Demonic Impulse Shadowhunter Guide (2024)

Last updated on Apr 30, 2022 at 19:19by Sywo1 comment

Shadowhunter is a DPS class that utilizes the power of a demon to decimatefoes and deal tons of damage.

The Shadowhunter is a hybrid melee and ranged DPS class with the ability totransform into a demon to deal loads of damage consistently. This class useshuman skills that focus on filling up the Shadowburst meter to transform asfast as possible with high uptime to deal damage. This build uses Demonic Impulse to increase the power and performance of thedemonic form and utilizes the Specialization and Crit stats.

Here are four builds, depending on your available skill points.

Demon Vision is your highest meter gain skill. When taking Concentrated Release and Encroaching Power,you will generate the most meter from hitting the full duration of the laser. Besure to take Instant Discharge so that the movecomes out faster. You should slot your highest Wealthinto this skill.

Demonic Clone is a skill that generates lots of meter. Taking the lastTripod, Enh. Release Encroachment, will generateyou more meter. This skill should also have an Epic Wealth slotted in.

Demon's Grip is an excellent skill that comes out really quick andis a ranged attack that generates a good amount of meter. Again be sure totake the Encroaching Power Tripod to get moremeter from this skill. Normally this skill does two hits which shoots out ahand and pulls mobs towards you, however, taking the Stretching Hand Tripod will only shoot out a handbut will generate the same amount of meter. Be mindful as this skill does nothave any sort of super armor, so it is easy to get hit out of it. This skillshould slot an Epic Wealth.

Howl is a skill that fears mobs in a radius around you and applies adebuff on them. You should aim to max this skill and take Scream of Fury as it makes this skill a 12% damageincrease synergy for you and your party for 6 seconds. Howl also generates afair amount of gauge and you can slot a Rare Wealth if you need theextra meter gain.

Decimate is a powerful claw swipe and while it does not generate as muchmeter as your other skills, it still generates a decent amount of meter tohelp you transform.

Thrust Impact is a quick skill that deals an attack with your bladesfollowed by an explosion pushing you backwards. Like Decimate, thisskill also generates a fair amount of gauge. This skill does not have anysuper armor so be mindful when using it.

Demonic Slash is your movement skill while in human form. You should take Damage Amplification for the damage up raid buff it provides your group.If you have extra skill points left over you can take more Tripods like Nimble Movement and Chain Chargeto further increase mobility.

Rising Claw is your counterattack skill. You do not really use it formuch else. Naively Honest should be taken for aneasier time.

Outside of demon form, feel free to use skills in any order as we areprimarily focused on generating the Shadowburst Meter. Use Howl lastas it is your damage synergy, this way you can transform and get a few demonskills off while the synergy buff is up. In Demon form, use Leaping Blowand Blood Massacre first as they are your most hard hitting moves andalso the longest cooldowns.

Focus on all Specialization on your accessories. Your necklace should beSpecialization and Crit. Set your pet buff to Specialization and Max HP.

You should aim towards the Preordained set from Argos.The two piece set effect provides 15% Crit rate and the five piece set effectprovides 25% Crit rate. Additionally, if you are playing with a party memberthat has a five piece set effect of the opposite set, then you gain 50% Critdamage.

• Demon Vision: Encroaching Power
• Demon's Grip: Encroaching Power
• Demonic Clone: Enh. Release Encroachment
• Howl: Encroaching Power
• Thrust Impact: Encroaching Power

• Demonic Slash: Damage Amplification
• Demon's Grip: Swift Fingers
• Decimate: Swift Fingers

Demonic Impulse - A must have for the build to maintain uptime onDemon Form. Level 3 provides a 30% Crit rate. This should always be the firstEngraving you should max.

Grudge - Great DPS Engraving as it provides a significantdamage boost. This also increases the damage you take by 20% so be sure toonly use this at level 3.

Adrenaline - Very good for this build as it is very easy tomaintain stacks while transformed due to low cooldowns. This also increasesyour Crit rate and damage as well as long as you keep up the stacks. Very goodvalue whether at level 1 or level 3.

Keen Blunt Weapon - This Engraving increases the amount ofCrit damage you do. You should take this if you have at least a 60% Crit ratewhich should be easily achievable with the help of set effects, stats, andEngravings.

Cursed Doll - This Engraving is a good alternative as DPSEngraving. Much like Grudge, take this at level 3 only as it lowers the amountof healing you receive.

Hit Master - This Engraving is an excellent budget option totake and it is also relatively safe. In our Demonic form, every skill except Death Claw benefits from this. This Engraving does not affect Awakeningskills.

Raid Captain - An excellent choice as this Engraving increasesour damage the faster we move. This Engraving is really only worth it if youcan max out your movement speed at 140%. You gain 20% movement speed whiletransformed. You would need to find a way to increase your move speed evenmore to get the full benefits of this Engraving. An example would be using Rage to increase your move speed even more when triggering it.

• Use the Legendary Wealth on Demon Vision as it is the skill thatgenerates the most meter for you.
• Place an Epic Wealth on Demon's Grip and Demonic Clone as thesealso generate a fair bit of meter.
• Slot a Rare Wealth on Howl as it is also a decent source of meter.This is not needed if you can transform reliably already.
• Use a Rage on Ruining Rush as it has a fairly low cooldown andyou will use it to close the gap on an enemy and potentially receive a movespeed and attack speed buff from it.
• Place a Bleed on Death Claw as it is your lowest cooldown skilland slotting it in this skill means the bleed is up for 100% of the timewhile transformed.
• Use a Galewind on Blood Massacre to reduce the time it takes tocast as this is your biggest damage skill in demon form.
• Use a Galewind on Gore Bleeding to reduce the time locked inanimation.

• Damage on Demon Skill.
• Cooldown on Demon Skill.

Any Gem attached to Demon Skill itself will affect all Skillsused under Demon Form.

You will want to aim for Light of Salvation however that will take awhile to complete. So Lostwind Cliff is the way to go.

Be sure to use and aim skills carefully as many of your skills do not haveparalysis immunity. Missing one or two skills can result in not transformingand therefore a loss in DPS.

If you are having trouble transforming, you can swap the Tripods on Decimate and Demon's Grip to Quick Prep instead of Swift Fingersso you can use them more often.

While using Demonic Impulse your cooldowns are reset upontransform. This includes your spacebar dash and recover ability.

While transformed into demon form, you have paralysis super armor for theduration of demon form.