How good is LoD strafe?

Demon Hunter
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Been playing LoD necro mages and i keep seeing DH’s everywhere and they look really good, but how good?

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Probably trash since it cannot utilize the GoD4 mechanic to auto fire Hungering Arrow with the 9th Ciri buff.

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I’d be surprised if you can clear a GR80-90 with LoD Strafe (just Strafe) unless 5k+ paragon.

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Did you mean GoD strafe (which is really all about Hungering Arrow) rather than LoD?

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You know people need to read a little better. OP was referring to LoD necro mages.

He is seeing a lt of DH and was wondering how good DH are…The DH has nothing to do with LoD

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The title asks “How good is LOD Strafe”

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I gather you are asking about the fun aspects as well as the usefulness.
Fun factor = HIGH. Usefulness - With tweaking at the 2,000 paragons level yo ucan do 100.
I have one character slot where the DH is all LoD/LoN, Strafe/FoK, Strafe/Cluster Arrow and Rapidfire. The Rpidfire is easily the more powerful but the Strafe can do GR100 so it’s useful and fun, just not a rift pusher. You mix it up with grenades and a secondary and it’s fun to play. Not a speed or rift pusher like the GoD set though. Screenshot enclosed. Play with your own options.

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nice
why hellfire ammy?

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That build is a FoK build with Strafe, your damage comes from Lord Greenstone’s Fan. Try doing a GR90 with only Strafe as your damage dealer.

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Why would you? My build is also hardly touched. I put the better imbuing into Rapidfire on that character for pushing as I indicated. It’s a fun build the strafe. I never saw it as anything else. A combo build. Additionally, the grenades do damage, the FoK is a finisher. If I replace crashing rain with Hunter’s Wrath even more so. Strafe by itself? Why? What was called a strafe build before was always Greenstones. I prefer variants. It’s a fun build. All I did was demonstrate how it can reach 100. Why cripple it by relying on one skill, especially one that works better in a combination. If that was not true, the GoD build would have included strafe boosts not primary skills.? That makes no sense to run strafe by itself…

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Thrill of the hunt - guarantees the proc’ing of Bane of the Trapped with cull of the weak works with the combination of Rain of Vengeance with crashing rain and the grenades they drop. I have not tried it yet, but hunters wrath will be a better choice to crashing rain, which will boost greande damage. I’d change Rain of Vengeance to Flying Strike rune then for more BotT proc’ing… Also Flavor of Time will be a better choice if I wished to imbue this properly and go as high in GR’s as the set will allow.

I made it as a fun build. Now they have made the GoD build strafe will likely never be boosted because it will OP the GoD set. So it will remain a support skill that can do some damage, but needs to work in a combo to flourish.

EDIT: This is the Strafe/manticore variant using LoN instead. It is gruntier again (has hunter’s wrath).
You could boost further by focusing only on cluster arrow boosts. As I said it does 100 and that’s a nice level for a fun build for me.
It would be gruntier again with LoD, but maybe for another time.
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Reading OP’s post and one reply, I’m not entirely convinced that he/she is understanding that the “DH’s everywhere, looking really good” are not using LoD at all.

GoD Set: Amazing at everything, one of the best overall builds in the game

  • Uses strafe as utility only.
  • All damage comes from hungering arrow
  • Lots of people playing it

LoD Strafe: pretty much trash

  • Uses strafe to deal damage
  • Not many people playing it
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