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| The Magic Find Perfect Javazon All i can say is that most bowazons are fine in nightmare and normal but when they get in to hell they are very vulnerable and drop like flys. A good javazon can finish normal and nightmare and kick ass in hell. If you use Titans Revenge like my lvl 62 Javazon or 78 Javazon in US-East you know right at lvl 26 you can do over 800 base damage and 1000 max. Also unlike a bowazons, javazons can use shields makin them good melee chars. If you use Titans you can max out Lightning Fury and do 350 damage max just off that. If you are planing to make a javazon you should max out Lightning Fury as soon as possible. For armor and weapons of course Titans would be the best choice of course - Im a big MF zon so i would use a hellforge plate with the rune word Wealth in it and Shako with p topaz in it.My shield is Ryhme 26% MF with nice resist. Of course any good MF char uses the War Travelers. Most MF chars would use GoldWarp next but i use Razortail cause of the pierce atribute. Any thing else your zon could wear is really up to you. This is just my outline of a real nice MF Javazon. Back to Top | First off id like to say bow amazons are the best. If you want to be a good dueler and experience addict then I reccomend to you the following skills. 20 plus as a base to guided arrow, muli-shot, and critical hit. If you like you can spare any others for your leisure. I prefer to spend my extra skill points on valkyries. Another thing, level up your valkyrie if you feel like it dies to much. A good thing to have is not a slow attack speed, but always at least fast or very fast. Very fast reccommended. Amazons are good but if you want to go dueling watch out for one character, the sorceress. If they get close to you with one of those darn thunder storms your in for it. So kill them from afar. Also if you hold down shift and fire your guided arrows you can hit sorceresses from very far distances. Watch out though for those teleports. Oh and another thing, the stats should be at least 110 strength, the rest all dexterity and vitality. Mana should be at least be enough for you to use guided arrow. If you are a multi arrow person, I suggest you get a lot of mana cause it takes up 10 mana points. Well thats about all oh and, GET SOME +2 TO AMAZONS ITEMS, AND GET A GOOD PIKE!!!!!!! Back to Top | OMG! What is wrong with you people? Im hearing max out magic arrow this and immolation that...... Those suck!! Right now im using a godly bow Carrion Horn ******DO EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER TO GET THIS BOW****** My 2 main skills are mutli shot lvl 10 and Guided lvl 22 and i am awesome!! Your str should be at 95 but leave your equiptment to give alot of it or if your going to go str get it up asap.... After you have the right amount of str then go 3 to dex 2 to vit. YOU NEED VITALITY BECAUSE YOU DO GET HIT!!! Whoever saids they dont they never been to hell and everyone likes to duel :) Strafe sucks because u get locked into it yes it deals more damage but u tend to die more. Multi shot is awesome skill especially combo with clegaws pincers (heh cheap but deadly). Mutli is also awesome combined with a lvl 5 peirce i am so awesome in cow lvl!! This is my equiptment on my zon Carrion Horn Gothic Bow (156 dmg +1 ama skills other mods...) Twitchthroe Treads of Cthon 3 p ruby grand crown +1 prismatic and other mods (eye of elich for dueling) Clegaw Pincers 6% rare life leech with good mods Manald Heal ring I am bad ass DONT PUT ANY POINTS INTO ENERGY IT IS A WASTE! One guy said to have 75 in energy OMG you arent the brights crayon in the box buddy.... my guided arrow does about 910 max dmg and my dex right now is 287 isnt that bad but my life is 506.... Well i hope i helped and if you wanna test out my zon build msg Barb-Snipa il pk ur sorry a$$ :) Barb-Snipa- lvl 76 Amazon Back to Top | ok there have been many startegies about dueling and how good zons are. But my strategy for the perfect duelazon is this: 1.Max guided arrow ( do i have to even say?) 2. Max evade 3. Max avoid 4. Max dodge 5. like 8-10 into critical strike I know by this time that you will be like lvl 95 but it is perfect for dueling. Just think, cannot be hit at all by melee or by missle attacks. There is always a chance that enemies attacks would miss in a duel. Maxing out the evade, dodge, and avoid would make it pretty impossible for any character to do extreme damage. Barbs ww cant even scratch you even if u stand still! Necros are tricky but very beatable if they use bone spirit! Sorcs are tricky two if u get in their attack range, cauz zons have much better range and just stay away from sorcs close up! Pallys no problem at all! Assassins, very very easy. Druids, suck against zons even without the three defense skills. Get a good bow or x-bow and u r set. lederuvdapac2k1 Back to Top | My first advice for you guys is not to listen to pay much atention to anyone whose character is the 30s or 40s. these guys don't have experience enough to speak about the hole game. there is a great chance that they haven't even been in nightmare (NM) yet. Why i say that? Simple becuase NM difficulty is 10 times harder than normal one, not to mention hell difficulty wich is 3-4 times harder than NM difficulty. Meaning, if you go in hell you will experience a game 30-40 times harder than a Normal difficulty game and the exp penalty is very high for low lvls. My other advice is don't go to NM before 40s and don't go to hell befor late 60s or 70s. Now for a bowazon the best advice is get your strngth 110 get your dexturity 270+ and the rest to vitality, don't put anything into energy. just find a mana leech ring or use p sculls. Remember act 5 qust 1. don't forget that you are also able to leech with any magical arrows in 109b version. this is a nnice change that Blizzard did. the rest is up to you. if you want a zon able to freeze things max freezing arrow. if you want a firezon Max immotalin arrow. be sure to have at least a point into strafe. it is a good skill if you want to leech mana when you are running low on it. You can max strafe if you want to as well, althou i see no poin in doing it. Also be sure to have a Valkyrie and some points into pirce and critical strike. the rest is up to you. enjoy you game Antiopeide lvl 72 Back to Top | i read all messages, and i am starting to think US Relms are full of bullshitters and newbies...No spearzon or jabbazon plz..get one of the 4 good bows. none of those rare bows are good. don't even sell em, throw them away plz..get the one of the 4 bows, if you ever can get it..burizado kanyon should be the easiest you can get.get it, socket it with shael.end if you disagree with me? come find me and duel me in asia 2 relm. i will send back to where you came from Back to Top | I don't know what all these people are talking about with their lvl 20 multi-shot bowmazons. Maybe for single player that works but for duels u need something with a bit more punch. I don't bother much with penetrate because most of the skills i use for the bow automaticly hit anyway so i don't need a high attack rating. Instead, i boost guided arrow, pierce, critical strike and the missle dodge skill. If u're a bow amazon u'll mostly be taking missle attacks so u don't need a melee dodge skill. Critical strike lets u deal 2x dmg sometimes but guided arrow+pierce is amazing. Guided arrow seeks targets and pierce lets the arrow continue through targets. If u have high lvl pierce, the guided arrow will go through the target, turn around and come back to hit them again! It also has the chance to pierce them on the return trip. I've had up to 10 hits from just one arrow because the arrow keps bouncing back and fourth through the target and i got life/mana steal on each with 200-300 dmg per hit. In duels, this sort of thing just wipes out targets in record time. CaptainCurt lv. 40 Amazon (Act 1 Hell) Back to Top | I have a 79 zon (kiddyzon)currently and ready to be lvl 80. I suck...I suck because i dont have a good bow. and good equipped items...but you see I can tell you how to be a real good bowazon with sucky bow...like 100 dmg rare bow.... at the beggining put as much as you need on strength to wear good armors...you need it up to RIGHT 100 ... between that, you need to keep puting on dex. DEX ONLY! even though you keep lacking on mana and life, DEX only. My current 79 zon has 412 dex and 120 strength. And the more interesting is that..i never touched vital and energy. Life 300 and Mana 160, pretty awesome? . OK now the skills. You must have your own way of using stradegy but try prefering this. in the 60s and 70s you must have Guided maxed, multiple shot maxed. and few on freezing arrows (max 3). On passives, you must have penetrate maxed, 6 on critical, 4 on pierce. you must have only 1 on valkriye and few on dodge , evade, and others. Now when you get all these things done, you must be ready for cow level to go by your self! not with others(in hell mode). if you have this set up, and with a 120+ dmg bow, twtich(unique studded amour), 3 socketed grand crown with 3 p emerald, good rare zon ammy, 13+ to dex gloves or cleglaw(set item), boot 30% fast walk and running with some dex, and good 10+ dex belt and manald heal(unique ring that is a mana leecher) and the last, good 12+ dex ring. If you have all these items, you can go for 800-900 dmg:). and one thing about cleglaw pincer(set item glove) it is the most cheapest glove in d2. because it slows down the other or the enemy and especially dueling. Back to Top |
| for my bowazon, for my primary attack i have magic arrow set. they do a little more damage than a regular arrow and with all of the mana steal items, you won't even know that you're using mana. now i know many people might have thought of that already, but it's good to just say it anyway! you'll only need regular arrows for your skills like strafe or multishot. Back to Top | I don't get some of you people. Everyone talks about there high level amazons, and how you should decide which kinda zon you wanna be... Well i don't give a rats azz...I have an amazon level 21 and I have both maiden spear and an awsome bow. I don't stop there. i collect sweet items. Ive got a good heavy crossbow and a sweet gemmed and runed longbow.so all that talk about on or the other. Bull Shiznit. It doesn't matter, its your charicter, do as you please with it. All you need for an awsome amazon is a good bow and spear. Javelins are not recommended though. I think they run out to quikly. I'm no expert on this but i think if you increase both skills for bow and spear you've got an ass kickin amazon. Dyin_Breath Back to Top | This is what a good amazon should have. Armor: Boneflesh/Silks of Victor Why? Mostly because of the life leech, plus boneflesh has attack rate bonuses and silks has +1 skills. Rings: SOJ/Manald heal/ rare ring that has both mana and life leech Why? Manald and a rare ring with etc. are the popular choice but some people don't care about leech and just go for the +1 skills. Boots: Tearhaunch, Treads of Cthon Why? Both of them have things to help your speed and stamina, tearhaunch has +5 to dex, +5 to str which might be needed to help aim for some 100 req str armors. Helm: 3 socketed winged helm with 3 perfect skulls Why? High level charactars no longer need those +1 skills helms or some rare helms they found out of a fallen or sand leaper, people need helms that have regenerate life and regenerate mana to help duel or kill armies. Amulet: Mahim-Oak Curio/Eye of Etlich Why? The curio has lots of bonuses that help the charactar, and etlich has 7% life leech, +1 to skills, 1-4 cold damage, and +40 percent defense against missles, who would reject that? Weapon: Gothic Bow with 6 Perfect emeralds/+2 skills rare bow Why? Some people want to go with quick death and see their enemies just get poisoned to death, and I'm not trying to diss those poison psychopaths out there, and some people just wanna see their skills go up, which is pretty good, because it levels up the passive skills you're to lazy to level. Gloves: Hand of Broc/Frostburn/Ceglaw's Pincers Why? Hand of Broc is the most popular leech gloves ever and it's a handy item for starters, not recommended for level 40 or over. Frostburn, heheh, the mana gloves, everyone knows amazons barely upgrade anything in ENERGY, so you have to get these, and it has a cold damage bonus, one guided arrow with this baby causes a really jacked up ww, whirlwind. Ceglaw's pincers cause a very slow target, you might as well call it some kind of freeze attack, it's a must get. Belt: Bladebuckle Why? It has +5 to str, +10 to dex, I'm pretty sure, who could reject? It's either that it's really good, or I have some obcession with unique items. Level 56 Amazon Back to Top | ok. first things first, LEARN YOUR STYLE FOR YOURSELF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i started 2 amazons and i prefer bow a LOT. then give all your stuff to the one you want to keep ad keep the second as a mule to hold the stuff you want but don't want. put points into dodge guided arrow, valk AND decoy (i use both) and and all the other passive skills but one, DO NOT use pierce!!! you'll see why in a sec. after these put alll of your points into the 2 skills that may cost you a lot in mana, but causes and insane level of damge, immolation and exploding arrow. use immo to set up walls, and thanks the the new versions that have a casting time on immol arrow, fire about 5 exploding arrows then repeat.by doing so i cause about 575-775 in explosion with my gemmed crossbow and about 450 a second, with the exploderers doing about 485-575 each, combine that with a repeating 4 sock crossbow, i have an insane att rating(the perf ameth and the level 15 penetrate) i have cold damge to hold from the 3 perf saphirres and don't waste explosions because i did not get pierce, that means i cause roughly in 3 secs. 575+485x5(2425) plus my 450x3 secs. damage for a total of4350 min and 775+575x5+(450x3) which is5000 in 3 secs. so by the time you reach the point of hell where most guys are immune to phsyical attacks you can still cause 4350-5000 damage in 3 seconds plus the valk and the decoy between the 2 of you so it distracts what your bow doesn't freeze. Allyian_dearkis Back to Top |
| It depends on what kind of ama you are making... If u want a dueling amazon multi, guided arrow, and avoid are very very good skills. I have 2 amazons that are both duelers. one is lvl 72 and the other is lvl 85. My guide for a dueling amazon... Cat's eye ammy 2 Dual leech rings 40% r/w boots goldwrap if u want crow caw armor socketed with a 15% ias jewel 20% +2 passive gloves Valk wing helm a nice dmg WARD bow with some ias lvl 13 or so multi lvl 15 avoid lvl 10 evade lvl 20 ga lvl 15 critical strike and whatever else u want all of those w/o +skills very high dex 100 str and a litte vit id say 50+ with all of that u can kill barbs, chargers, a lot of sorcs, druids, pikezons before they can get to u. then with the avoid and evade u can get away from other zons that u fight and fire multi at them. Ive always had a problem with asns and sorcs that teleport and nova or ts which most do now newayz for lvling in hell i use a high poison dmg bow and a lot of poison charms that works pretty well if not then just leech off the sorcs exp ;) Back to Top | ......What are you kids smokin???? Putting more than 1 point in magic arrow...how would that help you? You still need arrows for all other moves.. And whats this about putting 20 points in multishot? You dont even get a wider spread after like the 10th point (well maybe a tiny bit wider..) The only skill a bowazon should max is guided arrow if they duel.. And any way bowazons shouldnt be meleeing (is that a word) so you dont need more than like 2 dodge or evade...Why hasnt anyone metioned freezing arrow?? This move ownz everything. Now say it with me kids...leech, thats l e e c h, you dont need any vitality or nrg if you have any leech...Im out later newbs. Jordan (the only none newb) Back to Top | ok what i do with my bowazon i have 2 lvl 60 and a lvl 33 is that i put 5 into frezzing arrow then i put 20 into immolation the freezing arrows freezes them and the immolation aroow does tons of dmg and when stupid monsters walk through they get dmged too this is great for killing baal in hell mode Back to Top | I dont know what every body else likes and i dont care, my advice: max out critical strike, dodge, avoid, and the other doging skill, 2/3 times you dont get hit and 2/3 times you do double damage. also jab-azons use jab as your normal attack and fend as a secondary attack, get mana steal weapon pikes are a must in act 3 Back to Top | ok for all u people that have the expansion... i found out my lvl 72 bowazon sucks in hell!! so i decided to make a spearzon and she is rockin so far. me and my friend started new chars the same day "he made a sorc and i made a spearzon" and by the 5th day we were in act5. i do 650+ dmg allready {with my 249 lance} and im lvl 33, with lvl 8 fend i do 1000+ dmg i killed most of the bosses without no problem. i beed putting 2 skill points into str 2skill ponts into dex and 1 skill point into vitality {to keep my life up} im gona max out fend, penetrate, and im gona put 5 skills in each of the 3 middle passive skills. i might get jab up a lil but at lvl 1 its still good so i would recommend using spearzons if u are to play expansion but thats my style of playin and every1 has a diffrent style lvl 33 spearzon "honkey-zon" lvl 72 bowazon "mspeekinseek" Back to Top | The Bowazon To be a good archer you need the basic skills. Critical Strike and Penetrate are crucial. put at least 2 points in each of the dodge skills. My Bowazon has 5 Points magic Arrow 1 in fire, cold, ice and guided arrow. 1 in Inner Sight, Slow Missles and Decoy. 3 in Valkerie 4 in Crit Strike, 2 Penetrate 3 Exploding and 3 Immolation. I have like 2-3 on Strafe and 2 on Freezing Arrow. If ur gonna be a Bowazon, DO NOT INVEST IN ANY SPEAR AND JAVELIN SKILLS!!! I have a Magic Socketed Stag Bow with a 'Ral' Rune that does like +30 fire dmg. It gives me +1 to Bow and Crossbow skills. I do 70 - 160 dmg that also does poison. Right now i have Light Plate of 156 Armor. Most of my items are rare. To get Lots of rare items gamble as early as possible. Clear out All areas for experience and treasure and even go thru some more than once. When u read this Diablo will be Slain and Baal at my mercy. Smoky- Lv. 35 Bowazon (Act V) Back to Top | If u wanna easy character to start w/ be an Amazon. As soon as you can get a bow or X-bow because of the range. Most of the enemies will die in Act I and beginning of Act II. Put skills into Critical Strike and Pierce. Put about 4 or 5 points into Magic Arrow so you can use it all the time for your main attack w/o wasting arrows. Put Several ponts into Multi-Shot and Strafe cause it will become your main attack at later stages of the game. put only 1 skill point into fire, exploding, cold, ice and guided arrow. Then put only 1 skill point into Inner Sight, Slow Missile and a few in decoy. I have found this a good strategy for a Bowazon. Do Not Put ANY Points in Javelin and Spear! Pick up all magic and rare items you find and clear all areas before moving to the next. Go thru areas more than once for experience! Smoky Lv. 35 Bowazon (Act V) Back to Top | Re: Kill Diablo with Jabazon Many a time I always find myself being fried by his red lightning so finally i found a way to escape it.First lure him towards the part of the wall which has a protruding arch such that yhe arch separates the both of you.Next cast slow missile , this would make the lightning very short.Then step out from behind the arch and hit him for a short while and hide again before he hits you. However I also found another method later. First cast slow mssile then spiral in vtowards him and hit .Use a weapond with cold damage .When he raises his hands run behind him and hit him and he will put his hands down. Fhantegiro L51Amazon Back to Top | Ok. I think by now i have pretty much mastered the bowazon. First off, they really messed up multi-shot in the expansion so i suggest strafe for your main attack. Also put some points into immolation arrow because when you get to hell you find these nasty guys that are immune to physical attacks. Immolation arrow will kill them with the fire damage. Most people say "Oh, valk is the best! Max it out!" but the truth is that the valkyrie dies in 1-2 hits from diablo on hell and she doesnt do barely any damage in hell difficulty either. She would mostly be used as a damage shield. If you want a damage shield (which you do, trust me) use decoy. Decoy has unlimited health and with just 5 points it will last 30 seconds. I know it doesnt seem like a lot but its plenty of time to kill everything in the area with strafe. I chose to max out my decoy. Its great to put a lvl 20 decoy on diablo and shoot strafe at him till he drops. Plus i suggest 15 or so in critical strike. More if you want. Put points in to all the passive skills like dodge and pierce. To sum it all up-----Strafe as your main attack --Immolation arrow for guys immune to physical attack in hell --Decoy to keep monsters off you --Get a good gothic bow or a new elite bow if you have the expansion (I havent been able to find a good elite bow yet) --Put your remaining points into passive skills ---Eric Dead-Eye lvl 71 Bowazon on Open B-net (Yes i am legit but i play open b-net because i dont like the idea of my character getting deleted if i dont play for 3 months on closed b-net) Back to Top | For those of you who have invested all of your skills in multiple shot arrow, you've wasted precious skills when you could have trained yourself with strafe. just a few strafe skills can bring your damage up by 50%, while multiple shot doesn't have any additional damage. May i also suggest having a fairly strong valykerie. a good valykerie makes up for weak defense any day. a valk is like a better decoy. just keep your valk skill on your right mouse button and recast her each time she starts to die. this will keep the monsters occupied while you kill them with a well trained ice arrow. freezing arrow is also a good skill to have, but unless you have excellent mana steal, forget it. it can quickly drain your mana. just remember to keep a valk by your side, and forget about multiple shot. the fire skills have proven of little use to me as wel. -ann Back to Top | I have a 21st level amazon who is equiped with heavy armor, one handed sword, shield, and all. she is more powerful than 20th level Barbarian, or Paladin. no bow, no spears, all skill. i level up in Passive and Magic Skills. it seems to work great. i'm not saying bows are bad or spears are bad. just saying their are other ways to play the game. Andrew Back to Top | Why do you take a crossbow or something like "oooooh! MYYY ama does 600 damage/secoooond!!"!! my ama is level 36 and has got 10 skill on Lightning! that does a preeetty good job on most monsters. Just get a LOT of dexterity and strength. my ama took out a level 39 necromancer. wasnt too tough... i threw one stack of javelins on him. i think all was Lightning. THEN i took my crossbow and fired multiple shots at the necromancers creations... i think they died after the like 7th salvo.(2 mana potions was required for Lightning and Multiple Arrows) and used Cold Arrow about 5 times. by that time his Fire Golem was near me. i took up my spear, used a 3rd grade Impale and oops, the little golem diiiiiied! i charged into the necromancer before he had summoned a new Fire Golem and killed him with ummmmm i think 2 strikes of impale..... Lejonet Back to Top | well.... it's really hard to choose the way you'll train your character... Spear and Bow are great weapons and they have their own power. I prefer a spear rather than a bow , cuz I think we play game because it's very funny. If you run away and shoot those punks with your bow, probably it's very good and strong, and you don't need to get damage. BUT! if you really like to kick those punk's asses.... I'm telling ya.. choose the spear.. Javellin class weapons suck... Since there's no unique or magic items of Javellin, throw it in the garbage box... First, use the spear. Everyone thinks spear class is heck of slow and they can beat those jabazon... I wanna say get real.. For Jabazon, the best items are blah blah blah + quickness. If the weapon has quickness in their name, the weapon's spear is greatly increased like 2 or 3 level higher. If you get the weapon that says enchanted damage and greatly increased speed, that's a perfect weapon for you. You don't need that sucky ice, fire, lightning or poison damage. All you need is damage, speed, and some of effects that can steal mana from the enemy. Since you guys know what skills you should learn, I won't talk about that a lot. I'll say JAB JAB JAB JAB JAB JABBY JAB JAB.... Jab is one of the best skill ever in Diablo II. Paladin's Zeal is also good but Jab is faster... You can kill a socerrer with your lance and jab by running and jabbing.. Also, you need to learn penetrate and critical attack. Learn dodge and some kinds of avoid skills if you aren't good at defense. Impale is a wonderful attack. Learn impale only one or couple of times of you have a great attack rating. Impale is a powerful attack.. sometimes, if you are a high level amazon, you can kick some babarian's ass with Impale, Penetrate, and critical attack (require 50 % or more) if you have a lance. Critical attack makes your attack double and impale makes it triple. Think about it... your damage became 6 times more than usual. Especially if you have a lance with enchanted damage like over 200 maximum damgage, you can do like over 2000 (depends on your level... sometimes, I see some freaking amazon who can kill diablo in hell with one or couple of impale.... they must be level... over 95.. You see, Even though level 99 babarian has some freaking life and freaking defense by their crying.... you can beat their ass.... try it! and finally.... rarely, you can see a lance that has this kinda special things... If you attack with your lance, the opponent's defence is ignored.. it means you are the king (or queen..).... -_-; ignore the defense and kick their ass with your six-times-stronger-than-usual-attack Impale.. or you can use Jab if you like... jab jab jab! Amazon rules... I guess.. _Rarf family... ^^'' ( I always use _Ralf at the end of my character.. like a family name..) Back to Top | Re, the great Amazon debate. I find it a bit comical, the 60th level monster poke and jab. Lets see. My Baby is an archer. 32 level now. She has 9 in immolation arror. And a Valkyrie. 9 immolation arrow. About 55 points initial damage when it hits, and about 50 points of damage per second for 12 seconds. I always use a very fast bow. This computes out at 55 + 600 = 655 damage. If the target stays put. Now go toe to toe to keep the target in place and fire 2/3 of my Mana, about 12 shots. That computes for the first second at: 660 + 600 = 1260 and an additional 600 damage per second. Add cold to my bow to keep monster put and after 12 seconds she has delivered 7860 points of damage. She can fire those 12 shots in about 1 1/2 second. If she drinks a mana potion, double the above. Diablo facing my Valkyrie stood there until the fire died down. It took the game a while to catch up with the damage he was taking. All totaled, about 15,000. The immolation arrow is also useful in surrounding your Ama with a fire wall/shield. Then with a blanket around you that is doing way over 500 points of damage per second, tossing out cold enhanced arrows to keep the monsters enjoying the inferno is quite nasty. Even better, hang back and let the Valkyrie melee and surround her in the flames. I think the ultimate devestator will come about around 40th level with a Valkyrie of +100%, and about 12th level immolation arrow. The two together should be able without difficulty in delivering 2000 to 3000 points instantly, another 5000 in 2 seconds, and a grand total in a major melee of 20,000 to 30,000 in some 15 to 18 seconds. And it should be kept in mind, unlike the other attacks, after the initial firing the damage will continue while Baby is free to do other things. Also, strafing an area from a distance, drinking a mana potion and strafing again, and repeat. You discover nothing left alive when you go in to melee. Doing this to just off screen monsters can deliver tens of thousands of points of damage. By strafing I mean just randomly firing immolation arrows into the scenery. Shooting into the windows of the high council in Travincal left nothing alive to fight with. Opening the door and blasting away where the smith is in the barracks, Smith was toes up when I went in. It takes a little finesse. And one of the best moves: Find a piece of scenery that you can shoot. Get big bad boss to come after you then shoot that scenery and stand in the flames when he comes up to bop you. He will take thousands of points of damage while your Amazon is free to toss all sorts of other things, drink potions, and play tiddly winks. Poison damage: About 1/10th that of immolation. Don't bother. Jab and poke: Amazon does not get a shield with most weapons. She should not close with opponents. Valkyrie: A dangerous decoy. But no where near as dangerous as immolation arrows. Get her up to just high enough level where she stays alive for a while. Shield her with immolation arrows. Best bet: Very fast bows that have some cold power. I keep one that damages undead, one that does a double dose of lightning. And one that is all cold. Back to Top | YA, I say go with the croosbow. Get a repeating crossbow because they shoot faster and crossbows are more powerful, upgrade you multi shot, Guided arrow, Magic arrow in case you run out of ammo, and immolation arrow. Also get up your mana so you never have to use the normal attack. Another good idea is javelins because you can use them at far or close range. If you have a javelin, get up at the least your lighting bolt to kick some ass. Gavin Kakarot, Amazon Back to Top | Alright, this is for all your people debating between Jabazons or Bowazons. Everyone says Jabazons are the best, because pikes do loads of damage. Well, I have a bow that does only 19-71 damage, and I do around 50-200 damage. This proves with a pike you do over 100 damage, but I do double that. Alright, onto skill attributes/points. (I'm gonna talk about Bowazons, so all you Jabazons leave). For skill attributes, I recommend putting around 95 into STR (For those Gothic Bows), and about 200 into Dex. Yes, it sounds like loads, but this will give you loads of Attack Rating. Put low into Vitality, as you won't be going up close and personal with these monsters. Put about 75 into Energy, as you will need loads of mana for the skills and in Nightmare/Hell games, there is MANA BURN everywhere. So, now onto the skill points. Put about 8-10 into Critical Strike. This will give you a big advantage knowing your are doubling your damage. Put 1 into Inner Sight, and 2-3 into Slow Missiles. This will make the ranged enemies go slow, but be sure to run from the Slow Missiles, because they will come so fast. Get 9-11 into Multi Shot. This is great. Use it often. Put 5 into Guided (For fun duelz). Then put 4-10 into Strafe, unless you wanna use Multi Shot. Put 5 into each Dodge/Avoid/Evade Skill. Put 5 into Penetrate, and Max(20!) into Valk. I use her as a shield, not as a weapon. Its great for her to just get swarmed and you let your arrows do all the talking. Alright, I'll leave your guys! Bowazons rule! Also, congrats on this great site. *Tyfin{DS} , Tyfin-DS Lvl. 40 Bowazon Back to Top | i dont understand u people. i have a now level 69 zon on uswest...she has good equipment mind u, but check it. i am/was a multishot zon, but ill tell u now dont waste ur points on any arrow that isnt multishot, and/or strafe...in fact dont bother putting points into strafe untill u've maxed out multi-shot. Right now im working on maxing out penetrate...but ill letcha in on a secret...magic arrows suck ass. people will tell u freezing arrows are the best, just get eye of etlitch or a good bow with cold dammage. in hell magic dammage does absolutley dick. i have a 107 vf ias goth bow with 118 ar added, along with my other equipment, i have 324 dex and have a ar of about 7400. thats when im using tarnhelm, and not my 206 def 12 dex crown. stick with one type of arrow, max it out, and stay with it...its just like a barb, u dont go halfway putting points into sword mastery then change ur mind halfway down the road and go into a lance barb, u tough it out till u have max sword mastery and max ww mastery...anyway i ONLY use strafe against a long line of enemies, like at the entrace to the chaos santuary, or if i run back a little and get em in line, or vs a single opponent. If im fighting au unique and killed all of his little buddies, some use guided arrow which adds dammage, but with a high enuff ar, strafe fires like anywhere from 2-4 arrows at one enemy and at least two or three hit when i do it...that means that my max dammage of 481 can doubble at least once, incurring alot more dammage. dont dillude yourself and max out valk, no matter what health/life she has she'll die just as easily when confronted with a gang bang. just get good stuff by playing alot. seesh. KySpar Back to Top | I'm currently a follower of the Jabazon theory. But that may be because I've never started from scratch and worked the Bowazon line of self-improvement. But be you Bow or Jab, the key to a kick-ass character is in the weapon. The key is in the weapon. Yes, I repeated myself I'm currently a level 44 Amazon. I held off on imbuing until I found what I wanted in Level lll Nightmare - a strong weapon (lance) with no magic features or sockets. When I sailed back to Charsi she imbued me with a nice weapon. You don't want find yourself at the business end of this one: +201 to my attack rating, knockback, +1-8 lightning damage (like it's needed) 9% mana steal (yes: never worry about blue bottles) and with a little strength augmentation (ammy, ring and some nice booties I found) my Jab (203min-840max) and Impale (407min to 1678(!)max) are awesome. I rarely hit anything more than once. Can't wait to see what this weapon will do by the time I get to level 60 or 70.... (Dame) RedSonia, Level 44 Amazon Back to Top | Well, first of all there are no such thing as a bowazon or a jabazon in early stages, all you need to do is keep a nice pike and a bow along with you. this is the best way to stay alive. Believe it or not, I didn't die at all throughout the game. Try to keep using the javelin as long as possible and change it when you find a better one....use it as your primary weopan in the opening stages, but DO remember to keep a bow in your stash!!! This saved my ass plenty of time when facing lighting enchanted uniques.........stay from a distance and kill'em off!!! Avoid their lighting bolt, it WILL kill you (exp in nightmare and hell moods.......) When you reach act three, you will find a pike, use it, and you'll be invinceable until nightmare arrives. Then there are the bosses. Well.......all of them are quite easy if you use common sense to kill them. Like durial, he has a powerful melee attack but also a slow hit recovery, so an amazon can hire a merc with jab attack and use any type of spear or javelin to jab him to death!!!! Almost eveybody says durial is hard, to me it's too easy.........even lighting encarted bosses are harder...but do remember, sometimes durial may get the first hit if your unlucky, so keep some rejus just in case. Mefisto? Don't bother, jab or keep him stuck on the stairs and you and blast him wth frozen arrows, this trick could still kill you if he fires his lighting ball, so be careful. Other than that, jab him with a pike and move on to act4. AHhh.....finally Diablo....he's the easiest to kill, just run around and shoot him with guide arrows that will be easier to hit him. Or with a pike if you want to, the only thing you need is jab=1 and a plated belt full of rejus. You'll kill him without needing to go back to town....... well, that's all, most of the strats here are quit useful, and i say read'em all. my amazon? level 99,Queen sMOOth ASss guide arrows=20 frezing arrows=10 citical hit=10 peneteate=22(because i have a plus two skill point pike and bow) valkery=max,22 jab=3 (heheheheh my primary skill) fend=22 (Diablo's wost nightmare) lighting bolt (the last one)=22 is the ultimat crowd controler and the rest is in the requrement skills to get my current skills......... Back to Top | As a level 67 Amazon, I will say that I have played Amazons to around level 50 or so with both Bow and Spear-class, and I still have to opt for spear over arrows or javelins. Right now (due in part to the generosity of a certain paladin on Battle-net) I am badder than ever, with a rare lance doing over a thousand damage. I have Fend striking all adjacent enemies with every hit in a melee, Jab to take out the big guys with multiple hits per strike, Lightning Strike to send blasts of chain lighting through a crowded room once I've softened them up with Inner Sight to cut defenses in half, Critical Strike maxed out doing double damage two out of three hits! My Valkyrie and I just plow 'em down and keep right on going. And to be exact, a spear (Especially the big ones like a Trident, Fuschina, Brandistock or WarFork) is a ranged attack! The passive Penetrate skill applies to spear attacks as well as arrows, and when maxed, adds 225% to your attack rating! I have taken out monsters from several feet away nd they've never gotten close enough to land a hit. Even through grates, on platforms, etc. Combined with the passive Evade and Avoid skills, it's easy to stay out of harm's way. Say whjat you will, but I really find it hard to see the advantages of a bow over all that! Good playing, and good Karma. Silksteel/Ashtareth/Hippolyte Back to Top | Hi...I'm a level 31 "Polearm Barb" and i realy love him!!!!! If you want to be like the best barb in the world.....yea in the world......you should (MAX) out Polearm mastery because with wirlwind, it has the longest range... the range is longer than using a lance. And even doe lances do more damager than polearms... i found out something extremely strange like i said,,, im only level 31.. i use a 150 damage rare bec-de-corbin with 11% manasteel... I DO OVER 650 DAMAGE ON MY CHAR. SCREEN!!!!!! just imaging how much damage ill do when im level 50!!! over 1200!! i love my barb because he does massive damage and massive range with wirlwind. so if you havent started a polearm barb..,, u should start making one. :) good luck! oh i killed mephsito in 2 hits! :) Dr. Buzz---Barbarian lev. 31 Jiggelo Buzz--Amazon lev. 60 Back to Top | Lets just say this...........BOW BOW BOW BOW BOW BOW BOW BOW BOW BOW BOW BOW USE THE BOW!!!!!!!!!! you can go over 800 damage!!!!! with just a 120/+ damage bow! im a level 60 amazon :). And i use a 101 damage bow with 14-28 poison damage....vf attak speed and i do 600 damage!!!!!!!!.........WITH A DAMN STICK AND TWIG!!!!! amazons should use frostburns and goldwrap.... goldwrap for magic find and vf.......frosties for the cold damage to slow down enemies! they wont even get close to u!!!!! amazons r the best in dueling....just stay back aand shoot run shoot run shoot run shoot run. amazons r realy designed to kill necros and sorcereses because of slow missle!!! SLOW MISSLE IS THE BEST!.........i think Back to Top | They key to having a good amazon is to focus in one skill area instead of being in two places at the same time. If you are a Jabazon, DO NOT USE the Bow and Crossbow Skills Tree and if you are a Bowazon do not use the Javalin and Spear skills. I strongly recomend that you not be the Jabazon, people think they are all that because of their high damage, maybe yes, but they have a Slow Attack speed (Unless they use Jab, which kills mana) and they get up close and personal with their enemies, nad since the Amazon can't ever get as much life as the barb, I strongly recomend staying at a distance and shooting arrows from a long way away. I will rank my favourite skills from 1-10 most USEFULL to less USEFULL 1) Valkyrie (She takes ALL the hits for you) 2) Multiple Shot (Rocks with mana/ Life steal) 3) Immolation Arrow (Rocks with Pierce) 3) Pierce (rocks with Immolations Arrow) 4) Penetrate (Helps out Attack Rating) 5) Inner Sight (good for strong monsters) 6) Slow Missiles (great in duels and Act4) 6) Critical Strike (Every other hit I 2x dmg) 7) Guided Arrow (duels and against Diablo 8) Decoy (Gives u a sec to catch breath) 9) Evade (Good for hit and runs) 10) Avoid (Saves your butt while youre shooting arrows and one comes back to you) *Cybershark7 lvl 35 Bowazon (Lady) Celestial_Arrow on USEast Back to Top | The following is compulsory on a Bowazon (a bowazon must do) #1 Max out Critical Strike And Penetrate #2 Max out Magic Arrow , Guided arrow & Immolation Arrow (put 13 points into magic arrow 5 into multiple than upgrade fire arrow & exploding arrow until you can get immolation) #3 Always use bows; because they have a much faster attack speed You want to know why, how and where? Rule #1 is obvious if you want an amazing attack damage and attack rating without putting points in strength and dexterity Magic Arrow becomes free after level 13 which is a huge asset because it adds a certain amount of damage your bow can make. Multiple arrow is only good until you can get guided arrow. Immolation and Exploding arrow should be useful because they do mass damage and can take out Diablo if used correctly. The only way to have a goooooooooooooood bowazon I s if you can kill Diablo in 10-20 hits at maximum if u cant you need allot of training to kill those damn barbarians. Personal Jabazons can do no damage because the can put there points in the 3 of the javelin and spear and the passive & magic which wont help. For all you spear lovers go with javelins that you will be able to use a shield & amazing attacks( its for your own good). Abdul Back to Top | Ok You all are misguided fools using the Jabazon! Think about it melee don't go with mana cause it just doesn't work out. Amazon specializes in range. First of all I have a level 110 javezon which is kick ass javelin based Amazon I can kill Diablo in hell mode with one hit with my maxed out valkrye and lightning strike but I have to admit it is mana consuming. But it is very useful think about I killing Diablo with 1 mere hit. But the only problem is Bowazons are better! Bowazons: (noun) Ultimate fighting machines They can kick ass especially with maxed out multiple shot, magic arrow and guided arrow. Trust me guided arrow when maxed out is inexpensive, powerful and cheap. Especially when we r playing and eight people battle I have killed em all with ease. When your starting you have to max out multiple shot and magic arrow. Put one skill point into cold arrow just to meet the perquisites of guided arrow. As soon as guided arrow is accessible max it out. In this way you will have magic arrow for free ( at level 13) multiple shot kicking ass and guided arrow kicking even more ass. Its also very useful to put some points into strafe in this way you will be able to kick A$$$$$$. Killing Diablo is even easier especially when valkries are by your side Diablo will try to first kill the valkrye. Oh yeah put some points into decoy than he will attack it while you eat him away (you will find Diablo dumbfounded that you are idle and not taking damage). Conclusion: Bowazon is the best; Guided arrow, magic arrow, strafe and multiple shot will win the game! =- Zenith-= Back to Top | Frankly, I don't understand this Jabazon vs. Bowazon debate. My amazon is balanced to use both weapon types effectively, and I will use the most appropriate one as the situation dictates. While she isn't Battlenet-tested, I've managed to get my 39th level little lady to Act 3 of Nightmare mode in just a few weeks with intermittant play, so hopefully some of my advice may prove useful to the newbie. Spear class weapons are terrific against those single, powerful beasties. And to this end, Jab is a must-have skill: 3 rapid-fire attacks (regardless of the weapon's inherent attack speed, and relatively effective even if you're hit by a cold blast) with minimal mana drain. If you get it up 4-5 points, you eliminate the damage penalty. Combined with a 6-9% mana drain device, and this attack method makes you an unstoppable lethal force one-on-one, and the best way for defeating Andariel and Duriel. Because the Jab skill isn't slowed by more cumbersome weapons, go for the damage-dishing sticks. I have a monster of a pike, and am praying for a decent lance before I complete Nightmare mode. Frankly, I don't use any other spear skill other than Jab; it isn't my special attack, but rather my default spear attack. Others will tell you that Fend is the cat's meow, but I honestly don't see the value. It's fine if you're swarmed by smaller beasties, but if you're focused on taking out a boss or unique who is surrounded by minions, you want to zip right in and take out the boss fast; Fend will direct your shots to every adjacent beastie, possibly hitting the main monster once. In this situation, I would rather rush in, Jab the heck out of the boss, and then bug out and find more advantageous ground to fight the minions one-on-one (like a doorway). So pump up on Jab (4-5), and bugger off on the rest. Bows (not crossbows; speed counts) are not as great against the juggernauts, but great at mowing down crowds of monsters (my form of riot control). For this, Multi-shot rocks, especially when you get it up to 4-5 arrows or more per shot. A 4+ arrow multi-shot with mana drain devices uses minimal to no mana, and when combined with pierce can devastate deep formations of monsters. I tried Strafe and didn't find it to my liking. Like Fend, you have less control over where you're shooting. While Multi-shot doesn't have Strafe's 360 degree capability, 4+ arrows will fan out nicely, giving you upwards of 60 to 70 degrees of coverage in the direction you're aiming. The Multi-shot Bowazon works great against small, fast monsters where it is far easier to spray a bunch of arrows in a general direction than to lock on a single scurrying target, namely the bugs, flayers, and vlie childs. My preferred strategy is to use a point-person (Valkyrie or Decoy, or both) to block off monsters from advancing towards me (and attract them into a tight pack), and then blanketing the melee with Multi-shots; terrific in close quarters. Normally, I will hit town to switch back and forth between the pike and bow, depending on the combat situation I'm about to enter (for example, I may use a bow throughout the Canyon of the Mage and through about half of the Tomb of Tal Rasha, and then switch to my pike to hit the uniques and Duriel. And why not? Portal scrolls are cheap! Other than that, load up on the passive and magic spells. Critial Strike should be one of the first you load up, since double damage capability scales up as you upgrade to more powerful weapons, and works regardless of the weapon. I find ~50% chance (around 7-9 points) works well, with diminishing marginal benefit beyond that. The 3 evasion skills are not bad, and merit at least 1-2 points each, as do Penetrate and Pierce. I absolutely love Valkyrie, and aside from having a tank as a companion, the Valkyrie as an amazing tactical weapon. The ability to control the exact location of the summons is critical in reaching monsters you cannot see or reach. In tackling the Summoner of the Arcane Sanctuary, simply summon the Valyrie onto the same platform as the Summoner, and spray the area with Multi-shots, even if you can't see the foes. The swirls from any life leech or mana drain device will tell you if you hit and are shooting in the right direction. This strategy powered me past Mephisto and Diablo as well, and is also good for hitting monsters on the other side of canals (like the flayers in Act 3). Putting at least 5-7 points into Valkyrie will get you a friend who can atleast withstand a hit or 3 from even heavy hitters like Duriel. For attributes, put some points on Vitality and Energy occasionally, but load up big-time on strength and dexterity. Attack capability is essential, and defense is always a major plus (especially when using the spear weapons in close quarters). Get life and mana up to a respectable level, but rely on life leech and mana drain devices and a strong attack capability to keep life & mana up and minimize the need for potions. I find a good life regeneration a good device to have which, combined with the life leech device further reduces the need for potions. But load up on the rejuvenation potions. I rip through the grape juice like crazy against the big bosses (went through all 16 rejuvenation potions in my belt when up against Nightmare Duriel, and barely made it out). Cattie-brie, 39th level Jababowazon Back to Top | I've been playing Diablo for a while now, and having made three Barbarians (Spear, Double-Sword, And Mace) I was tired of making Barbarians. I went into a Dueling Room called PK PK PK and saw that most of the ears belonged to Barbarians, Paladins, Necromancers, and Sorceresses. Only one ear out there belonged to a Amazon! So i started an Amazon. I went with the bow, while some people prefer the pike or lance. But think of it this way: If you can get your hands on a nice Gothic Bow, you can do well over 300 damage with maxed out Guided Arrow, which is as much as a nice pike or lance could do. In Dueling Rooms, you can dominate by standing still and shooting Multiple Shots or Guided Arrows. If anyone runs out, they will be caught in the crossfire and get killed instantly. Now for those pesky Necromancers, Sorceresses, and other Bowazons, use Slow Missiles on them! I've run into seven Frozen Orbs casted by a Sorceress and never gotten hit just because i had remembered to use Slow Missiles. Don't be stingy with your potions, use them plentifully, there are a LOT you can find or buy in the game, I have died so many times because I didn't want to use that Full Rejuvenation Potion or the Super Mana Potion. So go out there and make everyone gang up on you in dueling rooms!!!! Dame SiLeNt_ChaOs USWest Realm Back to Top | ok first off i just wanted to say that jabazons are a waste of time! i cannot see how u people can say a bow can never meassure to a pike, first about that subject a bow can do soooo much more damage and u have the range. if u want a melee character use a barb becuz no matter what u say a jabazon can never match the speed, the thousands of life and ww of a barb. now about the bowazon i made mine a dueler which lvls up good too. the only arrow skills i got were the ones needed to get to guided. i would pick multiple over strafe anyday becuz when u get strafe 6 lvls after u get pierce and multi and peirce are the best to kill monsters and multi is great for dueling. i put enuf points into multiple to where i shoot 15 arrows, and if u have a high enuf bow the dmg that strafe adds doesnt really matter. next max guided, thats the best thing the zon has, mine does over 800 dmg, now what can u jabazons say about that? next is the passive skills. i got my critical up to 60% or so which helps pretty good. penetrate is a very good skill, especially for dueling barbs with that high def, if u want max that too. peirce is worth putting a few points into. with ur defensive skills like dodge avoid and evade, put some points into that according to what u wanna duel against, if u wanna have a better chance with zons go for avoid, against melee go for dodge, and always get some evade. my skills are dodge 5 avoid 14 evade 12. i put 1 point into inner sight and slow missles and a few in valk. now about gear... u either need a bad ass crown or tarn. myself i have a 176 grand crown with fastest HR 60 life 40mana and 17 dex. i wear twitchthroe for the sias and 10 dex, perfext for a zon. gloves find some good rare sias with dex, +19 like mine, and maybe some magic find. for an ammy, i have a prismatic +2 skills +19 dex and MF. boots u need fastest run/walk, if u can get dual fastest boots, with dex. for ur belt try to get something with cold dmg, dex and anything else that u need. ur bow can be very important according to ur damage, try to get something over 130 dmg and ur set. now u stat points, u dont really need any mana at all, just try to get items that add to mana. str get to where u can wear a gothic bow which is 95 or a lil higher if u want to wear high defense things, but 110 is the most u will need. now ur dex is what packs the dmg. i have 255 dex, a lil more than i really need, but with all my gear i have 360 dex, which puts my normal attack at 660 or so. now vitality is pretty important, the more u have the better, zons get 3 hp each time u put a point into vitality, and ive seen zons with over 1000 life and doing good dmg. well over all bowazons are the best char in the game, for pvp or pvm. so i hope i help some people out with this email in the direction of what to make ur zon, bow all the way, if u think ur jabazon is good i will be glad to duel u. PIKES SUCK!!! *outk4st@uswest 73 zon- epyon 65 s/s barb- heavyarmz Back to Top | ummmm i read all this other shit and the ppl dont know what they r talking about .... my lvl 73 amazon does 677 multiple shot and 851 guided arrow . i wear a rare grand crown with 192 def fastest hit recovery +38 life +42 mana +19 dex +18 str and some resists . DO NOT use gay ass tarn get a crown. get twitchthroe get rare boots with fastest run/walk and +15 or more dex wear SIAS gloves with +15 or more dex and mana/life. get a cold dmg BELT with mana/life dex. get 1 skull grasp and the other ring get +15 or more dex! GET a carrion if u cant get a 100+ bow with IAS wear a nice ammy .. i have a +2 prismatic amazon amulet with +38 life 33% magic find and +19 dex .... upgrade about 100 str and use tiwtch so u can wear everything u need. then get 150-200 natural dex and get A LOT of dex enhancers. then go all vitality. epyon lvl 73 amazon USWEST Back to Top | The amazon is simple to master. All u need is someone who can give u a repeating crossbow, strafe at 10 or better, lots of mana, dexterity and crossbow bolts. On Hell, I walked into the room before Andariel, let loose a single strafe and all but one Dark One was dead. With this Necors and swarms get mowed down like with a machine gun. Murobo, lvl 42 Amazon, Master of Death Back to Top | To all amazons, Bow is the way to go. With a bow, get some good damage, maybe leech, and unlike a spear, u can have +'s to amazon skills! Once you hit lvl 30 or so, you should be shooting for a good rare bow with like around 20-70, hopefully higher damage with one or more of these 4 abilities: Skill +'s, Leech, +'s to life/mana, and Increased attack speed. I am a lvl 42 zon with a 25-110 bow with +2 to zon skills, and i have two others almost just like it. These are the bows i prefer and shoot for. If you do go spear-zonny, then get a good rare lance. No offence to what other peps say, there is almost nothing comparing to a rare lance, and anything socketed is probubly going to suck like crap. The only use for gems is to trade them to other players, or use them to get the stats that you need momentarilly until u get something better. I prefer a lance like the one's i have on my barb, all have cold and leech, and ok damage. Always invest like 5 in Jab, and fend if ur a lance zon, and if u a bow zon like me, get tons into multishot and guided arrow. You will find at higher levels almost all your fun derives from beating barbs into a bloody pulp in dueling rooms. Zons are in my opinion the best dueling character. Get slow missiles to deal with necro's, other zon's, and sorc's. Kill barb's and pally's from a long distance and use cold arrows. Freezing arrow kicks ass in normal, but it stinks dueling, and is bad when monsters start getting resistances in nightmare and hell. I use Multishot + Guided Arrow + Slow Missiles to desimate everything in dueling rooms. Always remember ur friendly neighborhood valk ;). Anyway i am done talking now, drink your school, Stay in drugs, and Don't do Milk, cyal! Michael Back to Top | as a level 31 jabazon i am doing much better than when i was shooting sticks.the pike is the only way to go.so much for my preference.i have some very important advice for new players.in act 2 when fighting in the maggot lair for the staff,dont hesitate when you get to the big worm!!!!! when i was in normal level i jumped in and out for a while because the worms were easy to get away from and lets face it i was scared of getting killed. in a matter of minutes i had hundreds of maggots pouring down the hall.i couldnt keep up with them with a pike.i went to the bow wich by the way i had no skill points in hardly,after 2 hours and 1750 hours later the big worm was dead.my nerves were shot,my hand killing me,and nightmares about those damd worms for days.when i went back in nightmare level,scared to death i RAN in and had it killed in 5 sticks from my pole. DONT HESITATE. trust me derek p aka "DAME BOOBS" Back to Top | Hey ya'll this if for the newbies out out there i just wanted to say that amazon's are the best class. They are well rounded and can be good at anything if you just raise it right. Ok first i want to tell you that i am not really an expert on zon's i just have a level 20 Bowazon, but i learn from my friends on B-net. Ok first we go to equipment for a weapon i would chose a doomslinger as fast as you can becuz it +1 all skills but only use that until you have enough money or can trade for a good gothic bow with +2 all skills. Ok now for helmet i Would say a tarn helm they rule with +1 all skills. Ok now for boots i would say Vidalas fetlock they are the best if your a bowazon so when the enemies get to rough run Heck of fast away and blast them away with your bow. ok For belt i would use a bladebuckle or nightsmoke / night smoke becuz of the Mana add you need it if your a bowazon multi and guided arrow burn mana quick. Now for gloves get bloodfists or Gloves with 3% mana and life leech +20 mana those are good to i forgot the name though. Now for rings get skulls grasps they are heck of good but if want you can use soj's but zon'z need leech. The ammy should be +2 or +1 all zon skills. Now for skills i would have to say max out valkrie/ multi shot/ guided arrow. Those are main becuz these skills can save your butt many times they have for me and they will for you. Ok some considerable skills strafe- its ok but multi shot is better/ and maybe even out all the passive skills except valkyrie max it out.magic shot is also good try to get that above other skils becuz after at lvl 20 it cost no mana and +19 more dmg pretty good if yah ask me. For the equipment i wouldn't really trust me on that the equipment i listed they are good for normal mode or newbies. Oh yea for the armor i would use Greyform armor or artic furs whatever you can get your hands on. WEll thats all i know. Hope it helped yah. Lara_DeathCupid Lvl 20 Bowazon Back to Top | Don`t bother with a puny spear.It gets your outfit all messed up,leave the close combat to the he-man barbarian,those illiterate swine.It is much more pleasant to watch the evil scum die from a distance that way you din`t worry about breaking a nail.So you must find a nice bow,crossbows do allot of damage and have a real nasty side effect if you get a socketed weapon and use the right gem combination.For a good night out don`t forget to dress nicely, armor must be tasteful and have a generous complement of accessories,such as modifiers for dex,str,and mana.Don`t forget a nice ring or 2 to complete your outfit,good luck and good hunting. Maeve Back to Top | While there has been some good info here, I haven't seen anything about the amazon skill that I have found the most useful. Confession first, I prefer spear weapons, and I am currentally using a Knights pike of lightning. Something like 22-97 damage. I can kill most things in chapter 4 with one shot so far. That being said, I have found that Fend is increadable. For the price of mearly 5 mana, you take a shot (in rapid fire) at every monster around you. It is unfortantally interuptable, but you dont need that much even a few kills makes your job easier. For this to work, however you need a few things. Very high attack, missing a lot while using fend will get you killed very fast. Some good life drain. I currentally have 2 rings with 6%, keeps me alive while getting pounded. With the 12% life drain, and doing from about 80-210 damage per shot, I can afford to take some hits. My current stratagy has been to round up a large group of monsters and use fend to wail on them. It works extreamly well, and I have taken out very large groups of monsters at once. Of course, messing up while trying this makes you go down HARD Tom Back to Top | A lot of people recommend that you do not stick any points to your energy. Well, I'm writing this simply to people who enjoy playing a bowazon with the fire of the freezing specialization. I've stick one ton of points into energy and I don't find it troblesome at all. Remember that the most powerfull spells of each fire or ice skill DOES NOT absorb mana.(immolation,freezing arrow). Make sure you follow either the ice or the fire path and stick to it. Do remember that playing as a mana bowazon will have very low health.(I killed diablo at nightmare level with 300+ life) I recommend you have a mana absorbing item.(only one) It will be enough to wisthand your mana consumption. And you valkryie.It's a valuble companion. Frostburns are important to boost your max mana by 40%. Fast/fastest hit recovery is very important too. I give a basic idea on how I killed the quest bosses.(normal mode) Andriel-shoot cold arrow and run around the whole place like a chicken. Duriel-same, but I bought a few stamina potions with me.I recruited one mercanary to get massacared just to buy me about 2 seconds to get away from that big lug to fire from a distance.(MAKE SURE YOUR COLD RESISTANCE IS AS HIGH AS POSSIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Mephisto-I used the second ice class arrow, but get ready with a town portal and some rejuvination potions.His lightning-ice ball is knocks about 3/5 to 4/5 of a bowazon's life.(better still-stick 1 point into jab and fight with that clown haed on, he'll fire his ball less often) Diablo-Don't bother to be level 30 with a valkryie, just fire him with your best mana arrows.(lightning resistance MUST be max)He can't give you a one hit kill. My amazon is a level 45 amazon that masters in the freezing skill. I put about 5 skill points into multiple arrow and about 4 skill points into my freezing arrow so far. The enemies in the 4th quest(especially the chaos sanctuary,right?) was VERY easy to kill. Everytime I ran out of mana bottles, I'll change into multiple arrow skill to absorb all the mana back. My standard attack is the second ice arrow skill. My backbone of the attack was the freezing arrow.Really kicks ass!(so long as you can keep your mana up) Currently my energy is about 40+, my vitality about 50+,strength 95(for gothic bow) and dexterity at 100+. My life is currently at 300+ and mana at 150+ I'm in Hell mode now. (This is just a basic idea on how you should stick your points as a mana bowazon) My amazon only died 9 times. YTS Back to Top | Okay...I guess most of you out there must think as I did when I started my amazons.I mean asking yourself things like "should I make a bowazon or a jabazon" and "Which abilities should I use".Well let me tell you this,listen to yourself,no ability is better than another,so I'm just going to tell you about some cool abilities that for myself are great. -First of all,the bows abilities-Here you have a big controversy between multi-shot and strafe,I,for myself,use both of those great abilities...Strafe is a great ability to have when you have someone to back you up,like Valkirie for example,it's really great cause it shoots multiple targets for heavy damage,but multi-shot is way better when the place is crowded..and way faster,but the damage are not as impressive as with Strafe.Next there is the super and must-have Guided Arrow!This is the most useful of the bowazons attack because it does great damage and always hits and reduces your chance of dying in a party by about 75%...let the big mean barbs and jabazons do the fighting while you shoot from a un-seen corner of the room...Finally,the ice and fire arrows...I must say that I don't really use those,and would be really glad to see someone using it when it's maxed..so whisper me if you decide to max it out! -Second thing,the jabazons-Well those are as fearless as the barbs,they don't kill monsters as fast as the bowazons,but they don't fear the lags either,I personally only use the first spear attack maxed up...this teamed up with a good spear is really great,but thuders ability really knock out then opponents too!I suggest you don't waste your time with the javelins.since there isn't any rare or magic javelin... -Finally,the all-around abilities-Critical hit around 50% should be enough for any kind of amazon,I suggest you max out your favorite abilties in spear or bow first before using the all-around abilities,except for valk,that you should leave around lvl 5...Well Hope you use my suggestion and whisper me sometime,my account name is Neoevangelion -Vhali lvl 40 bowazon and Yulia lvl 36 Jabazon Back to Top | If you are a jabazon, Duriel is really easy. I had about 6 in Jab, and a good spetum. I went into his room expecting to die, and I just jabbed him to death. If you keep jabbing so he can't hit you, you can kill him very quickly. He might freeze you a few times, but cold doesn't affect the speed of jab. I had more trouble killing the lightning enchanted scarab demons. Never use jab on them. Impale works well on the uniques or champions. and if you die in a place full of monsters which you can't get to without dying again and again, just save and exit, then restart- your body will appear in town and you can re-equip yourself. Laura , level 23 Jabazon Back to Top | To all newbies, Barbarians are for the weak, there stats are way too high...I recommend you go with them, to everybody else with skill, the amazon (Female barbarian) Is the way to go if you like melee. Jabazons are effective if you like close in combat, I recommend Jab skill, and bows for long range, I recommend a rare bow that has either freeze damage or exploding arrows. Jabazons- First off, you need an awesome weapon, i recommend a socketed lance (try to make it a supierior) and a few skill points to jab. Add skulls to it for life drain and get mana drain. (Jab will start to hurt your mana) also put a few points into the fend skill. Bowazons- Once again, its all about how effectient your weapon is, wether it is bow or crossbow. However it seems that the bowazon benafits more form boots and gauntlets. Try to get boots that boost run/walk speed to get distance on enemies, and get gauntlets that give leech ability, or boost attack speed. Avenger-bitch--Bow/Jabazon Back to Top | One of the best ways to maximize a spear-using amazon is to get a powerful spear that has mana steal, or a kick-ass spear and a ring or amulet that allows you to steal mana. In normal mode, you'll need about 8-10%, 4% will do in nightmare or hell as monsters have more hitpoints. That way, you can use jab all the time and never have a mana problem. We mainly used jab and inner sight since they combine really well. If you can get a good amulet or ring early in the game, save it no matter what. That way you won't have to spend alot of your stat points on energy and you con focus on the others early on. (Dame) Bitch - Level 29 Back to Top | For those taking the bow route, in the early to mid game socketed bows are your friend. Even at a low level it should not be terribly difficult to get a hold of something like a longbow with three sockets for around 500 or so gold. At that point, start adding things like a skull, ruby, and sapphire, and you have a weapon which will serve you for a long time. The beauty of this is how cheap it is, allowing you to save your sheckles for handy items like the sashes and belts, fast shoes, and so forth. Granted, it can take some time to find the right variety of gems, but even with just one or two it will do nasty things to the little mooks while you wait to find a good late game bow. Naturally, the extra abilities granted by the special bow are even nicer when combined with standard Amazon tricks like magic arrow, multi-shot, and the ever important Critical Hit. Shosho Back to Top | I too swear by the pike. I've tried bows and javelins, but they just don't do enough damage fast enough. The first time I met Duriel, I tried to kill him with javelins so I could carry a good shield. After he killed me twice, I went back to my spear, filled up my belt with rejuvination potions, stood toe to toe, and jabbed him to death without getting killed again. That said, I think the best weapon is the Valkyrie. A really cool trick is to use her like a shield. Especially if you have a doorway full of bad guys, she will always head strait for them. Then all you have to do is stand behind her. You can sill get in plenty of hits to the enemies, but she takes the brunt of the damage. If you see her health level getting low, you can resummon her. Usually she will reappear right in front of you, and you can continue fighting. I've cleared huge groups of enemies like this without having to drink more than a couple health potions. Andraste, level 39 Amazon Back to Top | Jabazons are really the way to go. For the longest time I've tried to go towards a strong Bowazon, padding up my magic arrow skills and the likes. It wasnt until ACT 3 when I found a pike. Oh my. I had a Rare Heavy Crossbow (normal speed... very fast for a crossbow) that did around 50 damage average. And with my magic arrows (level 5 minimum) I never needed arrow management. I must admit I was doing good. But that pike I found. My goodness. Even without my spear class skills enhanced AT ALL, I could easily do 100 damage (just a normal pike mind you) with the Jab skill. Not only was I doing 100 damage, but the Jab skill attacks three times in the span of a normal attack. That means I was doing over 200 damage per attacking turn... WITHOUT ANY SKILLS OTHER THAN JAB=1. I finally decided to ditch my bows for the pikes. Now I am a level 29 jabazon doing 150+ damage with a magical pike (i have yet to find a rare one, sadly). I can now easily slaughter the champion and unique monsters much more effeciently than I had ever hoped for when I still had the bow (if only I had invested the earlier skills to my spears). Everybody always talks about how difficult Duriel is, but I slaughtered him with only having to return to town twice to fill up on potions and life. I'm sure a lot of newbies to Diablo are going to look at this, and I want to tell them something. When you start off the game, be patient with your Jabazon. It will be hard finding a halfway decent spearclass weapon, and at times you will be tempted to turn to the good bows that appear early in the game. But trust me. Hold out for the spears. (i used to be a barbarian, and i find that my 29 jabazon kills WAY faster than my 36 barbarian) For either class, Jabazon or Bowazon, the most important thing is to get a mana and life steal item of somesort. If you cant find any, use skulls in your helm or weapon to regenerate your life and mana. Jabazons without a mana source will find that their mana will run low after all the jabbing they will be doing. As for Bowazons, all those magical arrows take a toll. I know it seems like everybody on Diablo always argue about different strategies, but this one is unanimous. Every Amazon needs a life steal AND a mana steal item. ~Altirus Back to Top | I haven't been playing very long, but I've found that in Act II, the enemies are generally not much tougher, but tend to come in larger packs. For this, the exploding arrow has saved my ass more times than I can count, especially with the Radament quest. Being able to blast apart multiple enemies before the mummie-type creature can regen them all leaves you open to make a run for the regenerating king, instead of wasting time and hit points running through the mob. Just be prepared to use mana potions, it sucks up your magic points quickly. Jake Back to Top | After finished all the levels and bosses with my superb bowazon (53 level), something need to be shared. I don't know if anyone write about the subject, but for me killing Diablo and Mephisto in all levels is piece of cake for the Bowazon.Try to run to a corner when the Bosses are near but can't reach you, use guided arrow (1 skill pt enough) for a few minutes and they are toosted. For those monsters that teleport and regenerate (the most annoying type), hit them to about 1/4 of life, then find an open area unobstructed by wall, use ice arrow and push shift and mouse button, and hit them to death with the help of hireling and powerful Valk, they don't get too much chance to regenerate. Ice arrow is also perfect for killing minions or skeletons coz' they can't be raised again. After trying both bowazon and jabazon for ages, the most important determinant is a superb weapon. I got a very powerful pike that does 150+ damage but later got a ven better bow that does 30-80 demage plus elemental effects. It adds up to 100-250+ actual damage with ice/freezing arrow. With mana steal, regen, fast hit rings/amulet/glove, and a superb bow, you also need a good "pierce" 70+ (and you don't need that weak strafe everyone advocate) plus ice or freezing arrows (1 skill point is enough, too many is mana-taxing and little damage enhancement) will rule. Use Valk (20 level to draw fire and withstand demage longer) and decoy (1-2 enough), stand behind monsters and let ice/freezing arrows to do all the killing is the winning way. Believe me, all the rest are no match for such Bowazon. JoJoBow Back to Top | Duriel is argueably the hardest boss in the game. With a freezing aura, stun attack, and massive stats, he is extremely difficult for the first-time warrior. Especially when there is no way out of the room until he is dead, save Town Portal. Having read the other strategies, I attempted my first kill of Duriel under the impression that he couldn't get up the slope by the door to Tal Rasha's chamber. He could. I died at least twice up there. However, I did eventually kill him, and I have some tips that may help other first-time bowazons. 1. Make the real Tomb of Tal Rasha all you play in a session. Going through the Arcane Sanctuary, Canyon of the Magi and 6 false Tombs can really tire you out, and you need to be fresh to fight the Lord of Pain. Once you have the Canyon cleared, and the other Tombs raided, go to town and save. Next time, clear a path from the waypoint to the real Tomb, empty it out, and then get ready to face Duriel. 2. Use your hotkeys!!! Assign Town Portal to F5 or so, and Ice Arrow to F4 or F6 (these key assignments are just suggestions, use any numbers you find convienent). Ice Arrow always hits, and freezes your enemy for a minimum of about 2 seconds, long enough to get some distance, and heal. It puts you on the same pace as Duriel, since you will be frozen due to his aura. Oh, and use RUN!! Hope you have good stamina. Just keep doing this as long as your potions hold out (have a 3 level belt or better, it really helps), then go to town. When you come back, make sure you have refilled your belt, and perhaps have invested in the best mercenary you can find. He will distract Duriel for a second (or 3, if he's tough), so you can get some distance. 3. Have a friend man your belt potions. This may seem like wimping out to some of you, but it allows you to concentrate on running and fighting. Besides, it helps build bonds of trust and affection. Also, use rejuvs as often as possible, since they fill your bubble instantly, so you can stay toe-to-toe longer, if necessary, or pull yourself out of a low-health jam. No one sells rejuvs, but you can collect them, or make them in the Horadric Cube (see the Horadric Cube Recipe page). You can best figure out how many rejuvs to have, and how many regular healings, but hopefully your friend will be able to do it without your thought. 4. Don't get discouraged if you die. It's natural, and it WILL happen. Just keep going back, getting your body, then quickly returning home to refill your now empty belt. If you give up, you will lose everything you had when you died. Hot boots on your machine DON'T work. Tried it, lost my favourite Necromancer. You can kill Duriel; he doesn't heal between attack sessions (unless you give up and exit the game), or if he does, he doesn't do it fast enough. Go to it, Bowazon! Remember, the rest of the Diablo 2 community is with you. Dmitria, Level 23 Bowazon Back to Top | First off bowazons are the best....no exceptions. a lvl 60 bowazon could easily take a level 60 anything else. all u need is the right equipmeant and skill points and u are gonna be on ure road to greatness. As for gear u wanna find greyform or trade for it soon as possible. although it is quilted armor u will most likely use it the rest of ure stinkin bowazon life! ok now u need to find mana and life leech items. undead crown is a great helm along with tarn. go for leech gloves that add to attack speed and resist and other crap like that. no frost burns.....period. all peole get them for is the freezing mod but u dont need that due to the half freeze time in nmare and hell maodes. belt=nightsmoke no excuses... it is the best belt ever. as for weapons get a good gothic bow or cho-ko-nu.. it must have high damage and +2 to all skills for a kepper. in the lower lvls get a cold damage bow. rings all u need is life or mana steal on both if u want sojs go ahead but steal rings are better. then get a high %leech etlich and fastest run walk boots.....tearhaunch or threads are nice. SKILL POINTS________be careful and listen up. U only need 50% critical strike so about 7 to that. 1 to evade dodge and the other one in that group[ is good so about 3-5 on that one. 1 inner sight and 1 slow missle. 1 on the whole ice and fire tree. 20 STRAFE nad 20 VALK. 1 decoy...people think more points into decoy makes them last longer....NO WAY JOSE. all it does is add amount of time it is summoned not life. jeez...idiots. ok on to stats. dex is the lifebeat of a bowazon. many bowazons have over 300 dex. add 2dex 2str and 1life each lvl in early stages. no mana. we dont need it cause of the mana leech. 1 point in vitality gives three life....thats alot! a WW barb is easy pickins for bowazons...always remember...run strafe run strafe.hehe.. im goin now! BOWAZONS RULE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!bye. Starz12TN Back to Top | I know a lot of people dislike the whole Bowazon concept, because they'd rather have a huge, zillion damage lance-weilding biker chick type. And there are those crazies who can run Tankazons (although I hear a good Tank can beat out a Barbarian... who knew?). But, for party play, and if you are careful, even on your own, being a Bowazon is the best choice. I hated arrow management. Then one day, I looked and what do you know: at level 20, magic arrow has NO MANA COST and adds +19 to damage! Also, this is a straight +19, not fire, lightning, etc. Therefore, it can't be resisted by magic resistant monsters. Even at the earlier levels, magic arrow quickly costs only a fraction of a mana point. With my level 11 hardcore Amazon, I have a triumphant (+1 mana after each kill) ring and 4% ! mana steal amulet. Between these two, and my long bow of alacrity, it generally costs me no mana to use magic arrow, provided I hit about two out of three targets! I don't even have to kill them: I play with two Clanmates, and rarely KILL the enemy, but still never lose mana. Also, since it's magic arrow, I never run out of arrows (which isn't to say that I don't keep 500 arrows in stock at all times, mind you). One note: you may be firing slow when using magic arrow. In this case, hold down shift and you will attack at your normal rate. Have fun, and don't let those Spearazons get you down. >;-) ~~HateBoy Back to Top | Ok lets get started.First being a tankazon is nonsense be both a javazon,spearazon n a bowazon.Other pople love to talk nonsense of a single kind.The amaon makes lots of cash if she uses a javalin.Next play over the same area again for at 10 times.lots of exp this way.Try to get the ARTIC FURS FAST.I got mine the very first time i played in the blood moor.It'll help u for a VERY VERY VERY long time.Try to make as much money as possible.I have 80000 ove gold in my stash and i did it without hacking by the time i reached the outer coilster.Anyway if u are using a javazon now,gamble with geed for a KITE or BONE SHEILD.Get a GOOOOOOD TRIDENT now.For bowazon Get a Good long bow.For small monsters with a shaman, use a SUPEIOR PILUM AT least + jab to kill em.For medim size us a TRIDENT.For those blasted large group ,Use BOWS.After rescuing cain,take every magical item to him for identification.If not useful, sell it.THE almost impossible to get item list for sucecss is 1 howltusk,1goldskin,1 The ward,1pair of frostburns,1 tearhaunch,1goldwarp,2 stones of jordan , 1 mahim-oak curio,1 blastbark ,1 tannr gorerod and the most number of harpoons.Give me these items if u find them! Fattfool(not always a fool though) Back to Top | Always use a spear weapon they just kick ass. i have a level 36 bowazon friend and i can kill him in 1 or 2 hits try to get a ornate armor, lance and winged helm imbue them and get frostburn greaves and some good boot's and belt's and jewels and get 6-8 in jab 1 in fend at least 10 in critical strike and at least 4-5 in all evade skills 1 in slow missiles and pump valkyre Lady Luck level 34 Jabazon Back to Top | amazons r a good starting character. they have some decent magic and can use some good weapons. so, onto skill points. first choose if ur going to be a bowazon or jabazon. dont even think about being a tankazon, u will be wasting ur time. now, no offense to the bow lovers out there, but i prefer the jabazon. i know, i know, u might shout at me that u can fire at a range with a bow, and immolation arrow rocks, but really amazons were biult to be a jabazon. now, if u want to start a bowazon, i suggest u dont continue reading, because i will focus on jabazons. so, early on, put ur skill points into jab and critical strike. try to put no more than 6-10 points into jab and just forget about jab for rest of game. it will cost too much mana if u max it out. max out critical strike. as for ur other points, put them at least 3-5 EACH into slow missles, dodge, avoid, and evade. put only 1 point into decoy for normal mode. after level 30, fump all points into valkyrie, until it maxes out. after it maxes out, put ur points into slow missles, dodge, avoid, and evade. put more into dodge, because u will be getting down and dirty if ur a jabazon. now onto attributes. dump most of ur points into strength and dex early on, with some into vitality, and a tiny bit into energy. try to get ur strength and dex EACH over 100. also, be sure to put a decent amount into energy in act 2. u will need it for all the "jab" u will be doing. vitality will also be important because u will be melee fighting. so, onto equipment. at first, get a nice spear for act 1. then use tridents and brandistocks. for the early game in act 3, use spetums. then, get a nice pike. at first try to use a socketed pike with saphires and skulls in them. u will need cold damage for the flayers and u will need mana and life steal. yes, u can hire a paladin that does cold damage, but i found out they die quickly in the later part of act 3. now, if ur really lucky, like me, get a rare pike. i got one that did 24-106 base damage(better than knights pike) and it was jsut way cool. with jab, i did 200 damage per hit. also, jab+pike is good because the pike's slow attack speed doesn't affect jab. all in all, GET A PIKE!!! get some cool studded leather in act 1, and wear ring and splint mail in act 2. act 3 if for plate mail, if u can wear it, and act 4 is for gothic plate and higher. as for belts, get a nice plated belt with + to mana and strength or dex. now get a nice gautlet, like frostburns, and get some cool greaves. i find vedala's fetlock very useful in the chaos sanctuary. the megademons and oblivion nights arr plentiful and fast, and the oblivion knight's spells r damn annoying too. try to kill the oblivions mages first. if they fire a spell, RUN, RUN, RUN!!!!! if u have vedala's fetlock u can run forever, and the spell will then disappear. i got vedala's fetlock by gambling. also, when diablo uses his nasty red lighting atttack, just run arround him. with my rare pike i killed him in 10 hits, but it took so long because he cast his lightning attack about 4 times in row. i just ran around him, and tried to get close to him. also, dont worry about his other spells, his fire spells do practically no damage. oh yeah, the trick where diablo cant go past the steps up to the single seal works. just dont stand next or on the steps, even though he cant reach u. he can hit u with red lightning, so go next to the top seal to open a tp or do something, where no spell can reach u. as for rings and amulets,get some good mana and life steal ones. ok, thats all, and here is a list of the top ten hardest monsters i thnk that r in the game: (1)Oblivion knights: kill these bastards first because their spells do ALOT of damage. (2)Flayers: very weak alone, very strong united. i hate these guys, they surround me and the shaman's fires r just really damaging. (3)Leapers: they can jump really far and high, and they do quite alot of damage. just try to corner one and then slaughter it. (4)Scarab demons:they do lightning damage when hit, and do lots of damage themselves. fortunatly, i only met about 15 of these guys in normal mode. (5)Duriel: small room, nowhere to hide, big tough guy, what can be worse? (6)Andariel: i hate it when im lagging and she does poison cloud thing. i just die. try hit and run tactics. (7)Diablo: most of the time he is easy, but when he does red lightning, RUN LIKE U'VE NEVER RUN BEFORE!!!!! (8)The Smith: he is super fast and hard to kill, and also does alot fo damage to u. pretty hard, try to hit him as many times as u can until ur health drops, then run, then repeat. (9)Flame witches(or something): their fir spells r tough, and they can run pretty quickly. in arcane sanctuary, try to kill one at a time, but be careful since of the tight space. try to dodge their fire spells, and run away if u need health potions or something. they dont usually give chase. (10)Saber cats(all kinds): spear-cats, explosive-potion-cats, whip-cats, they all do decent damage to u, and run away pretty quickly. TRY to dodge their spears and exploding potions. PIKES RULE!!!!!! Bo Sun Back to Top | This is information for the Amazon. Although I have played all classes of characters, to my suprise, the Amazon has turned out to be, in my opinion, the most well rounded and if properly managed, the most potentially formidable of them all. The Amazon can be a mess. No doubt about it. You have to be careful about your management of the character. The first strategy i want to share is this: specialize in a weapon. Decide if you are going to be a bowazon, a jabazon, or a tank. Now for some opinion. With apologies to the Bowaphiles out there, bows are lame. Sorry, but they just can't measure up to a good pike, magic or not. Heck, even a special, yet non magic brandistock or trident beats the pants off even the best bows. I suggest the spear class weapons, and in specific, the pike. Pikes are just the baddest weapon the Amazon can hope to own. Hands down. And some of the rarest. For ranged attacks, forget bow class weapons and get some good throwing spears. They do decent damage and with some lightening spells can spread some serious good cheer. If you are into crowd pleasers, and don't mind the extra time needed for the effect, try your poison javelin class spells. Don't forget to visit the local armorer frequently and check the stock of magic items. Suprisingly, you can find some real treasures if you shop often. Act 2 is especially good for window shopping. Look for items with life steal, mana steal, and serious extra attack points. And now for the three most important tips I can give you: 1) I *cannot* stress enough the importance of strength. You need to be up in the hundreds on strength so you can wear those high ticket items, in specific the really good armor. You are going to need the extra defense points at higher levels. Dump alot of points into strength early on. 2) You *must* build up all resistances, but fire is probably the one you want to really get maxed out. It is probably worth your while to take a few defense point hits just to get that fire resistant item. Fire is the bad breath of choice for a great many monsters. 3) Blizzard has seen fit to make the Amazon the passive skill queen. There are alot of them there, and you should dump some serious points into most of them. Put at least 6-8 into critical hit. 8 puts you over 50% chance of a critical hit which I consider to be minimum. Put *at least* 3 points into all of your evade skills, more if you can afford it. Those spear kitties can really ruin your whole day if you haven't put any points into the missile evade skill. It may seem like a waste at early levels, but you will *really* be glad you did later on. Finally, don't underestimate the power of jab. It is a very cool little skill. It lets you get *lots* of hits into your target from a fair distance away, and ignores the weapon speed. Caveat: level one sucks 10 points from damage done. You have to get to level 6 in jab before you aren't losing any damage points in the attack. Probably not the best use of points. But at 3 or 4 points, it can make you the life of the party. Definetly worth the expenditure. I won't spend alot of time on the tank specialization of Amazon. Basically this is for the obsessive compulsive masochist. It's a really frustrating variation on the Amazon that dosen't use the bow or spear class weapons. Only the limited magic skills are used, and applicable passive skills. It's a barbarian in a skirt. They use all the same weapons at the barbarian without the cool barbarian abilities. A very, very, challenging character to run. I would not recommend this variation for the inexperienced player. Properly run, this character can kick the pants off a barbarian at higher levels and hold their own while still young. It has become my preferred character because it is so versatile. Just watch how you spend those precious skill points and specialize, specialize, specialize. Saldara Back to Top | Amazon Strategies: Try to get the Wizendraw Bow (Unique) or another bow that fires magical arrows. If you do get one, you only need arrows for using special arrows like Fire arrow or Ice arrow. ALLWAYS USE A BOW OR CROSSBOW!! They are the best thing to use!! And try to find a good crowwbow with very fast attack speed. For skills put a lot into multile arrow, all the passive things, Valkyre, and Freezing arrow. The Valkyre is a very good warrior that you summon to help you fight. The first level it starts out with 365 HP. So as soon as you get to level 30, get this skill. afman715 Back to Top | Here's a useful one for amazons or everyone using a range weapon. Have an item that does a health or mana leech. Everytime it leeches from a monster you will see a red or blue swirl around your character. This is the perfect indicator that you hit something. If you supect a monster offscreen just shoot some arrows in the void and look for the swirl. You can easily wipe out champions or heroes this way, because they will not know where to find you. Dame RedCaboodle (Europe) Bowazon Back to Top | As a Bowazon or Jabazon(bow or spear amazon) the first skill points should go to critical strike.You'll find this makes killing most every unique and champion monster easy.Decide early on which way you're going to go with the skill tree(spear or bow) as you will feel you've wasted skill points if you change your mind later on.If you're a bowazon dont invest heavily in multi-arrow 'til later, as it eats up mana you're most likely not going to be able to regenerate fast.Try early on to find a bow that does cold damage , as it slows down your foes.Another invaluable skill for either type of amazon is slow missile. you will find your multi-player allies very happy when you reach the spider forest and flayer jungle in act 3, when you have 20 of those ugly little trolls blowdarting you at a time,and a fast cast of slow missile saves the day.Above all adding points to passive skills will pay off later down the line. Also for the amazon and I assume especially the jabazon it's important to pump up your strength early , as defense is really important to this class. I have yet to make a jabazon but it's only because my bowazon is dominating and I have 5 active characters(1 each class). Chia-Pet, Level 24 Bowazon Bloatapotamus Lvl 18 Necro Bloatessa Level 40 Sorc DrBarbarian Level 34 Barb Back to Top | I currently have a level 59 Bowazon who has killed Hell Diablo. My friend has a level 56 Pike using Amazon and he says that they suck If you're going to follow my strat, this is where skill points should go. (SAVE your skill points at the start) With Passive and Magic Skills 1 to Inner sight, 1 to Slow Missiles and 1 into decoy 4-5 to dodge and avoid/1-2 into evade if you want - Dodge is very useful for avoiding Melee damage, put a few skill points into itPut about 5-6 into critical strike -It is a very useful skill, having almost a 50% chance to deal double damage is quite good indeed8-10 into Penetrate - Bowazons rely on their attack ratings, having a high attack rating is vital, so penetrate comes in useful hereWhen you hit level 30, use your saved skill points and start putting them into Valkarie and put 1-3 into Pearce Keep putting them into Valkarie For Bow and Crossbow skills 1 into Magic Arrow 1 into Multiple shot 1 into Guided arrow PUMP points into strafe You should be able to put 1 into Valkarie and 1 into strafe every level for quite a while if you save your points up right With Stat Points, Every level, Put 2 into strength, 2 into Dex and 1 into Vitality each level When you get to about 105-110 strength, start putting 3 into dex and 2 into vitality each level. Bowazons don't need defence, they rely on evade skills and staying out of melee combat, using valkarie as a decoy.As for equipment, try to get Frostburns. This solves the energy problem, and offers cold damage (slows target, quite useful) and enhanced damage. For Armour, look for a nice rare mage plate, with resists and bonus' to life. Get mana and life steal. They are a must. Without them, bowazons don't function like they should. Rings and amulets are a good source, as well as the bow you are equipping. I have 25 into energy and still have about 260 mana at the moment, so just get a few things that give to mana It will take time to get a good bow. Just sweat it out. Take damage over any other stat. Life steal and + to skills are useful, but higher damage is a priority. Good luck in creating your bowazon, if properly trained, one of the most powerful players in the game. Zane Back to Top | I used Impale to get past Duriel. I put my "good" spear in my stash and bought a non-magical spear of the strongest type I could find. Impale will damage the durability of your weapon so you need something that you don't care for. You can also save a pretty good magical weapon if you find one for this task. Naturally, make yourself a town portal for death purposes and keep impaling Duriel. This works great if your spear has a cold attack. After Duriel is dead, you can chuck the weapon if the damage is too high. Freelove - Lvl.26 Amazon Back to Top | |
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