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Demon Hunter Strafe Raid Build Guide: Gems, Items, and How to Play

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DI - Demon Hunter Strafe Raid Build

This is a guide to the Strafe Raid Build, a PvE Demon Hunter Build in Diablo Immortal! This Raid Build specializes on dealing concentrated damage on bosses with Strafe and Impale. Read on to learn how to play this Demon Hunter Raid Build, best gear, skills, and preferred gems!

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List of Contents

Build Profile
Stats and Paragon Priorities
How to Play
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Strafe Raid Build Profile

Build Profile and Rating

Strafe Raid
Class	Demon Hunter
Build Rating
Preference	Party
Build Focus	PvE: Raid
Stat Priorities	・Strength ・Fortitude ・Critical Hit Chance ・Critical Hit Damage

Build Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths	Weaknesses
・High single-target damage ・Simple skill rotation	・Low HP ・Loses effectiveness when against multiple enemies ・Needs allies to draw aggro

Build Gear and Skill Summary

Main Hand		Off Hand
Unrelenting Furor		Blacktalon
Head	Shoulder	Chest	Legs
Boundless Ingenuity	Chillwrath Mantle	Cuirass of the Death Watch	Coff's Unrelenting Fury
Set (Grace of the Flagellant + Windloft Perfection)
Neck	Ring 1	Ring 2	Waist
Slit Throat	Fairfleet	Foulfleet	Open Gut
Hands		Feet
Bloody Hand		Torn Sole
Paragon Trees
Survivor > Soldier
Skills
Crossbow Shot (Primary)
Strafe		Impale
Vengeance		Daring Swing
Charm Priority
1. Strafe 2. Impale 3. Vengeance 4. Daring Swing

Gem Setup

Normal Gems

Legendary Gems

Gem Name	Effect
Sapphire x4	+ 8 Armor Penetration
Topaz x4	+ 8 Resistance
Tourmaline x6	+ 8 Damage

Gem Name	Effect
Berserker's Eye	Increases all damage you deal by 5.00%, but increases all damage you take by 6%. Increases your Critical Hit Chance by 1%. Unlocks at Rank 3
Blood-Soaked Jade	Increases all damage you deal by up to 8% while at full Life, with a minimum bonus of 4% while at low Life. Increases your Movement Speed by 10%. Take 2% decreased damage while below 50% Life. Unlocks at Rank 3
Bloody Reach	Increases all damage you deal by 2.00% for every 2 yards between you and the enemy hit. Maximum increase of 8% at 8 yards. Your attacks have a 0.3% chance to decrease enemy attack and movement speeds by 35% for 3 seconds. Unlocks at Rank 3
Cutthroat's Grin	Gain 8.00% increase Critical Hit Chance when attacking from behind. Deal 1% increased damage when attacking from behind. Unlocks at Rank 3
Fervent Fang	Each time you deal damage to an enemy, that enemy now takes 0.80% increased from your attacks, up to a maximum increase of 8% at 10 stacks. All damage you deal to Elite monsters increased by 1.5% Unlocks at Rank 3
Power and Command	Power and Command alternates states every 9 seconds. Power increases your Primary Attack damage by 8%. Command increases all other skill damage by 8%. You have a 7.5% chance to dispel a negative effect on you each time Power and Command states alternate. Unlocks at Rank 3

Indicated gem effects only display their base effect. Values will be higher depending on the gem's upgrade level.

Strafe and Impale focused build

This build mainly cycles between Strafe and Impale against bosses. Both skills are to be used from a safe distance while melee allies are drawing the boss' aggro, allowing you to go full offensive on your setup and concentrate your attacks on a single target.

Legendary Gear Setup

For the Legendary Gear pieces, you want to try getting Blacktalon and Unrelenting Furor as these two enhances Strafe. Blacktalon makes Strafe fire bullets in a single direction instead of every direction, making it easier to focus the skill's damage on a target.

Without Blacktalon, you'll have to take a risk and get a bit closer to the boss while you're moving at a slower speed. The skill's damage may also spread to other targets in phases that the boss summons minions, significantly lowering your DPS.

Set Gear Setup

With two of your main sources of damage being Channel skills, you should have the Grace of the Flagellant as your Set Gear, or at least four pieces of the set for this build. The first set bonus of the Grace of the Flagellant increases the damage dealt by your Channel skills, while the second set bonus adds another hit every five hits you do to an enemy.

Save the last two slots for the Windloft Perfection rings so you can maneuver a bit easier while using Strafe.

Legendary Gem Setup

All of the Legendary Gems in this setup boost your DPS, and since none of these contribute to your survivability, you must stay back and let your melee allies do the tanking.

Be sure to utilize the alternating effects of Power and Command while doing skill rotations (you can check which is active by tapping the icon below your HP bar). Both your Channel skills will deal more damage while Command is active. Once it switches to Power, you can let them recharge first and use Vengeance until the gem effect switches back to Command.

Stats and Paragon Priorities

Attribute Priorities

Strength	Increases both Damage and Combat Rating, making it the main stat for Demon Hunters.
Fortitude	Not only increases your Armor but also your Armor Penetration, which is useful for improving your damage output.
Critical Hit Chance	This applies to the continuous damage from your Channel skills, which means you'll get those double damage hits more often.
Critical Hit Damage	Since you'll land critical hits more often with your stream of attacks, increasing your Critical Hit Damage stat boosts your damage further.
Vitality	Although you should be always a few yards away from the boss, it will be safer to invest a bit on this stat in case the boss moves around the area or summons minions.

Paragon Priorities

Survivor > Soldier

This is where you make up for the lack of survivability on the majority of your setup. Spend Paragon points on the Survivor tree and unlock Unyielding and Stalwart as soon as you can. Next, max out all the skills required for Indestructible as you'll need this skill in case the boss unleashes a killer attack.

How to Play

Use Strafe and Impale with Command

Use Vengeance with Power

Use Strafe and Impale with Command

DI - Strafe and Impale

After engaging the Raid Boss, check Power and Command's current state first before making your next move. If Command is active, use Strafe and Impale back to back on your target. Since Command boosts to your active skills, both will have their damage increased futher.

Unlike with Strafe, you are rooted to where you stand while using Impale, so make sure to only use it from a safe distance or if the boss isn't unleashing attacks that need to be dodged.

Use Vengeance with Power

DI - Vengeance

Take advantage of Command's down time to recharge both your Channel skills. After the Legendary Gem switches to Power, activate Vengeance to give your primary attacks support damage.