What is the focus of the Invasion Bow Build in New World Season 10?

The Invasion Bow Build focuses on delivering high DPS with precise ability rotations for New World Invasions, optimized for achieving top leaderboard scores.

What are the offhand weapon options for this build?

Choose Crescent's Wave or Pestilence, both with Keenly Empowered, for additional damage and utility.

How should I allocate attributes for the Invasion Bow Build?

Set attributes to Strength 100, Dexterity 464, Intelligence 25, Focus 25, and Constitution 14.

What armor perks should I prioritize?

Prioritize Offensive Perks (Vicious x5, Thrust Harnessing x4, Vorpal x5, Skilled Enchantment x5, Keen x3, Leeching x3) and Sacrificial Empowerment x4.

What jewelry should I choose for this build?

Select a Thrust Protection Amulet with Protection, Well-Being, Skilled Enchantment, Keen, and Leeching perks. Use a Ring with Enchanted Totality, Critical Infliction, Thrust Damage, Keen, and Leeching perks. Equip an Earring with Beloved, Refreshment, Vicious, Keen, and Leeching perks.

Which Heartrune is best for this build?

Use Cunning Heartrune of Cannon Blast for breaking Brute stamina, Brutal Heartrune of Detonate for clump damage, or Brutal Heartrune of The Devourer for clump damage with slower activation.

What buffs and trophies should I use for Invasions against Corrupted?

Apply 3x Major Corrupted Trophies (15% Corrupted Damage), Infused Corrupted Coating (15% Corrupted Damage), Powerful Honing Stone (7% Empower), and +48 food. Aim for 3 buffs above your health bar.

What is the combat rotation for the Invasion Bow Build?

Follow this sequence: 1. Time dodge to wave spawn (drop Oblivion first with Lifetaker), 2. Use Rain of Arrows on clump spawns at max distance, 3. Use Poison Shot on the largest mob clump, 4. Use Rapid Shot on remaining targets.

What are some tips for optimizing this build?

Listen to invasion group communications to target correct enemies. Prioritize staying alive without kindizing Base or Gate health. Target Spriggans with headshots and Brutes with heavy attacks. Focus Void Destroyer (Skull) eyes from left to right in front gates. Use the Empower Calculator to track your 55% Empower total (capped at 50%) from Powerful Honing Stone, Evasive Tactics, Keenly Empowered, Thrust Harnessing, and Thrust Damage.

Invasion Bow Build - New World Season 10 DPS Guide

The Invasion Bow Build is one of the top DPS weapons for New World Invasions in Season 10. If you are familiar with invasion leaderboards, this build got me to rank 3 Invasion score in one of the front lanes. Compared to the top 2 scores using Fire Staff in the back lane which has access to 2 spawns instead of 1.

Additional Bow builds:

Weapons

Mainhand

Hoplite Bow with:
Penetrating Rapid Shot
Empowered Rally Gem
Lasting Rain of Arrows
Arcane Attunement
Vorpal

Offhand (Options)

Crescent’s Wave with:
Keenly Empowered

Pestilence with:
Keenly Empowered

Skill Tree

Attributes

Strength	100
Dexterity	464
Intelligence	25
Focus	25
Constitution	14

Armor

Prioritize armor perks in the following order:

Offensive
- Vicious x5
- Thrust Harnessing x4
- Vorpal x5
- Skilled Enchantment x5
- Keen x3
- Leeching x3
Sacrificial Empowerment x4

Jewelry

Amulets are extremely dependent to what you get hit by. As a ranged player you will commonly get hit by snipers, so I use a Thrust Protection Amulet to account for this.

Amulet Perks:
Protection
Well-Being
Skilled Enchatment
Keen
Leeching

Ring Perks:
Enchanted Totality
Critical Infliction
Thrust Damage
Keen
Leeching

Earring Perks:
Beloved
Refreshment
Vicious
Keen
Leeching

Heartrune

Cunning Heartrune of Cannon Blast – great for breaking Brute Stamina/very fast activation

Brutal Heartrune of D etonate – great for large clump damage

Brutal Heartrune of The Devourer – great for large clump damage/slower activation

Typical Buffs and Trophies

In order to do maximum damage against Corrupted in an Invasion, the correct trophies and damage boosting buffs should be applied. You should be able to count 3 buffs above your health bar. Wards and Desert Sunrise are typically not needed for Invasions, unless AGS makes Mutated Invasions or Invasion difficulties.

3x Major Corrupted Trophies – 3×5%(15%) Corrupted damage
Infused Corrupted Coating – 15% Corrupted Damage
Powerful Honing Stone – 7% Empower
+48 food

How to Play

Time your dodge to the spawn of each wave, if using Lifetaker drop your Oblivion first.
Rain of Arrows with clump spawns – try to position yourself so the rain of arrows is at the max distance to land on the spawn.
Poison Shot – aim for the largest clump of mobs before they split apart from each other
Rapid Shot whatever is left.

Avoid hitting a Commander first if you can, otherwise prepare to time a dodge so you don’t die.

Empower details

Powerful Honing Stone	7%
Evasive Tactics	15%
Keenly Empowered	13%
Thrust Harnessing	12%
Thrust Damage	8%
Total	55%

Elemental Affinity from Elemental Band gets activated 1 time with Sapphire gem in bow. Empower is capped at 50%, but having more than 50% can help you manage to stay at cap at all times. To know where your current Empower total stands, check out the Empower Calculator.

Tips to remember

With this bow build for New World Invasions, make sure you are listening to communications by the invasion group, and are attacking the correct enemies first and as a group.

Stay alive at all costs, without jeopardizing the Base or Gate health.

Spriggans are weak to headshots and Brutes are weak to heavy attacks.

As a ranged player in the front gates, put high priority on attacking Void Destroyer (Skull) eyes from left to right.

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