Demon Hunter

Gameplay

Demon Hunters fight with ranged weapons and traps. They have a number of slows and abilities to stay out of melee range.

Resource system: Demon Hunters have 2 resources, Hatred and Discipline. Hatred regens quickly and is used for damage skills. Discipline regens slowly and is used for the more tactical skills. http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/3390853

Demon Hunter trailer: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/media/videos/?view#/demonhuntertrailer

Builds and Guides

Please use the forums to hash out the details of any builds. Once a build is theorycrafted and tested, please feel free to post it here. Ideally, build posts would include significant commentary about the skills used, choices made, etc.

Basin Demon Hunter forum: http://www.theamazonbasin.com/d3/forums/index.php?/forum/7-demon-hunter/

Theorycrafting

Please post any class-specific theory that isn't included in Blizzard's documentation. Similarly to the build section, please use the forums for the preliminary discussion, and post here once the details are known and agreed-upon.

Skills

Offense

Offense	Unlocked at	Cost	Cooldown	Description
Hungering Arrow	lvl 1	15 Hatred		Fire a magically imbued arrow that seeks out targets for 140% weapon damage and has a 60% chance to pierce through targets.
	20 px	Alabaster	Spray of Teeth	Successful crits cause a burst of bone damage to explode from the target dealing 240% of weapon damage to enemies in that area.
	20 px	Crimson	Cinder Arrow	Light the arrow on fire, dealing 160% additional weapon damage as Fire damage over 5 seconds.
	20 px	Golden	Piercing Arrow	Increase the chance for the arrow to pierce to 95%.
	20 px	Indigo	Shatter Shot	If the arrow successfully pierces the first target, the arrow splits into 8 arrows.
	20 px	Obsidian	Devouring Arrow	Each consecutive pierce increases the damage of the arrow by 140%.
Entangling Shot	lvl 2	15 Hatred		Release a sticky adhesive that deals 130% weapon damage and entangles up to 2 enemies, slowing their movement by 70% for 2 seconds.
	20 px	Alabaster	Bounty Hunter	Gain 22% of the damage dealt as Life.
	20 px	Crimson	Heavy Burden	Increase the movement slow duration to 9 seconds.
	20 px	Golden	Justice is Served	Reduce cost to 1.0 Hatred
	20 px	Indigo	Chain Gang	Hit up to 9 targets.
	20 px	Obsidian	Electrified Chain	Strike with electrical chains that do an additional 64 damage over 2 seconds.
Evasive Fire	lvl 3	5 Hatred to shoot and an additional 4 Discipline if you backflip.		Shoot for 135% of weapon damage. If an enemy is at close range, you will also backflip away 15 yards.
	20 px	Alabaster	Tumble	Increase the distance of the backflip to 36 yards.
	20 px	Crimson	Shrapnel	Fire exploding bullets that also deal 70% weapon damage to all enemies within 8.5 yards of the primary target.
	20 px	Golden	Surge	Shoot for 135% of weapon damage as lightning. Reduces the Discipline cost of the backflip component to 0.
	20 px	Indigo	Withering Fire	Fire a spread of bullets that hit up to 9 targets for 54% weapon damage each.
	20 px	Obsidian	Backup Plan	Shoot for 135% of weapon damage as Poison damage. Whenever a backflip is triggered, leave a poison bomb behind that explodes for 510% of weapon damage as poison in an 18 yard radius after 0.4 seconds.
Fan of Knives	lvl 4	10 Hatred		Throw knives out in a spiral around you, doing 18-25 physical damage to all enemies within 10 yards of you. Your knives will also slow the movement of enemies by 65% for 4 seconds.
	20 px	Alabaster	Backlash	Instead of throwing the knives immediately, the knives will release automatically dealing 28-40 physical damage to all enemies if you are struck in the next 20 seconds.
	20 px	Crimson	Hail of Knives	Increase the radius to deal 28-40 physical damage to all enemies within 18 yards.
	20 px	Golden	Crippling Razors	Increase the slow amount to 79% for 4 seconds.
	20 px	Indigo	Assassin's Knives	Throw long-range knives that deal 85% weapon damage to 8 additional targets.
	20 px	Obsidian	Fan of Daggers	Imbue your knives with a 20% chance to stun enemies for 3-5 seconds.
Bola Shot	lvl 5	20 Hatred		Shoot our an explosive bola that wraps itself around its target. After 1 second, the bola explodes dealing 120% weapon damage as Fire to the target and an additiona 90% weapon damage as Fire damage to all other targets within 7 yards.
	20 px	Alabaster	Imminent Doom	Augment the bola to deal 288% weapon damage as Arcane to the target and an additional 216% weapon damage to all other targets within 7 yards, but increases the explosion delay to 2 seconds.
	20 px	Crimson	Volatile Explosives	Increase the explosion radius to 14 yards.
	20 px	Golden	Bitter Pill	After the bola explodes, you have a 30% chance to gain 8 Discipline.
	20 px	Indigo	Acid Strike	Shoot 9 poison bolas that deal 27% weapon damage each. The bolas no longer explode for area damage to nearby targets.
	20 px	Obsidian	Thunder Ball	When the bola explodes it deals 120% weapon damage as Lightning damage and has a 35% chance to stun the target for 3.0 seconds.
Grenades	lvl 7	30 Hatred		Throw out three grenades that explode for 53-89 Fire damage.
	20 px	Alabaster	Stun Grenades	Hurl grenades that have a 70% chance to stun enemies for 2.5 seconds.
	20 px	Crimson	Gas Grenades	Toss poison gas grenades that explode for 0-0 damage and leaves a cloud that deals an additional 28 damage per second for 3 seconds to enemies who stand in the area.
	20 px	Golden	Tinkerer	Reduce cost to 12.5 Hatred.
	20 px	Indigo	Cluster Grenades	Throw a large cluster of mini-grenades that deal 25-41 Fire damage over an 8 yard radius.
	20 px	Obsidian	Fire Bomb	Throw a single large grenade that deals 0-0 Fire damage and knocks enemies back.
Chakram	lvl 9	25 Hatred		Fire a swirling Chakram that does 75-103 physical damage to enemies along its path.
	20 px	Alabaster	Shuriken Cloud	Surround yourself in spinning Chakrams for 70 seconds, dealing 90-124 physical damage per second to anybody nearby.
	20 px	Crimson	Twin Chakrams	A second Chakram mirrors the first. Each Chakram deals 104-144 physical damage.
	20 px	Golden	Razor Disk	The Chakram spirals out from the targeted location dealing 90-124 Arcane damage to enemies along the path.
	20 px	Indigo	Boomerang	The Chakram path turns into a loop, dealing 119-165 Lightning damage to enemies along the path.
	20 px	Obsidian	Serpentine	The Chakram follows a slow curve, dealing 90-124 Poison damage to enemies along the path.
Impale	lvl 11	20 Hatred		Fire a massive shot to impale a target for 220% weapon damage.
	20 px	Alabaster	Grievous Wounds	Critical hits deal an additional 500% weapon damage.
	20 px	Crimson	Overpenetration	The shot will pierce through all enemies in a straight line for 242% weapon damage.
	20 px	Golden	Recoil	Every shot releases a shockwave of energy centered on you dealing 120% weapon damage to all enemies within 10 yards.
	20 px	Indigo	Impact	Shots knock the target back and stun them for 3.50 seconds.
	20 px	Obsidian	Liquid Flame	Fire an explosive shell that deals an additional 275% weapon damage over 2 seconds.
Spike Trap	lvl 14	20 Hatred		Lay a trap that arms after 0.8 seconds and triggers when an enemy approaches. The trap does 57-71 physical damage to all enemies within 8 yards. You can have a maximum of 3 Spike Traps active at one time.
	20 px	Alabaster	Lightning Rod	When the trap is triggered, rather than exploding, it releases a pulse of lightning that will bounce to up to 10 enemies for 57-71 Lightning damage.
	20 px	Crimson	Long Fuse	Increases the arming time to 1.5 seconds but increases damage to 148-185.
	20 px	Golden	Scatter	A single cast of Spike Trap lays all 3 traps at once and increases the damage of the traps to 102-128 damage.
	20 px	Indigo	Bandolier	Increase the maximum number of traps that can be out simultaneously to 10.
	20 px	Obsidian	Sticky Trap	Plant an explosive on an enemy target rather than on the ground. If the target dies within 30 seconds, the trap explodes dealing 102-128 physical damage to all enemies within 8 yards.
Elemental Arrow	lvl 18	25 Hatred		Shoot an elemental charged arrow that deals 100% weapon damage as Fire damage to all targets it passes through.
	20 px	Alabaster	Lightning Bolts	Fire bolts of lightning that stun enemies for 3.5 seconds when they critical hit.
	20 px	Crimson	Frost Arrow	Turns into a frost arrow that explodes out conal damage from the back of the first target hit for 160% of weapon damage.
	20 px	Golden	Nether Tentacles	Shoot tentacles that deal 140% weapon damage and return 24% of damage dealt as Life for you.
	20 px	Indigo	Ball Lightning	Fire a lightning arrow that electrocutes nearby enemies as it passes by for 80% of weapon damage.
	20 px	Obsidian	Screaming Skull	Grants a 34% chance to shoot a skull that will fear affected enemies for 8-9 seconds.
Multishot	lvl 21	30 Hatred		Fire a massive volley of arrows dealing 110% weapon damage to all enemies in the area.
	20 px	Alabaster	Supression Fire	Every enemy hit grants 1 Discipline. Each volley can gain up to 9 Discipline in this way.
	20 px	Crimson	Full Broadside	Increases the damage done to 242% weapon damage.
	20 px	Golden	Fire at Will	Cost reduced to 16 Hatred.
	20 px	Indigo	Burst Fire	Everytime you fire, generate a shock pulse that damages all nearby enemies for 110% weapon damage.
	20 px	Obsidian	Arsenal	Every use also fires 10 rockets at nearby enemies that deal 150% weapon damage each.
Cluster Arrow	lvl 23	35 Hatred		Fire a Cluster grenade that explodes for 120% weapon damage into a series of additional miniature bombs that explode for 40% weapon damage each.
	20 px	Alabaster	Dazzling Arrow	Enemies hit by grenades have a 35% chance to be stunned for 2.5 seconds.
	20 px	Crimson	Loaded for Bear	Increases the damage of the explosion at the impact location to 264%.
	20 px	Golden	Maelstrom	Instead of releasing grenades, the cluster releases Shadow energy that deals 220% weapon damage to nearby enemies. You will gain 51% of the damage done as Life.
	20 px	Indigo	Shooting Stars	Instead of releasing grenades, shoots up to 9 rockets at nearby enemies dealing 220% weapon damage each.
	20 px	Obsidian	Cluster Bombs	Launch the cluster through the air, dropping a series of bombs in a straight line that explode for 110% weapon damage each.
Rapid Fire	lvl 24	20 Hatred per second		Rapidly fire at 6 times your normal attack speed dealing 30% weapon damage with every shot.
	20 px	Alabaster	Web Shot	Slows the movement of affected targets by 40% for 5.0 seconds.
	20 px	Crimson	Bombardment	Rapidly fire grenades instead of arrows that do 15% weapon damage to all enemies within 10 yard radius.
	20 px	Golden	Withering Fire	Reduce initial Hatred cost by 17.
	20 px	Indigo	High Velocity	Adds an additional 70% pierce chance to the projectiles fired.
	20 px	Obsidian	Fire Support	While channeling Rapid Fire launch 7 homing missiles every second that deal 50% weapon damage each to nearby targets.
Strafe	lvl 27	20 Hatred per second		Shoot 3 times per second at random nearby enemies while moving at 55% of normal movement speed. Every shot deals 60% of weapon damage.
	20 px	Alabaster	Stinging Steel	Throw out knives rather than arrows that do an extra 400% more weapon damage on successful critical hits.
	20 px	Crimson	Demolition	Throw out bouncy grenades rather than arrows that explode for 72% weapon damage to targets within 9 yards.
	20 px	Golden	Drifting Shadow	Movement speed increased to 100% of normal running speed while strafing.
	20 px	Indigo	Equilibrium	Increase arrows fired to 10 additional arrows per second.
	20 px	Obsidian	Rocket Storm	In addition to regular firing, fire off homing rockets that hit for 120% of weapon damage.
Rain of Vengeance			60 seconds	Fire a massive volley of arrows around you. Arrows fall from the sky for 5 seconds dealing an average of 105% weapon damage per second.
	20 px	Alabaster	Stampede	Summon a wave of 14 Shadow Beasts to tear across the ground, knocking back enemies and dealing 270% weapon damage.
	20 px	Crimson	Beastly Bombs	Summon 20 Shadow Beasts to drop bombs on nearby enemies, dealing 330% weapon damage each.
	20 px	Golden	Flying Strike	A group of 12 Shadow Beasts plummet from the sky at a targeted location dealing 270% weapon damage and stunning enemies for 2 seconds.
	20 px	Indigo	Dark Cloud	Launch a massive volley of guided arrows that rain down on enemies for the next 12 seconds for 120% weapon damage.
	20 px	Obsidian	Anathema	Summon a Shadow Beast that drops grenades from the sky for 20 seconds dealing 30% weapon damage.

Discipline

Discipline	Unlocked at	Cost		Description
Caltrops	lvl 1	8 Discipline		Lay a trap of caltrops on the ground that activates when an enemy approaches. Once sprung, the caltrops slow the movement of enemies within 12 yards by 65%. This trap lasts 12 seconds.
	20 px	Alabaster	Bait the Trap	Become empowered while standing in the area of effect, gaining an additional 11% chance to critical hit with all attacks.
	20 px	Crimson	Jagged Spikes	Enemies in the area also take 110% weapon damage per second.
	20 px	Golden	Carved Stakes	Reduce the cost to 4.5 Discipline.
	20 px	Indigo	Hooked Spines	Increase the slow amount to 79%.
	20 px	Obsidian	Torturous Ground	Enemies in the area deal 90% less damage.
Vault	lvl 6	10 Discipline		Tumble acrobatically 35 yards.
	20 px	Alabaster	Rattling Roll	All enemies within 8 yards or your destination are knocked back and stunned for 4.5 seconds.
	20 px	Crimson	Trail of Cinders	Ignite with fire damage 80% weapon damage to everything along your path.
	20 px	Golden	Tumble	After using Vault, your next Vault within 5 seconds has its Discipline cost reduced by 80%.
	20 px	Indigo	Acrobatics	Increases your Vault distance to 70 yards.
	20 px	Obsidian	Covering Fire	As you travel, shoot arrows for 205% weapon damage at nearby targets.
Marked for Death	lvl 8	6 Discipline		Marks an enemy. The marked enemy will take 20% additional damage for the next 30 seconds.
	20 px	Alabaster	Death Toll	10% of damage done to the marked target heals the attacker.
	20 px	Crimson	Grim Reaper	An additional 40% of damage done to the target is also divided among all enemies within 20 yards.
	20 px	Golden	Mortal Enemy	Attacks by the Demon Hunter against the Marked target have a 40% chance to generate 35 Hatred. This effect cannot occur more than once every 1 second.
	20 px	Indigo	Contagion	When the target is killed the ability spreads to 8 other nearby targets. This effect can chain repeatedly.
	20 px	Obsidian	Valley of Death	Mark an area on the ground 15 yards wide for 22 seconds. Enemies in the area take 20% additional damage.
Smoke Screen	lvl 12	15 Discipline		Vanish behind a wall of smoke, becoming momentarily invisible for 2 seconds.
	20 px	Alabaster	Displacement	Gain 55% movement speed when activated.
	20 px	Crimson	Choking Gas	Leave behind a cloud of gas that deals 92 physical damage per second to enemies in the area for 5 seconds.
	20 px	Golden	Special Recipe	Reduce the skill cost to 11.0 Discipline.
	20 px	Indigo	Lingering Fog	Increase the duration of the effect 4.00 seconds.
	20 px	Obsidian	Breathe Deep	While invisible you also gain 45 Hatred per second.
Companion	lvl 16	10 Discipline		Summon a raven companion. Your raven companion will periodically peck at enemies for 21-28 damage.
	20 px	Alabaster	Ferret Companion	Summons ferrets instead of a raven. The ferrets collect gold for you and increase gold found on monsters by 40%.
	20 px	Crimson	Spider Companion	Summons a spider instead of a raven. The spider's attacks also slows the movement of targets by 50% for 9-11 seconds.
	20 px	Golden	Bat Companion	Summons a bat instead of a raven. The bat grants you 4.0 Hatred per second.
	20 px	Indigo	Boar Companion	Summon a boar instead of a raven. The boar strikes multiple enemies with every swing for 43-75 damage.
	20 px	Obsidian	Wolf Companion	Summon a powerful but temporary wolf ally rather than a long-term raven companion. The wolf will fight with you for 55 seconds and attacks enemies for 50-82 damage.
Shadow Power	lvl 19	20 Discipline		Draw in the power of the shadows, increasing attack speed by 50% for 10 seconds.
	20 px	Alabaster	Blood Moon	While active, gain 45% of all damage as Life.
	20 px	Crimson	Night Bane	While active, gain 7 Hatred per second.
	20 px	Golden	Well of Darkness	Reduces Discipline cost to 13.
	20 px	Indigo	Shadow Glide	While active, gain 55% movement speed.
	20 px	Obsidian	Gloom	While active, you have a 55% increased chance to dodge incoming attacks.
Sentry	lvl 22	10 Discipline		Drop a turret on the ground. The turret begins firing at nearby enemies for 40% of weapon damage. Lasts 20 seconds.
	20 px	Alabaster	Guardian Turret	The turret also creates a shield that reduces damage taken by allies by 32%.
	20 px	Crimson	Chain of Torment	Create a tether between you and the sentry that does 240% of weapon damage every second to every enemy it touches.
	20 px	Golden	Aid Station	Heals nearby allies for 8% of their maximum Life per second.
	20 px	Indigo	Vigilant Watcher	Increases duration of the turret to 48 seconds.
	20 px	Obsidian	Spitfire Turret	The turret will also fire homing rockets every 1.5 seconds aimed at random nearby targets for 240% weapon damage.

Utility

Utility	Unlocked at	Cost	Cooldown	Description
Preparation	lvl 25		120 seconds	Instantly restore all Discipline.
	20 px	Alabaster	Backup Plan	Grants a 55% chance that the cooldown will not be triggered when used.
	20 px	Crimson	Punishment	Removes cooldown. Skill now costs 19 Discipline to cast but restores all Hatred instead of all Discipline.
	20 px	Golden	Battle Scars	Also restores 55% of your Life when used.
	20 px	Indigo	Invigoration	When activated, increases your maximum Discipline by 18 for 120 seconds.
	20 px	Obsidian	Focused Mind	Instead of replenishing Discipline immediately, you will gain 60 Discipline over 30 seconds.

Passive Skills

Passive Skills	Unlocked at	Description
Brooding	lvl 10	As long as you have not taken damage in the last 5 seconds you gain 2% of your maximum health per second.
Thrill of the Hunt	lvl 10	Every 10 seconds your next normal attack will immobilize your target for 3 seconds.
Vengeance	lvl 12	Gain 10 Hatred and 1 Discipline whenever you are healed by a health globe.
Steady Aim	lvl 13	As long as there are no enemies within 10 yards, all damage is increased by 10%.
Cull the Weak	lvl 15	Damage against slowed enemies increased by 20%.
Fundamentals	lvl 17	Increases the damage of your basic attacks by 100%. Your basic attacks restore 15 Hatred.
Hot Pursuit	lvl 19	Whenever you are at full Hatred, movement speed is increased by 10%.
Archery	lvl 20	Gain bonuses based on weapon held: Bow: +10% increased damage; Bonus with crossbows: +100% critical damage; Bonus with hand xbows: +5% chance to critical hit
Perfectionist	lvl 22	Reduces the Discipline cost of all skills by 20%. Discipline is used to fuel many of your tactical and defensive skills.
Custom Engineering	lvl 24	The duration of your Caltrops, Marked for Death, Spike Trap and Sentry abilities are increased by 100%.
Grenadier	lvl 26	Reduces the Hatred cost of your Grenades and Cluster Arrow abilities by 15. Upon death, you drop a giant grenade that explodes for 213-320 fire damage.
Sharpshooter	lvl 28	Gain a 3% chance to critical hit every second. This bonus is reset 1 second after you successfully critical hit.
Ballistics	lvl 30	Damage from rockets increased by 100%. Rockets are fired from certain socketed skill effects.