Normal Demon Hunter Progression

**Omelet** · 02-08-2012, 02:06

Starting right at level 1, I am tracking my stats, some item drops and my overall feeling on progression from level 1 to 60.

I am playing a Demon Hunter (https://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/.../hero/24081892)

Level	Life	Damage	Dex	Armor	Best Item
1	130	3.38	10	8
2	154	3.47	13	9	Inferior Cloth Tunic
3	178	3.57	16	11	Targe Shield of the Bear
4	232	3.66	19	83	Thick Boots
5	256	3.75	22	92	Light Crossbow (12.1 DPS)
6	250	15.50	25	69	Gathering Sash
7	274	15.88	28	79	Adventuring Hide Belt
8	298	16.25	39	117	N/A
9	362	24.09	46	128	Hand Crossbow (15.1 dps)
10	386	25.29	49	163	Hand Crossbow (16.0 dps)
11	410	25.79	52	164	N/A
12	474	27.64	43	235	Rare Pants (6 properties)
13	496	28.22	46	236	Shoulders (46 armor, 5% GF)
14	522	34.80	77	265	Gloves (9 dex, GF) - crafted
15	-	-	-	-	Missed tracking :\|
16	570	62.77	108	274	Hand Crossbow (25.6 DPS)
17	594	63.67	111	296	N/A
18	618	64.58	114	297	None
19	872	73.93	145	376	Helm (12 dex) - crafted
20	896	164.87	182	377	Crossbow (49.6 DPS)
21	920	188.81	187	378	Ring with 3-6 damage
22	944	190.79	190	379	None
23	1198	207.67	199	405	Belt (12 dex, 21 vit)
24	1572	223.82	220	459	Cain's Laurel (~5000 gold)
25	1596	225.96	223	460	n/a
26	1620	228.02	226	492	n/a
27	2244	314.26	327	530	two crafted items (pants / quiver)
28	2268	316.47	330	531	n/a
29	2292	318.67	333	532	n/a
30	2466	415.90	439	590	Amulet with 74 dex
31	3210	465.75	491	692	Chest with 55 dex + socket

End of Normal
To be continued!

**Omelet** · 06-08-2012, 21:55

Boss Kills

Level 8 - Skeleton King (Normal) - 2m45s. DPS felt a tad slow but I was never in danger of dying. Lack of a real AoE skill made the skeletons last a long time.

Level 11 - Spider Queen (Normal) - 1m30s

Level 13 - Warden (Normal) - 25s

Level 13 - Butcher (Normal) - 1m42s- I switched my spec around a little so I had hungering arrow, rapid fire, vault and smoke screen. I figured I would need a bit more damage avoidance, which was definitely the case. Damage was certainly sufficient, and I could have done a lot better with some movement improvements.

Level 15 - Mahgda (Normal) - 1m15s (1 Death) - I got really sloppy and was hit hard by her adds, who can nearly one shot me with the slow attack.

Level 22 - Zoltan Kulle (Normal) - 36s -The extra dps from my weapon made this pretty easy. Basically just focused him down with rapid fire.

Level 22 - Belial (Normal) 1m59s - Went through one poison explosion in phase 3, but the normal hits were only taking about 300 damage or so. With 1000 life it wasn't too difficult.

Level 26 - Ghom (Normal) 1m10s - Had some issues with keeping my hatred up, so it took a bit longer than I expected. Ghom is so slow there is little danger of dying.

Level 27 - Siegebreaker (Normal) 30s -Vault and rapid fire made very short work of the siegebreaker. Again, he is too slow to pose serious difficulty.

Level 29 - Spider (Normal) 24s - Again the DPS was too high to make the fight difficult. She has far less hitpoints than Ghom.

Level 29 - Azmodan (Normal) 37s - Got to the first pool phase. The tick was only about 34 damage a hit, so it didn't hurt too much even when I couldn't move quickly enough. He was dead after the 2nd pool dropped.

Level 31 - Diablo (Normal) - Completed this with a fellow demon hunter. With two of us having reasonably decent gear, the only issue was getting caught in the cages.

**Omelet** · 06-08-2012, 22:38

Milestones

At level 10 I crafted my first three items, bracers, helm and belt. I didn't get great rolls, but they were a significant upgrade over the white items. I haven't seen a rare yet (Skeleton King didn't drop any), so I'm cruising in blue for now.

By level 20 I found a rare crossbow with a socket. For under 100 gold at the AH I bought a flawless square ruby which bumped the DPS of my weapon for 26 to 49. Gems are a huge bonus at low levels and my damage doubled with this upgrade.

**jamesL** · 07-08-2012, 00:47

should probably move to the Demon Hunter section
http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/f...2-Demon-Hunter

and I fail to see how this is a spoiler

**Omelet** · 07-08-2012, 00:59

Thanks for the input... the spoiler tag was included as I list the names of bosses. I just wanted to err on the side of caution.

**spiffymcbang** · 07-08-2012, 03:43

Originally Posted by jamesL

should probably move to the Demon Hunter section
http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/f...2-Demon-Hunter

and I fail to see how this is a spoiler

this is here per my request to help establish benchmarks for new folks. At what level do you kill certain bosses and at that level what is your dps and armor and other key stats. when this is done it could easily be viewed as a spoiler for new folks that have not played thru the game.

Thanks for doing this omelet