Hey guys! In this guide, we talk all about the Demon Hunter set: Unhallowed Essence. Let’s start off by posting the “STANDARD” build of the set.
Demon Hunter: Unhallowed Essence
Standard Build | | Playstyle | Variations| Speedfarming
Unhallowed Essence: Skills & Items Setup
| Unhallowed Essence : Standard Build | ||||
| Items | Skills | |||
| Helm | Accursed Visage | Evasive Fire | Focus | |
| Shoulder | Unsanctified Shoulders | Multishot | Arsenal | |
| Chest | Cage of the Hellborn | Vault | Tumble | |
| Hands | Fiendish Grips | Preparation | Invigoration | |
| Legs | Unholy Plates | Companion | Wolf | |
| Feet | Hell Walkers | Vengeance | Seethe | |
| Amulet | Hellfire Amulet | Passives | ||
| Bracer | Wraps of Clarity | Cull the Weak | Thrill of the Hunt | |
| Ring | Focus | Ballistics | Awareness | |
| Ring | Restraint | Kanai’s Cube | ||
| Belt | The Witching Hour | Dawn | ||
| Weapon | Yang’s Recurve | CindercoatorVisage of Gunes | ||
| Off-hand | Dead man’s Legacy | Convention of Elements | ||
| Legendary Gems | ||||
| Bane of the Trapped | ||||
| Zei’s Stone of Vengeance | ||||
| Bane of the Powerful |Bane of the Stricken | ||||
Help! I can't use those skills because they're from the same category! (Turn On Elective Mode)
If you’re not allowed to put two skills on your bar because they’re from the same category – FEAR NOT! This isn’t a bug or a permanent in-game restriction. You simply have to CHECK ON ELECTIVE MODE, via Esc > Options > Gameplay > Elective Mode!
Binding Force Move to Mousewheel up & down is a value change that every player should make IMO. It prevents misclicks and skill misfires, and forces you to move to where otherwise an enemy might be.
Unhallowed Essence Stat priority & Re-rolls
Chunky unsightly table of re-rolls right below
CLICK TO REVEAL STAT PRIORITY TABLE
| Unhallowed Essence Stat Priority & Rerolls | |||||||
| Slot | Item | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Head | Accursed Visage | DEX | VIT | CRIT | Mshot% | RES | – |
| Shoulder | Unsanctified Shoulders | DEX | VIT | CDR | RES | Life% | – |
| Chest | Cage of the Hellborn | DEX | VIT | RES | Life% | Elite% | – |
| Glove | Fiendish Grip | DEX | CHC | CHD | VIT | CDR | RES |
| Legs | Unholy Plates | DEX | VIT | RES | – | – | – |
| Boots | Hell Walkers | DEX | Mshot% | VIT | RES | – | – |
| Belt | Witching Hour | DEX | CHD% | VIT | RES | AS% | Life% |
| Wrist | Wraps of Clarity | Fire% | DEX | CRIT | VIT | RES | LoH |
| Neck | Hellfire Amulet | Fire% | CHD | CHC | DEX | – | – |
| Ring | Focus | DEX | CHC | CHD | CDR | – | – |
| Ring | Restraint | DEX | CHC | CHD | CDR | – | – |
| Weapon | Yang’s Recurve | DEX | DMG% | RCR% | VIT | CDR | AS% |
| Off | Dead Man’s Legacy | DEX | CHC | CDR | Mshot% | AS% | VIT |
SOCKETS are priority in Helm, Rings, Amulet, Chest (3), Legs (2)
MAX DISCIPLINE (max +12 ea) is very important in Chest, Weapon, Quiver!!! Keep in mind it’s asecondary stat!While the chest is easy to roll for, Yang’s and Dead Man’s with perfect rolls can get annoying…
37% sheet CDR for 100% Vengeance uptime:The usual basic setup isOff-hand 8 + Shoulder 8 + Diamond 12.5 + Paragon 10 – gives around 95%. Another 8% from ring is 100%. (Calculation is not linear)
Life%: It’s always good to haveoneLife% rolled somewhere (Beltor Shoulder are the only viable spots, given our setup).
Keep note some of the sets “hidden properties”
*Yang’s Recurve rolls with an extremely high Resource cost Reduction.
**Dead man’s Legacy rolls with up to 100% Multishot damage increase!
Playing the Build
Missiles from Multishot and Vengeance seek enemies out, and they’re quite strong. So, don’t stress out if there’s one or two stray guys that aren’t part of Multishot’s cone. Don’t Multishot to the last man standing – sometimes leaving stragglers to missiles can save you a few precious seconds!
Preparation-Invigoration isn’t just there for the passive 20 discipline, man! USE IT TO RESTORE DISCIPLINE! Its active components is too often forgotten by newer DH’s! Discipline is this builds SOURCE OF DAMAGE and MOBILITY so you might find yourself a little low from time to time. This is a critical reminder – USE THE ACTIVE HALF OF THE SKILL!
Convention of Elements: Your rotation isFire – Lightning – Physical – Cold – Fire. So at COLD – start filling up your Hatred andre-positioning!Because Fire is up next! Keep in mind that Evasive Fire – Focus is COLD so that’s some value right there!
Companion-Wolf: On the same note, align itwith CoE’sFire as much as possible. The duration is quite long so you can pop it as early half of Physical, and you’ll still get it for the entire duration of fire. Although I’d say it’s best to on it at the tail end of cold so you get the whole “spam phase” covered.
Wolf is asneaky skill… a lot of DH’s hold on to it more often than they need to! Use it often! I mean, even if you just click it on cooldown you’ll have an average DPS increase of 10%. Bottom line is “Brainless use” beats “Overly kept” any day – but of course skilled, calculated Wolf usage yields IMMENSE results.
Variations & Evolutions
More than most sets, Unhallowed Essence build is pretty rigid with few flex slots and variations available. But let’stalk about them anyway.
Legendary Gem
Passives
Passives: Cull the Weak, Thrill of the Hunt and Ballistics are set in stone. Ambush and Awarenessare the next 2 best. Awarenessis, of course, a “crutch” but can save you up to FIFTEEN deaths in a given GR – which translates into time saved. But due to Hellfire Amulet and people wanting to replace Awareness for a risky increase in DPS – we will be discussing a few more options.
- Ambush > Steady Aim > Archery are probably the next 3 best DPS passives.
- Leechsurprisingly good, and I’ve been using it instead of awareness to some success. It performs a lot better on some monster comps. RNG gonna RNG, son.
Ambush is relevant in the sense it brings enemies closer to Dead Man’s double-tap range.
Items
Items: I reiterate, UE6 is not the build to express your creativity…
Belt:TheWitching Hour provides the best DPS. This thing is RARE. It also comes with minus 1 or 2 defensive stats.
- Hunter’s Wrath is a legit choice for FASTER HATRED GAIN.
- String of Ears is a great defensive choice.
Avoid the “+AS only” belts. They’re not too good, and unlikely to make or break you.
Neck: Hellfire Amulet is great.Another optionEye of Etlich, if you don’t know it rolls with a significant -ranged damage%.
TheTraveler’s Pledge& The Compass Roseis a basic “Lose offense gain defense” trade-off (sacrificing Bastions of Will). You free up a ring which can use either –
- Elusive Ring: 60% DR is stronger than Unity.
- Unity: Rolled with Elite Damage, CHC and CHD is pretty damn good.
- Stone of Jordan gives max disc, elemental% and elite damage!!!!
No ring aside from CoE(and if not using FnR… Jordan) that has ameaningful DPS increase.
Skills
Skills: UE’s build is pretty strict! Not much space for evolution here! The only optional skill, really, is Vault and probably Companion (You’d better have good reason to replace either).
Smoke Screen: Can replace Vault! Some DH’s like this… Rune is up to your preference. Displacement, Healing Vapors and Special Recipe seem to be popular.
Shadow Power-Gloom: Extra tankiness, for newer DH’s or ones with terrible defensive rolls. Often replaces Companion (or Vault, if you’re greedy). Provides a huge increase in survivability.
If you’re suicidal, and want to increase your DPS (removing Vault),Marked for Death (any rune) is your only “option”. Maybe for multiplayer?
Speedfarming? Build changes
You might want to first check out:
D3 Speedfarming (General)|Demon Hunter Speedfarming Guide.
Main Changes:
Items: Goldwrap (Equipped or Cube), Boon of the Hoarder, Avarice Band (Cube)
PassivesIN:Blood Vengeance, Tactical Advantage
Passives OUT: Cull the Weak, Awareness
Unhallowed Essence is one of the best farming builds in the game, and it currently resides in a special guide –Demon Hunter: Fastest Speedfarming Build.
Demon Hunter: Unhallowed Essence
Standard Build | | Playstyle | Variations| Speedfarming
Other Demon Hunter Guides:
- Demon Hunter Leveling Guide
- Demon Hunter Fresh 70
- Embodiment of the Marauder| Marauder Set Dungeon
- Natalya’s Vengeance| Natalya’s Set Dungeon
- The Shadow’s Mantle| Shadow’s Mantle Set Dungeon
- Unhallowed Essence| Unhallowed Essence Set Dungeon
- Demon Hunter Speedfarming General
- Demon Hunter Best Speedfarm Build
- Demon Hunter Support Builds
Check our our D3 Guide Directory for anything else you might need!
Well well! I hope you learned a thing or two about the Unhallowed Essence build! Remember – it’s not just about deez Multishot, it’s about deez Missiles too!
