1) With the mana leech nerf, I often have problems with mana. Can you share with us how high is your mana leech on your bow?
The mana leech on my heavy is only 7%, yet even with it being as low as it is, I'm rarely ever out of mana as it's the only mod on the bow, and I hit for such high damage amounts.
2) Do you use a slayer on all your bows for the extra damage, and thus the higher leech? If so, do you have problems with mana when fighting peerless, as no slayer properties work on them.
With the bow that I use for Peerless, at 36% mana leech, I never drop below 70 of my 81 mana when I've got her honored. I hit Lady Mel for well over 250 points of damage.
3) How does your template fare in terms of fighting mobs, such as those in magincia, or when gathering peerless keys such as those in proxy? Do you leech enough at all? My concern with mobs is that you either have to forgo EoO or you have to cast it when fighting different monster types, and that can be very mana intensive. Plus, there is also the issue of being able to honor all the monsters prior to attack.
In Magincia, I was able to honor almost everything I killed, so again rarely ever ran out of mana as most were 1 shot kills. The tougher creatures I was able to leech enough to keep mana up long enough to kill them off, at which time I'd be put back to full mana. In a worst case scenario there, I'd just switch to an imp or something else that was a one shotter, honor it, get the mana from the shot and go back to what I was fighting. The only Peerless I run the archer on is Mel and Dreadhorn. I haven't run Shimmering Effusion or Parxoy yet, but know that for Paroxy I would most certainly use my meleer. Travesty I use my tamer.
4) How high is your mana regn from items? That used to work for me prior to the nerf but not anymore
I've got 6 mana regen, it's not much, but it helps to fill in the gaps. Mana leech is a must have for any bow that I use, so you'll rarely see me without it.
The last question is not really on mana concerns but more on your HCI. Do you have high HCI on your template since you are spamming LS mostly?
Yes, I've got 30 HCI for those rare instance when I am out of mana. You've got to keep hitting to keep Perfection up, and to leech, so it's a must have for me. DCI not so much. My only DCI is from the Quiver of Infinity. My archer doesn't intend on getting hit too much.