GoD/Marauder Support Demon Hunter BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

For more information about gems, please refer to our guide on gems.

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.

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.

This Season revives the Pandemonium Kill Streak buff from Season 19. Each stack grants a bonus to movement speed and damage, capping at +50% movement speed and +100% damage at 1000 kills. Hitting specific kill thresholds unleashes powerful effects. Read more in our dedicated Season of the Eternal Conflict Mechanics Guide!

While speedfarming sees limited use from this theme, Greater Rift pushing benefits significantly. Effects like Geysers (150), Meteors (400), and Angels (500) can clear elites and Rift Guardians instantly. Players may reset streaks after 150 kills to repeatedly trigger Geysers or push for 500+ kills near boss fights, often using Nemesis Bracers to spawn extra enemies.

Because the most potent effects (Geysers, Meteors, Angels) can obliterate Rift Guardians instantly up to GR150, players can retool builds for efficiency and comfort. Here’s how:

Since you can rely on killstreak procs to clear the Rift Guardian, Bane of the Stricken can be safely omitted in favor of:

• Another generic damage-scaling legendary gem ( Bane of the Trapped for builds with any form of crowd control and/or melee range, Zei's Stone of Vengeance for far ranged builds, Taeguk for channeling builds, Simplicity's Strength for primary attack-focused builds, Enforcer for pet-oriented builds, etc.)
• A survivability-oriented legendary gem ( Esoteric Alteration, Molten Wildebeest's Gizzard), or additional utility ( Gogok of Swiftness for CDR-reliant builds, Pain Enhancer for attack speed-heavy builds, or Wreath of Lightning for extra movement speed).

Adjust your equipment to items that favor durability, health sustain, and ease of movement. Consider adjusting non-essential skills for the build to ones that pull, reposition, or otherwise displace enemies to facilitate large pulls of enemy packs. In more concrete terms, this means:

• For general Demon Hunter survivability, staple cross-class options like Unity (combined with the same ring on the follower plus a follower immortality token), and the Endless Walk set ( The Traveler's Pledge and The Compass Rose) offer a valuable balance between extra toughness and damage. Elusive Ring is also a strong class-specific contender, granting up to 60% damage reduction after using a mobility skill — something Demon Hunters do constantly.
• For additional defense, cross-class standouts like Unity (used with follower and immortality relic for them), and the Endless Walk set ( The Traveler's Pledge and The Compass Rose) are top picks, balancing damage reduction during movement with stationary damage scaling.
• Situational items that can bolster your defenses include Wraps of Clarity (providing a significant damage reduction after casting a primary, resource-generating skill), Aquila Cuirass (perfect for builds with minimal resource spending like LoD Rapid Fire), or Stone Gauntlets (their downside mitigated by wearing Ice Climbers, or Altar of Rites CC-immunity node), and even niche inclusions like Zoey's Secret (pet-based mitigation).
• Utility items like Nemesis Bracers are essential as more elites mean more killstreak maintenance and faster progression. When soloing, they should be equipped by your follower; in groups, at least one party member should commit to wearing them. Edge cases will see the inclusion of Warzechian Armguards or Krelm's Buff Belt (more speed for easier scouting and pulls), Strongarm Bracers (extra damage vs. displaced enemies), and even Lacuni Prowlers for straight attack speed. To facilitate large pulls, consider using a Follower equipped with The Ess of Johan, a proc-based analogue to an enemy-pulling skill (albeit outside your control).
• From a skill and passive perspective, always slot at least one movement tool: Vault Tumble or Smoke Screen Displacement are popular options, and Shadow set-based builds get Shadow Power Shadow Glide for free. Passive-wise, prioritize Ambush — against low total HP trash enemies, the extra damage to healthy targets can result in some quick killstreak stacks right at the start of a fight. A cheat death coming from Awareness can also be very handy for killstreak upkeep during risky, daring pulls.