Hellrack

Being only one of two unique elite xbows, the

Hellrack is an often overlooked, but potentially powerful weapon. The main problems with this weapon are two-fold. With an extremely high strength requirement of 163, this is a dealbreaker for most classes and builds to consider this weapon. Secondly, the weapon is glacially slow with it's attack speed, despite the 20% IAS that comes with the weapon. Once these issues are overcome, the weapon is actually quite hard-hitting and does great in Hell difficulty, albeit lagging behind popular favorites such as

Windforce,

Eaglehorn, and even upgraded

Goldstrike Arch or

Lycander's Aim. The weapon comes with two open sockets, and a popular solution to the slow IAS of the weapon is to socket x2

Shael runes, or IAS jewels to help mitigate the slow attack speed. In terms of hitpower, the

Hellrack truly shines with it's massive elemental damage, ensuring that whatever it hits will not be immune to one of the three elements it has in it's stats, as most Hell monsters are only immune to two elements at most. Despite these issues, the

Hellrack is arguably the better of the two elite xbows compared to

Gut Siphon, and still retains a use for certain builds out to endgame.