Runewords for Bows?
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There's a list of all Runewords along with what bonuses they give at http://www.battle.net/diablo2exp/items/runewords.shtml
So all the Bow/Crossbow runewords will come under "Missile Weapons" or "Weapons".
So all the Bow/Crossbow runewords will come under "Missile Weapons" or "Weapons".
"Faith" is the best for Multi. It could also be considered the swiss army knife of bows. It's soooo godly that any bow-based (zon or not) build you're considering would be a force-to-be-reckoned-with when packing this gun.
I recommend Windforce for a strafer.
"Ice" A frostmaiden carrying this is similar to gods own personal smiting tool. As you read down the stats, it just keeps getting better. The Holy Freeze damage stacks on the area effect of FA
, plus the aura makes you very hard to kill 
, plus -%enemy cold res AND +% to cold dmg 
, plus deadly strike, plus AR boost, plus blah blah blah; it's just awesome all over your face. An FA zon with this cannon in hand can destroy packs in the cow level just as fast as an LF zon (!). Not to mention it has one of the coolest CTC effects in the game. This was some FA-fanatic-who-works-at-blizzard's wet dream.
"Brand" may be the coolest looking ctc effect in the game, and it is a pretty powerful bow, but pales in comparison to "Faith" and it's just as expensive. Also note that this bow is SICK on an enchantress. It also took a hard nerfing when they fixed the "Marrow Walk Bug" for 1.11.
"Harmony" is the best bow in the whole effing game, if price is considered as a factor in any way shape or form. Combine this RW with Lionheart/Treachery/Duress for deadly-on-a-budget. You'll be surprised.
"Wrath" sucks any way you slice it. You get almost no-bang-at-all for your buck.
"Melody"/"Edge"/"Zephyr" are good until you can make a harmony. A "Melody" in a +3 zon bow nets you +6 bow skills over-all, this is great for twinking an FA zon in the making. An "Edge" bow may be the best demon (Read: boss) killer in the game you can get before level 39.
"BoTD" Just... no. It's a waste of a zod. You have to put it in a slow bow. The poison nova is annoying and does futile dmg. You could just pin a badge on your sleeve that says "n00b" and you would get a similiar effect.
"Silence" this is a fantastic RW for a bow, it's a little slow though. Furthermore, you are forced to make it in a slow bow, because of socketing options. It's got huge res all, fhr, ias, blinds target, decent dmg, causes monsters to flee, MF, huge Mana Leech. A very nice mix of an offensive/defensive weapon. This would be nice for hardcore. However, it is also outshined by nearly all the newer RW's and most would agree, just not worth the price nowadays.
"Hand Of Justice" This is a great bow, but, much like "Silence", it's day has come and gone, except for to a few specialized zon builds.
"Call To Arms" also a nice bow, but mainly for style points only. If you're rich, make one just to watch people freak in pubbies when you Bow (heh) them.
"Passion" actually pretty nice for the price. I haven't seen one of these in a long time. Hmmm... I might make one of these...
"Fortitude" No ias: too slow for my taste. The armor version of this RW is second-to-none for a bowie, though.
"Phoenix" too slow. Probably really nice for an IMO zon, she's on a timer anyway so the speed is less of an issue. Plus -fire res. She would also have no mana problems with Redemption going and HUGE mana leech on the bow.
These are my opinions only. You will develop your own opinions after you've played lots and lots of bow zons and hybrid zons, like I have. Until that time you may borrow my opinions to get you started.
A few more RW/Bow tips.
-Keep in mind that you cannot equip amazon only bows on act 1 mercs. For this reason alone I won't ever make a Faith in a zon bow. If you ever see a zon with a WF, and an act1 rogue packing a Faith, you'll know why.
-I always like to put my RW's in -10 speed bows. (Once again this is personal taste.) If you can't bear to go to such lengths for speed, try a Ward Bow, they're a nice comprimise between speed and power, and they look Badass.
-Ignore min/max damage when picking a bow, avg. dmg is what you should look at first, then look at speed, then look at min. dmg, then look at max dmg. Consistent dmg (read: high min. dmg) and speed will pwn a big max damage number on the LCS and a slow attack speed any day.
- Some of the cheaper RW's, like Harmony/Passion are worth rerolling to get a good ed%.
Hope that helps. I think I got them all.
-peace
I recommend Windforce for a strafer.
"Ice" A frostmaiden carrying this is similar to gods own personal smiting tool. As you read down the stats, it just keeps getting better. The Holy Freeze damage stacks on the area effect of FA
, plus the aura makes you very hard to kill , plus -%enemy cold res AND +% to cold dmg , plus deadly strike, plus AR boost, plus blah blah blah; it's just awesome all over your face. An FA zon with this cannon in hand can destroy packs in the cow level just as fast as an LF zon (!). Not to mention it has one of the coolest CTC effects in the game. This was some FA-fanatic-who-works-at-blizzard's wet dream."Brand" may be the coolest looking ctc effect in the game, and it is a pretty powerful bow, but pales in comparison to "Faith" and it's just as expensive. Also note that this bow is SICK on an enchantress. It also took a hard nerfing when they fixed the "Marrow Walk Bug" for 1.11.
"Harmony" is the best bow in the whole effing game, if price is considered as a factor in any way shape or form. Combine this RW with Lionheart/Treachery/Duress for deadly-on-a-budget. You'll be surprised.
"Wrath" sucks any way you slice it. You get almost no-bang-at-all for your buck.
"Melody"/"Edge"/"Zephyr" are good until you can make a harmony. A "Melody" in a +3 zon bow nets you +6 bow skills over-all, this is great for twinking an FA zon in the making. An "Edge" bow may be the best demon (Read: boss) killer in the game you can get before level 39.
"BoTD" Just... no. It's a waste of a zod. You have to put it in a slow bow. The poison nova is annoying and does futile dmg. You could just pin a badge on your sleeve that says "n00b" and you would get a similiar effect.
"Silence" this is a fantastic RW for a bow, it's a little slow though. Furthermore, you are forced to make it in a slow bow, because of socketing options. It's got huge res all, fhr, ias, blinds target, decent dmg, causes monsters to flee, MF, huge Mana Leech. A very nice mix of an offensive/defensive weapon. This would be nice for hardcore. However, it is also outshined by nearly all the newer RW's and most would agree, just not worth the price nowadays.
"Hand Of Justice" This is a great bow, but, much like "Silence", it's day has come and gone, except for to a few specialized zon builds.
"Call To Arms" also a nice bow, but mainly for style points only. If you're rich, make one just to watch people freak in pubbies when you Bow (heh) them.
"Passion" actually pretty nice for the price. I haven't seen one of these in a long time. Hmmm... I might make one of these...
"Fortitude" No ias: too slow for my taste. The armor version of this RW is second-to-none for a bowie, though.
"Phoenix" too slow. Probably really nice for an IMO zon, she's on a timer anyway so the speed is less of an issue. Plus -fire res. She would also have no mana problems with Redemption going and HUGE mana leech on the bow.
These are my opinions only. You will develop your own opinions after you've played lots and lots of bow zons and hybrid zons, like I have. Until that time you may borrow my opinions to get you started.
A few more RW/Bow tips.
-Keep in mind that you cannot equip amazon only bows on act 1 mercs. For this reason alone I won't ever make a Faith in a zon bow. If you ever see a zon with a WF, and an act1 rogue packing a Faith, you'll know why.
-I always like to put my RW's in -10 speed bows. (Once again this is personal taste.) If you can't bear to go to such lengths for speed, try a Ward Bow, they're a nice comprimise between speed and power, and they look Badass.
-Ignore min/max damage when picking a bow, avg. dmg is what you should look at first, then look at speed, then look at min. dmg, then look at max dmg. Consistent dmg (read: high min. dmg) and speed will pwn a big max damage number on the LCS and a slow attack speed any day.
- Some of the cheaper RW's, like Harmony/Passion are worth rerolling to get a good ed%.
Hope that helps. I think I got them all.
-peace
