Strafe	0.16
110	Boomerang	Chakram	0.16
111	Parting Gift	Evasive Fire	0.15
112	Serpentine	Chakram	0.15
113	Crippling Razors	Fan of Knives	0.14
114	Burst Fire	Multishot	0.11
115	Awareness	Impale	0.10
Rune		Skill	Percent

All Runes by Popularity - Demon Hunter Hardcore

Rune		Skill	Percent
1	Gloom	Shadow Power	56.30
2	Tumble	Vault	51.30
3	Lingering Fog	Smoke Screen	46.30
4	Boar Companion	Companion	44.60
5	Battle Scars	Preparation	42.00
6	Ball Lightning	Elemental Arrow	30.30
7	Volatile Explosives	Bola Shot	22.50
8	Bat Companion	Companion	17.90
9	Spray of Teeth	Hungering Arrow	17.80
10	Backup Plan	Preparation	16.60
11	Trail of Cinders	Vault	15.10
12	Guardian Turret	Sentry	14.40
13	Devouring Arrow	Hungering Arrow	13.50
14	Thunder Ball	Bola Shot	12.80
15	Echoing Blast	Spike Trap	10.80
16	Fire Support	Rapid Fire	10.72
17	Fire at Will	Multishot	10.70
18	Aid Station	Sentry	9.80
19	Withering Fire	Rapid Fire	9.30
20	High Velocity	Rapid Fire	7.20
21	Bombardment	Rapid Fire	6.80
22	Spitfire Turret	Sentry	5.60
23	Jagged Spikes	Caltrops	5.40
24	Rattling Roll	Vault	5.30
25	Shatter Shot	Hungering Arrow	4.90
26	Blood Moon	Shadow Power	4.60
27	Puncturing Arrow	Hungering Arrow	4.40
28	Torturous Ground	Caltrops	4.20
29	Displacement	Smoke Screen	4.20
30	Bait the Trap	Caltrops	4.10
31	Punishment	Preparation	3.40
32	Imminent Doom	Bola Shot	3.33
33	Action Shot	Vault	3.30
34	Bitter Pill	Bola Shot	2.80
35	Focused Mind	Preparation	2.53
36	Shuriken Cloud	Chakram	2.51
37	Drifting Shadow	Strafe	2.50
38	Loaded for Bear	Cluster Arrow	2.40
39	Hooked Spines	Caltrops	2.32
40	Ferret Companion	Companion	2.30
41	Web Shot	Rapid Fire	2.22
42	Scatter	Spike Trap	2.20
43	Nether Tentacles	Elemental Arrow	2.20
44	Invigoration	Preparation	2.12
45	Cluster Grenades	Grenades	2.10
46	Covering Fire	Evasive Fire	2.00
47	Special Recipe	Smoke Screen	1.83
48	Dark Cloud	Rain of Vengeance	1.80
49	Choking Gas	Smoke Screen	1.70
50	Twin Chakrams	Chakram	1.63
51	Suppression Fire	Multishot	1.63
52	Rocket Storm	Strafe	1.60
53	Frost Arrow	Elemental Arrow	1.50
54	Justice is Served	Entangling Shot	1.45
55	Full Broadside	Multishot	1.42
56	Cinder Arrow	Hungering Arrow	1.40
57	Hail of Knives	Fan of Knives	1.20
58	Demolition	Strafe	1.15
59	Cluster Bombs	Cluster Arrow	1.11
60	Bounty Hunter	Entangling Shot	1.10
61	Wolf Companion	Companion	1.04
62	Night Bane	Shadow Power	1.03
63	Flying Strike	Rain of Vengeance	1.03
64	Chain Gang	Entangling Shot	1.03
65	Vigilant Watcher	Sentry	1.02
66	Acid Strike	Bola Shot	1.00
67	Breathe Deep	Smoke Screen	0.95
68	Beastly Bombs	Rain of Vengeance	0.90
69	Shadow Glide	Shadow Power	0.84
70	Stampede	Rain of Vengeance	0.81
71	Grim Reaper	Marked for Death	0.81
72	Acrobatics	Vault	0.80
73	Valley of Death	Marked for Death	0.74
74	Tinkerer	Grenades	0.70
75	Stun Grenades	Grenades	0.64
76	Shock Collar	Entangling Shot	0.60
77	Stinging Steel	Strafe	0.56
78	Razor Disk	Chakram	0.54
79	Hardened	Evasive Fire	0.50
80	Mortal Enemy	Marked for Death	0.41
81	Gas Grenades	Grenades	0.40
82	Dazzling Arrow	Cluster Arrow	0.35
83	Arsenal	Multishot	0.35
84	Death Toll	Marked for Death	0.34
85	Contagion	Marked for Death	0.34
86	Carved Stakes	Caltrops	0.32
87	Chemical Burn	Impale	0.32
88	Impact	Impale	0.31
89	Anathema	Rain of Vengeance	0.30
90	Well of Darkness	Shadow Power	0.26
91	Spider Companion	Companion	0.25
92	Fan of Daggers	Fan of Knives	0.24
93	Lightning Bolts	Elemental Arrow	0.23
94	Overpenetration	Impale	0.23
95	Grievous Wounds	Impale	0.20
96	Chain of Torment	Sentry	0.20
97	Emberstrafe	Strafe	0.16
98	Boomerang	Chakram	0.16
99	Sticky Trap	Spike Trap	0.15
100	Long Fuse	Spike Trap	0.15
101	Displace	Evasive Fire	0.15
102	Fire Bomb	Grenades	0.15
103	Surge	Evasive Fire	0.15
104	Lightning Rod	Spike Trap	0.15
105	Heavy Burden	Entangling Shot	0.14
106	Screaming Skull	Elemental Arrow	0.13
107	Maelstrom	Cluster Arrow	0.13
108	Shooting Stars	Cluster Arrow	0.13
109	Retaliate	Fan of Knives	0.11
110	Assassin's Knives	Fan of Knives	0.10
111	Parting Gift	Evasive Fire	0.05
112	Serpentine	Chakram	0.05
113	Crippling Razors	Fan of Knives	0.04
114	Burst Fire	Multishot	0.01
115	Awareness	Impale	0.00
Rune		Skill	Percent

Most Popular Rune per Demon Hunter Skill

This set of charts lists the single most popular rune for each Demon Hunter skill, as of the end of Diablo III PC patch 1.0.8. The runes are listed from the most popular for their skill, to the least popular. This makes it easy to see which skills only have one rune that is commonly used at level 60.
These charts are based on data from level 60 Demon Hunters who were active in patch 1.0.8. The chart on the left lists the softcore Demon Hunter runes, and the chart on the right lists the most popular runes for hardcore Demon Hunters.
Select any rune or skill below to see more data on it.

Most Popular Rune per Skill - Demon Hunter Softcore

Skill	Most Popular Rune	Percent
Shadow Power	Gloom	84.10
Elemental Arrow	Ball Lightning	77.30
Spike Trap	Echoing Blast	73.50
Companion	Bat Companion	72.60
Smoke Screen	Lingering Fog	71.40
Evasive Fire	Covering Fire	67.90
Chakram	Shuriken Cloud	64.40
Grenades	Cluster Grenades	63.30
Vault	Tumble	62.20
Fan of Knives	Hail of Knives	61.20
Sentry	Guardian Turret	57.20
Hungering Arrow	Spray of Teeth	56.80
Cluster Arrow	Loaded for Bear	55.80
Multishot	Fire at Will	52.30
Preparation	Backup Plan	52.00
Impale	Grievous Wounds	42.70
Caltrops	Bait the Trap	41.90
Entangling Shot	Justice is Served	38.60
Strafe	Drifting Shadow	34.80
Rapid Fire	Bombardment	33.35
Bola Shot	Volatile Explosives	33.30
Rain of Vengeance	Beastly Bombs	30.60
Marked for Death	Grim Reaper	29.90
Skill	Most Popular Rune	Percent

Most Popular Rune per Skill - Demon Hunter Hardcore

Skill	Most Popular Rune	Percent
Elemental Arrow	Ball Lightning	87.90
Shadow Power	Gloom	84.80
Smoke Screen	Lingering Fog	81.60
Spike Trap	Echoing Blast	80.70
Multishot	Fire at Will	72.20
Fan of Knives	Hail of Knives	68.70
Vault	Tumble	67.90
Companion	Boar Companion	66.50
Evasive Fire	Covering Fire	64.70
Chakram	Shuriken Cloud	62.70
Preparation	Battle Scars	58.10
Bola Shot	Volatile Explosives	55.80
Grenades	Cluster Grenades	55.40
Cluster Arrow	Loaded for Bear	54.70
Strafe	Drifting Shadow	49.30
Hungering Arrow	Spray of Teeth	45.00
Rain of Vengeance	Dark Cloud	43.30
Sentry	Guardian Turret	40.50
Entangling Shot	Justice is Served	36.90
Caltrops	Jagged Spikes	34.50
Marked for Death	Valley of Death	34.30
Impale	Chemical Burn	34.30
Rapid Fire	Fire Support	27.30
Skill	Percent	Percent

See the Diablo III Charts & Guides for all the data from the current patch.

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