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Is Eagle Eyed more useful for Bow Builds now?

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The 3pc was changed to add additional crit chance to, basically, all non AoE Bow skills. Now me trying to be a Crit Kitty and just recently having tried ditching my Daggers for another Bow, would sacrificing other set bonuses for that extra crit chance be worth it?
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  • Sluggy
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    Shhhhhhhhh
  • ArchMikem
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    Sluggy wrote: »
    Shhhhhhhhh

    New meta huh.
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  • Sluggy
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    Not really. Just something I like using on my bow/bow warden XD
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    Sluggy wrote: »
    Not really. Just something I like using on my bow/bow warden XD

    Since it's a 3pc what gear setup you go with?
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    ArchMikem wrote: »
    Sluggy wrote: »
    Not really. Just something I like using on my bow/bow warden XD

    Since it's a 3pc what gear setup you go with?

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    ArchMikem wrote: »
    Sluggy wrote: »
    Not really. Just something I like using on my bow/bow warden XD

    Since it's a 3pc what gear setup you go with?

    Eagle-eye on the front bar with one piece of jewelry. Asylum on the backbar (though Master's would work too). Wild Hunt Ring (you could also go with Sithis if you'd rather have all eagle-eye jewelry and another arena bow. The third piece of jewelry is marksman along with four more pieces on the body. 1 pice of trainee on the body. Lately I've been running Chudan for the monster set. This build is very reliant on mag so using chudan frees up a slot and saves me the trouble of have to cast an armor buff that puts more stress on my mag.

    I'm not entirely sold on the Marksman yet and the price is stupidly high anyway so something simple like that new Heartland Conquer or Gryphon's would probably be great as well. You really can't have too much speed with this thing as you need to maintain distance.

    I have another friend that's been trying out the build though currently she's still running the no-proc version of leviathan on the frontbar and fortified brass on the body. To me it just made sense to get the crit from a 3-piece rather than a full 5-piece once the procs were re-enabled.
    Edited by Sluggy on July 5, 2021 1:52PM
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    ArchMikem wrote: »
    Sluggy wrote: »
    Not really. Just something I like using on my bow/bow warden XD

    Since it's a 3pc what gear setup you go with?

    Monster, 5 pc body, 3 pc jewels, 2 arena weapons

    Then how about this, Leviathan and Eagle Eye'd, Vateshran Bow front bar, Maelstrom back bar, and Balorgh?
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    ArchMikem wrote: »
    Then how about this, Leviathan and Eagle Eye'd, Vateshran Bow front bar, Maelstrom back bar, and Balorgh?

    I'd drop the maelstrom bow. Endless Hail is next to useless against anything but a stationary troll tank (although, this build is particularly bad at fighting troll tanks so who knows). If you are planning to use cutting dive then I'd say go with Master's and PI on the backbar for the extra 300 weapon damage on your target. If you plan to use PI or Scatter Shot on the front bar then go with Asylum and Arrow Spray on the back for that extra 6k pen on all bow attacks. Leviathan is perfectly fine. Vate is also fine and helps normalize the damage when distances are closed. Balorgh can be good if you are patient about using your ult. I use the bear since it acts like a delayed burst, people rarely see it coming, and it also functions as a meatshield sometimes. As a result I tend to cast my ult very soon so Balorgh is of limited use to me personally.

    Also, make sure you are running Green Lotus and Crystal Shield. The lotus gives you a good source of constant healing while you are fighting and the shield is a must as it makes most other casters unable to beat you at the range game. Then if they try to close the gap you can have your sub-assault lined up and ready to punish them when they get close. If you get lucky and crit a bear (or bow) ult, sub-assault, snipe, and another light-attack plus skill (dive, PI, Scatter Shot, whatever) all in the span of a second or two you can really lay the pain on a lot of people.
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