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Evasive Fire

Evasive Fire

Active Skill · Primary · Demon Hunter

  • 5 Runes
  • From level 14

Effect

Generate: 4 Hatred

Shoot a spread of bolts that hits the primary enemy for 200% weapon damage and two additional enemies for 100% weapon damage.

If an enemy is in front of you at close range, you will backflip away 5 yards.

Requires Bow

Runes

5 Runes

  • Hardened

    from level 21 · Physical damage · Proc coefficient 0.333

    Instead of backflipping, your Armor is increased by 25% for 3 seconds.

  • Parting Gift

    from level 26 · Physical damage · Proc coefficient 0.277

    Whenever a backflip is triggered, leave a bomb behind that explodes for 150% weapon damage as Physical in a 12 yard radius after 0.6 seconds.

  • Covering Fire

    from level 34 · Fire damage · Proc coefficient 0.333

    Increase the damage of side bolts to 200% weapon damage as Fire.

  • Focus

    from level 42 · Cold damage · Proc coefficient 0.333

    Instead of backflipping, increase Hatred generated to 7.

    Evasive Fire's damage turns into Cold.

  • Surge

    from level 53 · Lightning damage · Proc coefficient 0.333

    Increase the backflip distance to 15 yards.

    Evasive Fire's damage turns into Lightning.

The proc coefficient scales the chance of on-hit effects (e.g. legendary powers, gems, Life per Hit) for each hit of the skill. Game files, version 2.8.0.

Evasive Fire

Evasive Fire is a Hatred generator with built-in mobility: you fire three bolts and perform a backflip as soon as an enemy stands directly in front of you. The skill thus combines resource building with an automatic repositioning tool that helps you keep distance and avoid melee. For a class that lives on range, that's an elegant blend of offense and defense.

The rune choice depends on whether you want to keep the flip. Surge extends the flip distance and makes kiting even more responsive. If the involuntary backflip bothers you, Focus disables it but in return noticeably raises Hatred generation and converts the damage to cold, strengthening the generator role. So you tailor the skill either to a mobile or to a stationary, resource-heavy playstyle.

Three bolts, one backflip, five runes

The main bolt hits the primary target for 200% weapon damage, two more enemies take 100% each, and every cast generates 4 Hatred. The backflip covers 5 yards, and you need a bow.

  • Hardened (level 21): instead of flipping, 25% more Armor for 3 seconds.
  • Parting Gift (level 26): each backflip leaves a bomb that deals 150% weapon damage in a 12 yard radius after 0.6 seconds.
  • Covering Fire (level 34): the side bolts hit for 200% as Fire.
  • Focus (level 42): no backflip, but 7 Hatred per cast.
  • Surge (level 53): 15 yard backflip, damage as Lightning.

In practice Focus dominates, followed by Hardened, and both give up the backflip.

The backflip and Tactical Advantage

There is a trade-off here: Tactical Advantage grants movement speed when Evasive Fire makes you backflip. With Focus or Hardened that trigger disappears, and speed only comes from Smoke Screen, Shadow Power or Vault. That is easy to live with, since Smoke Screen is one of the most common partners anyway.

Evasive Fire as the Hatred supply for Multishot

Evasive Fire funds Hatred spenders such as Multishot and accompanies Vengeance as the big damage window. Ambush rounds out the passives.

by eRnstl