a change of heart...

[chinythehu]

a change of heart...

well i made an awesome frostmaiden with a sweet ice mat bow and perf nightwings. however, it just wasnt for me. now, i love the sweet aura and the 3k+ ice dmg and all but i just found myself straffing more than frozen arrowing monsters. so, i decided to retire my frostmaiden and am now between 2 choices.

either a faith or brand amazon. i have never used either of the bows but ive heard good and bad things about both. can anyone give some input? seeing how expensive both the bows are, im pretty sure theyre hell viable. any input is appreciated. thanks.

 

[Leohappy]

Well both bows are Hell viable but Brand isn't as good as Faith.

I tried both:

Faith combo: Faith GMB+Fort+Might merc+merc Pride. Main skill: Multishot.

Brand combo: Brand MB+Fort+Rogue merc+merc Faith and you need Marrow walk boots also. Main skill: Strafe.

Quite frankly, strafing with such an expensive bow is not a comfortable experience. I created it into a MB but I really believe GMB should do the job better (better phys. dmg and more leech if nothing else). Multishot also doesn't work too well with Brand because CTC effects are limited to 2 arrows.

 

[chinythehu]

so faith is the general agreement huh? well heres what i'm probably gonna be using.

helm: +2 zon, 30 frw, +50ish life, +some ar, 16 all res (thank you siccvolta)
Armor: something fort, i personally like archons on zons, however, i think the heavy armors look awesome on zon (boneweave or loricated mail=juicy), too bad theyre too heavy.
Belt: nos coil for the ias and leech and str or razortail for dex+ pierce
Rings: +20 dex rave, rare dual leech, all res, +6 str ring
Boots: war traves, or marrows if using brand
Gloves: +2 passive, 20 ias, gloves
Ammy: highlords
BOw: need help on this one. have an ice or harmony bow on switch

yeah thats what i got in store for this baby, CEPT THE BOW GAH.
Leohappy- can you show me your brand zon compared to your faith zon?

Im really torn. faith is probably the safe bet, but the bonespears shot all over the place is much too visually pleasing. gah.

 

[Leohappy]

With Faith GMB 13-15 aura you'll need 95% ias to reach fastest speed and your current gear can't do that. We've discussed Faith gear selections many times in the past so use forum search.

My Brand zon is already retired because it didn't reach my expectations (I wanted to make her into a good CS runner and in the end I found out Faith zon kills faster in cs :S).

As much as Bonespears are visually pleasing, they're annoying because you get those stupid sound effects all over the place. Ear-pain.