Demon Hunter Natalya Marauder Sentry Build
Welcome to our build guide for Natalya Marauder Sentry Demon Hunter in Diablo 3. Here, you will learn everything you need to know to play this build at the highest level. This build is updated for Patch 2.7.4 and Season 27.
For more information regarding followers, we advise you to read our follower guide, which contains detailed advice on choosing the skills and the gear of your companion.
This variation is no longer relevant in Patch 2.7.5.
Introduction
Emerging from the 2.6.1 reworks of the Natalya's Vengeance set, the Natalya Marauder Hybrid implements the best of both worlds — the empowerment and damage reduction of the former with the remote, Sentry-based playstyle of the latter. This durable, long range, beginner-friendly build is one of your easiest entry points into endgame pushing.
Quick Reference
Skill Setup
The basic skill setup of the Natalya 6-piece/Marauder 4-piece hybrid Demon Hunter is displayed below. Read the dedicated Skills page for detailed information on choices, alternatives and build customization.
| Active Skills |
|---|
Evasive Fire
 Focus
Cluster Arrow
 Loaded for Bear
1
Companion
No rune chosen
2
Vault
 Tumble
3
Sentry
Polar Station
4
Rain of Vengeance
Flying Strike
|
| Passive Skills |
Gear Setup
The required gear setup for the Natalya 6-piece/Marauder 4-piece hybrid Demon Hunter is listed below. Check the Gear page for detailed information on choices, alternatives, gemming, Kanai's Cube and Paragon distribution.
- Helm:
Marauder's Visage - Shoulders:
Marauder's Spines - Gloves:
Marauder's Gloves - Chest:
Natalya's Embrace - Belt:
Zoey's Secret - Pants:
Natalya's Leggings - Boots:
Natalya's Bloody Footprints - Bracers:
Wraps of Clarity - Amulet:
The Traveler's Pledge - Ring 1:
The Compass Rose - Ring 2:
Natalya's Reflection - Weapon:
Natalya's Slayer - Offhand:
Bombardier's Rucksack
Angelic Crucible Sanctification
Season 27 comes with the theme of Angelic Crucibles —
consumable items that empower Legendary items with perfected Ancient-level
stats, as well as infuse them with one of three unique, powerful,
class-specific abilities at random. For this build, we recommend aiming for
the 
Cluster Arrow Sanctification, which adds the following power to
your build:
- Cluster Arrow Sanctification: Firing Cluster Arrow no longer drops explosive ordinance. Instead, it concentrates its explosive force into piercing rays of light.
Use Angelic Crucibles on an item that crosses over most (if not all)
variants of a build, and is also an item that is relatively harder to perfect
than other slots (since sanctifying an item maximizes its stats). In the case
of this build, a good candidate for Sanctification is
Bombardier's Rucksack, which is present across all variants of this
build.
You can read more on Angelic Crucibles and the sanctification process in our dedicated Angelic Crucible Mechanics guide.
Legendary Gems
- Legendary Gem 1:
Bane of the Trapped - Legendary Gem 2:
Zei's Stone of Vengeance - Legendary Gem 3:
Enforcer
Kanai's Cube
- Weapon Slot:
Manticore - Armor Slot:
The Cloak of the Garwulf - Jewelry Slot:
Ring of Royal Grandeur
Changelog
- 26 Aug. 2022 (gear page): Added Season 27 Angelic Crucible recommendations.
- 26 Aug. 2022 (skills page): Skills and passives reviewed for Season 27.
- 26 Aug. 2022 (this page): Added Season 27 Angelic Crucible recommendations.
- 13 Apr. 2022 (gear page): Guide reviewed for Season 26.
- 13 Apr. 2022 (skills page): Guide reviewed for Season 26.
- 13 Apr. 2022 (this page): Guide reviewed for Season 26.
- 09 Dec. 2021 (gear page): Added Season 25 Soul Shard recommendations.
- 09 Dec. 2021 (skills page): Reviewed for Season 25.
- 09 Dec. 2021 (this page): Added Season 25 Soul Shard recommendations.
- 21 Jul. 2021 (gear page): Added S24 Ethereal recommendation.
- 21 Jul. 2021 (skills page): No changes required for Season 24.
- 21 Jul. 2021 (this page): Added S24 Ethereal recommendation.
- 01 Apr. 2021 (gear page): Added follower recommendation.
- 01 Apr. 2021 (skills page): No changes required for Season 23.
- 01 Apr. 2021 (this page): Added follower recommendation.
- 18 Nov. 2020 (gear page): Added S22 Cube recommendation.
- 18 Nov. 2020 (skills page): Added Vengeance to the build with the option to include Dawn in the Cube in Season 22.
- 18 Nov. 2020 (this page): Added S22 Cube recommendation.
- 30 Jun. 2020 (gear page): No changes required for Season 21.
- 30 Jun. 2020 (skills page): No changes required for Season 21.
- 30 Jun. 2020 (this page): No changes required for Season 21.
- 12 Mar. 2020 (gear page): No changes necessary for Season 20.
- 12 Mar. 2020 (skills page): No changes necessary for Season 20.
- 12 Mar. 2020 (this page): No changes necessary for Season 20.
- 21 Nov. 2019 (gear page): Changed Kanai's Cube's armor recommendation. Added more explanations to stat priorities, paragon points, and gems. Added a potion section.
- 21 Nov. 2019 (skills page): Changed Cluster Arrow run from Maelstrom to Loaded for Bear and consequently replaced Ballistics with Singled Out in the passive selection.
- 21 Nov. 2019 (this page): Skills and gear revisions for Season 19.
- 23 Aug. 2019 (gear page): Reviewed for Season 18.
- 23 Aug. 2019 (skills page): Reviewed for Season 18.
- 23 Aug. 2019 (this page): Guide was reviewed and approved for Season 18.
- 16 May 2019 (gear page): Guide was reviewed and approved for Season 17.
- 16 May 2019 (skills page): Guide was reviewed and approved for Season 17.
- 16 May 2019 (this page): Guide was reviewed and approved for Season 17.
- 17 Jan. 2019 (gear page): Added suggestions for the baseline Ring of Royal Grandeur for Seasonal characters.
- 17 Jan. 2019 (skills page): Information was reviewed and approved for Season 16 with no changes required.
- 17 Jan. 2019 (this page): Guide was revised with additional recommendations for Season 16.
- 20 Sep. 2018 (this page): Guide was reviewed and approved for Season 15.
- 14 Jun. 2018 (this page): Guide was reviewed and approved for Season 14.
- 23 Feb. 2018 (gear page): Added note for the Fire variant of this build.
- 23 Feb. 2018 (skills page): Added note for the Fire variant of this build.
- 23 Feb. 2018 (this page): Added note for the Fire variant of this build.
- 17 Nov. 2017 (gear page): Guide added.
- 17 Nov. 2017 (skills page): Guide added.
- 17 Nov. 2017 (this page): Guide added.
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