Demon Hunter Shadow Impale Build
Welcome to our build guide for Shadow Impale 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 2.6.9 and Season 21.
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Introduction
The Shadow's Mantle set offers several viable playstyles revolving around the themes of high mobility and assassination. This Impale variant places and even greater emphasis on singling out and bursting down priority targets, an elite hunting playstyle that is geared towards Greater Rift progression. We also have group progression and speed farming variants that you can access by clicking the links below.
Quick Reference
Skill Setup
The basic skill setup of the Shadow Impale Demon Hunter is displayed below. Read the dedicated Skills page for detailed information on choices, alternatives and build customization.
| Active Skills |
|---|
Impale
 Ricochet
Companion
 Wolf Companion
1
Vengeance
 Dark Heart
2
Fan of Knives
 Bladed Armor
3
Vault
Tumble
4
Shadow Power
Gloom
|
| Passive Skills |
Gear Setup
The required gear setup for the Shadow Impale Demon Hunter is listed below. Check the Gear page for detailed information on choices, alternatives, gemming, Kanai's Cube and Paragon distribution.
- Helm:
The Shadow's Mask - Shoulders:
Aughild's Power - Gloves:
The Shadow's Grasp - Chest:
The Shadow's Bane - Belt:
Chain of Shadows - Pants:
The Shadow's Coil - Boots:
The Shadow's Heels - Bracers:
Aughild's Search - Amulet:
The Traveler's Pledge - Ring 1:
The Compass Rose - Ring 2:
Convention of Elements - Weapon:
Karlei's Point - Offhand:
Holy Point Shot
Legendary Gems
- Legendary Gem 1:
Bane of the Trapped - Legendary Gem 2:
Gogok of Swiftness - Legendary Gem 3:
Pain Enhancer
Kanai's Cube
- Weapon Slot:
Dawn - Armor Slot:
Stone Gauntlets - Jewelry Slot:
Ring of Royal Grandeur
Changelog
- 06 Jul. 2020 (group progression page): Reverted guide recommendation back to the lightning version of the build; included additional clarifications for variant playstyles of the build.
- 06 Jul. 2020 (this page): Revised the guide to better reflect the current meta.
- 06 Jul. 2020 (gear page): Reverted guide recommendation back to the lightning version of the build; included additional clarifications for variant playstyles of the build.
- 06 Jul. 2020 (skills page): Reverted guide recommendation back to the lightning version of the build; included additional clarifications for variant playstyles of the build.
- 06 Jul. 2020 (speed farming page): Reverted guide recommendation back to the lightning version of the build; included additional clarifications for variant playstyles of the build.
- 30 Jun. 2020 (this page): No changes required for Season 21.
- 30 Jun. 2020 (skills page): No changes required for Season 21.
- 30 Jun. 2020 (gear page): No changes required for Season 21.
- 30 Jun. 2020 (speed farming page): No changes required for Season 21.
- 30 Jun. 2020 (group progression page): No changes required for Season 21.
- 12 Mar. 2020 (skills page): No changes necessary for Season 20.
- 12 Mar. 2020 (group progression page): No changes necessary for Season 20.
- 12 Mar. 2020 (this page): No changes necessary for Season 20.
- 12 Mar. 2020 (gear page): No changes necessary for Season 20.
- 12 Mar. 2020 (speed farming page): No changes necessary for Season 20.
- 21 Nov. 2019 (speed farming page): Overhauled the page for Season 19.
- 21 Nov. 2019 (group progression page): Overhauled the page for Season 19.
- 21 Nov. 2019 (this page): Skills and gear revisions for Season 19 (added 2 pieces of Aughild's set). Complete revisions of the variations.
- 21 Nov. 2019 (gear page): Added 2 pieces of Aughild's set. Replaced Kanai's Cube jewelry recommendation to Ring of Royal Grandeur as a result. Expanded the stat priorities, paragon points, and gems sections. Added a potion section.
- 21 Nov. 2019 (skills page): Changed default run for Vault.
- 23 Aug. 2019 (group progression page): Reviewed for Season 18.
- 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.
- 23 Aug. 2019 (speed farming page): Reviewed for Season 18.
- 16 May 2019 (gear page): Guide was reviewed and approved for Season 17.
- 16 May 2019 (this page): Guide was reviewed and approved for Season 17.
- 16 May 2019 (skills page): Guide was reviewed and approved for Season 17.
- 17 Jan. 2019 (this page): Guide was revised with additional recommendations for Season 16.
- 17 Jan. 2019 (skills page): Updated for Season 16.
- 17 Jan. 2019 (gear page): Added suggestions for the baseline Ring of Royal Grandeur for Seasonal characters.
- 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.
- 30 Oct. 2017 (this page): Slight wording changes to reflect small tooltip changes in Patch 2.6.1.
- 01 Jul. 2017 (this page): Updated guide for 2.6 and moved it to the new format.
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