New to PVP Amazon :: Need Advice.
Heya gents,
I'm new to PVP with amazons in terms of 1.10+. I used to use them long ago, when Imbuing superior gothic bows and hoping for a 100~120 damage bow with leech was one of the best things that could happen to you, where 300 damage guided arrows were enough to kill your opponent. I also PVPed with a jabber back then, with a rare lance with -40% requirements and high dodges, poking Whirlwinders dead with high critical striking jabs that were crazy fast. Now of course, none of that works. And those damage levels are level 9 type damages at this point.
Anyhow, looking over a lot of information and a lot of requirements to PVP (public duels), I've decided to go the route of a Hybrid Amazon. I'm not a wealthy gamer, so my resources are limited, but I can afford at the moment to build a low quality Amazon.
I'm thinking of going for Poison Javalines combined with Guided Arrow. I've read a few guides, but each time, I'm left without a sense of what experience would tell us on how it works. Because each time I go into a fun PVP battle with someone for kicks, I find myself dieing too easily. I find max blocking working awesome, and then a single strike goes through and the character drops dead in a single blow (even with 2k life). So I know I'm in over my head in terms of the major PVP people who are running Faith bows with Forts combined with Dream, for example.
Anyhow, on my humble budget, here's what I'm thinking:
Helm - 3osCirclet with either 45IAS, or a +3jav skiller cirlcet socketed with 30IAS. Otherwise, my Dream bone visage? Other options?
Amulet - Cats Eye, or a +3 jav skiller with life mod possibly.
Ring - Raven Frost; Rare with overall good mods, possibly a crafted blood.
Armor - Lion Heart (cheap), Treachery (possibility for pre-buff?), Other options? (Cannot afford bramble).
Weapon1 - Titan's.
Weapon2 - Bow on Switch for Guided; Lycander's Aim? Something low req with just enough damage to deliver the killing blow so to speak; but it needs to be kind of fast too. I thought about up'ing a Skystrike, or Razorhook even, but if Lycander's is even better without upping it, I may just use it. Other options? (I cannot afford Faith).
Shield - StormShield, Um'ed (though I don't have it; I'd like to try to trade for one).
Question :: Would an Ist or 2xIst buy a Storm Shield on USEast Ladder?
Belt - Crafted caster belt; or a String of Ears. Possibly a Dungo. Not quite sure yet. Depends on overall strength of build. Comments?
Boots - Rares; going to gamble a while. Possibly crafted bloods, or crafted safty boots.
Gloves - Crafted hit-power gloves; going for 20IAS and skills for jav.
Skills:
20 Poison Jav
20 Plague Jav
20 Guided
12 Dodge
8 Avoid
12 Evade
1 in all other passives (except penetrate/pierce)
14+ Critical Strike (for guided)
From what I've read, it basically boils down to just keeping someone poisoned, then spam them with Guided when it's appropriate. The problem is, putting it to action. If someone chugs a antidote or drinks a Red, the poison is useless. If they have full DR and max block, the guided won't do much. All the while, I'm faily vulnerable. So while I read that this works totally well, I don't see it working myself. In a public pvp game, I really don't see the damage happening, simply because a little poition can instantly fix whatever damage I cause, versus I'm dead in one hit on the other hand typically since they will have thousands of damage coming my way.
Comments?
Please don't link to the Guides, I read them, I'm looking for experience now, not just build lists. I'm looking for application advise more than anything here.
Cheers!
Heya gents,
I'm new to PVP with amazons in terms of 1.10+. I used to use them long ago, when Imbuing superior gothic bows and hoping for a 100~120 damage bow with leech was one of the best things that could happen to you, where 300 damage guided arrows were enough to kill your opponent. I also PVPed with a jabber back then, with a rare lance with -40% requirements and high dodges, poking Whirlwinders dead with high critical striking jabs that were crazy fast. Now of course, none of that works. And those damage levels are level 9 type damages at this point.
Anyhow, looking over a lot of information and a lot of requirements to PVP (public duels), I've decided to go the route of a Hybrid Amazon. I'm not a wealthy gamer, so my resources are limited, but I can afford at the moment to build a low quality Amazon.
I'm thinking of going for Poison Javalines combined with Guided Arrow. I've read a few guides, but each time, I'm left without a sense of what experience would tell us on how it works. Because each time I go into a fun PVP battle with someone for kicks, I find myself dieing too easily. I find max blocking working awesome, and then a single strike goes through and the character drops dead in a single blow (even with 2k life). So I know I'm in over my head in terms of the major PVP people who are running Faith bows with Forts combined with Dream, for example.
Anyhow, on my humble budget, here's what I'm thinking:
Helm - 3osCirclet with either 45IAS, or a +3jav skiller cirlcet socketed with 30IAS. Otherwise, my Dream bone visage? Other options?
Amulet - Cats Eye, or a +3 jav skiller with life mod possibly.
Ring - Raven Frost; Rare with overall good mods, possibly a crafted blood.
Armor - Lion Heart (cheap), Treachery (possibility for pre-buff?), Other options? (Cannot afford bramble).
Weapon1 - Titan's.
Weapon2 - Bow on Switch for Guided; Lycander's Aim? Something low req with just enough damage to deliver the killing blow so to speak; but it needs to be kind of fast too. I thought about up'ing a Skystrike, or Razorhook even, but if Lycander's is even better without upping it, I may just use it. Other options? (I cannot afford Faith).
Shield - StormShield, Um'ed (though I don't have it; I'd like to try to trade for one).
Question :: Would an Ist or 2xIst buy a Storm Shield on USEast Ladder?
Belt - Crafted caster belt; or a String of Ears. Possibly a Dungo. Not quite sure yet. Depends on overall strength of build. Comments?
Boots - Rares; going to gamble a while. Possibly crafted bloods, or crafted safty boots.
Gloves - Crafted hit-power gloves; going for 20IAS and skills for jav.
Skills:
20 Poison Jav
20 Plague Jav
20 Guided
12 Dodge
8 Avoid
12 Evade
1 in all other passives (except penetrate/pierce)
14+ Critical Strike (for guided)
From what I've read, it basically boils down to just keeping someone poisoned, then spam them with Guided when it's appropriate. The problem is, putting it to action. If someone chugs a antidote or drinks a Red, the poison is useless. If they have full DR and max block, the guided won't do much. All the while, I'm faily vulnerable. So while I read that this works totally well, I don't see it working myself. In a public pvp game, I really don't see the damage happening, simply because a little poition can instantly fix whatever damage I cause, versus I'm dead in one hit on the other hand typically since they will have thousands of damage coming my way.
Comments?
Please don't link to the Guides, I read them, I'm looking for experience now, not just build lists. I'm looking for application advise more than anything here.
Cheers!
