Guide:Amazon Subclasses v1.09, by Celine (view source)
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The Poison theme can be applied to all amazons. All you have to do is get many sources of poison damage. For knowing which sources to pick I refer you to the Second Tao of Poison article. The theme for Javazons is that next to using poison from gear, she uses her poison skills as main attack. There are two kinds of javelin skills that can be used together when fighting creature packs. The main skill is Plague Javelin which you throw to one side of the creature pack. The other skill is Poison Javelin which you can use to attack the monsters on the other side of the pack until the Plague Javelin poison has ended. One can also instead of Poison Javelin use a melee skill to inflict poison damage on your foes. Be aware that to best use poison is not to attack creatures that are already inflicted with it. | The Poison theme can be applied to all amazons. All you have to do is get many sources of poison damage. For knowing which sources to pick I refer you to the Second Tao of Poison article. The theme for Javazons is that next to using poison from gear, she uses her poison skills as main attack. There are two kinds of javelin skills that can be used together when fighting creature packs. The main skill is Plague Javelin which you throw to one side of the creature pack. The other skill is Poison Javelin which you can use to attack the monsters on the other side of the pack until the Plague Javelin poison has ended. One can also instead of Poison Javelin use a melee skill to inflict poison damage on your foes. Be aware that to best use poison is not to attack creatures that are already inflicted with it. | ||
Mods that are very helpful with poison are Prevent Monster Heal which does not allow the inflicted creature to use her natural health replenishment for an extended amount of time, and Chance to make a monster flee the scene so they walk away from you to perish from their affliction. | Mods that are very helpful with poison are Prevent Monster Heal which does not allow the inflicted creature to use her natural health replenishment for an extended amount of time, Open Wounds which instead of letting them heal, forces them to take damage over time, and Chance to make a monster flee the scene so they walk away from you to perish from their affliction. | ||
Poison Javelin is good for playing in early normal, but it will be less impressive later on. Plague Javelin will keep doing well, but for this skill to be really helpful you need at least 10 to 15 bonus javelin skills. | Poison Javelin is good for playing in early normal, but it will be less impressive later on. Plague Javelin will keep doing well, but for this skill to be really helpful you need at least 10 to 15 bonus javelin skills. | ||
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Jab: 1 | Jab: 1 | ||
Fend: | Fend: 0-20 | ||
Poison Javelin: 20 | Poison Javelin: 20 | ||
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Dodge, Avoid, Evade: 1 | Dodge, Avoid, Evade: 1 | ||
Critical Strike, Penetrate: 1 | Critical Strike, Penetrate, Pierce: 1 | ||
Normally you would think that the last skills need to be boosted to a fair amount and nice percentages, but this will already be done by all the +skills gear that you will be wearing. | Normally you would think that the last skills need to be boosted to a fair amount and nice percentages, but this will already be done by all the +skills gear that you will be wearing. | ||
The skill for Bowazons is Multiple Shot or Strafe to inflict as many creatures as possible. | The skill for Bowazons is Multiple Shot or Strafe to inflict as many creatures as possible. Try to get something that has no Poison on it - if you carry poison damage on your attack, it will interfere with the poison damage being dealt by your Poison/Plague javelins, which will slow down your overall killing speed. Good choices for bows are ones that are quick, or easy to equip, potentially with other sorts of damage on them in case of physical immunes - Buriza-Do Kyanon is an excellent crossbow choice, while slow, it has all the peircing you need and can do both physical and cold damage. Ravenfrost rings also provide free cold damage, letting you stick with other faster bows. For actual bows, depending on your amazon's level, good choices include Skystrike (for extra lightning damage and good speed), Goldstrike Arch (capable of casting Fist of the Heavens, excellent speed and damage for it's level, and bonus damage/attack rating against demons and undead), as well as the typical top-end choices, Windforce and Eaglehorn, plus the Silence or Breath of the Dying runewords in Crusader or Hydra bows. | ||
=Spearazon Subclasses= | =Spearazon Subclasses= | ||