Void Strike III PowerfulAttacks apply Void effect dealing up to +600% ramping damage (scales massively on slow weapons)
Pain Cycle IIIEvery 5 attacks consumes health to deal 5x damage (insane burst with lifesteal)
Unchanting IIIDeals +100% (double) damage to enchanted mobs and bosses (essential for Apocalypse+)
Critical Hit III GildedPowerful20% chance to inflict critical hits dealing 3x damage (+40% expected DPS)
Armor
Highland Armor
Unique
35% Damage Reduction
+30% Melee Damage
Gains Speed After Dodge (Swiftfooted I)
Cooldown IIIReduces artifact cooldown by 38% (cornerstone of artifact loop builds)
Potion Barrier IIIDrinking a potion reduces all incoming damage by 90% for 9 seconds (near invincible with Refreshment)
Deflect III45% chance to deflect incoming arrows back (neutralizes deadly ranged snipers)
Life Boost III GildedEach time you lose a life, your maximum health increases by +33% (up to 3 times)
Ranged
Nocturnal Bow
Unique
+1 Soul Gathering
Steals Speed on Hit (Tempo Theft I)
Anima Conduit IIIAbsorbing a soul heals 8% of max health per soul
Cooldown Shot IIIRolling reduces artifact cooldowns by 1.5 seconds on next bow shot (infinite artifact loops)
Burst Bowstring IIIRolling shoots charged arrows at up to 3 nearby enemies (procs on-hit enchants without aiming)
Weakening III GildedYour arrows decrease enemy attack damage by -40% for 5s
Artifact
Death Cap Mushroom
Artifact
Gong of Weakening
Artifact
Iron Hide Amulet
How it scores
Each meter is out of 100. The priorities are what the optimizer was asked to favour for this playstyle. The overall score is the priority-weighted result, out of the best build the optimizer can find for these priorities, so 100 is the best there is.
Damagepriority 8090
Damage reductionpriority 5060
Healingpriority 5053
Mob clearingpriority 2058
Boss damagepriority 10084
Speedpriority 3061
Best boss killing build at every difficulty
Lower difficulties have fewer enchanted mobs and weaker hits, so the best gear changes as you go down.
Difficulty
Gear
Score
Apocalypse +25
The Starless Night · Highland Armor · Nocturnal Bow
These builds assume you own every item. Load your own save file or add your items in the optimizer and it finds the best build from what you actually have, for whatever mix of priorities you like.
