PvM Multi/Strafe/Guided Bowazon Guide

[Rapta111]

then again wws seems like its a lower lvl therefore more bosses could drop it making it slightly easier to find. but yeah id use a 15% ias 10 min dmg and another 10 min dmg jewel, if it does 109-110 weapon dmg thats gonna be very close min-max dmg

Tight damage = good

Widespread damage = bad

simple as that no need to type all that up, silver

[Back-InBlack]

Does anyone have a wws and can I upgrade it on non-ladder, if so how would I do that. and what is a wws worth, like I said im not rich at all...

[jerzilla]

hmmm... I dont know, just seems too weak. My first PVM zon i made does 3.6 K without any 290s. I have Chance for Deadly Strike and Critical Strike to stack, doing 4x damage which is quite a bit on 3.6K. Remember in hell mode physical is cut in half. even my 3.6K doesnt kill as quick as i'd like it too. A charger will be SO hard to fight if you cannot kill it quick enough.

Nevertheless i'd be interested in obtaining a WWS to see how practical it is. I stripped my zon so i could give my 08 WF and 08 Gaze to my bone necro's Cold Arrow Rogue for PVP.


My zon isn't the best, I haven't experimented enough. For example i'd like to try a 160/60 armor and see how it is. but then you're screwed on the damage reduction. I'd have to play with both to see which i like more.
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Now onto the build i used.

My first ever D2 LOD character.

I could have improved her a little i think, but ill show you what i did.

First off, I think strafe is a waste of points. If you want a PVM character that you can use in PVP go the Guided / Multi Route.

I maxed:

Guided -- switch to guided when a stray monster decides to go for you instead of your valk. You need knockback. if you use WF it has it.

Multi -- Crowd control, destroys with pierce (and hits so many monsters at a time = chances for 4x damage)

Valk -- Tank, this little guy saves your *** by taking the heat off you

Dodge/Avade/Avoid -- with your +skills get each one to around 50-60%. I think i've got something like 6/9/6 base.

Critical Strike, put some points into it -- Want a higher %. I think i have 8 Points base into it

Penetrate: Activate

Pierce: Activate and put a couple points in, 1-3

Inner Sight / Slow Missles / Decoy : activate for valk pre-req and Slow missle and Decoy are surprisingly useful in PVP

Cold/Magic arrows: activate for prereq

Merc: Holy Freeze


Basically, if built right, your zon with NEVER DIE. She wont be the "fastest killing machine" for PVM but she is very consistant and stable against any enemy. Get any poison sources you can find and throw it in your inv, also any damage sources.

Gear i have

08 wf :: 40/15
08 gaze :: i didnt socket it yet... put an IAS jewel or something
highlords
shaftstop :: i only put in a 15 ias jewel , didnt have a 40/15 at the time
laying of hands
string of ears
2x raven frosts
gore riders

here's the thing, your resistances SUCK ***, but, you have so much damage reduction and enough leech that it's okay. Plus you rarely get hit (even if you do, you have 50-60% to evade it). You can replace 1 raven frost for a dual leech ring if you like. I dont think you'll have insuffucient leech though, 1 shot of multi instantly puts your life and mana back to full.

If i were to redo it, i probably wouldn't max valk. IMO It doesnt matter if she's not _as tough_. You need to recast her often anyways against big crowds. Recast her before she dies so the monsters dont advance on you. With those points i might put more into Critical Strike / Slow missle and the Evade skills.

In PVP what you need to do is "tag" casters that are coming towards you. I like to play tag with Multi shot to get the poison started early, when they come closer i still use guided and multi, i alternate most of the time, depends how i feel. Casters usually dont have that high defense so you're bound to be able to hit them with multishot (i use 2 raven frosts, adds cold damage and adds like 450 AR each, you can try angelics if you want). As for melee, you're screwed if they get close enough and you cant kill them fast enough. you need knockback though, it can save your life. If im dueling a Melee, what ill usally do is cast a decoy, then walk away so it's still in my screen but on the very edge of it. DO NOT MOVE as they get closer, you can fire multi and guided, if your timing is good, and you position it right, they wont be able to tell if you or the decoy is the real one. This forces them to pick a target. If they choose the Decoy, most of the time you can kill them as you're roughly still a screen away from them. If they choose you, well. you'd better start retreating and turn to fire multi or guided so you can "peck" at them. Slow missle owns casters, they can't do anything against you. With a bowazon what you have to worry about the most is melee characters that have alot of life, alot of block, and can get close to you without dying. That's an amazon's weakness. Casters aren't usually a problem.

[Rapta111]

Jer, that was useless. I'm looking for a strafezon+multi+guided arrow zon guide.

[jerzilla]

Jer, that was useless. I'm looking for a strafezon+multi+guided arrow zon guide.

hmm i posted in the wrong thread, there was a thread of someone saying his PVP zon is boring and he wanted a PVM zon that could also PVP, I meant to post it in that thread.

[Rapta111]

Yes, and read the title. It says "PvM Multi/Strafe/Guided Bowazon Guide". Sorry if you didn't see that. Remember to look next time when you begin to post.

Anyways, Silver, you seem to be the big zon expert what would you suggest as armor? I was thinkin CoH, but less IAS than a 160/60.

[Back-InBlack]

hey guys, can I just have a quick re-cap of the skills I should max, cause I finally got a windforce Ive looked through this forum like 4 times, and haven't found a good guide so far, so just tell me the skills and stats to put on it.. thanks

[Silver Ice]

i dunno how i became the big zon expert. frankly ive never made/used a zon in 1.10 closed or open bnet. anyway 160/60 +45 ias helm +08 40/15 wf gives u the speed breakpoint, thats why its used. coh would be good for baal runs