Ladder Zon Question

[Suhinklie]

Ladder Zon Question

Hi, I play nonladder but I'm planning on having bowazon gear ready for when the ladder resets and rare items become a lot harder to get. So I what I was wondering is if someone could give me a rundown on the optimal gear for a Bowazon? I browsed the boards just a little bit and read about Faith and Fortitude, but I have no clue what to make those in... I'm going to trade for the remaining runes soon hopefully. And besides that, what helm, gloves, etc. should be used? Thanks

EDIT: I plan on this zon being for PvP and using Guided Arrow

 

[YogiRat]

Errr,ah, I might be reading this wrong, but you do realize that every ladder player starts out with nothing at a reset? Are you looking for optimal at the begining or what? If so, that is impossible to call because of the time factor. One thing I can tell you is it won't stay pure for very long and that is no help

 

[Suhinklie]

Errr,ah, I might be reading this wrong, but you do realize that every ladder player starts out with nothing at a reset? Are you looking for optimal at the begining or what? If so, that is impossible to call because of the time factor. One thing I can tell you is it won't stay pure for very long and that is no help

Sorry I didn't make it very clear. I'll try rephrasing. I'm trying to find out what the optimal gear is for a zon that is on the current S2 ladder. I hope to get any runes or items that I can now (on NL), so that when ladder resets and prices for runes and stuff skyrocket (because of others making characters using the Ladder Only runewords) I will hopefully have everything ready. The Zon I would make would be on NL using S2 ladder gear after it has reset.

 

[IIDX]

I'm trying to find out what the optimal gear is for a zon that is on the current S2 ladder.

Ladder PvP Bowzon

#s ordered by my preference
* notes *

Weapons
1. Faith Mat/GMB *
2. Windforce
3. Rare bow
4. BOTD Hydra

Armor
1. Fortitude
2. Enigma
3. Chains of Honor

Helm
1. Crown of Ages*
2. Rare/Magic Helm*
3. Gaint Skull*
4. Shako
5. Gaze

Rings
combination of
1. Raven Frost
2. Angelic Ring /w ammy
3. Bul Kathos
4. Wisp *

Ammy
1. Cats Eye
2. Highlords *
3. Angelic Ammy /w ring
4. Metalgrid *

Blets
1. Verdungoes Cord
2. Nosferatus Coil
3. Tgods

Boots
1. Gore Riders *
2. War Travs
3. Sandstorm Trek

Gloves
1. Magic gloves (3bow/20ias)
2. Rare gloves (2bow/20ias/stats/resit)
4. Lave Gout (20ias, add fire damage/resist, 2%of casting lvl10 enchant)
5. Draculs Grasp

Weapon
Faith Matriarchal is much faster than a Faith Grand Matron Bow (GMB), but GMB has more damage, but might have to sacrifice other gears to reach 7fpa.

Armor
Fortitude offers 25-30 resist, but if your resistances are in the negatives use Chains of Honor if needed/wanted as an anticaster.

Helm
Crown of ages provides +1 skill, damage reduced 10-15%, all resistances 20-30, 30% faster hit recovery and has 1-2 open sockets...all essentail for an amazon but this comes at a cost of 174str required which is easily obtainable for enigma users, but with Fortitude user str might become harder to obtain. This comes down to the items and stats points distributed.

You can use Gaint Skull as in alternative as it provides 10% crushing blow, 25-30str, KNOCKBACK, and 1-2 open sockets with 106 str required. Good part about this helm is knockback and sockets useful for ed/ias.

Rare helms could spawn +skill, +stats, +resit, faster run walk (frw), and sockets. I have a rare helm on NL that has +2 zon, +24str, +21dex, +20 frw, +12 resist and not socketed....an overall helm if it "naturally had 2 sockets when identified"

Best Magic Helm for a zon could be 3 open sockets with life and/or 30 frw.

Ammy/Boots
The ammy you choose depends on how many points you invented into Critical Strike (CS) *max i'd prefer* If you have a 50% or less chance of crushing blow then Highlords. If you have a 70% or greater than dont use highlords and opt for Cats Eye. Same thing with Gore Riders, opt for War Travs which increase damage. All depends on you skill distribution. Maxed CS = cats + travs. 50% or < CS = Highlords + Gores.

 

[Suhinklie]

Ladder PvP Bowzon

#s ordered by my preference
* notes *

Weapons
1. Faith Mat/GMB *
2. Windforce
3. Rare bow
4. BOTD Hydra

Armor
1. Fortitude
2. Enigma
3. Chains of Honor

Helm
1. Crown of Ages*
2. Rare/Magic Helm*
3. Gaint Skull*
4. Shako
5. Gaze

Rings
combination of
1. Raven Frost
2. Angelic Ring /w ammy
3. Bul Kathos
4. Wisp *

Ammy
1. Cats Eye
2. Highlords *
3. Angelic Ammy /w ring
4. Metalgrid *

Blets
1. Verdungoes Cord
2. Nosferatus Coil
3. Tgods

Boots
1. Gore Riders *
2. War Travs
3. Sandstorm Trek

Gloves
1. Magic gloves (3bow/20ias)
2. Rare gloves (2bow/20ias/stats/resit)
4. Lave Gout (20ias, add fire damage/resist, 2%of casting lvl10 enchant)
5. Draculs Grasp

Weapon
Faith Matriarchal is much faster than a Faith Grand Matron Bow (GMB), but GMB has more damage, but might have to sacrifice other gears to reach 7fpa.

Armor
Fortitude offers 25-30 resist, but if your resistances are in the negatives use Chains of Honor if needed/wanted as an anticaster.

Helm
Crown of ages provides +1 skill, damage reduced 10-15%, all resistances 20-30, 30% faster hit recovery and has 1-2 open sockets...all essentail for an amazon but this comes at a cost of 174str required which is easily obtainable for enigma users, but with Fortitude user str might become harder to obtain. This comes down to the items and stats points distributed.

You can use Gaint Skull as in alternative as it provides 10% crushing blow, 25-30str, KNOCKBACK, and 1-2 open sockets with 106 str required. Good part about this helm is knockback and sockets useful for ed/ias.

Rare helms could spawn +skill, +stats, +resit, faster run walk (frw), and sockets. I have a rare helm on NL that has +2 zon, +24str, +21dex, +20 frw, +12 resist and not socketed....an overall helm if it "naturally had 2 sockets when identified"

Best Magic Helm for a zon could be 3 open sockets with life and/or 30 frw.

Ammy/Boots
The ammy you choose depends on how many points you invented into Critical Strike (CS) *max i'd prefer* If you have a 50% or less chance of crushing blow then Highlords. If you have a 70% or greater than dont use highlords and opt for Cats Eye. Same thing with Gore Riders, opt for War Travs which increase damage. All depends on you skill distribution. Maxed CS = cats + travs. 50% or < CS = Highlords + Gores.

Thanks so much! I am saving this. One more question... if Faith is made in a GMB, how much IAS is required to get to the fastest fpa? And how much IAS do you get from fanaticisim?

 

[IIDX]

Thanks so much! I am saving this. One more question... if Faith is made in a GMB, how much IAS is required to get to the fastest fpa? And how much IAS do you get from fanaticisim?

In-Depth Bow Comparison: The Numbers *** Good Reading

There is one glaring problem with the Grand Matron Bow, however. If you get
terribly unlucky and roll a lvl.12 Fanaticism, the only way a Faith/Fortitude
wielding Bowazon can reach the seven frame breakpoint would be to commit
_all_ other pieces of equipment to IAS, including using either the Sigon's
Gloves & Boots, or the IK's Gloves & Boots.

Reason being that on lvl.14 and lvl.15 Fanaticism, you only need 92%IAS. On
lvl.13 Fanaticism, you need 95%IAS. Effectively, they are the same thing,
for all intents and purposes, because 45%IAS Helm + 20%IAS Gloves + 10%IAS
Belt + 20%IAS Amulet = 95%IAS which covers both. But if you roll a lvl.12
you need 99% IAS, which requires 4% more. Which can only be achieved by the
very minor extra from a paired Sigon's or IK's Gloves. In this case, IK's
would be preferable because of 40%FRW compared to 20%FRW from Sigon's.

But that's a very restrictive equipment set up. So if you're the type of
player who happens to be able to afford a Faith, but aren't rich enough to
make another in the case of a very unlucky turn of events, then use the
Matriarchal Bow.

 

[Superhal]

still not getting the original poster. it only goes one way, ladder to nl. nl cannot affect ladder in any way other than contributing sojs for dclone.

imho, you should start a ladder char now and get as much of the ladder only stuff as you can and then wait for reset. for example, you can easily make a fortune with exceptional uniques upgraded to elite.