Amazon's Decoy question

[IcyMist]

Amazon's Decoy question

do decoys last as long as their duration time, or can they disappear if their hitpoints are gone?

 

[thegiantturtle]

do decoys last as long as their duration time, or can they disappear if their hitpoints are gone?

They will disappear when their hitpoints are gone.

 

[IcyMist]

They will disappear when their hitpoints are gone.

1.their hitpoints=your hitpoints?

2.or do more decoy skill points increase decoy's hitpoints, making it having even more hitpoints than you?

 

[Myrakh-2]

1.their hitpoints=your hitpoints?

At level 0, yes

2.or do more decoy skill points increase decoy's hitpoints, making it having even more hitpoints than you?

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+10% per level. So effectively a Decoy always has more life than you, since you can't cast a level 0 decoy

Of course, it doesn't really help: amazons are ranged chars, so they'll try to get away from the damage. Decoy won't do that.

And even a melee amazon has something the decoy hasn't: life stealing. And damage.

If something is dangerous for me, it will finish off the Decoy in no time as well.

I used Decoy mostly for scouting --- so life was of no concern.

 

[IcyMist]

Well, i am trying to maximize my damage for strafe, with my valk, merc, and decoy, i'll be able to fire four arrows at any one enemy, right? and i think a matriachal bow actually have +amazon skill and level 5 revive, so 9 arrows, pretty cool! (Isn't that even better than the 3 or 4 pierces you get with guided arrow).

Come to think of it, if i fire 4 arrows at one target using strafe with peirce, and if there is another monster behind it, will the same 4 arrows also hit that monster?

 

[thegiantturtle]

Well, i am trying to maximize my damage for strafe, with my valk, merc, and decoy, i'll be able to fire four arrows at any one enemy, right? and i think a matriachal bow actually have +amazon skill and level 5 revive, so 9 arrows, pretty cool! (Isn't that even better than the 3 or 4 pierces you get with guided arrow).

Come to think of it, if i fire 4 arrows at one target using strafe with peirce, and if there is another monster behind it, will the same 4 arrows also hit that monster?

First, are you playing an older version of d2? Guided arrow doesn't pierce in 1.10+.

An easier way to get more minimum arrows is to pump strafe.
Minimum arrows = [slvl/4]+2. You can have up to 10 minimum arrows.

Strafe is subject to NextDelay. When one NextDelay missile attempts to hit an enemy, the target becomes immune to all other NextDelay missiles for a period of time (I believe it's like 2 or 3 frames for strafe, but i'm not sure).

If NextDelay didn't exist, (and you had 100% pierce), then all 4 arrows you mentioned would hit each enemy in the line. Even with Nex Delay, any arrow that gets through the first target, will attempt to hit subsequent targets.

I suggest poking around the Amazon Forum. I expect you can find all the information you want about pierce and strafe there.

 

[jiansonz]

If something is dangerous for me, it will finish off the Decoy in no time as well.

In a Tankazon tournament in the Single Player Forum, my amazon had maxed Decoy (that gave the decoys a little more than 3000 life). They were surprisingly sturdy, and very easy to replace (only cost 5 mana).

 

[krischan]

If NextDelay didn't exist, (and you had 100% pierce), then all 4 arrows you mentioned would hit each enemy in the line. Even with Nex Delay, any arrow that gets through the first target, will attempt to hit subsequent targets.

... which is very useful versus ghosts. They like to stack at the same place, so with e.g. Atma's Scarab you amp them (so they are susceptible to physical damage) while they attack your valk or decoy. If you have 100% piercing, all of them will get hit by all attacks which works very well with strafe.