Okay folks, buckle up. Decided to really tackle this Demon Hunter armor mess today. Gotta figure out what sets actually work and where the heck to find them. Honestly, been winging it for ages, dying way too fast in higher levels. Enough is enough.
Started With What I Had
First thing, I opened my stash. Looked at all the bits and pieces I’d hoarded. Pure garbage mostly. Had some Natalya’s pieces, one lonely Gears of Dreadlands thing. Stats were all over the place. I was wearing whatever had bigger green arrows, you know? Ended up squishy as hell. Died like 50 times trying to push a Greater Rift yesterday. Felt terrible.
Digging Into The Real Stuff
Said screw it, time to actually look up the good sets. Everyone keeps yelling about these “top sets”. So I hit up the usual spots people talk:
- Marauder’s Nightmare: Seems you summon turrets? Everyone says it’s awesome for heavy damage when everything targets your turrets. Need the full 6 pieces though.
- Gears of Dreadlands: Kept seeing this Strafe build everywhere. Sounds fun, spinning around like a maniac raining shots. But needs crazy specific gear to make it shine. Only had one piece. Ugh.
- Unhallowed Essence: Something about Multishot deleting whole screens. My kinda vibe! But again, need the whole set. The frustration is real.
Basically realized my random scraps wouldn’t cut it. Need a full set, period.
The Farm Grind Begins
Right. Time to get serious. Needed to target farm a set. Figured I’d focus on Marauder’s first – sounded reliable.
Hopped into some Nephalem Rifts. Cleared maybe five? Got mostly yellows and blues. Trash loot city. Asked in General chat where pieces drop. Got like fifty different answers. Annoying.
Changed tactics. Started spamming Greater Rifts. Did some low level ones – GR40-ish. Got a couple Blood Shards this way. Ran straight to Kadala. Spent everything on shoulders first. Click. Click. Click. Burned about 500 shards. Got two useless legendaries. Zero Marauder pieces. This woman hates me.
Remembered someone mentioned Upgrading Rares in Kanai’s Cube. Had some forgotten yellow pants lying around. Dumped souls and mats into it. BAM! First piece! Finally! Got the Marauder pants. Sweet. Did it again… got some ancient boots but wrong set. Damn RNG.
Wasted hours doing bounties in Act III looking for boots specifically. Nothing. Got some crafting mats though, so not totally wasted.
Slowly Getting Geared
Kept the grind going yesterday and today:
- More Greater Rifts: Aimed higher (GR60-70). Better drops now. Blood Shards pile up faster. Spammed Kadala hard for the chest piece. About 1000 shards later… Got it! Small victory dance happened.
- Cube Upgrades: Focused on helms next. Blew through Death’s Breaths upgrading rare circlets. Third try nailed the Marauder helm. Yes!
- Random World Drop: Was just clearing rifts, not expecting much. BOOM. Marauder gloves drop off a random goblin pack. Couldn’t believe it. Luck finally turning?
Now have the 6-piece bonus active. Holy cow. Turrets pop up, suddenly I’m not the main target anymore. Things melt faster. Died maybe twice pushing a GR75? Night and day difference!
What Still Sucks
Even with a full set, it’s not perfect. My rolls suck. Found boots with terrible secondary stats. Still hunting for ancient versions of the pieces I have. Need way more Augments. Kanai’s Cube powers are kinda weak sauce cause my gear library is still small. The grind never ends, I guess. Wasted 10 Forgotten Souls rerolling a crap amulet and got something worse. Feels bad.
Overall though? Feels way better than stumbling blindly. Focusing on one set and farming smarter actually worked. Took hours of dying and wasting mats, but hey, progress is progress.