Demon Hunter Support Build with GoD and Marauder

Using the powers of the Gears of Dreadlands and Marauder sets, this support Demon Hunter build combines the strong damage buffs and pulling utility from the Entangling Shot and Bolas barrage with the myriad utility and toughness buffs coming from the Companion synergy.

The basic skill setup of the GoD/Marauder Support Demon Hunter is displayed below. Read the dedicated Skills page for detailed information on choices, alternatives and build customization.

Active Skills
Bolas Freezing Strike Strafe Drifting Shadow 1 Multishot Wind Chill 2 Smoke Screen Displacement 3 Companion Wolf Companion 4 Entangling Shot Heavy Burden
Passive Skills
Awareness Blood Vengeance Tactical Advantage Numbing Traps

The required gear setup for the GoD/Marauder Support Demon Hunter is listed below. Check the Gear page for detailed information on choices, alternatives, gemming, Kanai's Cube, and Paragon distribution.

• Helm: Leoric's Crown
• Shoulders: Mechanical Pauldrons
• Gloves: Gas Powered Automail Forearm
• Chest: Galvanized Vest
• Belt: Zoey's Secret
• Pants: Marauder's Encasement
• Boots: Marauder's Treads
• Bracers: Strongarm Bracers
• Amulet: The Flavor of Time
• Ring 1: Ring of Royal Grandeur
• Ring 2: Oculus Ring
• Weapon: Leonine Bow of Hashir
• Offhand: Emimei's Duffel

This Season 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 Strafe Sanctification, which adds the following power to your build:

• Strafe Sanctification: Strafe now casts the last non-channeled Hatred spending ability cast.

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 Oculus Ring, 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.

The former Season 28 theme, the Altar of Rites, has been revised and re-added to Diablo 3 as a permanent character progression mechanic. — For virtually all builds and players of all skill levels — from casual to advanced — we recommend progressing through the Altar tree using the path outlined below. The suggested path is geared towards maximum quality of life first, then amplifying damage, and then mopping up the tree with defensive and edge case utility nodes.

Note that while they require reaching them with a Seal, Legendary Potion Powers are not part of the Seal cost system; Potions unlock with a separate resource called Primordial Ashes, obtained from salvaging Legendary or Set items of Primal (red bordered) quality. Upgrade them as soon as possible, and in the order shown below (courtesy of Caleko's Altar of Rites planner).

You can read more on the Altar of Rites, Seals and Legendary Potion Powers in our dedicated Altar of Rites Mechanics guide.

• Legendary Gem 1: Gem of Efficacious Toxin
• Legendary Gem 2: Iceblink
• Legendary Gem 3: Gogok of Swiftness

• Weapon Slot: Odyssey's End
• Armor Slot: Nemesis Bracers
• Jewelry Slot: Elusive Ring