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I usually read about barbarians, paladins, and sorceresses running the Council, but I don't recall hearing about any amazons. By viable I don't mean can she physically do it; I'm sure she can. I mean can she do it in a comparable amount of time to the aforementioned character classes?
My amazon is currently level 79 and just entered act 3 hell, so I should be able to do the runs pretty soon, though I'll get to early act 5 to get the +10 resistance scroll since I'll need it. I ran the Council on nightmare on players 8 and they melted to her, so I am wondering if in hell on players 1 (or is it 3, what should I be running on?) and some better gear they'll fall just as easily.
The majority of my playing time recently has been running Lower Kurast for runes, which I have been pretty successful (in my opinion, though a Ber still escapes me), so I can start making some of the decent runewords. I've gone through my stashes and put together some decent gear to run them, but I would need some runewords to have a pretty good set up. This is my current gear:
Weapon: Harmony runeword in ward bow base. Managed to roll a 273% on the enhanced damage. (this will be replaced)
Helm: Stealskull
Armour: Lionheart runeword (this will be replaced)
Gloves: Laying of Hands (they were pretty much made for this )
Belt: Nosferatu's Coil
Boots: Gore Rider (I opted for them over Goblin Toe despite the decrease in crushing blow since they have faster run/walk and deadly strike, but these could be swapped)
Amulet: Highlord's Wrath. I also have a Seraph's Hymn but it only has 37% enhanced damage against demons. I think the increased attack speed and deadly strike on the Highlord's is better. I would love to try a Cat's Eye, but I don't have one.
Rings: 2 rares:
I'm not attached to the rings, and likely they could be swapped out for something with fire resistance, but life leech I think is mandatory.
While I can't make a Brand or a Faith yet, I crunched the numbers between the two and if you compare them Brand edges out Faith in damage only slightly, but I think Faith is a better bow due to its fanaticism aura which gives you increased attack speed (and buffs your mercenary). It also has a huge bonus to your attack rating, resistances, +skills, etc. Plus it's cheaper to make. The question is do I put it in a ward bow or a hydra bow? Hydra bows deal more damage on average but if I am reading the wiki correctly the ward bow is slightly faster inherently. A great bow is even faster, and only deals slightly less damage than a ward bow. Will that matter? I have another ward bow I can use. I don't have a hydra bow yet, but that's okay because I don't have a Jah rune yet =] (close though). I also have a 4 socket matriarchal bow but it only has +1 to bow and crossbow skills. Should I wait until I find a +3?
Wrath is also interesting since you have a significant chance to cast decrepify and a moderate chance to cast life tap. It also has 20% crushing blow and is very cheap to make.
Armour-wise I'd make a Chains of Honor. Mercenary would get a Fortitude, Reaper's Toll (though I'd love a Pride), and probably a Vampire Gaze, but I could swap the helm out for whatever, probably something with fire resistance. Speaking of which, I have amassed fire resistance charms while running Lower Kurast so I think I am okay on resistance.
I also have a +6 Battle Orders Call to Arms on swap, so there's that, too.
Anyway, sorry for the long post. Is this worth it? There are a lot of runes involved, so if it's not worth it I might not make some of the runewords, though I'd probably still make a Faith since it's an awesome bow.
Thanks for reading!
My amazon is currently level 79 and just entered act 3 hell, so I should be able to do the runs pretty soon, though I'll get to early act 5 to get the +10 resistance scroll since I'll need it. I ran the Council on nightmare on players 8 and they melted to her, so I am wondering if in hell on players 1 (or is it 3, what should I be running on?) and some better gear they'll fall just as easily.
The majority of my playing time recently has been running Lower Kurast for runes, which I have been pretty successful (in my opinion, though a Ber still escapes me), so I can start making some of the decent runewords. I've gone through my stashes and put together some decent gear to run them, but I would need some runewords to have a pretty good set up. This is my current gear:
Weapon: Harmony runeword in ward bow base. Managed to roll a 273% on the enhanced damage. (this will be replaced)
Helm: Stealskull
Armour: Lionheart runeword (this will be replaced)
Gloves: Laying of Hands (they were pretty much made for this )
Belt: Nosferatu's Coil
Boots: Gore Rider (I opted for them over Goblin Toe despite the decrease in crushing blow since they have faster run/walk and deadly strike, but these could be swapped)
Amulet: Highlord's Wrath. I also have a Seraph's Hymn but it only has 37% enhanced damage against demons. I think the increased attack speed and deadly strike on the Highlord's is better. I would love to try a Cat's Eye, but I don't have one.
Rings: 2 rares:
Code:
Plague Loop
Ring
Required Level: 60
Fingerprint: 0x86331e6f
Item Level: 82
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+117 to Attack Rating
2% Mana stolen per hit
3% Life stolen per hit
+37 to Life
+43 to Mana
Poison Resist +6%
Entropy Touch
Ring
Required Level: 48
Fingerprint: 0x8c6253e3
Item Level: 83
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+10% Faster Cast Rate
+75 to Attack Rating
5% Life stolen per hit
+10 to Dexterity
All Resistances +8
Lightning Resist +16%
I'm not attached to the rings, and likely they could be swapped out for something with fire resistance, but life leech I think is mandatory.
While I can't make a Brand or a Faith yet, I crunched the numbers between the two and if you compare them Brand edges out Faith in damage only slightly, but I think Faith is a better bow due to its fanaticism aura which gives you increased attack speed (and buffs your mercenary). It also has a huge bonus to your attack rating, resistances, +skills, etc. Plus it's cheaper to make. The question is do I put it in a ward bow or a hydra bow? Hydra bows deal more damage on average but if I am reading the wiki correctly the ward bow is slightly faster inherently. A great bow is even faster, and only deals slightly less damage than a ward bow. Will that matter? I have another ward bow I can use. I don't have a hydra bow yet, but that's okay because I don't have a Jah rune yet =] (close though). I also have a 4 socket matriarchal bow but it only has +1 to bow and crossbow skills. Should I wait until I find a +3?
Wrath is also interesting since you have a significant chance to cast decrepify and a moderate chance to cast life tap. It also has 20% crushing blow and is very cheap to make.
Armour-wise I'd make a Chains of Honor. Mercenary would get a Fortitude, Reaper's Toll (though I'd love a Pride), and probably a Vampire Gaze, but I could swap the helm out for whatever, probably something with fire resistance. Speaking of which, I have amassed fire resistance charms while running Lower Kurast so I think I am okay on resistance.
I also have a +6 Battle Orders Call to Arms on swap, so there's that, too.
Anyway, sorry for the long post. Is this worth it? There are a lot of runes involved, so if it's not worth it I might not make some of the runewords, though I'd probably still make a Faith since it's an awesome bow.
Thanks for reading!