Interesting guide.
I prefered my lil timmy's gun with +3 scope to the Venomstrike, because I can use my engi made ammo which is superior to the arrows available at this level.
In the end, it tops the arc in dps.
Specially thanks to the slightly slower speed, I stack haste (boa trinket, gloves chant), and it really outburst every other hunter, even better geared ones.
I'll try to test int/haste/crit for a new build with this same char.