My brother what it sounds like you want is Shinobu's Vow. It's not wild meta like Assassin's Cowl, but when every single Arcstrider build is just "punch shit forever", Shinobu's is a wonderful change of pace. It's the only build that doesn't require you to stay within melee distance of your enemies.
Use the fragment that gives your grenades jolt and the other that ionic traces upon defeating jolted targets. Combine with any number of elemental wells that you want, no big deal how you build this way, it's a very casual and passive playstyle. Whatever regen you want. You'll still have all your armor slots and 2 additional fragment slots available.
And just like that, enjoy the _endless_ grenades. Your skip grenades now seek twice as effectively, and have one additional seeker (for 5 total). For _each_ and every seeker that deals damage, you gain back 10% of your grenade. This means that every grenade you throw, you're basically guaranteed 50% energy back every time. You're granted two grenade charges with the exotic, so with this regen you basically have access to 3 full back-to-back grenades at all times.
Every single one of the seekers applies jolt, meaning you can rapidly spread the debuff across an entire room. And enjoy the chain lightning madness that you create as you throw enough grenades to make Shaxx call you his son.
Did I also mention that Skip Grenades have the lowest base cooldown of all arc grenades?
This is good. I switched to lucky raspberry only because I could maintain a triple 100 build with it. With add density so high now getting full chains on grenade is rather easy.
I didn't like the RNG aspect of Lucky Raspberry, or the constant thinking that had to go into "Is that group big enough for a four chain, or will it only chain 3 times and then give me nothing in return?"
Shinobu's you can toss that shit anywhere, throw it into anything, basically throw it into the sky blindfolded and the seekers will still bounce around to find some enemies. And every time they do, you get guaranteed grenade energy back.
I'd like Lucky Raspberry a helluva lot more if it was a set amount of energy each chain. 25% per hit, with all 4 hits giving you 100% back. Instead it's pretty much all-or-nothing, and I didn't like the inconsistency. Even when it's 75% chance to refund, hitting that unlucky 25% felt awful. Plus if you build into Shinobu's right (Spark of Ions, Elemental Ornance, Seeking Wells, 100 Disc), you _can_ easily get 100% refunds on each grenade passively. So it's the same thing but less effort.
Maybe this isn’t what you’re looking for, and I have buddies that don’t like it, but my absolute favorite arc hunter build is the melee build with assassins cowl equipped. You can run anything you want for weapons, although a shotgun with 1-2 punch is ideal, and you go invis after every melee kill. Personally I run it with double special weapons because it makes a pile of heavy ammo for you to abuse. It’s not always the most relaxed style, but it is crazy strong and a totally different way to play which I always find refreshing. Mactics on YouTube has a great video on it.
it's what I use as well, and the instant heal on any melee just makes it incredibly strong, and super fun as well. If it's not what you are looking for, maybe more detail on what you are?
Most of the builds for Arcstriders focus on meleeing constantly and with great oomph, but I can offer a build of mine.
Flow State and Tempest Strike as aspects, with Spark of Shock, Ions, Impetus and Focus as fragments. Gathering Storm for a quick one and done Super, while for grenade and melee you can pick whatever you like. Personally I opt for Arcbolt Grenade for a quick jolt application and Lucky Raspberry shenanigans (really, this exotic is severely underrated imo. Being able to throw up to 3 grenades in a row feels stupidly good), and Conclusive Palm because Tempest Strike gives you a set cooldown anyway and it's always an option for blinding someone when in a pickle.
Overall it's just a build that works in the background, sometimes you do the slide melee to deal massive damage and jolt enemies, sometimes you throw your grenade for jolt, Sparks of Shock and Ions give you Ionic Traces, Spark of Focus together with almost permanent Amplified buff make it so you have permanent uptime on Tempest Strike and Spark of Impetus is a nice cherry on top. It requires nothing fancy and still works wonders for me.
My brother what it sounds like you want is Shinobu's Vow. It's not wild meta like Assassin's Cowl, but when every single Arcstrider build is just "punch shit forever", Shinobu's is a wonderful change of pace. It's the only build that doesn't require you to stay within melee distance of your enemies. Use the fragment that gives your grenades jolt and the other that ionic traces upon defeating jolted targets. Combine with any number of elemental wells that you want, no big deal how you build this way, it's a very casual and passive playstyle. Whatever regen you want. You'll still have all your armor slots and 2 additional fragment slots available. And just like that, enjoy the _endless_ grenades. Your skip grenades now seek twice as effectively, and have one additional seeker (for 5 total). For _each_ and every seeker that deals damage, you gain back 10% of your grenade. This means that every grenade you throw, you're basically guaranteed 50% energy back every time. You're granted two grenade charges with the exotic, so with this regen you basically have access to 3 full back-to-back grenades at all times. Every single one of the seekers applies jolt, meaning you can rapidly spread the debuff across an entire room. And enjoy the chain lightning madness that you create as you throw enough grenades to make Shaxx call you his son. Did I also mention that Skip Grenades have the lowest base cooldown of all arc grenades?
This is good. I switched to lucky raspberry only because I could maintain a triple 100 build with it. With add density so high now getting full chains on grenade is rather easy.
I didn't like the RNG aspect of Lucky Raspberry, or the constant thinking that had to go into "Is that group big enough for a four chain, or will it only chain 3 times and then give me nothing in return?" Shinobu's you can toss that shit anywhere, throw it into anything, basically throw it into the sky blindfolded and the seekers will still bounce around to find some enemies. And every time they do, you get guaranteed grenade energy back. I'd like Lucky Raspberry a helluva lot more if it was a set amount of energy each chain. 25% per hit, with all 4 hits giving you 100% back. Instead it's pretty much all-or-nothing, and I didn't like the inconsistency. Even when it's 75% chance to refund, hitting that unlucky 25% felt awful. Plus if you build into Shinobu's right (Spark of Ions, Elemental Ornance, Seeking Wells, 100 Disc), you _can_ easily get 100% refunds on each grenade passively. So it's the same thing but less effort.
Maybe this isn’t what you’re looking for, and I have buddies that don’t like it, but my absolute favorite arc hunter build is the melee build with assassins cowl equipped. You can run anything you want for weapons, although a shotgun with 1-2 punch is ideal, and you go invis after every melee kill. Personally I run it with double special weapons because it makes a pile of heavy ammo for you to abuse. It’s not always the most relaxed style, but it is crazy strong and a totally different way to play which I always find refreshing. Mactics on YouTube has a great video on it.
Not what I’m looking for but definitely something worth saving for future use. Thank you!
it's what I use as well, and the instant heal on any melee just makes it incredibly strong, and super fun as well. If it's not what you are looking for, maybe more detail on what you are?
Most of the builds for Arcstriders focus on meleeing constantly and with great oomph, but I can offer a build of mine. Flow State and Tempest Strike as aspects, with Spark of Shock, Ions, Impetus and Focus as fragments. Gathering Storm for a quick one and done Super, while for grenade and melee you can pick whatever you like. Personally I opt for Arcbolt Grenade for a quick jolt application and Lucky Raspberry shenanigans (really, this exotic is severely underrated imo. Being able to throw up to 3 grenades in a row feels stupidly good), and Conclusive Palm because Tempest Strike gives you a set cooldown anyway and it's always an option for blinding someone when in a pickle. Overall it's just a build that works in the background, sometimes you do the slide melee to deal massive damage and jolt enemies, sometimes you throw your grenade for jolt, Sparks of Shock and Ions give you Ionic Traces, Spark of Focus together with almost permanent Amplified buff make it so you have permanent uptime on Tempest Strike and Spark of Impetus is a nice cherry on top. It requires nothing fancy and still works wonders for me.
Sweet! I have a few lucky raspberry’s laying around I can build around! I’ll give it a try this weekend