Low dmg with bowazon

[Leetus]

Low dmg with bowazon

my bowazon has really low dmg(4k max ). her gear is

faith gmb 1/13
fort
cats eye
helm with 45 ias and some ed
manald
r frost
loh
gores
nosferatus

merc:
pride 20
duress
andy

. now i was thinking about stacking some cb on her. she has problems killing regular cs mobs as well as act bosses. i was thinking about getting some crafted gloves with 20 ias/cb ( maybe some ll 2 ), a crafted belt with 10ias/cb. and maybe a rattlecage for the cb. would this cb setup work ? i could socket the rattlecage with a 15 ias jewel and then i would be able to get a 2 sox giant skull for more cb and 2 ias jewels hitting the last ias breakpoint.

cb seems to be the key here i mean if it works for smiters why wouldnt it work for amazons ?

if all the ed from loh/fort isnt helping me do the dmg i need cb would probably work i hope

 

[vDEb]

Re: Low dmg with bowazon

do you have +3 max dmg sc's in your inventory? they will help boost max dmg.

 

[zarirazz]

Re: Low dmg with bowazon

you can't craft belts with 10ias. or with cb for that matter. but you can craft belts with 5-10 open wounds..

 

[peterpaulrubens]

Re: Low dmg with bowazon

The first thing I would do is get a source of Knockback. Then I'd worry about the damage.

Crushing Blow from your gloves won't help you nearly as much as Knockback will.

 

[KOMARAC]

Re: Low dmg with bowazon

do you have a mercenary with you ? he should help too with the damage increase with auras. stack up on +max damage charms. put all points in dexterity. crushing blow is not that relevant with ranged attacks but it is not a bad thing and it's not crucial.

 

[SyCoMiDgEt]

Re: Low dmg with bowazon

Get A Giant Skull With 2 Sockets Open

Put Some ED/Max Damage Jewels In It
And It Has Knockback xD
Also...
Open Woulds I Believe

 

[iomanip]

Re: Low dmg with bowazon

IIRC cb doesn't work as effectively with bows as with melee weapons.. With that setup you should have a reasonable dmg anyway? Or?

peace!

 

[Kijya]

Re: Low dmg with bowazon

Is that 4k normal attack damage or 4k multi/strafe?

How high is your dex?

 

[Leetus]

Re: Low dmg with bowazon

463 dex

830-3754 normal damage

908-4158 guided arrow

oh and btw this is without might/conc from merc. i will res merc and see how much dmg i have then

i also have an ama t 18/10 and i dont have anni. my inventory is mostly filled up with str charms because i spent most points in dex ( i need str for gmb - and since my torch is not perf and i dont have anni i need str from other charms )

Get A Giant Skull With 2 Sockets Open

Put Some ED/Max Damage Jewels In It
And It Has Knockback xD
Also...
Open Woulds I Believe

that wouldnt work because i need 45 IAS from helm with my current setup to reach the last break point. i could get giant skull but i would put ias jewels in it ( and i would get a socketed rattlecage with 1 more ias jewel )

IIRC cb doesn't work as effectively with bows as with melee weapons.. With that setup you should have a reasonable dmg anyway? Or?

peace!

its not enough damage. baal dies so slow and in a cs run when there are 8 people in game i kill thos regular mobs like a snail.

do you have a mercenary with you ? he should help too with the damage increase with auras. stack up on +max damage charms. put all points in dexterity. crushing blow is not that relevant with ranged attacks but it is not a bad thing and it's not crucial.

why does everyone say cb is not good with ranged weapons ? pls someone explain me

The first thing I would do is get a source of Knockback. Then I'd worry about the damage.

Crushing Blow from your gloves won't help you nearly as much as Knockback will.

well i m not looking for knockback i m looking for more damage here. knockback doesnt add damage right ?

 

[zarirazz]

Re: Low dmg with bowazon

well i m not looking for knockback i m looking for more damage here. knockback doesnt add damage right ?

it's effectiveness is halved for range attacks;

Normal Monster hit with a melee weapon: 1/4
Normal Monster hit with a ranged weapon: 1/8
Boss/Champion Monster hit with a melee weapon: 1/8
Boss/Champion Monster hit with a ranged weapon: 1/16

but imo, a little cb for ranged builds wouldn't hurt, especially for bosses. judging by how fast and how many arrows are dished out, their life would go down a little faster imo =)

 

[Kijya]

Re: Low dmg with bowazon

If that's without merc it should be fine when you get the mercs auras going.

Str charms are as you probably know, a waste of space, +max will be far better. Saving points in str by using them ain't worth it unless you will replace them later with anni/torch.

If you use strafe instead of multi you'll need less ias and can switch to razortail/atmas.

For running cs you'll find your merc dieing to IM, a wf+faith setup might is better suited for running chaos.

Level of critical strike? A pure bowzon might as well try to get it to 16+.

How's your chance to hit? ... should be fine with faith but never know.

 

[Leetus]

Re: Low dmg with bowazon

it's effectiveness is halved for range attacks;

Normal Monster hit with a melee weapon: 1/4
Normal Monster hit with a ranged weapon: 1/8
Boss/Champion Monster hit with a melee weapon: 1/8
Boss/Champion Monster hit with a ranged weapon: 1/16

but imo, a little cb for ranged builds wouldn't hurt, especially for bosses. judging by how fast and how many arrows are dished out, their life would go down a little faster imo =)

can u post a link as to where you got this information ?

 

[Kijya]

Re: Low dmg with bowazon

can u post a link as to where you got this information ?

http://strategy.diabloii.net/news.php?id=551#Crushing Blow

 

[Leetus]

Re: Low dmg with bowazon

i think the actualy problem here is most mobs have resistance to physical damage. if its more than 50% i ussualy kill it much slower.so the only way to cancel that is if i get atmas. but if i get atmas that means i should have WF and a act 1 merc...

 

[Kijya]

Re: Low dmg with bowazon

i think the actualy problem here is most mobs have resistance to physical damage. if its more than 50% i ussualy kill it much slower.so the only way to cancel that is if i get atmas. but if i get atmas that means i should have WF and a act 1 merc...

Atma works fine on a gmb+might&pride setup, as long as you're using strafe you'll not need 95% ias, and dropping a frame on normal attack ain't that bad of a price to pay.
So you may have atmas with your and switch to it when you run across those opponents, and use cats/highlords otherwise for the 7 fpa attack.