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Originally posted by newbie4lyfe
planning to make your bowzon, but need few q's
1.) do i have to use wartravs, cuz bonemarrow gives dex, strgth bonus while wartravs only vita.
2.) if iam too poor to afford ed jewels (at least high 1's), what should i put in sockets?
3.) secks?
great guide, simple to understand liek it, i think it should goto sticky A++++++++++ |
1) War travs are the best boots imho. Vitality, Str, run/walk and 15-25 damage added are simply marvellous bonuses. Not to count the magic find bonus.
2) The key point is reaching 120% total IAS from your gear. 120% ias makes you catch the last bp with strafe (2 frames). You have 70% from full M'avina, 20% from highlord and you need additional 30% to have 120% total ias. 30% = 2 ias jewels. They are sufficient. If they have also enhanced damage, they are perfect. The remaining socket has to be filled with a ED / MAX (ideal solution), but if you don't have it, you can use whatever you consider useful to add to your damage.
3) Secks ROCKS. :sly
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Originally posted by fuxor
travs add to min and max dmg and add vita.
Did you try atmas scarab? With attack speed that fast you'd be casting amp all the time and do dmg ranging from 1 x dmg to 2 x dmg to 4 x dmg. Doesn't gore riders add DS? If so then you'd be reaching 8 x dmg.
I had a GA zon in 09 with a set up kind of like this. She used a Cruel ward of swiftness (not the bugged one) and did like 1k max Ga dmg and killed peeps in usually 2-3 hits. |
Atma's scarab isn't as good 4 a strafezon as highlord is. Remember that highlord has deadly strike, +1 skills, and the very important 20% ias which allows you to improve your dmg using a ED / MAX jewel instead of a shael in your bow.
Consider also that you don't really need amp: you have your mercenary, and he casts, with his reaper's toll, Decrepify constantly, which is -50% enemy physical resist, slows enemies and is casted more often than the Amp by your Atma.
Plus, Highlord has lit res. I consider it a must.
Remember that:
Total % of double damage = Critical Strike + (Deadly Strike/100)*(100-Critical Strike)
In your case, you have (considering 30% deadly from Highlord @ level 8x):
Total % of double damage = 65 + (30 / 100)(100 - 65) = 65 + (0.3*35) = about 77%
which is very high.
With a good setup, charms, high dex and merc, you can do quite high damage. And you'll be so speedy that your damage will be really consistant. 12.5 arrows per second with an average dmg of 1.5k per arrow (that, with critical, becomes a real 3k in 77%+ of cases) and with two powerful tanks like your merc and your Valk (and in some cases, your Decoy) who really help you in fighting monsters, will make you ROCK.
Not to mention that you can easilly block all non-immunes to cold monsters with your Freezing Arrow, which will add about 2k cold damage per arrow with an insane attack rating (and pierce) when you can wear the full M'avina set.
And the last thing: I really like M'avina set for 3 reasons:
1) It has a LOT of resists when completed;
2) It has a balanced setup in terms of skills / stats bonuses, speed, and nice damage;
3) It is relatively cheap.
I love zons. And this zon really satisfied me.