This Diablo 3 Demon Hunter leveling guide is dedicated to power leveling tips and tricks specific to Demon Hunter class in Diablo 3. Like a Hunter in any other MMO game Demon Hunter in D3 is a ranged nuke character with few extra twists – Discipline, a set of escape and acrobatic survival skills.

This guide is next part in the Diablo 3 leveling guide series right after that first part that focused on general tips and tricks for power leveling any character in Diablo 3. I highly recommend that you check out that guide as well since it focuses on a lot of tactics that will bring about a significant difference in your leveling speed.

If you’re not sure about important game play features about Demon Hunters, then I also recommend that you check out the Diablo 3 Demon Hunter Gameplay guide to get an idea of key features of this class. We will be straight away jumping into leveling guide and won’t be talking about game play features like for example what’s Hatred or what’s Discipline.

Diablo 3 Demon Hunter Leveling Tips

Before we get into actual leveling guide, I’ll quickly highlight few important tips and tricks. Glance through these real quick before you head to level specific guides.

Leveling tip # 1 – Watch your Hatred

You might find yourself running out of Hatred very fast so keep an eye on this when you spam your Hatred spender skills. Use Hatred generators more often for single enemies, as well as mobs.

Leveling tip # 2 – Wisely use Discipline

Your skills that require Discipline are ones that will save your ass in tough situations. However, they consume a lot of Discipline and it generates back very slowly. So make sure that you wisely use your skills and strictly keep them for near death escapes or to pick up health globes.

Leveling tip # 3 – Use right skill for right monsters

Don’t spam Hatred spenders on weaker monsters. Use these skills to take out tough monsters and rare mob packs. This is very important as Hatred is a big problem when you  run into more than one tough monsters.

Leveling tip # 4 – Attack speed Shrines

Demon Hunters go crazy fast when they get +25% attack speed shrines. They really speed up a lot of your skills and make a significant difference in your leveling speed. So make sure that you don’t miss out on these.

Demon Hunter Leveling Guides

This part focuses on level-by-level guides explaining what skills to pick at each level and what builds to use. Another section which focuses on equips and runes will also be up soon.

Level 1-13

Pick skills as they are unlocked when you level up. Start with Hungering Arrow for left click and Impale for right click. Use Impale only for tough enemies since it drains a lot of Hatred.

Once you hit level 4 switch left click to Bola Shot. Pick Rapid Fire at level 5 and switch this skill for your Right click slot and continue using it for tough enemies.

At level 6 you unlock another slot, pick Caltrops for your skill slot 1. Replace it with Chakram at level 7.

Engage mobs with Chakram, spam Bola Shot on weak enemies, take out tough ones with Rapid Fire if they come to close. Use this setup till level 11. Once you unlock Grenades at level 11 Demon Hunter becomes really fun to play. Bind Grenades to your left click as this will be your main spam skill now.

At level 12 you unlock Shadow Power. Activate it whenever you encounter mobs and spam Grenades like there’s no tomorrow.

Demon Hunter Leveling Guide – 14+

Since we don’t have access to these levels in beta I will update it later on when the game goes live or if more levels are released for beta. Make sure you subscribe to get updates delivered straight to your inbox.

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