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[0.5] GL1TCH3D's Deadeye Ice Shot League Start

Ranger

Deadeye

Starter

0.5 RotA

Mirror Tier

Creator

By GL1TCH3D

Updated on Jun 2, 2026

Jun 2, 2026

Build Overview

SSF (non hardcore) Friendly Deadeye league start meant to easily scale into T15 and bossing with the tried and true Ice Shot + Snipe combo.

Strengths and Weaknesses

SSF Gearing
Amazing Single Target
Scales with Banner Bot

Bows are very competitive early on trade
Lots of buttons until better gear (then turns into 1 button build)

Build Variants

See Section HOW IT PLAYS first before continuing!

Equipment

Set 1

Set 2

Equipment Priority

+10

Hybrid Defences. You're aiming for Ancestral Tiara for the helmet (to scale Subterfuge Mask), Sleek Jacket for the body armour. Going with more ES is viable as well.

Obliterator Bow has the highest base damage but reduced projectile range. This can be potentially be impactful, for example, in Trial of Sekhemas. Otherwise Warmonger Bow is ideal. N.B that Gemini Bow is awful for base damage which negatively impacts Snipe. See video for crafting steps.

Visceral Quiver is the ideal base as we're really trying to maximize our chance that Snipe successfully crits when we do fire it. Note that any flats work, not just lightning. If you do not get projectile speed, remove Feathered Fletching.

Sanctified Staff can technically just give you on-demand Consecrate - the staff also potentially gives you +levels to spells. Currently Thunderstorm and Frost Bomb require level 18 in the endgame to actually work. +5 is guaranteed through essence meaning that with mastery supports we only need level 12 skill gems for both. This significantly reduces your attribute requirements. Further, you can add on cast speed and reduced attributes as your ideal two additional suffixes. Bonus for finding a lower level staff for this.

Solar Amulet - cheap annoint is Heavy Ammunition - the mods in the planner are ideal mods and not requirements.

Skill Gems

Support Gem Requirements:

Str 45

Dex 50

Int 85

Snipe

Set 1

Ice Shot

Set 1

Thunderstorm

Set 2

Frost Bomb

Set 2

Arc

Set 2

Herald of Ice

Herald of Thunder

Eternal Rage

Called Shots

Freezing Salvo

Set 1

Barrage

Set 1

Elemental Weakness

Set 2

Mirage Deadeye

Gem Priority

+39

Freezing Salvo / Barrage / Elemental Weakness are all interchangeable and purely a preference situation.

Mirage Deadeye can run either Lightning Arrow or Ice Shot depending on situation and preference. Ice Shot helps with freeze buildup for bossing and in mapping. Lightning Arrow gives more AOE and shock while mapping since normally shock will be applied with a specific combo on bosses.

If you have access to it, Bhatair's Vengeance is a great replacement for Ice Bite II as at a default it just lasts longer, and otherwise when you have a chance to start scaling rage then you can improve the damage.

Passive Tree

main:

123

set 1:

set 2:

This tree is designed more or less for level 85.

Imbibed Power and Wellspring assume that you are using Lavianga's Spirits

The tree has minimal elemental penetration making it noticeable if you will be mapping on +40% res maps. One consideration is to spend for Snowpiercer.

Biting Frost notable moved in 0.5 - changed the tree a bit.

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How it Plays

Mapping: Ice Shot to kill enemies. If in juiced maps and damage is struggling, cast Thunderstorm on enemies.

Bossing: Cast Thunderstorm > Frost Bomb > Arc > Elemental Weakness (if used) > Freezing Salvo (if used) > Ice Shot (until boss frozen) > Barrage (if used) > Snipe (don't miss!) - Click to see example

How it Works

Thunderstorm applies Drenched which gives more Freeze Buildup and Chance to Shock. Paired with Shock Conduction II we guarantee shock with Arc. This allows us to take advantage of the increased shock magnitude on Arc without needing to scale damage for it.

Frost Bomb and Elemental Weakness generally give you enough -res to get a significant multiplier in most bossing scenarios prior to getting Rakiata's Flow.

Snipe gains huge damage when the enemy is a frozen unique. Therefore, we are simply aiming to freeze as fast as possible and scale as much damage as possible on Snipe.

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