GoD/Marauder Support Demon Hunter BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points
Below, we detail the items and gems that you should use for your GoD/Marauder Support Demon Hunter in Diablo 3 and why. We also list your paragon points and Kanai's Cube items. Updated for Patch 2.7.5 and Season 28.
Best in Slot Gear and Alternatives
The build incorporates a split between the Gears of Dreadlands and Marauder sets, using three
pieces of the former (and completing their 4-piece bonus via a
Ring of Royal Grandeur) and two pieces of the latter to attain the
optimal spread of support-oriented effects. Note that the table below only
gives you a sample spread (shoulders, gloves, chest from the GoD set and pants
and boots from the Marauder set) — in practice, you can use any
combination of pieces from the two sets, as long as they are well rolled and
provide the necessary bonuses. The only set piece that is off limits for both
sets is the helm, as it needs to be taken by
Leoric's Crown for the
doubled effect of your socketed gem.
Free of damage dealing concerns, the support Demon Hunter can focus on pure
utility in the jewelry. You have three recommended rings —
Elusive Ring,
Oculus Ring and
Ring of Royal Grandeur
— two of which you will equip and Cube the third, according to your
better rolled items.
Elusive Ring will add massive damage reduction
bonuses as you spam your mobility skills, resulting in greatly improved
survivability for the build.
Ring of Royal Grandeur is necessary to
complete the 4-piece bonus of the Gears of Dreadlands. Finally, the revamped
Oculus Ring will provide up to the impressive 85% multiplicative damage
buff in a circular area for your DPS party members to stand in. While its
wording is vague, it does trigger off assists, and will thus work on support
characters.
To complete the jewelry, you can either wear The Flavor of Time for
the doubled Pylon duration, or a nicely rolled
Hellfire Amulet of Dexterity for a fifth synergistic passive (i.e.
Hot Pursuit).
You have two major options for your weapon, as both
Leonine Bow of Hashir and
Odyssey's End provide invaluable effects
for the general Support Demon Hunter spec.
Odyssey's End brings massive
damage multiplication to your teammates, and is a necessary inclusion in the
setup — but outside of godly rolls, it is generally recommended that you
Cube its powers instead, since the damage bonus is a variable stat. For your
worn weapon we recommend
Leonine Bow of Hashir, as it brings a fixed,
reliable pull to your
Bolas shots. In case you decide to run a
non-pull build, swap this weapon out for an all-around tanky choice like
Fortress Ballista.
In your offhand, you want Emimei's Duffel, since its unique power
turns the delayed detonations of
Bolas into instantaneous effects,
making the pulls from
Leonine Bow of Hashir much faster.
Introduced in Patch 2.4, Zoey's Secret belt is tailored to the
Marauder set bonuses, and offers a unique source of protection: up to 9%
damage reduction for every active
Companion, cutting incoming damage
by more than a half as a result.
You have some wiggle room when deciding on your bracer; the default
recommendation is the party-wide additive damage increase of
Strongarm Bracers, triggered by the
Bolas pulls. Alternatively,
you can take the elite-spawning
Nemesis Bracers to shorten the time
spent looking for champion packs. Simply pick your better rolled bracer
between the two to wear, and cube the other.
Slot | Pieces | Stat Priority |
---|---|---|
Head |
|
|
Shoulders |
|
|
Torso |
|
|
Wrists |
|
|
Hands |
|
|
Waist |
|
|
Legs |
|
|
Feet |
|
|
Amulet |
|
|
Ring #1 |
|
|
Ring #2 |
|
|
Weapon |
|
|
Off-hand |
|
To help you with farming the gear you need for your builds, we have two very useful guides that you can access by clicking the links below: a Salvage Guide to help you quickly check whether or not you can safely salvage a piece of gear and a Legendary Farming Guide to help you efficiently farm legendaries and set items.
Season 28: Altar of Rites
Season 28 comes with the theme of the Altar of Rites — a powerful new account-wide and Season-specific progression system that brings tremendous offensive and defensive buffs to every seasonal character. 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.
Paragon Points
In the Core section, max out Movement Speed to the 25% cap. Normally this is done by dumping the first 50 Core Paragon points into Movement Speed, but if your boots have an imperfect roll with Movement Speed as a stat that you cannot replace, adjust the necessary point investment accordingly by simply subtracting your roll from the 25% max. After that, dump as many points as necessary into Vitality to gain a comfortable health pool, but consider balancing it out with some portion of the points going into Dexterity — remember that it also equates to survivability for Dex-based classes.
In the Offense section, max out Cooldown Reduction and Attack Speed first. In Defense, prioritize All Resistance, then Life %, then Armor, and finish off with Life Regeneration. In Utility, build up Resource Cost Reduction and Life per Hit. Remember to skip Area Damage, as it leads to unnecessary lag in group play.
Slot | Paragon Points |
---|---|
Core |
|
Offense |
|
Defense |
|
Utility |
|
Gems
Iceblink serves a twofold purpose: first, it adds another potent,
scaling slow effect to your Cold attacks; and second, it offers a reliable
source of 10% additional party-wide Crit Chance through its level 25
property.
Gogok of Swiftness synergizes well with the build, indirectly
providing the entire party with more survivability and damage by increasing
your essential Cooldown Reduction, as well as substantial personal Toughness
from the Dodge bonuses.
The recommended gem for your third and final jewelry slot is
Gem of Efficacious Toxin, for the party-wide damage increase against
— and reduced damage from — enemies affected by its poisonous
DoT.
Slot | Gems |
---|---|
Jewelry | |
Helm | |
Torso and Pants |
|
Weapon |
|
For more information about gems, please refer to our guide on gems.
Kanai's Cube
The entirety of your Cube slot selections will depend on your item rolls.
In the weapon slot, you will cube your worse rolled item between
Leonine Bow of Hashir and
Odyssey's End — and you will most
likely cube the latter, since its party-wide damage boost is an affix of
varying strength. In the armor Cube slot, you will place your worse rolled
item between
Nemesis Bracers (for the extra elites) and
Strongarm Bracers (for the party-wide damage increase). In the jewelry
slot, you will equip your worst roll between
Ring of Royal Grandeur,
Oculus Ring and
Elusive Ring.
The Kanai's Cube can be used for much more than simply extracting Legendary powers from items. Please refer to our Kanai's Cube guide for more information.
Legendary Potion
The preferred potion for this build is Bottomless Potion of Kulle-Aid,
which will allow you to break through movement-impeding Elite affixes —
generally a problem for builds that move based on channeling effects.
Changelog
- 22 Feb. 2023: Added Season 28 Altar of Rites recommendations.
- 26 Aug. 2022: Added Season 27 Angelic Crucible recommendations.
- 13 Apr. 2022: Guide reviewed for Season 26.
- 09 Dec. 2021: Added Season 25 Soul Shard recommendations.
- 21 Jul. 2021: Added note regarding Ethereal weapons for Season 24.
- 01 Apr. 2021: No changes necessary for Season 23.
- 18 Nov. 2020: Added S22 Cube recommendation.
- 30 Jun. 2020: Guide added.
More Demon Hunter Guides
Builds from Other Classes
Farming Guides
This build is presented to you by Deadset, one of the very few professional Diablo 3 players. Deadset regularly publishes video guides on Youtube and streams on Twitch, where you can see how this and other builds play out in practice.
- World First Hardcore Level 100 in Diablo 4 Claimed by Carn
- Blizzard on the Graphics of Diablo 4
- Diablo 4 Hardcore Race to World First 100: June 5th
- World First Level 100 in Diablo 4 Claimed by Rob
- Diablo 4 Patch Notes: June 3rd
- Race to World First 100 Hardcore and Softcore, June 4th: Level 90!
- Potential PlayStation Invalid License Error Fix
- Diablo 4 Early Access Is LIVE!