Would this build be able to get a cube at a World Boss?
Things important to me, besides that:
From what I understand you would go high Dex with it.
optimal dps would be somewhere around 1:1 STR:DEX depending entirely on how hard you go Green Gems.
Thank you!
Is there a place you would recommend reading up on the subject? When you say 1:1 do you mean points invested or the actual stats shown on the character sheet?
Actual stats.
The problem right now is the only worthwhile gem to put into your secondaries are green gems, regardless of if you want to go a DEX build or not.
If you have the A2 swift step buff, you hit a soft cap for DEX at around 232-270 DEX depending on how good your gear is (whether you have Max Pentamion, Manamana, level6 green gems or lvl5 green gems, etc.).
Because you’ll hit the 100% crit cap with green gems and Monstrance buff fairly early on, it’s better to just invest those overflow DEX points into STR instead. That way the green gems you socket into your weapon essentially turns into a value of 140+ Strength.
So if you plan on going super hard on Green Gems and getting 3 lvl6’s, I’d reccomend you cap your at 231, and then investing the rest of your points into STR.
If you don’t plan on doing that and are settling with level 5’s, then cap your dex at 255.
Xbow + Manamana is going to be the BiS weapon for virtually every archer build, so it’s best to revolve your stats around that.
so with that said, this is what an ideal Stat sheet should look like at end game for DEX archers with the Swift Step crit buff and level6 green gems on their Manamana and 2-slotted Xbow.
Again, I must reiterate this is fairly uncertain for the future, we don’t know what kind of new crit rate gear or if lvl7 gems become obtainable, or we can all start running around in lolopanther 2-piece leather sets. These calculations also go entirely out the window with a level cap increase, so they’ll have to be recalibrated again. But for now, in this current patch, this is as close to the most optimal as you can be.
Very well written and informative - thank you very much! 
