[3.11] Champion Impale TS+Barrage | 6.5k+HP | Decent Single Target | All Content

SUPRISE!!! No real changes besides losing deep cuts cluster jewels and Arborix is still fine, in fact it saves one point by not having to take iron reflexes now as a starter bow into a rare one. So yeah, no serious changes, and nothing got nuked. I wish I could add more but nope, same old same old.

Suprise there are no changes :D. If anything we got stronger from the new cluster jewel giving us another +1 impale. May need to drop a little DPS on tree or life perhaps to grab it for 5-7 nodes of travel.

So as an introduction there were many things nerfed and changed wit the way this build functions. We lost our pseudo 7-link Vicious Proj Bow, and there were also impale changes. No worries though. this build is still tanky and still fast at killing bosses no issues.

I wanted a bow build that was tanky but always able to do bossing on a decent level with enough investment. I noticed that using TS impale I was able to achieve both of these.

Using Champion we get Master of Metal. This gives us a free 20% chance to impale, 2 additional impale hits, and added physical damage for each impale.
We also grab Fortitude to be able to use fortify along with First to Strike for free intimidate and a way to cheat death. When we reach low life we gain adrenaline recovering us 25% of our life.

With Master of Metal we can combine a watchers eye with 2 additional impale hits for a "more" multiplier.
We can also gain 100% chance to impale by taking Swift Skewering and using Dread Banner.

THE BOW

We grab an Arborix and use Iron Reflexes on the tree for the additional armor. With this bow, we get 2 free additional arrows and Close Range combined with Point Blank.
-note(we want to have this bow be the highest quality possible, either through hillock or bestiary 30% corruption. Every 1% of quality is basically 1% more damage seeing as it increases the physical damage roll.

Now there is a certain breaking point where a Rare bow beats the arborix, these bows cost a fortune and may not be obtainable for most.


Starter Bows


QUIVER

For our quiver you can grab a rare quiver with life/critmulti/additonal arrow/proj speed. Though I noticed i was getting more dps using a drill neck for pierce. You can also grab a Rigwalds Quiver, seeing as they are cheaper this league than ever, the free fork is amazing for clear.

CHEST

For our chest we grab a Kaom's Heart for 500 life. Other good alternatives can be a Farruls Fur for free power/frenzy charges. Another being Yriels Fostering with added phys. A very expensive choice is one of the new physical explosion chest on a crusader base.


Good Kaoms Corruption


Explosion Chest is the High-end option and we get to use barrage. The crit on the chest makes up for the dps on tree we had to drop to obtain more life.
Also we no longer need to worry about corpse explosions when everything blows up in a nice pop :D.



RINGS

We want atleast one ring with Assasins Mark on hit to make clearing a breeze so we are able to drop mana leech on the tree. The other ring can just be a high life ring with res and added phys.


HELMET

We want a helmet with the Tornado Shot enchant for that extra arrow. The mods on helmet we want are two delve mods, #% Increased Effect of Fortify on You
and Nearby Enemies Take #% Increased Physical Damage. If possible find one with life and res if needed.


GLOVES

Here we want gloves with added phys, attack speed, life and res. The preferred base would be gripped gloves, I've yet to upgrade my gloves to better ones but these have been working quite fine.

Just updated my gloves to these, they have no physical damage roll but the Inc projectile roll is really nice boost
So as an example for gripped gloves these are it right here.

BOOTS

Just regular Life/Ms/Res boots. There are new hunter modded boots that grant tailwind if you want to go that route. Also a good enchant can be a crit enchant on your boots.


AMULET

What we really want here is a Pride Aul's. This allows us to freely run pride and pick up Flesh and Stone linked with Maim. Also we can fully rank up precision this way. If the Aul's is to far out of your reach you can grab a rare crit ammy with life/res and even aspect of the cat if you are using a farruls.
For an Annoitment I choice tenacity for a little life and damage per strength. You can pick up Discipline and Training for more life, Splitting Strikes combined with a lioneyes jewel for more Phys reduction or Crystal Skin for more Elemental Immunity.

BELT

Here we have a few choices. For damage we want to grab a Ryslatha's Coil. If we want to be a bit more tanky we can grab a Soul Tether for the Life Leech effects. If you are though lacking res a rare stygian vice will do you well.


FLASK

The main expensive thing here is a Dying Sun. Though for starting off you won't need one.
- Life flask with remove bleed.
- Diamond flask with either Curse removal or Freeze removal
- Quick silver flask WIth inc Movement Speed and either Inc Duration or Inc Effect.
-Silver Flask for Onslaught with Freeze or Curse removal. Or here we can grab a Basalt flask with the same rolls.
* An expensive option is to grab a Bottled Faith if you so please and replace it with the Silver Flask or Life flask if you feel comfy.

Inc Effect Quick Silver

For leveling, I would highly recommend starting off with cleave into cyclone. Seeing as the tree is basically the same with a few different nodes it makes no sense to try to start with a bow when Cyclone is much easier to gear.
You can switch to TS during BloodAquaducts or Act10 if you want. That's when I would feel more comfortable using the skill.

T14 Cemetery - https://youtu.be/2GbXgXyrzZ8 [Arborix]
t14-15 Armour/LightHouse - https://youtu.be/JV_5ToQIZtc [Arborix]
Zana Blue Map Mino - https://youtu.be/_7Pj-J-C_mk [Arborix]
Phoenix - https://youtu.be/xEAKaSem8ZE [Arborix]
Shaper - https://youtu.be/5vMaJIu9_co [Arborix]
Elder - https://youtu.be/nNLQ6pmcCGo [Rare Bow]
T15 Toxic Sewers - https://youtu.be/8cF3xLxa8pA [Explosion Chest with Rare Bow]
Minotaur - https://youtu.be/crmToy95ihk [Explosion Chest with Rare Bow]