Alright thanks great information in this post, also what EHP should I be aiming for?

Here's a link to my profile by the way I don't have an amethyst in the mempo**

http://www.diabloprogress.com/hero/jho-1731/Jho/1292144

Updated a bit of his gear:

http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/anker-2501/hero/716458

He is way more tanky now and got like 15k+ dps for only a few millions. Next up would be the shoulders and then the belt. Also getting decent gems in his armor and doing a few uber runs since we got the portals ready.

yeah nice work, defenetly go for shoulders now (something with 170+ dex, @res, +armor and some VIT if u can catch it) and a same stats w/ 2 sockets pants

A decent base EHP would be around 400k - with this should be able to survive most situations with shadow power/gloom on. Right now it seems like you could use some All Res. Try to hit the 350-400 AR mark then after that it will be easier to gain EHP from VITALITY/LIFE POOL gains (life% or vit). Cheapest source for this would be your bracers perhaps even some inna's pants with all res. Could go for it on your gloves but it could be pricy to get good dps from them too. If you want an EHP/DPS increase together without upgrading your weapon I think you would be looking at 200-350m (I'm assuming a glove upgrade as well). With your current stats, however, I feel like your DH should be able to survive in mp0 and mp1 fairly easily, all thats left is to make your run times faster, meaning, to upgrade your dps (new manticore) and drop off DPS passives and switch them to utility passives (tactical, night stalker, vengeance). Your dps may not be QUITE as high as fully buffed with your previous manticore (assuming you upgrade the current one) but i assure you, you are much better off.

My personal recommendation to you is to upgrade first your weapon then bracers (dex vit all res cc) or both if you can afford it, don't be afraid to lose some vit on the bracers, but try to keep it over 70 (you gain about twice the ehp per point of all res than that of vit while your all res is under 450-500 since the gains are not linear, so long as you keep your vit loss 1 to 1 with our all res gain you are getting a lot more ehp than before). Might end up with over all more stats if you just swap your inna's for one with 60+ all res 9 ias but maybe a tad more expensive -- just play the AH a bit. If you can pull off a 1200+ DPS Manticore with dex 1 socket and LIFE STEAL man you will be golden -- reduce your dependency on shadow power by a lot in low mps at your ehp. -- Check upgrades with the calculator!!

If you are happy with your current dps and would just like to survive mp3-5 in groups of friends and such, just go for Inna's w/ all res + bracers with vit and all res and gloves with all res and ignore the weapon for now, as that will/should take up a large portion of your budget (of course all of my recommendations depend on the size of your budget)

For a little reference, my EHP with my mp0-2 (mp2 is pushing it only reason I do well is because my DPS is high enough and I swap out to a main piece or 2) farming/alkaizer gear has 330k EHP which is below the recommended one I mentioned above but in these MPs its your DPS that makes the difference once you are at 300k+ EHP as to how efficiently you run through them, survivability is only a problem sometimes vs Reflects as it is glitched AND lack of all res -- but that's what shadow power/gloom is for . My life is at 38k and all res is at 330 with 26 pick up radius for my strafe build.

Hope this helps!

This post was edited by donkilluminatiV on Jan 2 2013 06:42am

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Andru-1958/hero/3022781

Looking for some help: 250m Current Budget

Your DH is pretty well off I don't think 250m will get you anything significant, just minor, and since you are legacy you need EHP+DPS (of course this applies to everyone but more so to a legacy) in as many pieces as possible -- so most glaring ehp whole would be your gloves, I think the 250m range can get you something decent for gloves but I think you should increase your budget to around 350m. Besides that it will be a 500m+ Manticore that's going to give you the most DPS for the amount of gold. Around that same price range for an ammy that will give you similar DPS with some EHP stats. Witching Hour too if you can pull off a Dex Vit Ar one but to beat the 2 set bonus its gonna take high rolls on the DPS for the witching hour. But getting vit and ar on a WH is very good but I reccommend you think about this last. Bigger stats on the DML would be nice too but based on the one you have and depending what skill you want its gonna be a hard find one with significant gains so look frequently. 1) Gloves 2) Manticore 3) DML 4) Ammy 5) WH

Great set man gonna get pretty expensive from here on out though.

This post was edited by donkilluminatiV on Jan 3 2013 07:05pm

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/AKimbo-1584/hero/3789023

what can i do to improve my dps? i've put TONS into this dh yet i see people with just as much dps as me with the worst gear on

stats are around 200k dps, 85k life (with amethyst in helm), 3.7k armor, and 500 all res


i'm thinking my dps is low due to low dex

also considering switching to a calamity with a socket

This post was edited by mistuhjk on Jan 4 2013 02:36am

get an ammy with trifecta or crit chance/dmg/avg dmg

and don't switch to calamity

why no calamity?