Currently using the Fear inducing rune on that skill and it keeps me pretty safe in most cases. I'm also finding that each Elemental Arrow rune upgrade is better than the last. In nightmare I did use cull the weak and I suppose I might again if I were restarting. I should restate though, this is inferno. Also it's not worth sinking my runes into stuff like cull the weak because I'm not always going to be able to slow, so it's not always useful. I skip it because I save all my discipline for smoke screen.

It has great defensive and offensive capabilities (with certain passives and rune mods can amplify your damage output significantly).

I really think that Caltrops is a great skill overall. It's like they're completely different difficulties compared to Act 1 Inferno. My 40k hp means nothing in Act 2 & 3 Inferno without those resists. I'm trying to get some more +max discipline now for more smokescreens and more +resist all to not get one-shotted for 70-90k dmg. This build allows me for at least 4 consecutive smokescreens, maybe more if i hit that 30% chance and land enough crits. It seems better for me than Vengeance because in lots of tough fights, I rarely get to grab health globes and with the bat companion, i don't really need to worry about the extra hatred very much. Passives - Archery (when I have a bow, which I prefer), Steady Aim (easy to stay 10 yards away), Night Stalker (currently testing this) - I have a 20% crit rate but I have no idea what the chance is to refund 1 discipline. This is my only discipline-consuming skill (summoning a bat before going out to fight notwithstanding) Sometimes it's marked for death and sometimes if I'm solo boss running, it's Vault with no discipline costģ - Bat Companion - Hatred regen keeps my ball lightnings spamming - I don't want to spend discipline on a regular basis and imo, other hatred-using abils aren't worth the cost at this point.Ĥ - Smokescreen - 3 second rune - Absolutely essential to even HOPE to survive after Act 1 in Inferno - While invis you can spam attacks with no worries, you ignore all kinds of damage and attacks (run over desecration, plagued, fire, etc) and it has no CD. See #4Ģ - I switch this depending on what I'm doing. RMB - Elemental Arrow - Ball Lightning - Sick AOE damage, very spammable for low cost.ġ - Preparation - 30% chance to skip the CD - This is used exclusively for Smokescreen. LMB - Hungering Arrow - Fire dmg rune - Good single target dmg for bosses 60 DH here trying to survive in Act 2 & 3 Inferno

Diablo 3 demon hunter skills