I guess it can kinda work on pve as well, depends on how lazy you are, but it is really meant for wv3 roaming/small group skirmishes while having high annoyance and power if you are good at landing those cluster bombs and then good kiting and escaping for when needed. Prob not the best for 1v1 situations unless you are a thief god or something (I know I’m not) or the enemy is terrible.
The idea is to have a ton of dodge rolls when needed with the III on Acrobatics and Felines Grace, having a little sustain when spending initiative with Assassin’s Reward, Caltrops on dodge roll for a little kiting, Executioner for the 20% extra dmg and with IX in Acrobatics coupled with Infiltrators Signet for max initiative regen. It might be too much, I don’t know if I might just switch out Inf Sig with Tripwire or something of the like for a little more kite potential. Then finally the only stealth this build has (besides the d/p) Shadow Refuge for when things get a little too hairy. Then Shadowstep for stunbreaker and getaway potential. Valk armour for a little hp buffer with Traveler’s Runes so I don’t have to waste a utility slot with Signet of Shadows. The power is unfortunately under 2k until I can get the rest of my ascended trinks. I bummed around the forums a bit and I haven’t seen any other posts with this build, but maybe it is a norm short bow build I haven’t seen yet. Give me your input on what you think. It has been pretty successful in wv3 so far as you land those clusters with the only prob coming down to 1v1 then I just kinda switch to my d/p and duke it out.
Really hoping for a 1200 range for SB trait soon crossed fingers
I also found that trading Valk armor for Cavalier’s and Zerk weps for Cavalier’s gives me around 1400 toughness without sacrificing too much power, considering the few stealths I get out of this build which mean I will be taking quite a few more hits. 47% crit chance with food isn’t too shabby I suppose, while still keeping my crit damage. Again if you find the crit is too low, sacrificing a slot for Sig of Agility for some more precision or Assassins Sig for some extra oomph is completely up to you.