Pursuit Mark Trapper — Hunter Branch Farming

Overview

This build turns the Blackarrow into a PvE control specialist. The core is Pursuit Mark — normal arrows apply a stacking Movement Speed reduction (up to 3 stacks) that keeps mobs from reaching you. Layer in Trap for hard CC and Poison Barrage for sustained damage, and most enemies never make it to melee range.

Lingering (Hunter's Arrow Enhancement 2) extends Spore Arrow's poison area and total damage at the cost of damage-per-second. In multi-mob scenarios this is a significant efficiency gain — you're not trying to delete one target fast, you're clearing groups cleanly.

Skills

• Trap — Place this before engaging. Anything that walks into it is immobilized and takes damage. Essential for controlling mob paths, especially in narrow corridors.
• Poison Barrage — Your area clear. Fire into grouped mobs for sustained DoT across the pack.
• Bleed Shot — Single-target pressure. Stack on priority targets (elites, bosses) alongside Poison.
• Explosive Arrow — Your burst finisher. Use when enemies are grouped, staggered, or after a Trap trigger.

Talents

• Pursuit Mark — Core of the build. Each normal arrow hit reduces enemy Movement Speed (stacks up to 3×). Kite everything.
• Pursuer — After hitting an enemy with a shot, you gain Movement Speed for a brief period. Lets you maintain distance during kiting loops.
• Lasting Pain — Hitting enemies extends all active debuffs on them. Your Poison stacks and Pursuit Mark slows last significantly longer.
• Shockwave — After Sonic Arrow hits terrain it emits sound waves repeatedly. Niche but useful for detecting hidden mobs or adding passive pressure to enclosed areas.
• Lingering — Increases Spore Arrow's total poison area and total damage multiplier. Essential for multi-mob farming efficiency.
• Woodling Bane — Greatly increases damage to Returner Woodlings. High value for farming runs where Woodlings are the main target.

Affix Priority

• Lethal — All your DoT sources (Poison, Bleed) scale with damage. Highest priority.
• Brutal — Amplifies burst windows from Explosive Arrow after Trap triggers.
• Precise — Crit chance applies to individual DoT ticks and direct hits alike.
• Tenacious — PvE sustain insurance. You'll occasionally eat a hit despite kiting.
• Swift — More frequent Trap and Explosive Arrow usage.

Rotation

Opening: Place Trap on the mob path → Poison Barrage into the pack → Bleed Shot on priority target → wait for Trap trigger → Explosive Arrow on the immobilized group

Sustained: Maintain Pursuit Mark stacks with normal arrows → reapply Poison Barrage as it falls off → Bleed Shot on any surviving elite → Explosive Arrow as cooldown allows

Tips

Trap placement is the skill expression in this build. A well-placed Trap negates entire mob waves; a poorly placed one is wasted. Put it *behind* where mobs currently are, on the path they'll take to reach you, not directly on top of them (they walk into it, not onto it).

With Lasting Pain active, prioritize landing a normal arrow after any debuff application — the stack extension dramatically improves DoT uptime.