Eschew Ranged Weapons?

[Musashi]

Hey, I'm trying to figure out it's viable to run a Demon Hunter WITHOUT using a ranged weapon.

I'm thinking of going sword and board and Impale's animation looks like a piece of barbed wire, with a sword icon on the power. Fan of Knives is of course a bunch of knives.

So does anyone know the list of skills in the Beta or in total which Do NOT require a ranged weapon equipped to use?

[Mage Slayer]

I believe the following do not require bow-class weapons:

Grenades
Spike Trap
Impale
Chakram
Fan Of Knives
+ all Discipline skills

Also Basic attack + Fundamentals passive should work with melee weapons to give you another Hatred generator.

[ventilator]

The Ninja:

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/demon-hunter#fgWbid!dcf!bZacca

Slap on one of the big Katana style two-handers

Grenades, Smoke Screen and basic attack are your hatred generators
Caltrops, Fan of Knives and Vault serve for CC, apart from their damage
Alabaster'd Chakram because it fits the theme
Passives synergize your normal skills quite well

I do not know whether that'd work, but I like the idea anyway

[Elfik]

The Ninja:

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/demon-hunter#fgWbid!dcf!bZacca

Slap on one of the big Katana style two-handers

Grenades, Smoke Screen and basic attack are your hatred generators
Caltrops, Fan of Knives and Vault serve for CC, apart from their damage
Alabaster'd Chakram because it fits the theme
Passives synergize your normal skills quite well

I do not know whether that'd work, but I like the idea anyway

I like it! Maybe too heavy on discipline, though I can't think of a good skill to swap in that doesn't use discipline or require a bow. A wolf companion would be interesting.