These skills are invaluable support abilities for Javazons, Spearazons, Bowazons, and every other build of the character. Boost damage, defense, accuracy, gain a magical tank, and more.

Amazon Skills

Inner Sight

Required Level: 1
Prerequisites: None
Synergies: None.
Details: A curse-like debuff skill that lowers the defense of all enemies within range.

Monsters under this spell's effect glow with a sparkling white light that can be a helpful aid to spotting them in dark areas.
The spell's radius goes out from the Amazon herself, not from the cursor. It can therefore not be targeted or cast on enemies at the edge of the screen.
Rogue mercenaries (Act One) cast this skill at random intervals during battle.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Mana Cost: 5	-	Radius (yards)	13.3
Duration (seconds)	8	12	16	20	24	28	32	36	40	44	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84
Enemy Defense -X	40	65	90	115	140	165	190	215	260	305	350	395	440	485	530	575	635	695	755	815

Critical Strike

Required Level: 1
Prerequisites: None
Synergies: None.
Details: This extremely powerful skill gives a chance to deal a critical strike, doubling the physical damage of an attack with any sort of weapon. Loading up the points in this skill is almost mandatory for every Amazon build.

Critical Strike does not boost elemental damage, such as from the various lightning spear skills, but it boosts the physical damage components of those skills, and the fire/cold bow skills as well.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Chance to 2x Damage %	16	25	32	38	42	46	49	51	54	56	58	59	61	62	63	65	65	66	67	68

Dodge

Required Level: 6
Prerequisites: None
Synergies: None.
Details: Allows the Amazon to dodge melee attacks while standing still or attacking. This is a very powerful skill, especially for melee-fighting Amazons, who generally want at least 50% in it.

The Dodge animation is nifty, but only displays when the attacking animation is not in effect. The skill works constantly; not just when you see the animation trigger.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Chance to Dodge Melee %	18	24	29	34	37	40	42	44	46	47	49	50	51	52	52	54	54	55	55	56

Slow Missiles

Required Level: 12
Prerequisites: Inner Sight
Synergies: None.
Details: A curse-like debuff skill that slows the missles of all monsters within the skill's range. This skill works like a curse; affecting the archers, mages, etc themselves. It does not slow down missiles in the air when it's cast; it just makes the cursed monsters shoot very slowly for the duration.

Monsters under this spell's effect glow with a sparkling white light that can be a helpful aid to spotting them in dark areas.
The spell's radius goes out from the Amazon herself, not from the cursor. It can therefore not be targeted or cast on enemies at the edge of the screen. This is tricky when you want to slow the shots of a Lightning Enchanted boss, since you may have to run closer to Slow it, then retreat to fire your arrows from a safe distance.
Slow Missile does not affect the casting or firing speed of the Hydras cast by the High Council.
Slowed Meteors from Dark Lords are quite amusing, since the casting animation works like normal, but the rocks don't fall for quite a while.
Slow Missile can be quite effective in PVP, and funny as well. Spells like Frozen Orb and Blessed Hammer will move at a snail's pace, stacking up dozens of casts in essentially the same spot.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Mana Cost: 5
Duration (seconds)	12	18	24	30	36	42	48	54	60	66	72	78	84	90	96	102	108	114	120	126
Radius (yards): 13.3
Enemy Ranged Attacks Slowed 33%

Avoid

Required Level: 12
Prerequisites: Dodge
Synergies: None.
Details: This skill allows the Amazon to avoid ranged attacks while standing still or attacking. It's less useful than Dodge since ranged attacks aren't as damaging, you're usually running when they come in (Avoid doesn't help when you're moving), and skillful use of Valkyrie, Decoy, and Slow Missiles should cut the danger of ranged attacks anyway.

Avoid works against the charged bolts from a Lightning Enchanted monster. In earlier versions of the game LE bosses and Diablo's pink flamethrowing attack could create an Avoid-lock, where movement became impossible as the dodging animation repeated endlessly, but this was fixed in v1.09.
Avoid can dodge Metors, but the area effect fire damage the Meteor leaves will still hurt.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Chance to Dodge Missile %	24	31	36	41	45	48	50	52	54	55	57	58	60	61	61	63	63	64	64	65

Penetrate

Required Level: 18
Prerequisites: Critical Strike
Synergies: None.
Details: This skill passively boosts the Amazon's Attack Rating. The use of this skill varies by Amazon build. Some skills have huge AR bonuses, or function as "always hits" attacks, so don't need much Penetrate. Some Bowazons may not use Penetrate very much simply because their dexterity is so high they don't need it.

Penetrate only adds half the AR bonus to melee attacks. The full bonus is applied to ranged attacks.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
% Bonus to Attack Rating	35	45	55	65	75	85	95	105	115	125	135	145	155	165	175	185	195	205	215	225

Decoy

Required Level: 24
Prerequisites: Inner Sight, Slow Missiles
Synergies: None.
Details: This skill creates an exact duplicate of the Amazon wherever the cursor points. It will draw the attention of any monster nearer the decoy than the Amazon (or Valkyrie).

Only one Decoy can exist at once; casting a second will dispel the first.
Decoys exactly mirror the Amazon who cast them. If she changes equipment, the Decoy will instantly change appearance as well.
Decoy's hit points are based on the hit points of the Amazon who casts them. They last for the duration of the spell, or until their hit points are exhausted. They can not be healed.
Decoys will take a step or seem to stumble if hit repeatedly. They will also sometimes trigger Dodge and Avoid.
In earlier versions of the game, a Decoy's presence would allow the Amazon to fire an additional shot with Strafe. This is no longer the cast post-v1.09.
Decoys do not receive the Amazon's equipment stats; just her hit points.
- Decoys have no armor, but some resistance, by the following formula: Resistance = level * 4, capped at 85.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Mana Cost	19	18	17	16	16	15	14	13	13	12	11.5	10.7	10	9.2	8.5	7.7	7	6.2	5.5	4.7
Duration	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	55	60	65	70	75	80	85	90	95	100	105
Life +%	10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	110	120	130	140	150	160	170	180	190	200

Evade

Required Level: 24
Prerequisites: Dodge, Avoid
Synergies: None.
Details: This skill gives the Amazon a chance to avoid melee or ranged attacks while walking or running. (Dodge and Avoid only work while standing still or attacking; not at all while walking or running.)

Evade is more useful for melee Amazons than ranged attackers, since melee fighters will often run up to monsters, or try to dodge incoming projectiles. It's generally less useful than Dodge or Avoid, though.
Evade lock was a problem prior to v1.09, when Amazons would sometimes get stuck in the Evade animation and be unable to run away from a ranged attack. This was most often seen with Diablo's pink flamethrower attack. The bug was corrected in v1.09.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Chance to Dodge Any Attack%	18	24	29	34	37	40	42	44	46	47	49	50	51	52	52	54	54	55	55	56

Valkyrie

Required Level: 30
Prerequisites: Inner Sight, Dodge, Slow Missiles, Avoid, Decoy, Evade
Synergies: Valkyries receive bonuses from points spent in the following skills:

Decoy: +20% Life Per Level
Penetrate: +40 Attack Rating Per Level
Critical Strike
Dodge
Avoid
Evade

Details: Valkyries are powerful magical tanks. They spawn with high defense and hit points, and can stand up to a tremendous amount of damage. Their attacks aren't generally very powerful, but in v1.11 they can kill weaker monsters, plus they spawn with random equipment that changes the color of their armor. Some Valkyries can spawn with very useful mods, such as "% chance to cast Frost Nova" on armor, or or "% chance to cast Amplify Damage" on their spears, for instance.

Valkyries regenerate health at a good rate. They can also be healed by NPCs in town, or the Paladin's prayer aura. Recasting is also an option, but their equipment will be rerolled randomly, and it's sometimes worth making an effort to preserve a Valkyrie with helpful modifiers.
Valks receive the same benefit from the Dodge/Avoid/Evade skills as the Amazon. They never display the animation, but they will make the sound sometimes, and their stats are helped. More details below.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Mana Cost	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	32	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44
Hit Points	528	616	704	792	880	968	1056	1144	1232	1320	1408	1496	1584	1672	1760	1848	1936	2024	2112	2200
% Damage	0	25	50	75	100	125	150	175	200	225	250	275	300	325	350	375	400	425	450	475
% Attack	40	80	120	160	200	240	280	320	360	400	440	480	520	560	600	640	680	720	760	800
% Defense Bonus	0	10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	110	120	130	140	150	160	170	180	190

Hidden Valkyrie Stats

Resistances: The Valkyries' resistances are equal to their level * 2, to a max of 85. So a level 10 Valkyrie will have +20 Resist All. Valkyries also get a hidden synergy bonus from Decoy, where every physical point in Decoy will add +2 Resist All. The whole formula comes out as = (Valkyrie level + Base Decoy Level ) * 2
Magic Level: The equipment that a Valkyrie is spawned with is based on her Magic Level, i.e. the ilvl that her equipment is spawned with, therefore denoting which mods can be spawned. The Magic Level of any Valkyrie is equal to a base of 25 at level 1, and increases by 3 for each level.
Dexterity: Valkyries recieve a bonus of Dexterity of +12 per level. A level 12 Valkyrie will have 144 dexterity points. Valks gain bonuses of attack rating and defense much like any character, but this is not reflected in their skill description.
Valkyrie Health = 440 * (1 + 0.2 * (Valkyrie level + Decoy Level - 1))

Pierce

Required Level: 30
Prerequisites: Critical Strike, Penetrate

Passive Effect: A chance that your missile will continue through its victim.

This is a very powerful passive skill since it affects any and all missile weapons you employ a chance to damage, pass through, and then damage another creature. When using a Plague Javelin or enchanted Arrow, this can be especially devastating. Also, consider the damage potential if you are using the Strafe skill.

Some recommend maximizing this skill at 20, however the benefit of additional points drops off significantly. You can decide how many points are enough for you. If you cannot think of a better skill or spell to spend a point into, spend it on Pierce.

Lead monsters into a line so you can take full advantage of Pierce.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Chance Missiles Pass through Target %	23	34	42	49	55	59	63	65	69	71	73	75	77	79	80	82	82	83	84	85