Use your favourite features in-game with our Desktop AppAlthough S4 featured a decently strong Andariel Barrage, it mainly excelled at AoE clearing. With the introduction of The Umbracrux this has changed. The build is now a true powerhouse. Capable of machine-gunning out an exorbitant amount of Poison Novas.
Special thanks to Virgorie, PocketRyu and Slott from the Sanctuary Discord for helping me optimize the build to perfection.
This is the maxed out version of the build with Tyrael's Might and Starless Skies made for Infernal Hordes.
If you do not have high Lucky Hit Chance (180%+ with Alchemical Advantage) use Retribution instead of Bursting Venoms.
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Against Bosses, equip an Umbracrux, replacing Retribution Aspect or Branching Volleys if you are not using Retribution.
In previous seasons, all of Barrage's pierces and ricochets were completely wasted on Bosses, which led to builds that felt great while getting to the boss then fell short. Umbracrux allows us to spawn a Totem that absorbs all pierces and ricochets, making our Andariel's Visage proc generation skyrocket against Bosses.
The build has also gotten a lot stronger with the inclusion of Second Wind which essentially doubles our total life pool in the form of Barrier, as we can machine gun Barrages with no consideration for our Energy. Make sure to get to Rank 7 Second Wind through a combination of Skill Points and Tempering Affix(s) on Pants/Chest.
The Ultimate Cooldown Reduction Tempering Affix used on your amulet and ring comes from Necromancers. If you don't want to level a Necromancer you can use Trap Cooldown Reduction and utilize Death Trap instead. To use Shadow Clone you need 2x Ultimate Cooldown Reduction Tempering Affixes.
We do not use a Basic Skill on this build.
We use Barrage on this build as it's decisively the strongest skill in terms of Lucky Hit Chance as long as you land all arrows. The introduction of Umbracrux allows us to spawn a Totem to absorb all the arrows we generate in single target scenarios.
Shadow Step is our main Unstoppable skill. We also use it to proc Fluidity and Close Quarter Combat.
Smoke Grenade allows us to safely CC mobs to get close, provides a hefty damage bonus, and spawns an Umbracrux Totem for us.
Poison Trap is taken because it provides [x]15% damage on top of enabling the Deadly Ambush Legendary Node.
We use Poison Imbuement to apply more Lucky Hit effects and to proc the Eldritch Bounty Legendary Node.
We use Death Trap or Shadow Clone to enable the No Witness Legendary Node, reset our cooldowns through Preparation and also give us DR%.
Although this guide shows the most optimal gear setup, it's not easy to acquire and generally compromises must be made. For that reason, it's important to understand how the different affixes rank in terms of Masterworking priority.
These affixes and their exact Masterworking values are used to reach specific breakpoints.
These should be 3x Masterworking at all costs as they are incredibly powerful affixes.
These should ideally be 3x Masterworking but are not an absolute necessity.
These should ideally be 2x Masterworking, although exceptions exist when other affixes of the same priority level or higher co-exist on the item.
These are mostly interchangeable 1x Masterworking affixes.
Bursting Venoms generates up to 3 poison puddles in the ground that can proc lucky hit chance effects. Because of the math involved in translating DoT Skill/Aspect LHC, into tick LHC, at 100% Skill/Aspect LHC we reach 100% tick LHC and can no longer benefit from LHC.
For Bursting Venoms this value is roughly 100% / 33% = 203.03% Lucky Hit Chance.
The equation that roughly models this mathematical process is 1 - (1 - 0.33 * (1 + LHC)) ^ (1/3). This equation grows faster the closer you get to 203.03% LHC. For that reason Bursting Venoms is only worth using from around 180%+ LHC onwards.
Dark Shroud is used passively through the Umbrous Aspect and therefore does not need to be placed on our Skill Bar. Dark Shroud is an insanely powerful defensive skill in Season 4 because of its parabolic scaling. This means that it gets stronger the more we invest into it.
Level 1 Dark Shroud provides 40% DR at 5 stacks.
Level 5 Dark Shroud provides 48% DR at 5 stacks. 1 - (1-48%)/(1-40%) = 13.33% effective DR increase.
Level 15 Dark Shroud provides 68% DR at 5 stacks. 1 - (1-68%)/(1-48%) = 39.5% effective DR increase.
Level 19 Dark Shroud provides 76% DR at 5 stacks. 1 - (1-76%)/(1-68%) = 25% effective DR increase.
As you can see, the more we increase our Dark Shroud level the stronger each level gets. Going from 1 to 5 is equivalent to adding a 13.33% DR affix while going from 15 to 19 is equivalent to adding a 25% DR affix.
To explain what Attack Speed Breakpoints are we first need to understand how the game works.
This Sheet lets you calculate your Attack Speed Breakpoint for various skills.
This build wants to reach the 11 frame breakpoint with a Bow.
We achieve this by having Rank 6 Alchemical Advantage and 57.2% Attack Speed between Andariel's Visage and Fist of Fates.
If you can't hit 11 frames because you do not have R6 Alchemical Advantage, move Conceited Aspect to your Amulet.
Something to keep in mind is that two Masterworking crits on an affix are worth the same as Greater Affix.
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Because Shadow Clone provides 5 seconds of Unstoppable.
Most likely you did not put 3 points into Innervation and/or did not equip The Umbracrux against Bosses.
Through the Second Wind passive. Getting this to Rank 7 for the maximum value possible is very important. Any extra Skill Points you have after reaching Rank 7 go in Alchemist's Fortune.
You have to make a Necromancer and get the Efficiency Legendary Tempering Manual.
No, if you don't want to level a Necromancer just use Death Trap with Trap CDR.
Because it's mathematically worse.
Branching Volleys on a normal slot makes your 30 arrows become 36. That's a 36/30 - 1 = [x]20% increase.
Branching Volleys on an amulet makes your 36 become 39. That's a 39/36 - 1 = [x]8.33% increase.
Conceited on a normal slot gives you [x]25% damage at basically 100% uptime.
Conceited on an amulet makes your 25% become 37.5%. That's a 1.375/1.25 - 1 = [x]10% increase.
As you can see, Conceited is always better than Branching Volleys. In fact, with Bursting Venoms equipped, Branching Volleys is less of a dps increase as it does not increase the amount of Andariel procs originating from Bursting Venoms. This makes the real dps increase closer to 7-7.5%.
Although they are very close, I prefer to recommend Rank 6 Alchemical Advantage. If we introduce Ranks of Frigid Finesse into the equation, the opportunity cost to Masterworking Alchemical Advantage on your amulet, we find that the R6 setup does more damage in basically every scenario except a deep Pit Push.
In the case of a deep Pit Push, they are about equal.
Because it's bugged and is also working on hits, not just crits.
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