Archer/Hunter Grandmother Spell-based Build

Finally finished my grandmother build.

I went for a more well-rounded build that's more viable to use, not some glass cannon meme build.
The whole idea behind this build is to just spam arrow bombs from afar.

https://wynndata.tk/s/4vpI2o

Pisces - Mana Regen, Str, Earth Dmg, Spell Dmg
Anti-Static - Earth Dmg, Str
Vaward - SP, Spell Dmg
Gaea-Hewn Boots - Spell Dmg, Earth Dmg

Suppression - Mana Regen
Moon-Pool Circlet - Mana Regen
Diamond Fiber Brace - More Earth Dmg
Royal Stormy Amulet - Mana Regen

12k+ arrow bombs, 9/4 mana regen, decent defenses (no negatives) and 12k+ health.

There's still the -health regen, but usually, I just hold a weapon with health regen when out of combat.
The Amulet of Rejuvenation from Aldorei could also be an option for out of combat health regen.

If it's too much of a problem, you can replace Pisces with Sano's Care (unique helmet, 3/4 mana regen, ~500 health regen, but has no base health: this will take you down to ~9 - 10k health).
It'll have a little less damage: ~10 - 11k bomb arrows, but you'll have +health regen with a decent Grandmother.

If you don't have LI, you can replace the Diamond Fiber Brace with Megabyte, or even Tear of Pirate Cove for more mana regen.

Any Feedback is Welcome

 

did they fix health regen %?

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also try this https://wynndata.tk/s/cVED8y
a bit tighter on sp but only ~300 less dmg and only -1/4 ms (guess -4/4 not rly a big deal but could be annoying so :/)

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up to preference really

 

You’d need near perfect SP, just to get some extra mana steal, I guess you could make an argument for the spell dam, but it still reduces the overall dmg

 

uh the only things you need to get gud sp on are pisces and vaward...
if you get 9 strength on pisces, you'll only need 11sp between strength intel and def
anyway as i said its just a matter of preference if you dont wanna accidentally shoot something and lose 4 mana

 

if you're gonna put diamond hydro you might as well swap suppression for a hydro ring too

 

the hydro brace was just to coutner the -mana steal
swapping the suppression for dia hydro just reduces ur mana regen :\

 

and increases your mana steal and mana regen instead.

 

well i only recommended to use hydro brace cuz it doesnt bring down the damage too much while also not having potentially annoying -4/4 ms

 

I mean it is a spell based build for a reason... I don’t plan on using melee too much for this, if the -4/4 ms is too much just swap it for coral ring / diamond hydro or something

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Also, not entirely sure on this, but wouldn’t mana steal be less effective on slow attack speed weapons? Or is it balanced to be the same for all attack speeds?

 

It's supposed to be balanced. The chance of activating mana steal increases opposite to your attack speed. IE superfast has very poor chance of activating mana steal. Super slow has best chance of activating mana steal. That is why some weapons like Petrified Horror are still so good. They can regenerate their mana every single time (or almost) they melee, then cast a huge bomb arrow. It also means it has great burst damage. Spam bombs till you're out of mana. Melee for mana back. Repeat.

 

Ah ok, ms actually might be better than just cause of quake proc

 

welp i mean you'd lose mr that way :/

 

You’d go down to 7/4, which still isn’t horrible if you’re intent on getting rid of the -ms, I was running the build without without suppression in our LI run the other day and I was still doing plenty of dps (we managed to 3-man it). As long as you don’t spam too much of one spell, the mr should be able to keep up relatively well.

 

eh well again
preference rly
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