Demon Hunter Natalya's Vengeance Fresh 70 Starter Build (Patch 2.7 / Season 23)
This build is a starter build for fresh Level 70 Demon Hunters who have access to the Natalya's Vengeance set.
This guide is part of our Demon Hunter Seasonal Progress Guide, which also includes a leveling build and other early builds for fresh 70 characters.
Fresh 70 Build
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How to Play the Build: Skills and Rotation
You will be channeling Strafe as close to permanently as you can,
maintaining Hatred with regular punctuating shots of
Entangling Shot and
activations of
Bat Companion and
Vengeance
Seethe. Through the
Natalya 2 piece bonus, the spender and generator will quickly reset the cooldown
of your primary damage dealer —
Rain of Vengeance. Pop
Smoke Screen when expecting bursts of damage coming your way.
The spec is built around the Natalya set bonuses, turning
Rain of Vengeance from a medium cooldown skill into a constantly available
asset for burst and protection. The recommended split is:
- Slot 1 — Damage:
Rain of Vengeance is the centerpiece of the Natalya set build, with its significant cooldown practically nullified as early as the 2-piece set bonus. Note that it will also trigger the
Crashing Rain belt, a vital item for the build whose burst is a significant chunk of your damage. This makes
Crashing Rain an immediate priority after acquiring the set.
- Slot 2 — Generator: While you can technically run any 7 Hatred
generator in this slot,
Entangling Shot offers you an easy proc for
Cull the Weak and (later on)
Bane of the Trapped. You cannot pass these damage multiplication sources lightly, and this generator is the smallest investment you can make towards triggering them.
- Slot 3 & 4 — Mobility:
Strafe will serve a twofold purpose: first, it is the most reliable source of
Rain of Vengeance resets from the Natalya set; and second, it offers
Whirlwind-like mobility by allowing you to freely pass through enemies and ignore collision. Due to the fact that
Vault interrupts the channeling of
Strafe and slows down your resets, you will do better to shift to the short burst of speed and invulnerability of
Smoke Screen
Displacement. While more costly, this skill does not interrupt
Strafe and can serve to nullify some predictable burst — useful in a mid-to-close range build.
- Slot 5 — Utility: You will keep
Companion like a swiss knife at your side, but you will adjust its utility according to your preferences; it is likely you will struggle with Hatred in an early
Strafe spec, so you can safely fall to the
Bat Companion crutch until you acquire key legendaries to stabilize resources with.
- Slot 6 — Supplementary damage:
Vengeance adds its own multiplicative damage buff to the build, but it can also be adjusted to either stabilize your resources (using the Hatred powerhouse
Seethe), or build up your Toughness (through the
Dark Heart damage reduction). Making this skill permanent by wearing a
Dawn will be one of your gearing priorities.
- Passives: For early game Natalya progression, it is advisable to keep
most of the leveling setup (
Steady Aim,
Blood Vengeance and
Tactical Advantage), but abandon
Custom Engineering along with its sentries for the multiplicative damage increase of
Cull the Weak.
Gear and Builds Using This Set
The build above is specifically created not to require any additional sets or legendary items. In order to transition to a late game-oriented spec using the same set, we have a rough list of high priority items to obtain, as well as a link to the build they pertain to.
- Rain of Vengeance
Build —
Hellcat Waistguard (belt);
Dawn (1h crossbow),
Mantle of Channeling (shoulders);
Focus,
Restraint and
Convention of Elements (rings);
Wraps of Clarity and
Nemesis Bracers (bracers).
Changelog
- 02 Apr. 2021: Reviewed for Season 23.
- 13 Mar. 2020: Reviewed for Season 20.
- 22 Nov. 2019: Page added.
Demon Hunter Fresh 70 Natalya Build
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