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[0.5] Ironbound Bowbringer - Leveling & End Game

presentationWarrior
presentationWarbringer
End Game
Starter
0.5 RotA
Verified
Updated on Jun 8, 2026
Jun 8, 2026

Build Overview

Hey guys, KallTorak here! I'm an Off-Meta creator with an affinity for silly goose time builds! This is my Ironbound Warbringer guide for leveling through the campaign & end game.

Why Play Ironbound?

Ironbound is a new bow with a very cool effect. Arrows return that pierce enemies with fully broken armour. A lot going on here but the cool part is arrows will return! This is a really powerful and fun effect with incredible potential. Using skills like Ice Shot makes both clear and bossing very easy. The bow is very versatile though, many skills can be used to play it such as Spiral Volley and Snipe.

Ironbound has very interesting scaling with the fact that it scales off block! You do increased damage based off your block chance. This is very interesting for bow builds since you normally dont block at all with them. Warbringer carries here with Turtle Charm increasing our block cap to 75%. No other class is able to achieve this high a block chance. When pairing Ironbound with Rearguard you are very easily able to hit the block cap. Warbringer also does a good job of automating the pierce effect with Anvil's Weight and Passthrough Rounds.

Throughout the game we are incredible tanky since we are armour stacking to increase both our block chance and our dps. In late game we can do a full evasion swap to Hyrri's Ire making us run around with 75% block, 80+% evasion, a bunch of deflection, 2k+ life, and the new ward defense. Defensively this build is very fun and unique!


FAQ


To get Legacy of Ironbound you need to acquire Aldur's Legacy. Use it inside a random Ironbound to get Legacy of Ironbound.

DO NOT socket it into any random Ironbound. Currently Legacy of Ironbound is very expensive. You want to make sure you put this into the ideal bow for your setup. In deep late game we have the ability to drop Rearguard and use a rare quiver. You need 14% block chance with block with ideally 6% of armour to block for your bow to pull this off with no extra investment besides armour.

If you do not care about giga min maxing and swapping to a rare quiver, slap Aldur's Legacy into a 3 socket Ironbound with 2 to 6 adds physical damage. If you want to min max wait until you have the right ironbound. If the price of Aldur's Legacy drops in price, do whatever you want.

Do NOT sway to mirage god early. If you swap early your damage will be awful. Don't start scaling mirage archer until you noticing it doing really good damage. Then start slowly scaling up the amount of them you can get. If you aren't giga juiced probably wait until 90+.

Hateforge make sure to get one without lose all rage when reaching max rage. This will brick your dps.





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Calculator for Block

https://www.desmos.com/calculator/wndvwelgun


shoutout to pbe in the thorns discord for all the math help

Strengths and Weaknesses

  • Arrows returning to us means each shot is doing 2x its damage! Ironbound scales suprisingly well once it is fully upgraded and your block is maxed.
  • Heralds aren't needed so this build has solid visual clarity!
  • Scaling our defense is how we scale our damage so you are incredibly tanky throughout the entire game. Late game with evasion and 75% block you are incredibly hard to kill!
  • Requires a few low level uniques such as Ironbound and Rearguard. You will use these the entire run. Not SSF friendly
  • Return arrow mechanic has a lot of limitations preventing shotgunning bosses down.

Build Variants

pbe in my discord made a little calculator for block chance depending on base block on Ironbound, Rearguard, % quiver bonuses, and % inc block from tree. You can use the Armour slider to see how much item armour you need to reach 75% block given all of the other settings

https://www.desmos.com/calculator/wndvwelgun

Equipment

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Equipment Priority
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Skill Gems

Support Gem Requirements:

Str 20

Dex 10

Int 25

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Ice Shot

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Snipe

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Freezing Mark

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Herald of Ice

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Barrage

6

War Banner

Gem Priority
+11

Passive Tree

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set 1:
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set 2:
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Quest Rewards

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Clearfell — Beira of the Rotten Pack
+10% to Cold Resistance
Hunting Grounds — The Crowbell
Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points
Freythorn — The King in the Mists
+30 to Spirit
Ogham Farmlands — Una's Hut
Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points
Ogham Manor — Candlemass, the Living Rite
+20 to maximum Life
Keth — Kabala, Constrictor Queen
Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points
Valley of the Titans — Medallion
30% increased Charm Effect Duration
+1 Charm Slot
Deshar — Final Letter
Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points
The Spires of Deshar — Sisters of Garukhan
+10% to Lightning Resistance
Jungle Ruins — Mighty Silverfist
Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points
The Venom Crypts — Venom Draught
25% increased Stun Threshold
Jiquani's Machinarium — Blackjaw, the Remnant
+10% to Fire Resistance
The Azak Bog — Ignagduk, the Bog Witch
+30 to Spirit
The Molten Vault — The Molten Vault
Reforging Bench
Aggorat — Blood Sacrifice
Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points
Journey's End — Captain Hartlin
Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points
Skill Gem(Lv 13)
Delirium Drop
Eye of Hinekora — Navali's Rest
5% increased Maximum Mana
Halls of the Dead — Yama The White
Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points
Halls of the Dead — Tawhoa's Test
+5 to Dexterity
Abandoned Prison — Goddess of Justice
30% increased Mana Recovery from Flasks
Halls of the Dead — Tasalio's Test
+5 to Intelligence
Halls of the Dead — Ngamahu's Test
+5 to Strength
Wolvenhold — Oswin, the Dread Warden
Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points
The Khari Crossing — Akthi and Anundr
Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points
The Khari Crossing — Molten Shrine
5% increased Maximum Life
Qimah — Tabana's Pillar
3% increased Movement Speed
Kriar Village — Lythara, the Wayward Spear
+40 to Spirit
Howling Caves — The Abominable Yeti
Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

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