I'm working my way through Act 4 Nightmare as a Demon Hunter and I came across a quiver that, when equipped, would increase my damage by about 160 damage per second. This would be fine and all but when I compare it to the shield that I'm carrying I see that none of the quiver's stats are better, at all.
Do demon hunters get bonuses of any kind from carrying a quiver, or are the character stat screens inaccurate/unreliable for determining whether a piece of equipment is better or worse?
Best Answer
The difference in DPS in this instance is caused by the Increased Attack Speed statistic on your quiver. Really the only stats on the shield you're currently using that are even relevant to Demon Hunters is the Vitality (health points) and resistances (not really that important depending on build, as they're physical resistance).
Increased Attack Speed on the other hand, works in synergy with every other damage statistic you have, to provide an increase to overall attack speed, which of course scales with statistics like Dexterity, Critical Change, Critical Damage, etc - by allowing you to attack more times per second.
The Demon Hunter class does not gain specific bonuses for simply using certain items in certain slots - the exception to this of course is based on the type of bow you use when using the Archery passive ability - but for the instance of shield vs quiver, there are no bonuses.