Why would you max Multiple Arrows? From level 23 and afterwards it just increases the mana cost, and you can easily get something like +10 in all skills and even more in bows skills.
@PhobosAnomaly95 It isn't maxed. It is just high enough to get the maximum amount of arrows per shot without +skills from equipment. Put those points else where if you like.
i am lvl 80 right now with 320 dex, but y my magic arrows damage is still so low..not even pass 1k. and when i use magic arrow sometimes it doesnt even hurt the monster(theres like a little blue shield when i hit it) happens since i 1st start to play...not just in hell lvl, plz help thx!
@MentalSchools There is a plug-in/mod that will let you fight the ubers in single player. Failing that you can just get an item pack and edit them in.
do you play single player only or bnet? Because I play SP and it's hard as F to get good items or even high lvl runes. Best I found was shako and gore riders =\
@BorisKnoT It is much, much, harder to find what you are looking for in singleplayer. Usually people rely on sheer numbers to find the item they need by trading. In singleplayer, just like online, you need MF and patience. I have found plenty of good items in single player. The pain is fighting what you actually need for that char..
@synexTheOnlyTrue For whatever reason Youtube flagged your post as spam.. Anyway, I am using the might aura merc for the damage increase. Skilling multishot up to a cutoff point increases the number of arrows you fire per cast. You can leave it at that skill level w/ +skills if you like. There are a lot of fluff points with which to do w/e you want to in this build. Up to you.
i tried the Ice Maiden Bowazon and it is pretty lame. You talk about it for a moment. No way to get any respectable amount of damage and it DRAINS your mana like crazy and its fairly expensive.
Im going to convert it to this one (or a similar type one).
What kind of merc is it using? Act 2 ... Offensive, Combat, Defensive???
One thing.if u hold Shift+any number between 1-4(needs too be health,mana doesnt work) merc get instant health without u having to take health out of the belt and clicking his name.just a hint if someone doesnt know ;)
Freezing arrow does work actually. It does have some advantages over strafe/multishot faith builds. I'm playing one on ladder right now since I rolled a 30%/210% ice gmb. The trick is to get lots of 15-17 mana charms that also have x-y cold damage. Anything that adds cold damage also adds to the freezing length.
I'm using nightwing, ice gmb, crafted 20 ias/3ml/3ll/knockback gloves, highlords, raven, dual leech/ar/res ring, razortail and 30frw tri-res mana boots. Works really well.
would you have any tips on magicfinding runes? i never know where the best place is to go to magicfind for them.. if you could help me out it'd be greatly appreciated.
@NumoIzRiPPiN If I understand your question, you want to know where to hunt to find runes? I do not believe magic find increases your chances of finding runes. In fact I am pretty sure it does not. However, it does help you get runes indirectly. Put on your magic find gear and find some nice uniques or rares or magic items that people will trade for. Then trade those items for runes. That is how I do it anyway.
You are right they are better than uniques, but uniques are easy to find/trade for. The kind of rares your talking about with the perfect laundry list of mods is not.
@DudeTh3Man Well, this is what I'm trying to say. The artisan's tiara of nirvana is critical to the points I am trying to make as it enables you to reach the highest breakpoint with a windforce and a faith merc while also being able to get a truly massive dex advantage compared to your build. My amazon didn't need nearly as much strength as yours, which means I got a gigantic advantage in dexterity compared to yours, which definitely closes the gap.
I personally would not call 99 dexterity gigantic. We are talking something like +400 damage. Also having a higher dex to increase your base damage would put pride + might even further ahead of faith. Even in your build. If you literally need that 30% IAS to hit a breakpoint and somehow see that as more beneficial than another 2000+ damage.. I guess whatever works for you.
@DudeTh3Man It's a large amount. You're also forgetting the potential rare ring with +dex and gloves that give 9-10% crushing blow (from crafted gloves) and even more +dex, which your build doesn't have. All of this adds up. The 200% damage from laying on hands in some areas would drastically put you way ahead of your build with such a simple gear change because of the ring swap. Atma's scarab also gives you amp damage, which doubles your damage and kills physical immunes. It procs more with ias
@egervari Well the stats you are listing are not just flat added in a vacuum. The rings you just mentioned would net you +dex and crushing blow, but you would be losing +skill, +flat HP, and lifesteal. And again you are using rares, which is something I chose to stay away from for the video.
@DudeTh3Man Rare gloves and rings would have life leech, hp/mana and all sorts of other mods. Honestly, you can craft a glove with 20ias, +dex, +life, +10% crushing blow, and resists. The ring could have attack rating, life leech, mana leech, dex and 15 to res all for example. You might be staying away from rares, but there's no reason to do that. It's part of the game, and rares are meant to be better than the uniques much of the time.
@DudeTh3Man Ultimately, I think all of these changes I'm talking about make up for a lot of that lost damage you're talking about and it would put the build in a net positive. The ias really is important - getting that last break-point is nice as this does boost your dps. I think my build though was able to put so many more points into dex than yours, which probably gave me a big edge. I know I can clear the throne and baal faster than you did. I should video it.
And let's not short-change laying on hands either. That's an extra 200%. If you do some ring swapping, you could use that too... or you could use a crushing blow crafted gloves instead, which could utterly destroy soul drainers.
@DudeTh3Man I used the decoys more than you did, which alleviated the need for act 2 merc. My valk also had a lot more points in it to make it more useful. It gets beefed up I think at level 17. And of course, I had a ton of 214, 251, etc. poison charms.
You also have to remember, I get an extra 40% damage from my helm because I think COA was a waste, and let's not forget I get ~30 more dex on that tiara in addition to being able to put a ton more points into dex because I am not using a CoA.
I also didn't use bk's on my zon. I used a ravenfrost and a rare ring with AR, dual leech, str, dex and res all. I realize this is extremely rare... I am a gambling addict after all... but I think a good rare ring pretty much kills a bk, and also gives you a chance to get rid of soul drainers for a crafted glove or even lay on hands for extra damage to certain monsters.
@DudeTh3Man I did so many tests with this. I don't know about magic arrow (I never really used it... wasn't necessary), but faith + windforce with the highest ias breakpoint did amazingly good damage. I am very certain I can clear throne and baal faster than you did. Of course, I was using a 3os Tiara with 15/40's, so maybe that has something to do with it.
@egervari Switching to faith from might + concentration nets you -2531 damage for magic arrow and -1898 damage for multishot. Your losing that damage for ~30% IAS. Not anywhere near an even trade. Also like I said I would rather have the Act 2 merc because he tanks, where as the Act 1 merc does not. If for whatever reason you were attached to the archer merc and didn't mind losing a hefty chunk of damage in exchange for a very small amount of IAS, it would work I suppose.
If you're using windforce as your main bow (a very solid choice), then you probably should get an act 1 merc with cold arrow damage and then use a Faith on that merc. This way you get more damage and ias from the fanaticism aura. It also turns out that fanaticism + windforce deals the highest damage out of any bow combination in the entire game.
@egervari Actually you get more damage with a Act 2 merc who stacks might and concentration auras.. As I did in the video. Also the act 2 merc will tank for you where as the act 1 merc won't. Seeing as the Amazon doesn't take hits well having a second body in between you and the horde is a very good thing.
Looks like your merc is not equipped right. I'd honestly recommend a better polearm than pride... it does no damage, so it can't leech. Treachery in an ebug armor is really nice too to make sure he gets more attacks for more leech opportunities in addition for more resists and damage reduction. You can even make it in a piece of crap mage plate and he won't die. Andy's helm for even more ias, although vamp gaze works too.
@egervari You could forgoe the pride (concentration aura) if you didn't mind losing 1500 damage on magic arrow and 1000 damage on multishot.. I wouldn't change the build to add damage to the merc while sacrificing a large chunk of my own damage.
@JSS271095 Strafe only hits a set number of enemies, because of how long strafes animation is you cannot spam it like you can multishot and worst of all it locks you in place until the animation finishes. Strafe is garbage in my opinion.
Why would you max Multiple Arrows? From level 23 and afterwards it just increases the mana cost, and you can easily get something like +10 in all skills and even more in bows skills.
PhobosAnomaly95 5 days ago
@PhobosAnomaly95 It isn't maxed. It is just high enough to get the maximum amount of arrows per shot without +skills from equipment. Put those points else where if you like.
DudeTh3Man 5 days ago
@DudeTh3Man Ah, understood. I asked because you said in the description to max it.
PhobosAnomaly95 5 days ago
@PhobosAnomaly95 Fixed. Thanx for the heads up.
DudeTh3Man 5 days ago
This has been flagged as spam show
i am lvl 80 right now with 320 dex, but y my magic arrows damage is still so low..not even pass 1k. and when i use magic arrow sometimes it doesnt even hurt the monster(theres like a little blue shield when i hit it) happens since i 1st start to play...not just in hell lvl, plz help thx!
jimmychanxy 1 week ago
You should deff do a uber run with all the chars it would be pretty sick.
MentalSchools 3 weeks ago
how in the fuck did you get torch in SP??
MentalSchools 3 weeks ago
@MentalSchools There is a plug-in/mod that will let you fight the ubers in single player. Failing that you can just get an item pack and edit them in.
DudeTh3Man 3 weeks ago
Hey,
do you play single player only or bnet? Because I play SP and it's hard as F to get good items or even high lvl runes. Best I found was shako and gore riders =\
BorisKnoT 1 month ago
@BorisKnoT It is much, much, harder to find what you are looking for in singleplayer. Usually people rely on sheer numbers to find the item they need by trading. In singleplayer, just like online, you need MF and patience. I have found plenty of good items in single player. The pain is fighting what you actually need for that char..
DudeTh3Man 1 month ago
What kind of merc is it using? Act 2 ... Offensive, Combat, Defensive???
Do I have to skill Multiple shot??
synexTheOnlyTrue 2 months ago
@synexTheOnlyTrue For whatever reason Youtube flagged your post as spam.. Anyway, I am using the might aura merc for the damage increase. Skilling multishot up to a cutoff point increases the number of arrows you fire per cast. You can leave it at that skill level w/ +skills if you like. There are a lot of fluff points with which to do w/e you want to in this build. Up to you.
DudeTh3Man 1 month ago
How did you get your game that big?
StoneDeven 2 months ago
@StoneDeven At the bottom of the video description there is a link for the resolution mod.
DudeTh3Man 2 months ago
@DudeTh3Man Sucks tho I can't use in 1.13v
StoneDeven 2 months ago
@StoneDeven Yep they need to update it. No idea why they haven't.
DudeTh3Man 1 month ago
Hey... good guide.
i tried the Ice Maiden Bowazon and it is pretty lame. You talk about it for a moment. No way to get any respectable amount of damage and it DRAINS your mana like crazy and its fairly expensive.
Im going to convert it to this one (or a similar type one).
What kind of merc is it using? Act 2 ... Offensive, Combat, Defensive???
Sammmyrexroth 2 months ago
One thing.if u hold Shift+any number between 1-4(needs too be health,mana doesnt work) merc get instant health without u having to take health out of the belt and clicking his name.just a hint if someone doesnt know ;)
Mateinho20 3 months ago
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Mateinho20 3 months ago
Nice mate, I think I'll be trying this soon, I have to start from scratch though because I've not played D2 in years
KevinMullins84 4 months ago
Freezing arrow does work actually. It does have some advantages over strafe/multishot faith builds. I'm playing one on ladder right now since I rolled a 30%/210% ice gmb. The trick is to get lots of 15-17 mana charms that also have x-y cold damage. Anything that adds cold damage also adds to the freezing length.
I'm using nightwing, ice gmb, crafted 20 ias/3ml/3ll/knockback gloves, highlords, raven, dual leech/ar/res ring, razortail and 30frw tri-res mana boots. Works really well.
egervari 5 months ago
I like the way you say "MEEEELT" ! haha so funny
kaylocksrv 5 months ago
alright I'll try that, thank you! hopefully I'll become a little richer lol
NumoIzRiPPiN 5 months ago
would you have any tips on magicfinding runes? i never know where the best place is to go to magicfind for them.. if you could help me out it'd be greatly appreciated.
NumoIzRiPPiN 5 months ago
@NumoIzRiPPiN If I understand your question, you want to know where to hunt to find runes? I do not believe magic find increases your chances of finding runes. In fact I am pretty sure it does not. However, it does help you get runes indirectly. Put on your magic find gear and find some nice uniques or rares or magic items that people will trade for. Then trade those items for runes. That is how I do it anyway.
DudeTh3Man 5 months ago
You are right they are better than uniques, but uniques are easy to find/trade for. The kind of rares your talking about with the perfect laundry list of mods is not.
DudeTh3Man 6 months ago
@DudeTh3Man Well, this is what I'm trying to say. The artisan's tiara of nirvana is critical to the points I am trying to make as it enables you to reach the highest breakpoint with a windforce and a faith merc while also being able to get a truly massive dex advantage compared to your build. My amazon didn't need nearly as much strength as yours, which means I got a gigantic advantage in dexterity compared to yours, which definitely closes the gap.
egervari 6 months ago
I personally would not call 99 dexterity gigantic. We are talking something like +400 damage. Also having a higher dex to increase your base damage would put pride + might even further ahead of faith. Even in your build. If you literally need that 30% IAS to hit a breakpoint and somehow see that as more beneficial than another 2000+ damage.. I guess whatever works for you.
DudeTh3Man 6 months ago
@DudeTh3Man It's a large amount. You're also forgetting the potential rare ring with +dex and gloves that give 9-10% crushing blow (from crafted gloves) and even more +dex, which your build doesn't have. All of this adds up. The 200% damage from laying on hands in some areas would drastically put you way ahead of your build with such a simple gear change because of the ring swap. Atma's scarab also gives you amp damage, which doubles your damage and kills physical immunes. It procs more with ias
egervari 6 months ago
@egervari Well the stats you are listing are not just flat added in a vacuum. The rings you just mentioned would net you +dex and crushing blow, but you would be losing +skill, +flat HP, and lifesteal. And again you are using rares, which is something I chose to stay away from for the video.
DudeTh3Man 6 months ago
@DudeTh3Man Rare gloves and rings would have life leech, hp/mana and all sorts of other mods. Honestly, you can craft a glove with 20ias, +dex, +life, +10% crushing blow, and resists. The ring could have attack rating, life leech, mana leech, dex and 15 to res all for example. You might be staying away from rares, but there's no reason to do that. It's part of the game, and rares are meant to be better than the uniques much of the time.
egervari 6 months ago
@DudeTh3Man Oh, also can't forget that the crushing blow gloves have +2 bow/crossbow skills as well.
egervari 6 months ago
@DudeTh3Man itempub.com/admin/UploadFiles/2009-6/101925935163.jpg
Just as an example of types of mods that can spawn on these.
egervari 6 months ago
@DudeTh3Man Ultimately, I think all of these changes I'm talking about make up for a lot of that lost damage you're talking about and it would put the build in a net positive. The ias really is important - getting that last break-point is nice as this does boost your dps. I think my build though was able to put so many more points into dex than yours, which probably gave me a big edge. I know I can clear the throne and baal faster than you did. I should video it.
egervari 6 months ago
And let's not short-change laying on hands either. That's an extra 200%. If you do some ring swapping, you could use that too... or you could use a crushing blow crafted gloves instead, which could utterly destroy soul drainers.
egervari 6 months ago
@DudeTh3Man I used the decoys more than you did, which alleviated the need for act 2 merc. My valk also had a lot more points in it to make it more useful. It gets beefed up I think at level 17. And of course, I had a ton of 214, 251, etc. poison charms.
You also have to remember, I get an extra 40% damage from my helm because I think COA was a waste, and let's not forget I get ~30 more dex on that tiara in addition to being able to put a ton more points into dex because I am not using a CoA.
egervari 6 months ago
I just checked, my ring didn't have str, just dex.
egervari 6 months ago in playlist My Favorite Diablo 2 Builds.
I also didn't use bk's on my zon. I used a ravenfrost and a rare ring with AR, dual leech, str, dex and res all. I realize this is extremely rare... I am a gambling addict after all... but I think a good rare ring pretty much kills a bk, and also gives you a chance to get rid of soul drainers for a crafted glove or even lay on hands for extra damage to certain monsters.
egervari 6 months ago in playlist My Favorite Diablo 2 Builds.
This is the helm I used on ladder last season:
dl.dropbox.com/u/443421/D2/artisans.tiara.of.nirvana.jpg
egervari 6 months ago
@DudeTh3Man I did so many tests with this. I don't know about magic arrow (I never really used it... wasn't necessary), but faith + windforce with the highest ias breakpoint did amazingly good damage. I am very certain I can clear throne and baal faster than you did. Of course, I was using a 3os Tiara with 15/40's, so maybe that has something to do with it.
egervari 6 months ago
@egervari Switching to faith from might + concentration nets you -2531 damage for magic arrow and -1898 damage for multishot. Your losing that damage for ~30% IAS. Not anywhere near an even trade. Also like I said I would rather have the Act 2 merc because he tanks, where as the Act 1 merc does not. If for whatever reason you were attached to the archer merc and didn't mind losing a hefty chunk of damage in exchange for a very small amount of IAS, it would work I suppose.
DudeTh3Man 6 months ago
If you're using windforce as your main bow (a very solid choice), then you probably should get an act 1 merc with cold arrow damage and then use a Faith on that merc. This way you get more damage and ias from the fanaticism aura. It also turns out that fanaticism + windforce deals the highest damage out of any bow combination in the entire game.
egervari 6 months ago in playlist My Favorite Diablo 2 Builds.
@egervari Actually you get more damage with a Act 2 merc who stacks might and concentration auras.. As I did in the video. Also the act 2 merc will tank for you where as the act 1 merc won't. Seeing as the Amazon doesn't take hits well having a second body in between you and the horde is a very good thing.
DudeTh3Man 6 months ago
Looks like your merc is not equipped right. I'd honestly recommend a better polearm than pride... it does no damage, so it can't leech. Treachery in an ebug armor is really nice too to make sure he gets more attacks for more leech opportunities in addition for more resists and damage reduction. You can even make it in a piece of crap mage plate and he won't die. Andy's helm for even more ias, although vamp gaze works too.
egervari 6 months ago in playlist My Favorite Diablo 2 Builds.
@egervari You could forgoe the pride (concentration aura) if you didn't mind losing 1500 damage on magic arrow and 1000 damage on multishot.. I wouldn't change the build to add damage to the merc while sacrificing a large chunk of my own damage.
DudeTh3Man 6 months ago
@DudeTh3Man That's why I personally use act 1 merc with faith. You get the same benefits as bride plus more ias.
egervari 6 months ago
atma's scarab also works to get rid of physical immunes too. Works if you want to boost other skills.
egervari 6 months ago in playlist My Favorite Diablo 2 Builds.
16:15 this is why enigma rules
JSS271095 6 months ago
@JSS271095 This is true.
DudeTh3Man 6 months ago
srafe or multiarrow and why?
JSS271095 6 months ago
@JSS271095 Strafe only hits a set number of enemies, because of how long strafes animation is you cannot spam it like you can multishot and worst of all it locks you in place until the animation finishes. Strafe is garbage in my opinion.
DudeTh3Man 6 months ago
How did you get your game into that high of resolution? Assuming you're running 1.13.
sgtmas2006 7 months ago
@sgtmas2006 I am using version 1.12c. There is a link to the resolution mod in the info.
DudeTh3Man 7 months ago