Blackarrow Beginner Build Guide - Mistfall Hunter

Sometimes referred to as one of the fastest classes in Mistfall Hunter, this Blackarrow build makes use of Ranged Bow Attacks for a build that punishes players making even the slightest mistakes during fights.

Made in collaboration with Firebox. Check out his video for more information and demonstrations of this build!

Here is the Gear Code for this build: 17lpUyIJg0FawaAkPONLSMfPsxBGZcN8yWO5kmxM

This code will allow you to copy the items and gems to obtain the optimal loadout. To import a code, simply do the following:

• Open the Prepare tab in the character screen when in base.
• Select Manage/Import at the bottom left
• Navigate to Import Loadout, and paste the code.

Overall Affixes

• Seeker 5 - Movement Speed +6%, stacking up to 2 times.
• • Helpful for keeping up with faster classes, and just general movement speed overall.
    
• Ranged 5 - Physical Damage +8%. Magic Damage +8%. Effective Range +12%.
• • This affix will give you increased damage based on your range from the enemy player. It's an extremely valuable tool for dishing out punishment.
    
• Focused 5 - Charging Speed +15%. Movement Speed +10%.
• • A great affix not only for boosting your charge speed, but also your movement speed when charging.
    
• Curse 4 - Debuff Duration +20%.
• • Increases the debuff duration of any debuff applied by you. This is handy for keeping an enemy under constant pressure during the fight.
    
• Elusive 3 - Dodge Energy Cost Reduction +12%.
• • Like most classes you'll be dodging a lot when fighting, and this skill is perfect for aiding you in that.

Victory Wine:

Seeker +2. Ranged +2. Focused +2.

As expected, Blackarrow can use their arrows to devestating fashion in fights. This build is especially great because when pairing something like the Spore Arrow with the Impact Grenade, you can set lethal traps extremely easily.

Arrow

• Spore Arrow
• Bloodfly Arrow
• Barbed Arrow

Your first arrow in the build is going to be the Spore Arrow which serves as what's basically a zone controller. It creates poison clouds which are great for keeping attackers at bay. Then next up you have Bloodfly Arrow which is your burst DPS dealer. Not only will you be able to deal damage over time with it, but you can also trigger an even deadlier shot by charging it up. Lastly Barbed Arrow can be used to stop an enemy from dodging. It's the arrow which a lot of players fall victim to, as dodging while impaled with it will result in them taking extra damage, and even potentially Stun them.

Skills

• Impact Grenade
• Scattershot
• Rapid Arrows

The first skill in this lineup is the Impact Grenade, which is particularly useful for crowd controlling. It's fantastic at knocking players back, which when paired with Spore Arrow can be a fast way of pushing people into your spore clouds. As for Scattershot, you want to treat this as your "get away from me" skill. It's great for keeping attackers at bay. Finally, Rapid Arrows is your simple damage dealer skill. It fires off a handful of arrows extremely quick, handy for dealing a burst of damage fast.

As with most builds in the game, the Talents are what really bring it together. In the case of this build, it's no different. Here's what you need to grab:

• Pursuit Mark - This is an instrumental talent point to spec for the utility of slowing down enemies. It also stacks, making it far more lethal.
• Pursuer - Increases movement speed after hitting an enemy. If not already obvious, this has incredible synergy with the prior mentioned Pursuit Mark
• Battle-fed (Blackarrow) - When carrying 2 Hunter Arrows, you can reduce the cooldown of ALL of your skills by simply hitting an enemy. This is very powerful for the build.
• Lasting Pain - Used to further extend debuffs you inflict on enemies in conjunction with Curse
• Dodge Rapid Shot - This talent is insane. It lets you instantly shoot immediately after you dodge, only further adding to the mobility of this class.
• Blood Infection - Slightly nerfs your Bloodfly Arrow damage over time, but will increase the amount of Swarm Stacks added. This will help you with chunking enemies, provided you hit them with 3 Bloodfly Arrow first, followed by a Charged Shot.
• Laceration - Causes enemies hit by your Barbed Arrow to be stunned for a period of time, which results in most attackers dodge spamming their way into a death.
• Crippling Pain - Adds further use to your Impact Grenade by slowing down enemies hit by it for a period of time.

• An easy setup for this build is to lay a trap with your Spore Arrow, and then utilize the Impact Grenade to blast enemies back into it. With any luck, you can get a Barbed Arrow off soon after, and they'll spam dodge their way into feeling sluggish, and severely hurt.
• Dodge Rapid Shot is a great mobility tool but the "bunny hop" (dodge+jump) interaction has been patched out, so don't rely on that anymore.
• Try to use your Barbed Arrow often as a way to punish enemies who think they can dodge spam against you. It's one of the biggest mistakes they can make against a Blackarrow, and this attack lets you inflict said punishment with ease.