Back in the day I ran a hybrid javazon, with 2 titan's for lightning, and then buriza or kuko or demon machine as my switch, letting guided arrow take down the lightning immunes. Never did much with runewords back then because I had a lot of great uniques.
Obviously I don't have those yet in D2R, and haven't found any decent javelins yet. I'm still rocking an imbued ceremonial javelin that is just barely not garbage. That didn't stop me going 20 on charged strike and lightning fury though, and I'm cruising easy in NM Act 5 with 50 - 75 resistances and 205%MF, facetanking Meph and Diablo while I wait for Titan's to drop. I chug mana pots like it's 10 cent wing night, but I can deal with that.
Then I found a 4 socket Ballista, and a 4 socket Chu-ko-nu. I liked the Rhyme shield I made well enough that I figured I'd see how a Harmony bow looked in the Ballista. Wow, those stats. Damage alone makes my javelins look like a BBQ fork. It's a little slow, and I don't really have the skills to support it, and my playstyle so far has been "herd 'em up and electrocute them all at once" which doesn't really work with the bow. I tossed a couple points to grab guided arrow and strafe just to try them out (I haven't used any respecs). I'm trying to decide if it's worth making a second Harmony in the Chu-Ko-Nu, and using one of the bows as a weapon switch (remember, only 1 mediocre jav so far) or if I should start leveling up a second Amazon and let her do bow duty?
Other gear: Skin of vipermagi (with PT), string of ears, garbage crown with 2xPT, crap MF gloves/boots/jewelry
Obviously I don't have those yet in D2R, and haven't found any decent javelins yet. I'm still rocking an imbued ceremonial javelin that is just barely not garbage. That didn't stop me going 20 on charged strike and lightning fury though, and I'm cruising easy in NM Act 5 with 50 - 75 resistances and 205%MF, facetanking Meph and Diablo while I wait for Titan's to drop. I chug mana pots like it's 10 cent wing night, but I can deal with that.
Then I found a 4 socket Ballista, and a 4 socket Chu-ko-nu. I liked the Rhyme shield I made well enough that I figured I'd see how a Harmony bow looked in the Ballista. Wow, those stats. Damage alone makes my javelins look like a BBQ fork. It's a little slow, and I don't really have the skills to support it, and my playstyle so far has been "herd 'em up and electrocute them all at once" which doesn't really work with the bow. I tossed a couple points to grab guided arrow and strafe just to try them out (I haven't used any respecs). I'm trying to decide if it's worth making a second Harmony in the Chu-Ko-Nu, and using one of the bows as a weapon switch (remember, only 1 mediocre jav so far) or if I should start leveling up a second Amazon and let her do bow duty?
Other gear: Skin of vipermagi (with PT), string of ears, garbage crown with 2xPT, crap MF gloves/boots/jewelry