DEMON HUNTER best in slot
ARMOR
HEAD: ANDRIEL'S VISAGE
Around six of the top ten players use Andariel's Visage as their choice in helm. I understand the awesome factor of having a poison nova fire off when you get hit, and the life regeneration on Andariel's Visage is nice but honestly I just don't see what makes it that much better of a helm than Mempo. Now a couple of the top ten players do use Mempo of Twilight so at least my opinion isn't entirely unfounded. Mempo comes with 71+ all resists, the same attack speed increase of 8-9% as Andariel's Visage and 10-12% additional life. You get two random properties with Mempo but in order to make it a better choice than Andariel's you'll need it to roll with critical hit chance of 4.5%+ and either additional Dexterity or Vitality.
Seriously, Mempo is a better choice but purchasing a perfectly rolled one might be more expensive than Andariel's as the critical hit chance is built in and set at 4.5% so it will end up being cheaper for you. In the end this is up to you but if you have the budget then grab a good Mempo of Twilight. |
SHOULDERS: VILE WARD
Vile Ward is simply the best in slot item for all classes in my opinion and that opinion is supported by the data presented by Diabloprogress.com. These puppies can roll with a very high primary stat and have built in armor and all resistances which makes them very hard to beat. I am not going to say much here except that if you've got around 20 to 40 million gold to spend and want to purchase an item that you will never replace then this is a good bet. It may not net you the most DPS for such a large expenditure, but it will be enough of an increase in dps and survivability to make it a worth while investment.
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TORSO: NATALYA'S EMBRACE
Natalya's embrace is a pretty awesome chest piece and beings that nine out of ten of the top ten players use it I would say it is definitely best in slot. First off none of the other options outside of Inna's chest piece come with guaranteed three sockets. Secondly if you can build two pieces of Natalya's set you get 7% critical hit chance bonus which is always awesome. I will take free critical hit chance whenever I can. There's really not a bad roll you can get on one of these but if you happen to grab one with fairly high dexterity and vitality then you're set for life (until they release better items down the road).
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WRIST: LACUNI PROWLERS
Lacuni Prowlers are usually near the top of my list for all classes so its no surprise that they were my choice for the Demon Hunter before I even looked at the top ten list. Out of the top ten five players use these and five have rare items so as far as Legendary items go these are definitely Demon Hunter Best In Slot. You'll need these to roll with high Dexterity of course as well as critical hit chance in order to be best in slot and in a perfect world you'll also get some armor or all resistances to help with survivability. Other then that these are definitely worth the money.
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HANDS: SAGE'S GRASP
Honestly my real choice here would be to just find a pair of gloves with as many of the following stats on them as possible and in this order: Critical Hit Chance -> Critical Hit Damage -> Dexterity -> Attack Speed -> All Resistances. That being said there are really no legendary gloves that offer enough chances for all these stats to really be worth investing into. If you have money to spend either spend it on rare gloves or upgrade a different slot first. However beings that this is the best in slot legendary list for Demon Hunters then your best chance of getting the right stats are on Sage's Grasp. Sage's Grasp will need to roll with high dexterity, Attack speed and critical hit damage but there you go. Stick with your rare gloves unless you find a perfect rolled Sage's Grasp or you can get one cheap.
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WAIST: THE WITCHING HOUR
The Witching Hour is hands down your best belt choice. You get critical hit damage and attack speed on an item that can't roll with those normally. All you need then is for this belt to roll with fairly high Dexterity, vitality and resistances or armor. There isn't a belt that even comes close to beating this belt's benefits for a demon hunter. Another good choice for a item that will retain its value and that you will never need to replace just be prepared to spend at least 30 million gold.
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LEGS: INNA'S TEMPERANCE
Inna's Temperance gives us some really great stats and there's no other options that really compete with it. First off you get attack speed and crit chance on pants which normally don't roll with it. These pants can also roll with a great deal of dexterity on them which makes them a solid choice for a demon hunter. The movement speed on these are nice as well and two sockets help to supplement the base stats. You can't go wrong with these pants so grab them when you find a good deal or rejoice if you find them on the ground!
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FEET: NATALYA'S BLOODY FOOTPRINTS
These boots are such a solid choice for demon hunter best in slot legendary boots that there really isn't another choice. You get 12% movement speed but we've already almost reached the cap from pants and bracers so the extra movement speed is a bit superfluous. However you get bonus armor, bonus resistances, lots of dexterity and you complete the two set item bonus for Natalya's with this item for an additional 7% critical hit chance. Nine out of ten of the top Demon Hunters in the game can't be wrong, right?
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NECK: OUROBOROS
The top ten players unaminously decided that there wasn't a legendary amulet that met their needs the way that a well rolled Rare amulet did. All of their amulets have high dex, vitality, critical hit damage of 60% or higher and critical hit chance of 7% or higher. If you want to grab a legendary amulet then grab Ouroboros, it has the crit chance and can roll with dexterity plus you get a fair amount of life on hit. You will want this to roll with critical hit damage as well as extra dexterity or vitality to make it better than the rare item choices out there.
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FINGER: NATALYA'S REFLECTION
The majority of players in the top ten use natalya's reflection and a rare ring as their go to rings. Natalya's reflection is awesome it has great stats and can roll with crit damage, crit chance and attack speed. There are a couple of top players that also use the legacy version of this legendary, Natalya's Mark, along with downgrading their chest piece to Natalya's shadow, the legacy of that piece. This way they grab the two set bonus from two different natalya's set for 14% critical hit chance. If you can find a good legacy version of this ring then grab it and a legacy version of the chest piece and then you can take advantage of this for some crazy critical hit chance
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WEAPONS
2-HAND: MANTICORE
There's no debate on this one. You will want to grab Manticore with two sockets.Pop in two 100% critical damage gems into Manticore that already rolls with a high amount of critical damage and you've got one hell of a cross bow. Manticore Has at least 830 DPS so its a very powerful item that can roll with upwards of 1300 dps so be sure to grab this as your first item you drop a ton of money on (or be lucky enough to find!).
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