[3.10] Iron Reflexes Rain of Arrows Raider (No Barrage). 32K Armor / 84% Phys Dmg Reduction

- Having less than 5k HP might seem really squishy, but once you get used to managing Molten Shell and Vaal Molten Shell, you'll never die while normal mapping (Uber Elder/Sirus pretty much just depend on how well you know the fight)
- Just make sure you pop Molten Shell whenever you jump into a big group of mobs and play a little bit safer during the 3second cooldown
- As much as you can, make sure you have your Jade Flask active before popping Molten Shell
- Pop Vaal Molten Shell when you meet bosses and you'll pretty much be able to stand still and face tank everything until you kill the boss
- If you have no time, don't worry about casting the Spell Totem, just use Frostbomb and start spamming your Vaal Rain of Arrows and Rain of Arrows
- During mapping, you'll have 3 Power Charges from Assassin's mark and the added Attack Speed from the Boots Enchant. I left these unchecked in the PoB config, so your damage should actually be a lot higher while mapping.

Rain of Arrows (Vaal):
- Pretty standard Cold Projectile 6L set-up, except we are using Concentrated Effect Support to help with single target dps
- I actually opted to get 0% quality on Vaal Rain of Arrows because I wanted less AoE on it
- It's still good enough for clearing while still maintaining decent boss dps
- PoB shows the Rain of Arrows dps as 3.1mil, but it does feel a lot higher than that, so I think it's assuming only 1 arrow hits from each volley
- Multiple arrows can hit the same target, and for a smaller targets you would usually have at least 2-3 arrows hitting for each volley
- For bigger targets, you do seem to do more damage, with 3-5 arrows hitting for each volley
- Vaal Rain of Arrows is basically the same, except that it does more damage and fires additional subsequent volleys
- So can keep up to 2 stacks of this, so initiate your boss fights with Vaal Rain of Arrows and it would greatly help your burst damage for the first 2-3 seconds

Bow 5/6 Link:
- Since we are not using Barrage for single target dps, we open up another potential 5/6 link gem combination on our Bow
- In here, we put Dash, Vaal Molten Shell, Second Wind, Blood Rage, Enhance Support and Enduring Cry
- Having Enhance Support here gives a ton of benefits:
- Blood Rage gets additional attack speed
- Dash gets additional Cooldown Reduction
- Molten Shell / Vaal Molten Shell gets additional Skill Duration
- Enduring Cry (if you choose to link it) gets AoE increased to basically the full screen
- Second Wind helps lower the cooldown of Dash and Molten Shell
- Level 21 Vaal Molten Shell doesn't add much value here, just get a Level 1 / 23% Quality one and level that up as high as your stats allow

- My bow is intentionally 5-linked to leave Enduring Cry out of the links
- Since I bind enduring cry to my movement button, I didn't like how having 2 stacks of enduring cry would stutter my movement (by a very little bit).
- However, unlinking it means that Enduring Cry is no longer supported by Second Wind (shorter cooldown) and Enchance (more AoE).
- I didn't have any issues maintaining 3 endurance charges most of the time without linking Enduring Cry to anything, so i decided to intentionally 5-link my bow

- Your 6L for Rain of Arrows can either be on your chest or your bow, whichever is cheaper / easier to find.
- If you're planning on buying it, though, most good end game bows are going to be 6linked already.

Debuffs:
- We run 2 main debuffs here, Wave of Conviction Spell Totem and Frost Bomb with Frostbite Curse on Hit
- For the Frost Bomb, do keep in mind that you need Awakened Curse on Hit at Level 5 for the additional curse
- If you are on a really low budget, you can choose to anoint your amulet with Whispers of Doom or you can just forego the Frostbite curse altogether
- For bosses like Conquerors where you have time, set up both the Spell Totem as well as the Frost Bomb
- For bosses with no time (eg map Guardians), I would just cast Frost Bomb
- For normal T14-T16 map bosses, you don't even need any of this. Just pop Vaal Rain of Arrows and spam away

Lightning Golem:
- I run a Cast When Damage Taken at Level 4 and Summon Lightning Golem at Level 6 just for the added 7% attack speed
- You can level this up higher or lower if you want, but I realised that making it higher meant that I didn't have my golem up enough (because I wasn't taking enough damage lul)
- If you want, you can replace these two gems with Vaal Haste and Vaal Grace instead

Auras:
- Pretty standard set up with 2 Heralds + Hatred and Precision
- Enlightened Level 4 is highly recommended so you can squeeze in Precision for the Watcher's Eye buff
- If you don't have a Watcher's Eye that relies on Precision, you don't really need Precision at all

- There is not much special about the passive tree, except that we are using Thread of Hope to pick up FIVE different passives in a small radius. Big value there.
- We are stacking Evasion and then picking up Iron Reflexes to get a crap ton of Armor
- In my opinion, this is a more reliable defense and uses less skill points than going for attack/spell dodge
- It also allows the use of Molten Shell which is ridiculous mitigation
- If you want more survivability or you have issues capping your resists, just sacrifice 2 skill points to pick up Survivalist (just above the Thread of Hope jewel)
- This gives you +11% to all elemental resists + a bunch of Evasion which we convert into more Armor

Bow: Rare
- You're looking for "Adds 2-4 damage to attacks with this weapon per 10 dexterity" along with "Weapon penetrates X% elemental resistances"
- On top of that, any Crit multi / Attack speed / Weapon deals double damage / % Elemental damage / Flat damage is fine
- It is possible to just run a 600+ pDPS bow for this build as well, but it's a lot more expensive and you'll need to pick up some additional Phys to Cold conversion on either your Watcher's Eye or your Gloves
- If you have a really low budget, just starting with any Bow with really high Cold damage would be passable
- Bow Crafting Advice:
- These are expensive, so you may want to try and craft it yourself (especially since you don't need to 6-link it)
- Get an iLvl 83 Shaper base, preferably Imperial or Thicket Bow
- Spam Serrated, Prismatic and Frigid fossils
- Do note that even with Fossil Crafting, the odds to get the "Cold Damage per Dex" AND "Damage penetrates elemental resistances" mod are pretty low

Helmet: Fractal Thoughts
- This gives us some Crit Multi, a lot of Dexterity and a lot of Elemental Damage
- Just make sure to keep your Strength higher than your Intelligence when running this
- If you are using my exact skill tree, you might need to grab some strength on your jewels + 1 other piece of equipment (I got it on my boots)
- Do keep in mind you need 126 Intelligence to run Awakened Curse Support so you're going to need at least 127 Strength
- Use your cluster jewels / jewels to sort out your Strength/Intelligence/Resistances as much as you can, so that you can leave suffix spaces for Dexterity on the rest of your gear
- For enchants, you have 3 options: Increased Attack Speed with Rain of Arrows, Increased Damage with Rain of Arrows or Increased Attack Speed with Blood Rage - the attack speed ones should be better

Quiver: Hyrri's Demise
- Not much to say here, gives a good bunch of flat cold damage for your dexterity
- Also gives some flat fire damage so you can ignite to proc Cinderswallow Urn's debuff
- These are cheap so try to get a good corrupt, I think Gain % Phys Damage as Extra Cold is one of the better corrupts

Body Armor: Hyrri's Ire
- Good flat damage + additional attack / spell dodge
- Also gives a HUGE amount of Evasion (more than 10k if you get a good roll) which is then converted into Armor for our build
- If you can't afford a good corrupt, just use a non-corrupted one

Amulet: Rare
- Try to get life + flat Dex + 1% increased damage per 10 Dexterity
- Other additional mods would be % elemental or cold damage / Crit Multi / Flat Phys or cold damage
- I would try to craft on reduced mana cost for non-channeling skills as well, to help with mana sustain issues
- If you feel that you aren't dying a lot, swap out the Anointment to Dealy Inclinations
- This gives a pretty nice boost to DPS and also some Evasion and Life
- Pandemonius is a really good option for those on a lower budget

Rings: Rare
- Use these two slots to get as much resists as you need to cap out your build
- Get Assassin's Mark on one of them, and try to get Dex on both of them
- Personally, i got a second "non-channeling skills have -9 mana cost" on one of the rings as well, for a total of -18 mana cost
- This allows me to spam Rain of Arrows even if we aren't doing any damage
- It's just a personal preference and is totally not required

Others:
- Boots: Life + Resists + Required Stats + Tailwind. If you can get Elusive on here it'll be great as well (but $$$)
- Gloves: Life + Attack Speed + Projectile Damage. Additional Flat Phys / Cold damage or Phys to Cold Conversion would be good as well
- Belt: Life + Resists + Elemental Damage / Damage against Chilled Enemies
- Watcher's Eye: Prioritise Cold Damage Penetration while affected by Hatred. If you have a higher budget, you can add on Attack Speed while affected by Precision or Added Flat Cold Damage while affected by Hatred
- Jewels / Cluster Jewels: Try to get as much resists and Str/Int on these as you can, so that you have more flexibility when gearing

Flasks:
- Being a Raider and having Phasing pretty much gives you immunity to Elemental Ailments, so you won't need freeze / burn / shock immunity on your flasks
- Bottled Faith as always is great for DPS - Swap to Atziri's Promise for a lower budget
- Jade Flask is amazing here because you get 3000 flat Evasion, which is multiplied by 200+% and then converted to Armor. Would highly suggest getting the 25% Increased Effect mod so you get even more Armor
- Cinderswallow Flask is great, and you should have some Fire Damage already due to Hyrri's Demise so you can proc the ignition buff
- Diamond Flask is pretty standard just for more crit

- Triple Mod Watcher's Eye with Added Flat Cold Damage (Hatred), Cold Penetration (Hatred) and Crit Multi (Preicision)
- Well-rolled Amulet with Dex, % Increased Dex, Crit Multi etc
- Well-rolled Stygian Vise with Dex + % Increased Attritbutes + Elemental Damage (Will need to get more resists on your rings)
- Well-rolled Redeemer-influenced ring with Added Cold Damage per Frenzy Charge
- Bow with similar stats but additional Crit Multi or Flat Phys / Flat Cold damage
- Upgrade to 21/23 gems for the Rain of Arrows 6L
- 28% Quality everything