How is it different and better? Serious question. I played the old Impale build, and yeah it was fun being able to one-shot nearly everything and definitely a different style for a Demon Hunter, but I got kinda bored with it.
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Orbert, I also played a bit of the old Impale and it was not my cup of tea. It was fragile and I believe it was the fan of knives, run in, FoK, run away type build. To me it felt like a trick build. I can't explain it better than that, sorry.
This new build is incredibly tough. I'm running with a constant 550 million toughness so there is a lot more toe to toe melee even though FoK is a ranged skill. You never wait for the timer to cycle around on your skill, you just kill, kill, kill, vault, vault vault, kill, kill, kill. Constant high damage, constant high toughness. This time it feels like a real build, not a card trick.
It's fast because of the endless free vaults, and very fast if you're young, have nimble fingers and know how to vault. I score 0 out of 3 on that list but still find it quick. I've been running this set for less than 2 weeks and clear speed GR 80s consistently between 5 and 6 minutes. My best, long played WD did 'speed' 80s in and average of 10-12 minutes.
Now I'm not sure that any build is suited for everyone, but if you've got the Shadow set lying around I believe it's worth throwing together and trying it out. Even without great gear, you'll find GR 70 - 75 easy pickings.
Two issues I have with the build:
1. This build is a one target build. At high GR levels, it can be difficult to pick out the elites you're trying to kill and I have to vault in and out of large packs to get face to face with the elite I'm trying to kill. It will kill mobs, but there are much better builds out there if you want to mow down entire screens at a time.
2. Dune Dervishes swat this build down immediately. If you see them start to spin, it's probably too late to get away. They can be killed from range or you can vault into melee when they aren't spinning, but if you're HC and see Dervishes, run away.