This guide is designed and looking to do the absolute most DPS possible with the non mana melee Demon Slayer, so if you have any suggestions to boost its power, you can feel free to write them to me. Discord tag is down below at the end.

This is my fourth guide for Hero Siege, I've written 2 more in season 11, another one recently.

About me:
I'm currently not even max Level yet and haven't really cleared much but I ended season 11 on a high rank with wormhole level 567 with a ranged Demon Slayer build. I have fun with theory crafting and min-maxing builds.

Pros:
-Can clear high tier wormholes and has no problems with harder content in general.
-Amazing at farming because of movement speed and very strong aoe clear.
-Deals insane ST Target damage when hitting the vitals.
-Reasonably tanky but not the tankiest
-Really fun and cool in my opinion.
-Doesn't have a entry barrier like the Mana Demon Slayer

Cons:
-Not as tanky as the Mana Demon Slayer build
-Damage can fluctuate a lot depending on procs and vital rng
-Especially with Ascendancy this build can lag the game out by a ton on very high Wormholes, making it quite unpleasant to play (Tried it against Lvl 4000 Wormhole and I had like 3 FPS most of the time)


In the local editor I could reach up to about 8 billion DPS (Would deal a bit more if "Unholy Possesion" could proc on the dummy) with this build while having all the BIS relics, every item at 115% quality, hero level 100, angelic abilitiy (Angelic Key) on merc + my weapon, Belt of Skulls Buffs and all BIS items.

Best in Slots:

Head: Lightforge (Runeword) (Very expensive)
Armor: Force (Armor Break 20 max) (Runeword) (Expensive)
Boots: Slayer's Boots (4 Sockets max)
Weapon: Ascendancy (Overwhelming Power 20 max) (Runeword) (very expensive) + Flash Fire Angelic Ability
Gloves: Wanderer's Gloves (4 Sockets max) (Expensive)
Amulet: Kallik's Fury (4 Sockets max)
Charm: Torch of Shadows (Into the Dark 20 max) (very expensive)
Ring: Rainbow Band (1 Socket max) (expensive)
Belt: Belt of Skulls (3 Sockets max) (very expensive)
Potion: Protein Shake (2 Sockets max)
Shield: Ward of Blood (Critical Strike 30 max) (5 Sockets max)

Alternative items you can use instead of the super expensive best in slots are:
Disclaimer: Not all of them are cheap, there are also some that are just really good alternatives that come really close to the Best in Slots.

Head: Judge, Jury & Executioner (4 Sockets max), Harlequin Crest (Physical) (4 Sockets max), Helm of Dominator (Physical) (4 Sockets), Pit Commander's Helmet (4 Sockets max), Mask of the Beyond (4 Sockets max)

Amulet: Raven's Claw (Physical) (4 Sockets max), High Demon's Necklace (4 Sockets max), Rift Warrior's Skull (4 Sockets max), Devil's Inner Rage (5 Sockets max)

Armor: Slayer's Jacket (6 Sockets max), Dark Shroud (6 Sockets max), Cocoon of the Berserker (0 Sockets)

Boots: Assassin's Boots (4 Sockets max), Tribal Boots (4 Sockets max), Voodoo Stompers (4 Sockets max)

Gloves: Slayer's Mitts (4 Sockets max), Assassin's Mitts (4 Sockets max), Throat Cutters (Physical) (4 Sockets max), Dark Knights Gauntlets (4 Sockets max)

Charm: Apple of Evolution (4 Sockets max), Havoc (Runeword), Satan's Chalice (4 Sockets max)

Ring: Dragonsteel Ring (1 Socket max), Ra's Band (1 Socket max), Demon Eye Ring (1 Socket max), Quickening Zephyr (1 Socket max)

Belt: Commander's Sash (3 Sockets max), Tribal Belt (3 Sockets max), Warrior Belt (3 Sockets max), Monkeyskin Belt (3 Sockets max), Rugal's Sash of Undertaking (3 Sockets max)

Shield: Shadow Buckler (5 Sockets max), Hallgar's Dreadful Wall (6 Sockets max), Rift Eye (5 Sockets max)

Weapon: Riftmaster's Dirge (6 Sockets max), Kogarasumaru (Runeword), Demon Blade, The Light of Dawn (6 Sockets), Rift Commander Axe (Physical) (6 Sockets max)

Technically Dam runes (3% critical dmg) are the best to fill in every socket for max dps but as they're extremly expensive just use Ox runes (1.5% Strength)

Abilities to max are: Demon Form, Focused Mind and Slice of Shadows, Vitals and put the rest of the points into Heart Attack, there's really nothing much to say here. This setup gave me the best results and I don't think there is a better option. Maybe putting the points from Heart Attack into Unholy Possession would be good, though I don't think so myself.


These are the Hero Talents that gave me the most DPS while testing them out:

Level 10: Warrior's Blessing
Level 20 Knight's Vow (Doesn't really matter which one you pick for DPS)
Level 30: God's Wrath
Level 40: Shockwave
Level 50: Rupture
Level 60: Hail of Blades
Level 70: Vagabond's Might
Level 80: Resistancy (Doesn't really matter which one you pick for DPS)
Level 90: Burst Shot
Level 100: Warlord's Might


Abillity Rotation: Activate Overwhelming Power (Ascendancy) if you have it - Press Demon Form on CD for maximum uptime - Use Soul Leech on CD for Shield and AoE Damage - Always keep auto attacking (Try to hit them from the Vital as often as possible) - Only use Fast Slices for mobility.

These are all the relics I would personally use with running this build. If you disagree, feel free to pick some others since the boost of some of these are very small.

Here's a list of the relics:

Doom Flute, Nunchucks, Skull Axe, Storm Dagger, Magic Mushroom, Spirit Skull, Whip, Hand Scythe, Light Katana, Dirge, Hellscream Axe, Frostmourne, Commander's Sword, Death's Scythe, Silver Cube, Golden Cube, Golden Sword, Triforce, Damien's Amulet, Razer Blade, Tequila!!!, Daplayer's Dislocated Head, Butterfly Knife, Lightning Ball, The Holy Grail, Amazon's Spears, Old Man's Coffee Mug, Lost Wand, Wizard's Mind Bomb, Golden Fleece.

Using a mercenary is just a bonus for this build, you don't need it to make the build work and you are free to use another mercenary build if you'd like to. But it can boost your DPS by quite a bit when its fully geared.

Tip: I don't know about the ranged Mercenary but the melee one can proc Overwhelming Power if you have it activated (Its not as strong as yours though)

This is the mercenary build I would use to clear content like wormholes with:


Head: Golden Crusader (4 Sockets max)
Weapon: Riftmaster's Dirge (Fanaticism Aura 30 max) (6 Sockets max) + Mark Target Angelic Ability (very expensive)
Armor: Shroud of Elements (Runeword) (Expensive)
Shield: King's Tower Shield (Mending 30 max) (6 Sockets max) (expensive)

I used Efoel runes in every socket for more survivability but you could also use Dau runes for attack speed.

The roll on Fanaticism Aura is important since it increases your attack speed and the Mark Target Angelic Ability is also very strong because it increases damage taken by the target. The Elemental Break on Shroud of Elements will reduce the target's resistance to all damage which gives you a nice DPS boost. I choose to use tank items for the Head and Shield since there aren't very big DPS increases for those slots and your Mercenary doesn't apply debuffs if he's dead. He also boosts your own survivability this way.


I chose to max Armor Boost, HP Boost, Shielding and Symbiosis so he and I are more tanky, the rest of the points into Swiftness for the attack speed. You can also put 1 point into everything else like I did.

I've exported this build and uploaded it to the HSeditor Discord incase you want to try it out for yourself in the local editor.

Here's a link to the Discord and their website.
https://discord.gg/DPeuk8Q
https://hseditor.com/

You need the HSeditor and put the template from the #build-templates channel into "%localappdata%/Hero_siege/hseditor/builds", then you can import it via HSeditor's import function.

I hope you like the build and try it out for yourself.

Incase you're looking after some more builds for other classes also, check out Fablephantom's Google Doc:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Wnynn3xJmJbYbN8PhGOt1-K50ydtFDAB0krMuL6SPIw/edit?usp=sharing

If you're looking for my other guides, here you go:

https://sp.zhabite.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2569288320

https://sp.zhabite.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2562392527

https://sp.zhabite.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2277355110

https://sp.zhabite.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2290343952