Freds glass cannon bowazon guide v1.0

Re: Freds glass cannon bowazon guide v1.0

for reals?

i thought that OW/CB would still work long as you hit them (high enough AR or to hit chance) even though the arrow/bolt itself can't do damage (phys) since the monster is immune (phys).

are u right or me?

if your right, than i learned something new and corrected a mistaken understanding i had of how i thought it (CB/OW) worked.

at least for OW i'm wanna say i'm sure it does work since it is an unique damage. its like poison damage but its not. its more like a negative heal rate for the monster rather than a form of damage. OW IS NONE of these damage types: phys, magical, cold/ice, lit, fire, poison. so phys immune monster SHOULD have NO effect on OW.

i'm not sure about CB though. if it IS considered % phys damage (like static is % lit damage) than phys immune would nullify it. if it is NOT phys than it SHOULD work like i think OW does.

i think i'm pretty sure the only thing that determines whether the CB/OW works is if the attack hits the monster (i.e. to hit chance which is based on char AR to monster def and clvl to mlvl) (some other effects like fire splash on the commonly used ravenclaw bow only require the attack to make contact with the target to activate. "contact" is different from a "successful to hit chance")
 
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Re: Freds glass cannon bowazon guide v1.0

Ah, sorry You were right about OW. It works against EVERYTHING.

The dmg from crushing blow depends on enemy physical resistance. So if a monsters has 110% PI, i guess CB won't work.
 
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ah cool thanks.

u are saying for certain (tested it?) about CB that it's phys and so can be resisted or imunized like a sorc's static skill can be?
 
Re: Freds glass cannon bowazon guide v1.0

alright, thanks.

do both CB and OW activate automatically when u make contact with weapon or do u have to actually get a successful to hit check?
 
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You can trigger OW on a physical immune monster/demon/undead if you hit that monster/demon/undead with any(1 or more) amount of elemental damage that the monster is not immune to.
CB will not work like that, so I suspect they(OW and CB) are indeed different and that PI allows them to resist CB.
 
Re: Freds glass cannon bowazon guide v1.0

As an Amazonlover, I have tried several builds and different gear, but in the end..it all comes down to that your guide is the best fredsta

kudos to you :thumbup:
 
Re: Freds glass cannon bowazon guide v1.0

I build an amazon following this guide for 1.13 with great expectations.
I am now lvl 65, equipped with a 195ed (29-155), 8 max dmg, 1 ama, 143 ar and some poison dmg Gothic Bow and with gear the same as in this guide, apart from Sigon's which I use instead of Deaths. And I must say I'm disappointed so far to say the least.

Everything takes forever to kill in CS (1 player hell) and even in act1 it takes a good amount of time to clear for example Den of devil.

Should I expect my dmg to raise significantly towards 90's or should I maybe try some different build for CS or just drop amazon?

My goal is to mf in CS hell solo (with barbs BO) using an ucommon build for a change. Did I have too high expectations for it? I think so. I guess you can't play this game well with any "fun" build.

Regards.
 
Re: Freds glass cannon bowazon guide v1.0

TraderScope: Yes the bowazon is unfortunately very underpowered since 1.10. Fun in single player in earlier patches though.
 
Re: Freds glass cannon bowazon guide v1.0

TraderScope: Yes the bowazon is unfortunately very underpowered since 1.10. Fun in single player in earlier patches though.

With some finnish SISU, I have already began on building an enchanter to help my strafer out. Will update how it turns out.


 
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