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Expanded Clip requires 12 levels of artificer.

As for DWS, Vinci and I tested that as the first draft of the repeater build going 13art/6rgr, and it was behind the Kensei split.

Going to HW saves AP over DWS, even if only going for 34 ap in DWS you net 1 ap from HW. 22 rp beats 10 doubleshot on repeater.

Misty step every 12 seconds is annoying but the key is to put zero ranks into tumble and use tumble hopping to get the 32 rp. There is also the shadow imbue from Fey tree for 35+ USP for Primal Mantle which is a cute bonus. Getting fuse + 10dshot from BE is 27 AP and the 28th point grabs the core for another 8 usp and +1 enchantment.

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An additional spell getting forcefield + tenser so you dont have to scroll every minute, or planar weapons for all alignment DR breaking if needed. Evasion is good enough on its own, and HW offers Improved Evasion clicky if really needed against something. Barb run speed is better for me than improved evasion.

The backflip animation is very short if you max out tumble.

Gear set update for Isle of Dread. Things may change depending on what the raid actually gives us when it's released, and when they fix cannith crafting.


Set 1 : Raven + Windlasher, Dread Curse, Winter 2 pc, 3d6 sneak augments.

3d6 sneak set

Helm - Sharn seeker/ins dshot/accuracy/q deadly/ 2 slots
Armor - Velah/ 2 slots
ring Legendary Lionheart Ring ins con/action boosts/ins bypass/summer set/1 slot


Raven + Windlasher Set
3 artifact damage/sneak damage/seeker
15 rp + dshot

Eyes - Raven Sight ins wis 6/ts/2 slots
Boots - Legendary Dustless Boots ins deception/assassinate/speed/2 slots
Trinket - gem of facets might + windlasher sets CCrafted doubleshot/parry/ins accuracy/1 slot

Winter Set
30 prr

belt direwolf belt deception/ins seeker/shield/winter set/1 slot
bracer Legendary Cold Iron Bracers vitality/q false life/protection/ghostly/winter set/1 slot

cloak hunter q seeker/q deception/fury/2 slots


Dread Curse Set

gloves ( dino + artifact option )
Scale: Intelligence      +14 Enhancement bonus to Intelligence.
Fang: Healing Amplification      +56 Competence bonus to Positive Healing Amplification.
Claw: 35 prr or mrr, or blank
Horn: Armor Piercing      +21% Enhancement bonus to Fortification Bypass
3 slots


Neck - Pendant of Sea
Insightful Resonance +74
Insightful Magnetism +74
Insightful Glaciation +74
Isle of Dread: Fang Slot (Accessory): deadly 11
Green Augment Slot: Empty
Colorless Augment Slot: Empty
The Legendary Dread Isle's Curse

Ring #1 - Ring of Sea
Resonance +149
Magnetism +149
Glaciation +149
Isle of Dread: Claw Slot (Accessory): pr or mrr 35 or empty
Green Augment Slot: Empty
Colorless Augment Slot: Empty
The Legendary Dread Isle's Curse

Dino Rune arm
armor scale Goldscale      +150% Enhancement bonus to Fortification.
armor fang Goldfang      +2d6 Profane bonus to your Sneak Attack Dice.
weapon scale Iridescent Scale      +102 Enhancement bonus to all Spellpowers. ( mainly for free devotion slot )
Icefang      Adds Chaotic alignment bypass. Your attacks and spells have a chance to inflict ten stacks of Cold damage over time. ( idk if this works on rune arm for main hand because the DR bypass definitely was not working on lama )
2 slots

Dino lxbow
Icescale      Adds Cold Iron material type. On hit: 15d6 Cold Damage.
Meltfang      Adds Evil alignment bypass. Your attacks and spells deal a large amount of stacking Acid damage over time.
Brightclaw      +2 Exceptional bonus to Intelligence.
Sparkhorn      Your attacks and offensive spells have a chance to inflict multiple stacks of Vulnerability.
2 slots


Set 2 designed by Symb features only a single set gem.

Set 2 : Vulkoor Might, Dread Curse, Kundarak Delving, 15 RP set augments.

• Goggles: 🟥 Legendary Kundarak Delving Goggles: (Eversight/Disable Device 21/Open Lock 21/Search 21/Spot 21)
• Helm: 1️⃣ Helm of the Final Watcher: (Seeker 13/Quality Deadly 3/Accuracy 21/Insightful Doubleshot +4%)
• Necklace: ⬜ Legendary Pendant of the Sea: (Insightful Resonance +74/Insightful Magnetism +74/Insightful Glaciation +74)

Fang - Deadly +11


• Trinket: 🟥 Legendary Gem of Many Facets: (Electric Absorption +35%/Insightful Seeker 6/Acid Absorption +35%)
• Cloak: Cloak of the Hunter: (Relentless Fury/Exceptional Healing Amplification +14/Quality Deception 2/Quality Seeker 3)
• Belt: 1️⃣ Legendary Belt of the Ram: (Constitution 13/Speed +30%/Quality Strength 3/Ram's Might)
• Ring: ⬜ Legendary Ring of the Sea: (Resonance +149/Magnetism +149/Glaciation +149)

Claw - PRR +35


• Gloves: 🟩 Legendary Gloves of the Claw: (Strength 13/Intimidate 20/Healing Amplification 54/Natural Armor Bonus 13)
• Boots: 🟥 Legendary Kundarak Delving Boots: (Freedom of Movement/Speed +30%/Dexterity 14/Exceptional Nimble Skills Bonus +10)
• Ring 2: ⬜ Dinosaur Bone Ring:

Scale - Intelligence +14
Fang - Deception +11
Claw - MRR +35
Horn - Armor-Piercing +21%


• Bracers: 🟩 Legendary Bracers of the Claw: (Insightful Constitution 6/Fortification +146%/Parrying 6/False Life +51)
• Armor: 1️⃣ Legendary Red Dragonhide Armor: (+15 Enhancement Bonus/Dripping with Magma/Fire Lore +22%/Combustion +151/Fire Resistance +54/Fire Guard X/Incineration Guard)
• Weapon: ⬜ Attuned Bone Heavy Repeater: (+15 Enhancement Bonus;

Scale - Icescale (Cold Iron, +15d6 cold damage)
Fang - Meltfang (Evil, Alchemical Acid Attunement)
Claw - Brightclaw (+2 Exceptional Intelligence)
Horn - Sparkhorn (LGS Vacuum)


• Weapon 2: ⬜ Attuned Bone Runearm: (+15 Enhancement Bonus;

Scale - Bronzescale You have Deathblock and are Ghostly.
Fang - Goldfang (+2d6 Sneak Dice)
Scale - Iridescent Scale (Potency +102)
Fang - Icefang (Chaotic, Alchemical Ice Attunement)


1️⃣ Dusk Raider (+15 RP)
🟥 Kundarak Delving Equipment (+3d6 sneak dice, +15% helpless, +15% doubleshot)
🟩 Vulkoor's Might (+3 hit and damage, +3 sneak, +3 seeker, +20% threat)
⬜ Dread Isle's Curse (+30 PRR, +15 RP, +25 SP, +2 DCs, +2 stats, +3 hit and damage)


Differences between sets are :

Set 1 has more bypass, higher insightful deception since set 2 uses quiver for it. More action boosts, insightful accuracy, and 30 artifact prr.

Set 2 has higher deception +11 vs +10, 15% helpless, full time FoM, Ram's Might, Acid and Electric Absorb.

ED AP :

Using Smites to proc consecrated ground's 10% damage and comboing with SD's Dark Imbue epic strike because hunt's end is still shitty on repeaters. 24d6 law dice at 200% rp isn't bad, it's a few thousand dps. Primal Mantle for the imbue dice and mantle procs.

Can always fall back on shiradi tier 5 instead of DC, and then replace primal avatar with draconic. Need lama up to test this more.

Would a drow version of this combined with the other build you posted be worth looking at?

You get 2 imbue dice from Drow, the 22 points you put in AA you could put in Inquis for 3 dice so you'd be at 1 imbue dice less overall but would the other benefits make up for it?

Yeah, you're right. I've can't see anything better. I think it just bugs me that the 22AP in AA is giving nothing really interesting apart from the imbue die and USP.

Update for filigree set up. Leaning on this filigree set up for both xbow builds posted.

artifact : spines raid 10rp/electrocution 9 electric power/shattered device 5rp/long shadow 5rp

weapon :

spines raid 10rp
set : 2 dmg
total : 20 rp/2dmg

long atk/dmg
long 5rp
set : 5rp/2 dice
total : 15rp/1 dmg/2 dice

electrocution 9 electric power
nystul-electrocution 10mrr
set : 50 electric power/2 dice
total : 68 electric/2 dice

reverberation 10 universal sp
reverberation 4 usp
set : 2 dice
total : 14usp/9 sonic power/2 dice

shattered 5rp
shattered atk/dmg
shatter armor piercing
set : 3dmg/3dshot/10 prr-mrr debuff
total : 10rp/4 dmg/ 3 dshot/ -10 prr-mrr proc

That adjusts the total dice to +4 on both builds.

Imbue breakdown :
4 BE ap
2 Wizard levels
3 Assassin ap
6 AA ap
3 Primal ap
1 Hunt augment
1 Offhand feat
1 Imbue feat
3 Scion feat
2 Harbinger feat
3 gear set
6 filigree
2 elemental weapon spell
= total 37 dice