Single Target - AR

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General Gameplay Direct link to this section

All AR builds revolve around managing your Reaver's Glaive usage and soul generation, as well as the traditional bust-window setup and payoff of Demon Hunter.

Opener Direct link to this section

Your opener is pretty static, it'll go something like this:

  1. Immolation Aura 3 seconds pre-pull
  2. Sigil of Flame 2 seconds pre-pull
  3. The Hunt into the boss
  4. Reaver's Glaive
  5. Eye Beam
  6. Annihilation
  7. Essence Break
  8. Death Sweep
  9. Vengeful Retreat + Metamorphosis
  10. Death Sweep
  11. Annihilation
  12. Eye Beam
  13. Sigil of Spite

It's important to get an Annihilation in before your Metamorphosis and your second Eye Beam so you don't waste any Inner Demon procs.

Rotation Direct link to this section

Your general rotation will be pushing your abilities on cooldown, while setting up for your 20-second and 40-second burst windows. Every 2 minutes, you'll perform your opener again.

20-second burst Direct link to this section

Your 20-second burt will look like this:

  1. Reaver's Glaive a few seconds before VR + EB come up
  2. Chaos Strike to apply Reaver's Mark
  3. Vengeful Retreat + Eye Beam
  4. Death Sweep + Annihilation spam

40-second burst Direct link to this section

  1. Reaver's Glaive a few seconds before VR + EB come up
  2. Chaos Strike to apply Reaver's Mark
  3. Vengeful Retreat + Eye Beam
  4. Essence Break
  5. Death Sweep + Annihilation spam

Reaver's Glaive usage Direct link to this section

First of all, I highly recommend reading about reaver's glaive on the spell interactions page which details some of its intricacies. You should always have at least one stack of Reaver's Mark on the boss to increase your damage and soul generation. You should always have a glaive for any add sets that spawn in order to hit them with an empowered Fury of the Aldrachi, which will do a lot of funnel to the boss from Wounded Quarry. You should also make sure to have one glaive ready for your 40 second burst window, and ideally your 20 second one as well. You can also pool glaives to consolidate damage, which is particularly useful for any damage amp phases. When spending pooled glaives, you want to do the following: