Grounded: Infused Wasp Queen solo [NG+4 Whoa! difficulty - No damage]

Official Release v1.4.0.4495
Is using the Infused Bow by itself for this fight worth it? You decide.
Her Infusions:
Increased Movement Speed
Increased Attack
Increased Max Health
Explosive Attack
Spicy Magic Attack
Venom Coating
Shockwave
The main difference from my older Wasp Queen video ( • Grounded: Wasp Queen s... ) is that after testing super gas arrows and bomb arrows, I found the former to be better. However, the strats within it are still as valid here.
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Items and Equipment:
Infused Bow Lv. 15 - +Boss Damage (ammo: salt arrows/super gas arrows)
*Boss Damage - Increases damage against bosses by 30%.
Due to their low damage, bows are usually far outclassed by melee weapons. However, they can become competitive thanks to somewhat better mutations and a decent trinket/infused weapon.
Fire Ant Shield - There is a 20% chance that blocking with this shield will apply the corrosion debuff, lowering the target's defense by 15% for 10 seconds. However, it's rarely used in this manner during this fight, as its primary goal is to protect from stinger shots and charged stings.
Glowbasa Necklace - Salt Damage Up Best / Implant Weakness: Fresh (Salt) / Quickcharge
*Salt Damage Up Best - Increases salt damage by 50%
*Implant Weakness: Fresh - Adds a debuff that gives an enemy 50% increased damage to fresh. (On another note, this trinket effect can be mislabeled and shares itself with Implant Weakness: Sour and Implant Weakness: Salt. To test if it's actually the element in question, hit an enemy once to trigger the debuff and then hit them again to see what type of damage increased. This one is actually salt. Version 1.4.2 fixes this bug.)
*Quickcharge - Increases the speed of charged attacks by 20%, though the antlion armor's version of quickcharge does most of the heavy lifting here.
Antlion Wide Brim Lv. 5 - This is only used to get the armor's set bonus. Otherwise, it provides 75% sizzle resistance when all three pieces are used, which is not helpful here.
Antlion Poncho Lv. 0 - Same as above.
Antlion Spurs Lv. 0 - Ditto.
Quickcharge - Antlion's set bonus, which increases bow/crossbow reload speeds by 40% for 3 seconds upon hitting a target with an arrow.
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Food and Drinks: (due to the cooldown for using buffs, I skipped recording those actions)
Perfect Toast - +5% crit chance and +40% to critical hit damage
Boss Sauce - +5% crit chance
Liquid Rage - +10% attack
Gastro Goo - Temporary gas immunity
Green Machine - 20% faster stamina recovery
Boost Juice - +20 stamina
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Mutations:
Sharpshooter Lv. 3 - Upon hitting the target with an arrow, bows/crossbows temporarily gain an additional +20% crit chance.
Natural Explorer Lv. 3 - Despite combat significantly reducing the speed this gives, what little it does helps make it easier to ignore poison bombs and stinger shots.
Coup De Grass Lv. 2 - 5% crit chance, stack all the crit.
Trapper Peep.R Lv. 3 - 60% more damage from critical hits, pairing nicely with the other buffs.
Bardic Inspiration - Bow and crossbow attacks have a 25% chance to buff yourself/allies with three effects: +10% crit chance, +20% attack damage, or +25% damage resistance for 10 seconds. Only one of these buffs can exist at a time.
Lastly, the Wasp Queen mount was used for an extra 20% damage increase.

[@ja-nozreaper5865]

What is this? Best bow user I had ever seen!

[@HEXiscool1]

Dude your insane most underrated channel do mantis next

[@KCGemini]

I have an unconventional plan in mind for it, but it likely will be less entertaining.

[@I_Have_Too_Many_Cats]

@@KCGeminiI’d watch anything if it meant seeing someone kill mantis ng4 woah solo lol

[@Purpl3rainb3ast]

Same I need every boss tbh. This grounded update is pretty insane.

[@steelmon1941]

People do use bows in grounded???
im mind blown

[@hyperfun384]

Why do you sometimes shoot at the walls and ground?

[@KCGemini]

It is to cover the area in more gas, as I switch to super gas arrows during those moments. While the wasp queen is highly resistant to gas effects, her minions aren't as lucky.

[@mr_qaimaq]

Tell us the best bow build for everyday roaming in the backyard.

[@KCGemini]

Assuming you're weakness rotating with the right arrows:
Bow Attack Up Best
Bow Attack Up Major
Arcane Archer
I'd aim for two of those three on a Science Cone/Glowbasa Necklace and allow an Infused Bow/Crossbow to get any additional modifiers you'd want. However, this also benefits the regular variants of bows/crossbows until you can get the infused versions.