Converting from DEX to STR type spec bow sniper

AGI-CRT-DEX ----> AGI-CRT-STR

I am not sure if this info would come in handy. Yet I'd like to share here some of the things I had encountered when changing builds.
Why not change to Normal build? Aren't there already too many playing that xDD. It's also fun to play as I find out new things.


NEGATIVES

1. Skill Delay
- won't be able to activate skills fast successively. Can be a problem on, say, bosses that wipe all status and put you under blind/paralyze. What really got me was that buff set got inefficient. There were workarounds though. Actually experimenting on adding back DEX to this build bit by bit.


2. Goodbye AR-CF
- this was the case initially. But there is a workaround, a set can be assembled for this. Did this with a Usam set combined with disable so expect this set to be a hard get. Not to mention the set isn't 4-slot. The build isn't beginner friendly in that regard. If you cannot get, better to high/cap level before abandoning AR-CF.


3. Freeze Arrow doesn't proc freeze as much
- I haven't really been keen about the other status skills but this one stuck out like a sore thumb. Can still freeze but chances are ooof. Say goodbye to being a freeze slave... 


4. Clean hit rate down
- my full-buff Hit after restating became about 750 (was surprised that it wasn't lower, maybe because of cap level and buffs). They say clean hit rate formula was [HIT-200-(DEX/2)]/15. If so that put my clean hit to [750-200-(1/2)]/15 or 36% rounded down.


5. Goodbye Monty and Thimble
- Dex-based equips were defuncted but I kept mine stored coz of this crazy notion that the builds will merge someday. 



POSITIVES

1. Now able to use stuff like Ideaus, Usam al, BOO, AA, ...
- With monty and thimble exiting the mix, I got to rewire all sets for these newly available items. New al setups, attack and resists sets, etc...


2. Wandering Clothes (previously known as Exile Garb or Outflow Clothes)
- separated this coz this was a game changer. Aside from raising dps with STR do you know this enables you to use less AUTO abi?
Those expensive auto abis needed for double attack to proc?

Eg. If your STR is 464 it would be like an equivalent of +29% chance to get double attacks. 
Half of 464 is 232 and that is converted to CRT. Double attack chance procs have CRT/8 in the formula so 232/8 is 29.
So instead of using your resources to get 29% auto (which does the same job of boosting double attack chance and is expensive) just get Wandering.

Imagine the power of 2s of this combined with a 2s Pulse quicken (pulse quicken negative is NEGATED by double attack activation)


3. Overall DPS (as of using a 7-slot set) just got better, things that were supposedly unreachable for spec bow user.

- Arrow rain 8hits reached 1m (self-buffs only w/o Ignite)


- Training luna score reached 1.4m DPS 7 seconds without Ignite or items. This might be my actual (coz usually farming w/o Ignite or drugs)

- Training luna score reached 1.6m DPS 6 seconds with Ignite and RCB. Need to test further with other items (even coin ones) for the record.


Can only show up to this point. For the next progress, need to be 8 slots first which looks to be a slim chance for me x( 
(i'm looking at you 2s wandering)

With these the boss fights will be a lot faster.
Who knows what could come next, with the upcoming rebalance and all. Cheers!