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The Build
I've been interested in doing a physical bowzon since the patch that brought a lot of changes to amazons, especially the DAE bug. I've always favored Strafe over Multishot, but with the synergy changes, there's no need to choose only one. I didn't read any guides as I figured skilling would be pretty straight-forward, and it was.
Multishot: 18/24
Guided Arrow: 20/26
Strafe: 14/20
Valkyrie: 20/27
Decoy: 3/10
D/A/E: 1/8
Critical Strike: 7/14
Penetrate: 1/8
Pierce: 7/14
Saved: 3
Early Leveling
I don't really recall details now, but my notes have the following list of twinking gear: arctic set, vidala's set, duskdeep, howltusk, iceblink (with "was good" note ). I used Wizendraw on a Cold Rogue, and as far as I can tell, I kept the same merc throughout the playthrough.
I used Blastbark and then Riphook, which was a big damage boost. 1 point into Pierce, with +1 skills from Eye of Etlich. Razortail went on at 32, of course.
Mid Leveling
Again, I don't recall much, but I have some notes on gearing. Witchwild String at 39, moving Riphook to the merc. Vampire Gaze at 41, War Traveler at 42, Crescent Moon amulet at 50. As soon as was possible (with +dex gear), Harmony Matron Bow went on the main weapon swap and Hustle MB sent on the alternate swap. Prebuffing with BoS was very effective, and I kept it there for the rest of the run. WWS went to the merc.
At 60, Atma's Scarab went on and stayed for the rest of the playthrough. At 65, Faith Diamond Bow went on the zon. At 73, Windforce (shael) went on the zon, and Faith DB went on the merc.
1 point in Valk was good enough for NM, though she did die to bosses a lot.
Late Game
For a while, I had 10 in Multishot, 10 in Guided Arrow, and 1 in Strafe. I also toyed with the idea of putting more points into Pierce and using a different belt, but I never got around to trying that.
Overall, the run was safe and easy, even on /p8. It was also interesting not using CtA. I had to recast the Valk occasionally, but that was fine. The extra run speed from prebuffing BoS with Hustle was much appreciated.
weap: Windforce (shael)
switch: Hustle MB
helm: CoA (ral,ort)
chest: Fortitude
belt: Razortail
gloves: Rare (+2 Passive/Magic, +3 ML, +3 LL)
boots: War Traveler's
ammy: Atma's Scarab
rings: 2xRavenfrost
charms: anni, torch, bone break, gheed's, 1 box skiller, res/ar/life, and some lightning damage
merc:
weap: Faith DB
chest: Treachery eth Great Hauberk
helm: Andariel's Visage (RJoF, fire res type)
Deaths
Eh, none? I'm not sure, but I did stop keeping notes in Act 1 of Hell.
Finds
Mal rune
Jav Skiller with +2 max damage
Pcombat skiller
Vex Rune (from a spine beast in Tamoe Highland)
Future Plans
You might've noticed the second character in the first screenshot. That's my long-planned-recently-started eBOTDz melee Necro. I'm writing this mat post now mainly because It's time to start moving charms from this character to the necro, and writing this after stripping the character will be harder.
After that, I'm not sure. Maybe a BotD/Lacerator frenzy barb, or maybe something with Wolfhowl.
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