Some questions bout my bowazon

[Dimsdale]

Some questions bout my bowazon

well i didnt understand anything from the ias tables so can someone tell me what ias i must have to hit 7fpa. btw i got 95 ias :undecided:
oh and i got 5k dmg with guided arrow (6x 100poison scs). just wanted to know if my dmg is low and do i need more poison scs?
thnx :hanky:

 

[slayer37]

Ummm... you didn't post what bow you're using... I'll need that info (WSM) to know where you stand fpa-wise.

IMO poison is not the best choice since you aim to fire at a rapid rate (7fpa). You're better off with fine charms.

 

[BlushNine]

You do understand how poison works, right?

100 poison over 5 seconds = 20 damage per second.

If you hit a target and apply this and then hit it again it won't stack another 100 on top of the first to give you 200, or a third time to 300. It will reset the damage and timer and your charm will still do 20 damage per second. Regardless of how many times you hit a target or how fast you fire, each of your poison charms will never do more than its listed rate of 20 damage per second. It doesn't do damage per shot, it does damage over time. This is one of the reasons the damage listed on your stat page will be very misleading since it counts poison as if it will apply that damage everytime you hit, which it won't.

 

[Dimsdale]

aw thnx for ur answers.


and im using grand matron bow faith 14fana .

 

[dave]

With Grand Matron Bow and lvl 14 fana you need 95ias to reach 7fpa - which you have so you're good Any additional ias will be a waste since 7fpa is max.

 

[Dimsdale]

With Grand Matron Bow and lvl 14 fana you need 95ias to reach 7fpa - which you have so you're good Any additional ias will be a waste since 7fpa is max.

thank you rop:

 

[Dimsdale]

i got some more questions about my bowazon ;

ehm first one , my resists are 10 with full eq (55lightres cuz of highlords and rare gloves with light res) and 3 anya quests.
should i buy some 15 all res gcs till my res are max.
and what do these gcs cost?
my other question is about accesories.
i m using highlords bk4 and raven atm and got 1more raven and cat's eye amu at stash. i couldnt choose which one to use. highlords got 1 all sks and 35 light res but cats eye got 25dex 30frw as u know.and bout rings should i use raven raven or raven bk.
next question is why does frw so important for bowazons and im using gore riders (30frw).how can i increase my frw? with charms or new boots?and does it have a breakpoint too?
last question is about my skills.
i maxed guided arrow , 10base points on multishot , 12base points on evade dodge and avoid , 15 base points on valkyrie (with bk and highlords lvl 17).and i got like 10 points more ( lvl78 atm).what should i use those points on?

thnx =)

 

[dave]

Ok lets see. I'm playing a very similar bowazon so i will answer based on my experience with her. This is written with pvm in mind - i dont know if you are pvm/pvp. If you play pvp u might wanna get a second opinion.

1. Its hard to get good res with a bowazon without sacrificing alot of gear. But a bowazon really doesn't need high res as she should not get hit much. My res is about the same and i'm even a pure dexazon with less than 700life and i rarely die. You should have both a merc, a valk and skeletons spawned by faith to tank for you. And ofcause play clever - dont stand in the middle of a pack with a LE boss while amped :wink3:

2. For amu i would chose Cats Eye. The high dex and frw simply outweighs the ds and skill on highlords. Since a bowazon almost always uses fortitude, tele is not an option. This means that frw is important for mobility. I would swap the Gores for War Travs - they have a bit less frw, but add alot of dmg. Then stack up on frw charms - preferably max/ar/frw to increase dmg too.

3. Guided arrow is not really a good pvm skill exept for bosses. I would suggest using the rest of ur points to max Strafe (u can have it maxed at lvl **). It is a very efficient and fun skill in pvm and you already reach 2fpa which is max. Use Strafe as main attack and Multi on mouse 2 for clearing large areas.

Hope it helped :smiley:

/dave

 

[Dimsdale]

yes dave thnx a lot u helped a lot :flowers:

btw my char is pvp and i dont wanna put skill points on strafe.
i just want to know why do amazons need frw? just for faster running or it has a different bonus for amas?

oh well and heres my bowazon's eq ;

Forti (84 str req)
Faith 14 330
Nosferatus
Rare gloves (1bowsks 20ias 14str 10dex 12lightres 16ar)
Gore riders 199ed
Bk4
Raven 20 180 (i know its low)
Highlord's amulet
3 sox Bone Visage (socketed with 3x 40ed15ias jewels)
Cta 5 5 4 (on switch)
Lidless Wall (on switch)
Bow sk 30life and 22life
4x 20life scs
6x 100poi scs
1x 5allres sc
Ama t 20 17
anni 15 10 7 (gonna buy better one cuz of low res)


so im gonna change my amu to cats eye so i'll have no deadly strike % that means i have to put more skill points on critical strike right?

i'll get war travelers too and check my dmg.thnx for ur help again.

 

[dave]

ok since this is pvp there are a couple of corrections

First, as you mentioned yourself, skip strafe and concentrate on critical strike instead and maybe a bit more in Multi.
Try to get max dmg charms with life or frw - a lot of a bowazon's dmg comes from charms.

Frw is needed to outrun or dodge teleporting enemies. I think i read that 150%frw is the aim in pvp, however this can be really hard to reach. Btw there are no breakpoints in frw - every bit counts.
You could consider switcing the CTA (after casting bo) with a Harmony bow (gives lvl 10 vigor aura) for extra frw.

As comparison my ama does around 8.5k guided dmg (no poison). That is by using alot of max dmg charms and going pure dex.

 

[Dimsdale]

aight im using wt and cats eye atm and got 5allres 10life , 5allres 11life and 15allres 29life charms now.gonna buy more with frw.and maxing critical strike now.
oh and my dmg increased with wts , thnx for ur info david :grin: