Natalya Rain of Vengeance Demon Hunter Speed Farming Variation
Speed Farming
The Natalya Demon Hunter deals with regular Rift farming quite competently all the way through the highest Torments, making it a viable build for the task. What makes this variant attractive is the ability to run the Sage's set for additional Death's Breaths, increasing the rate of crafting material farming. We have solo speed GR rankings and solo speed T16 rankings if you want to know more about which builds are best for speed farming.
Within the limited scope of regular difficulties, the necessary damage and toughness to triumph over the enemy is significantly smaller. Thus, your best course of action is to improve utility and speed.
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Adapting Rotation
When you are speed farming regular rifts, parts of your playstyle will adapt to the lowered challenge and focus more on speed and utility.
This speedfarming variant of the Natalya set plays quite differently from the
progression build, with a ranged, wide AoE playstyle that fits excellently with
the task. You will be casting Rain of Vengeance on cooldown, but only to
attain the buff of the 6-piece bonus (although you also get minor utility from
the freeze of the
Flying Strike rune). The major part of the damage comes
from
Multishot
Arsenal, arguably the best farming tool at the DH's
disposal. You will support its hatred costs through active use of
Companion
Bat Companion,
Preparation
Punishment and
Vengeance
Seethe. Last but not least, traverse long distances with liberal
spam of
Vault
Trail of Cinders.
Adapting Skills
Parts of the skill and passive selection will overlap with the base Greater Rift progression build, but others will have to change according to the task at hand. Ability to cross over great distances faster and more efficiently take precedence.
The main damage dealer of the build changes from the slow buildup and cooldown
nature of Fan of Knives to the screen-wide clear of
Multishot
Arsenal. You will retain
Rain of Vengeance as part of the
Natalya set mechanics, but not as a main damage dealer; you can either opt for
the freezing utility of
Flying Strike, or simply go for the fire-and-forget
runes like
Shade and
Dark Cloud.
Vengeance remains a universally desired part of the build, but instead
of the safety of
Dark Heart, you should swap into the resource powerhouse
Seethe.
Your mobility tool will change from the emergency pop of Smoke Screen
to the long-range movement of
Vault
Trail of Cinders.
Several passive swaps also differentiate this farming variant from the
progression spec. Blood Vengeance will not only expand your Hatred pool,
but also enables a
Reaper's Wraps-like effect that replenishes both Hatred
and Discipline when picking up health globes. Adding
Ballistics will
augment your main damage dealer, the rocket-based
Arsenal, with a
multiplicative damage bonus. Finally,
Tactical Advantage will greatly
increase your speed throughout the clear — an important aspect of a good
farming build. Only
Ambush remains from the lineup of progression
passives, due to the comparable burst damage value it brings to farming builds.
Adapting Gear
In order to make use of both the 6-piece bonuses of Natalya and the 3-piece
bonuses of Sage, you will need to move several set pieces around, as well as
cube a Ring of Royal Grandeur. Most importantly, you will need to equip
Natalya's Reflection, since all Sage pieces conflict with Natalya for the
respective slots. An example split would be wearing
Sage's Apogee and
Sage's Passage, adding a
Natalya's Reflection and devoting the
remaining armor slots to Nat's pieces (chest, pants, gloves, weapon). Note that
the build does not rely on
Rain of Vengeance for damage, so only focus on
skill damage on the helm and boots (which can roll
Multishot %).
With the setup outlined above, it is impossible to include the progression
jewelry set Focus and
Restraint. For consistency and farming
convenience, the remainder of your jewelry slots are best completed by an
Avarice Band and a
Squirt's Necklace for the added damage
multiplication.
Since this is a Multishot-centric spec, your offhand needs to be
Dead Man's Legacy.
The rest of your armor slots will be completed with speedfarm oriented items
— Warzechian Armguards to speed up your clears with MS bonuses,
Homing Pads to ensure smooth transitions between rifts, and
Goldwrap for the synergy with
Boon of the Hoarder.
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Waist |
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Amulet |
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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.
Adapting Gems
To synergize with the far range and fast clear speed of Multishot, you
will be socketing
Zei's Stone of Vengeance and
Bane of the Powerful in
your first two gem slots. It is highly recommended that you complete your jewelry
sockets with
Boon of the Hoarder; this high utility gem feeds you
practically infinite gold and gives you a massive short-term speed boost while
picking it up, automated your
Avarice Band. It will also render you
practically invulnerable through a cubed
Goldwrap.
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Torso and Pants |
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For more information about gems, please refer to our guide on gems.
Adapting Kanai's Cube
With Natalya's Slayer occupying your equipped weapon slot by necessity
(keeping the set 6-piece bonus), you need to extract the power of
Yang's Recurve in the weapon Cube slot. Its massive attack speed and damage
bonuses to your main damage dealer are indispensable.
Cindercoat in the armor Cube slot will ensure your resource costs
remain reasonable even in the most intense of fights — enough for your
resource management skills to keep up.
As mentioned before, Ring of Royal Grandeur will be necessary in the
jewelry Cube slot in order to tie the powers of the Natalya and Sage sets
together.
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.
Changelog
- 13 Apr. 2022: Guide reviewed for Season 26.
- 09 Dec. 2021: Added Season 25 Soul Shard recommendations.
- 21 Jul. 2021: Added S24 Ethereal recommendation.
- 01 Apr. 2021: Added follower recommendation.
- 18 Nov. 2020: Added S22 Cube recommendation.
- 30 Jun. 2020: No changes required for Season 21.
- 12 Mar. 2020: No changes necessary for Season 20.
- 21 Nov. 2019: Overhaul of the page for Season 19.
- 23 Aug. 2019: Squirt's Necklace is now the recommended amulet.
- 16 May 2019: Guide was reviewed and approved for Season 17.
- 30 Oct. 2017: Reworked speedfarming variation to include Sage's set.
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