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Total noob, need advice about bowzons in general
Hey guys, I'm pretty much a total D2 noob.... I played through single player through nightmare mode (stopped at hell... hah) several times (5x summon necro, 5x jabazon, 5x bowazon).
However I'm a complete noob when it comes to bnet and all that.
So far I've gotten myself an 86 LF javazon and gotten her up to around 400% MF with titans and all that goodness... I'm starting to build up some wealth, I've got around 30 pgems, a good number of uniques and set items from running cows....
In any case, I've been thinking about making a bowazon. I just love shooting bows :grin: The only thing I hesitate about is the fact that I just can't seem to find a decent bow.
First question... How good are bowazons? Really broad question I know, but my javazon, for example, owns extremely hard. Very easy class to play, doesn't need much gear to be able to solo 8-player cows on hell with extreme ease. How do bowazons compare in terms of gear-reliance, and end-game PvM effectiveness (I'm not really interested in PvP yet)?
Give me some examples of how fast a bowazon can kill, say, hell baal? Or a mob of cows on hell in a 1-player game?
I don't care much about MFing since my javazon is pretty much the queen of MF as I see it - fast 8player cow runs at 400+ MF... Doesn't get much better than that, or does it? Please let me know if it does!
Another question... What would be a good build for me? Strafe looks fun to me, but I'd like to also put like 5-10 points into multishot for those big mobs of guys. It seems like both skills are useful in different situations, though I see people generally picking one or the other for some reason. I don't really get why you would need much more than 5-10 in MS - wouldn't the extra arrows eventually not be worth the mana cost? Especially with pierce and each arrow hitting multiple monsters.
So anyways I was thinking something like 20 strafe, 20 valk, 20 Guided arrow (for boss killing and stuff?), 10ish pierce, 10 MS.... Not sure what else I would need. Some points into dodge/evade/avoid, and I'd definitely want to put 1 point into the freezing arrow just for utility's sake...
Does this sound like a good build for me?
Thanks a lot guys, this stuff is all so confusing :laugh:
Hey guys, I'm pretty much a total D2 noob.... I played through single player through nightmare mode (stopped at hell... hah) several times (5x summon necro, 5x jabazon, 5x bowazon).
However I'm a complete noob when it comes to bnet and all that.
So far I've gotten myself an 86 LF javazon and gotten her up to around 400% MF with titans and all that goodness... I'm starting to build up some wealth, I've got around 30 pgems, a good number of uniques and set items from running cows....
In any case, I've been thinking about making a bowazon. I just love shooting bows :grin: The only thing I hesitate about is the fact that I just can't seem to find a decent bow.
First question... How good are bowazons? Really broad question I know, but my javazon, for example, owns extremely hard. Very easy class to play, doesn't need much gear to be able to solo 8-player cows on hell with extreme ease. How do bowazons compare in terms of gear-reliance, and end-game PvM effectiveness (I'm not really interested in PvP yet)?
Give me some examples of how fast a bowazon can kill, say, hell baal? Or a mob of cows on hell in a 1-player game?
I don't care much about MFing since my javazon is pretty much the queen of MF as I see it - fast 8player cow runs at 400+ MF... Doesn't get much better than that, or does it? Please let me know if it does!
Another question... What would be a good build for me? Strafe looks fun to me, but I'd like to also put like 5-10 points into multishot for those big mobs of guys. It seems like both skills are useful in different situations, though I see people generally picking one or the other for some reason. I don't really get why you would need much more than 5-10 in MS - wouldn't the extra arrows eventually not be worth the mana cost? Especially with pierce and each arrow hitting multiple monsters.
So anyways I was thinking something like 20 strafe, 20 valk, 20 Guided arrow (for boss killing and stuff?), 10ish pierce, 10 MS.... Not sure what else I would need. Some points into dodge/evade/avoid, and I'd definitely want to put 1 point into the freezing arrow just for utility's sake...
Does this sound like a good build for me?
Thanks a lot guys, this stuff is all so confusing :laugh: