Demon Hunter skills
This page lists all Demon Hunter skills. Follow the links to the individual skill pages for full discussion of every skill, including first hand reports and screenshots.
Useful skill links:
- Skills - General skill design and mechanics.
- Skill runes - The huge skill customization and improvement system.
- Demon Hunter - a bow-oriented ranged class who also relies on traps and other gadgets.
- Hatred/Discipline - The Demon Hunter's energy resources.
- Demon Hunter skills - A list of all the Demon Hunter's active skills.
- Discipline skills - Situational skills that use the slow-regenerating Discipline resource.
- Hatred skills - Special Physical skills that use the slow-regenerating Hatred resource.
- Bow skills - Skills that require the use of a bow, crossbow, or hand xbow.
- Demon Hunter passives - A list of all the Demon Hunter's passive skills.
- Demon Hunter skill archive - Demon Hunter skills removed or modified during development.
- Demon Hunter traits - Passive skills in Diablo III were called traits during much of the development cycle, and the functioned quite differently.
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[hide]Active Skills[edit | edit source]
Click to the individual skill pages for more details about these skills including numbers, screenshots, skill rune information, blue quotes, and much more.
Primary[edit | edit source]
Name | Level | Description |
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<skill subcat="Bow skill" class="DemonHunter">Hungering Arrow</skill> <skill subcat="Bow skill" class="DemonHunter">Entangling Shot</skill> <skill subcat="Bow skill" class="DemonHunter">Bola Shot</skill> <skill class="DemonHunter">Grenades</skill>
Secondary[edit | edit source]
Name | Level | Description |
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<skill class="DemonHunter">Impale</skill> <skill subcat="Bow skill" class="DemonHunter">Rapid Fire</skill> <skill class="DemonHunter">Chakram</skill> <skill subcat="Bow skill" class="DemonHunter">Elemental Arrow</skill>
Defensive[edit | edit source]
Name | Level | Description |
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<skill class="DemonHunter">Caltrops</skill> <skill class="DemonHunter">Smoke Screen</skill> <skill class="DemonHunter">Shadow Power</skill>
Hunting[edit | edit source]
Name | Level | Description |
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<skill subcat="Movement ability" class="DemonHunter">Vault</skill> <skill class="DemonHunter">Preparation</skill> <skill class="DemonHunter">Companion</skill> <skill class="DemonHunter">Marked for Death</skill>
Devices[edit | edit source]
Name | Level | Description |
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<skill subcat="Bow skill" class="DemonHunter">Evasive Fire</skill> <skill class="DemonHunter">Fan of Knives</skill> <skill class="DemonHunter">Spike Trap</skill> <skill class="DemonHunter">Sentry</skill>
Archery[edit | edit source]
Name | Level | Description |
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<skill subcat="Bow skill" class="DemonHunter">Strafe</skill> <skill subcat="Bow skill" class="DemonHunter">Multishot</skill> <skill subcat="Bow skill" class="DemonHunter">Cluster Arrow</skill> <skill subcat="Bow skill" class="DemonHunter">Rain of Vengeance</skill>
Passive Skills[edit | edit source]
Passive skills replaced Traits during late game development in 2011. Many Traits were simply changed to passive skills, but some are all new. See the Demon Hunter traits page for a full list of those passives.
Name | Level | Description |
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<skill class="DemonHunter">Tactical Advantage</skill> <skill class="DemonHunter">Thrill of the Hunt</skill> <skill class="DemonHunter">Vengeance</skill> <skill class="DemonHunter">Steady Aim</skill> <skill class="DemonHunter">Cull the Weak</skill> <skill class="DemonHunter">Night Stalker</skill> <skill class="DemonHunter">Brooding</skill> <skill class="DemonHunter">Hot Pursuit</skill> <skill class="DemonHunter">Archery</skill> <skill class="DemonHunter">Numbing Traps</skill> <skill class="DemonHunter">Perfectionist</skill> <skill class="DemonHunter">Custom Engineering</skill> <skill class="DemonHunter">Grenadier</skill> <skill class="DemonHunter">Sharpshooter</skill> <skill class="DemonHunter">Ballistics</skill>
Skill Distribution[edit | edit source]
A useful player-made chart showing when the Demon Hunter gains access to skills, passives, and rune effects.
Development[edit | edit source]
The Demon Hunter was the fifth and final character to be revealed in Diablo III, making her debut at Blizzcon 2010.
Removed Skills[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report -- IncGamers 1st Aug 2011
- HardRock's Demon Hunter Passive Skills -- IncGamers 6th Sep 2011
- Demon Hunter Overview -- Diablo III 13th Sep 2011
Classes of the Diablo games |
Skills - Active skills - Skill runes - Passives - Resource - Movement ability [e] Barbarian Demon Hunter Monk Necromancer Witch Doctor Wizard Followers Other Classes Fan-made |
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Demon Hunter skill categories: Primary Secondary Defensive Hunting Devices Archery |
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