Diablo 4 is home to many amazing Uniques, and if you’re a Rogue, you want Skyhunter. It’s easily one of the best in the game, and that hasn’t changed over the past few seasons. It’s used in quite a few builds right now, especially if you’re fond of dealing critical hits. Who doesn’t like a guaranteed critical strike against targets? I know I’m certainly a huge fan. However, like all Uniques and Mythic Uniques in D4, there’s no sure-fire way to get it.
If you’re going to run builds like Rapid Fire, or Penetrating Shot in Diablo 4, you’re going to want the Rogue Unique Skyhunter. It’s a major part of the build, and contributes a lot in terms of critical hit chance and damage. Here’s how you can add it to your arsenal.
How to farm Skyhunter in Diablo 4
While Skyhunter can drop off of virtually any enemy in Diablo 4, your best bet is to target farm Varshan. While some of the dungeons for the boss ladder can be annoying to find, this one’s incredibly simple - this dungeon, Malignant Burrow, is found right in front of the Tree of Whispers.
All you need is 4 Malignant Hearts to summon the Echo of Varshan, and hopefully, you’ll get lucky enough to see a Skyhunter drop swiftly from him. However, if you lack Malignant Hearts or simply get tired of fighting this boss, you can see Skyhunter drop from virtually any endgame activity. The higher your difficulty, the better your chances of seeing Uniques drop as well.
You can turn in Whisper Caches, complete Helltides, Kurast Undercity or Dark Citadel Raid as examples of places you can find the Skyhunter. However, those last two are only available if you’ve purchased the Vessel of Hatred expansion. You can also use Seething Opals of Equipment on the Seasonal server, to attempt to get extra equipment drops.
Skyhunter’s Unique Effects and Affixes in Diablo 4
Skyhunter is a remarkable Diablo 4 Unique, having a nice selection of Affixes, and one particularly powerful Unique Effect. It comes with a baseline +170% critical strike damage, which is already very nice. In addition, it has some variance on the affixes it can have, but you can expect the following:
- Chance for Marksman Projectiles to Cast Twice
- Critical Strike Damage
- +Ranks to Stutter Step
- +Attack Speed
While these are all tremendous, especially the first affix, it has a very powerful Unique Effect as well. The first direct damage you deal to an enemy is a guaranteed Critical Strike. Then, when you consume stacks of Precision casting a Skill, that Skill gains more increased Critical Strike Damage and you also gain Energy on top of that.
If you bombard a group of enemies, while packing tons of Critical Strike Damage in a build, you’re going to delete packs of enemies without even breaking a sweat. Combine this with gear like Andariel’s Visage, Tyrael’s Might, or other Mythic Uniques, and you could become an unstoppable force of nature while completing the hardest content in the game.
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