I go echo blast cause my chest has 11% dmg increase im gonna look for a new dml with bola hungering or trap dmg

Hey guys just finished my final hour of testing my Legacy Natalya's DH for XP Per Hour, Elites Per Hour/Legendaries, Demonic Essences Per Hour.

XP Per Hour: -- 3 Hours Tested Each MP mentioned (counting entering and leaving game, repairing, etc)

Important Stats: 207k Unbuffed DPS + 40 Pick Up Radius + Hellfire ring -- Merc: Hellfire Ring + 26% Leorics -- Helm with Perfect Star Ruby (not radiant).
Spec Used: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/demon-hunter#eSgTdV!ZbX!ccabcc

Route Used:

Monster Power 1:
Core Of arreat
Tower Cursed Level 1 -- only down to the Fire Spitting thing or First Elite (sometimes you get lucky and there are 2)
Arreat Crater 2 -- Backwards and straightest path possible back to the WP.
Keep Depths 2 -- Longest straight path possible (based on map spawn)
Rakkis Crossing backwards stop before Fields

Results: 94m XP/Hour (282m xp Total) -- 22 Demonic Essences/hour (66 Total)-- 2.33 Legendaries/Hour (7 total)

Monster Power 3:
Core Of arreat
Tower Cursed Level 1 -- only down to the Fire Spitting thing or First Elite (sometimes you get lucky and there are 2)
Arreat Crater 2 -- Backwards and straightest path possible back to the WP.
Keep Depths 2 -- Longest straight path possible (based on map spawn)
Rakkis Crossing backwards stop before Fields
**Main Difference here is I ONLY KILLED first 5 Elites for the 5 stacks Ignored all the rest**

Results: 123m XP/Hour (369m xp Total) -- ?? Demonic Essences/hour (?? Total didn't even count these)-- 1 Legendaries/Hour (3 total)

Now I will test what mp/route/Spec is best for JUST Demonic Essences per hour -- However, seems like VOTA will be the route to go just gotta test what build(s) -- Hope this helps some ppl in here

This post was edited by donkilluminatiV on Mar 15 2013 03:47pm

nice mate


could you clarify

**Main Difference here is I ONLY KILLED first 5 Elites for the 5 stacks Ignored all the rest**

so you didnt kill any other elites all game?

Yeah in mp3 it takes too long for my liking (in mp1 its a one shot from a crit FoK -- in Mp1 Trail of Cinders is a lot more viable as well.)

so I killed the first 5 elites I encountered for the XP% bonush then ran past elites after that which is an easy find when you do Core arreat + Tower of cursed 1. I also skipped the shielding fat guys if they were able to get their shields up on each other.

Also, positioning your FoK is key to killing elites fast.

~ 1 stack mp3 pretty much matcher mp1 5 stacks. 80%+15% makes it 95% while mp1+ 5 stacks is 100% extra XP. So 4 stacks on top of that makes a nice difference considering the run times are now the same speed (actually mp3 was a tad bit faster depeding on what kind of elites I got in the begining).

This post was edited by donkilluminatiV on Mar 15 2013 04:17pm

ah ok this is good for the XP hunters out there


but essences gna take a big hit due to lack of elite kills?

take rocket sentrys with traps and the extra 5 trap 3 sentry passive its actually really strong!!!

prob too strong for mp3 tho


i was running strafe rockets, sentry rockets with rocket passive n was able to do mp 7 pretty well! lol was kinda fun too


sentrys seem so underated to me! they do like 100k dmg a hit!

This post was edited by jackherer on Mar 15 2013 04:26pm

ye it does i just get bored n play high mps too make the game more interesting lol

IMO mp1 is still the best all round for your average farming and xp.

looking forward to your findings on essences though bro