Ry4N2109's Glass Cannon Guide!!
This Guide is to Promote Good Mannered Dueling Only!!

Section I. Introduction
Section II. Gear
Section III. Skill Points
Section IV.Stat Points
Section V. PvP Strategies
Section VI. Conclusion




Section I. Introduction

Well, my name is Ryan, and I just recently have made a bowa. I found it to be by far my favorite character to play in Diablo II (Do Not Read This If You Want a Tank). Therefore, I decided to make a easy to read guide to help people who want to make a fun bow zon. This bow zon is specifically called a Glass Cannon. By reading this guide you will see why! Hope you enjoy it


Section II. Gear

Armor:
Fortitude Archon Plate
~ Preferably ~
30 Resistance
15 Base Enhanced Defense
1668 Total Defense

Helm:
120/45/30 Tiara
~ Preferably ~
30 Faster Run and Walk
3x 40/15 ias Jewels

Gloves:
20 Ias Knockback Gloves
~ Preferably ~
Dexterity or Strength Mod

Boots:
War Travs
~ Preferably ~
190% Enhanced Defense

Belt:
Nosferatu Coil
~ Preferably ~
7% Life Leech

Rings:
Raven Frosts
~ Needed ~
20 To Dexterity 200+ AR

Amulet:
The Cat's Eye

Weapon (Main):
Faith Grand Matron Bow (Must Be GM)
~ Preferably ~
15 To Aura
2 To Skills
330+% Ed

Weapon (Switch):
Eth Titans
~ Preferably ~
Up'd 190+ Enhanced Damage

Shield (Switch):
Stormshield
~ Preferably ~
Hel'd To Lower Strength Requirement

Pre-Buff Gear (Not Necessary)
Call To Arms, Flail, War Axe or Crystal Sword:
~ Preferably ~
6 To Battle Orders
~~
Lidless

Charms:
Anni
~~ Preferably ~~
20/+15/X

Z-Torch
~~ Preferably ~~
20/+15

Small Charms
3 Frw/3 Max/AR
2 Dex/3 Max/AR
or (nl)
3/20/20s

Stashed Gear:
Kira's Guardian
Increases Maximum Res
~~ Preferably ~~
70 To All Resistance with a 15 ias Jewel in it

T-Gods
Increases Maximum Res
~~ Preferably ~~
200% Enhanced Defense

Hotspurs
Increases Maximum Res
~~ Preferably ~~
Double Up'd

Harmony
Increases Fr/w, Decrease Damage
~~ Preferably ~~
275% Enhanced Defense

160/60 Armor
Increase of Damage, Ias
~~ Preferably ~~
Will first of all these are really expensive, and are not worth it.
But I would recommend an armor with 100+ to Life to socket in.



Section III. Skill Points

Main Skills:
20 ~~ Guided Arrows
11 ~~ Multiple Shot (Max Arrow Action)
16 ~~ Critical Strike
16 ~~ Evade
16 ~~ Dodge
16 ~~ Avoid

Secondary Skills:
1 ~~ Jab
1 ~~ Valkyrie
1 ~~ Strafe
1 ~~ Pierce


Section IV. Stat Points
Do Not Put Any Stats In Until You Reach Level 75 For Anni + Z-Torch To Kick In

Strength: Minimum Amount For Gear
Dexterity: Every Single Point (More Dexterity = More Damage)
Vitality: None At All!!!!
Energy: If You Put Stats In This, Take Out Your D2 CD-Key and Break It in Half, Then Un-Install


Section V. Strategy Guides

Elemental Druid: Spam Multiple Shot from far away to kill his summons then namelock and finish him with Guided Arrows.
Hammerdin: Try to stay as far back as possible, spam Guided Arrows / Multiple Shot until he is dead. If he comes to close to you, switch to walk to help avoid his hammers.
Smiter: Smiters aren't to hard, try to stay as far back as possible and use Guided Arrows, if he charges, switch to titans/ss and switch to walk to help defend against it.
Charger: You won't beat a Gg Charger.
Foher: Stay as far back as possible, don't let him Foh you, try to kill him as quick as possible, use decoy and valkyrie asap.
Auradin: Strap on Kiras... Your Only Chance.
Fire Sorc: Utterly impossible to lose to, mass Multi and avoid getting hit.
Blizz Sorc: Mass Multiple Shot or Strafe and try to namelock Guided Arrows, try to stay out of range of blizzard.
Orb Sorc: Do NOT chase him/her.. just stay back and use Multiple Shot.
Lightning Sorc: Thunder Storm is deadly (Valkyrie helps block it).. avoid it and your good.
PnB Necro: Avoid getting hit by Spears, Spirits, and Tooths.. Mass Guided/Multi mix and Valkyrie/Decoy and wait for him to drop dead, if he has summons multi like mad.
Poison Necro: Have only faced one, just massed multi and won easily.
Trap Sin: Avoid Mind Blast as much as possible, verse a trap sin if you get hit your ko'd.
WW Sin: Stay out of WW path, if she gets to close switch to your secondary weapon, but usually it isn't necessary.
BvC: Namelock Guided Arrows, if he is about to hit you switch to your shield/titans.
Jav/FC Zon: Stay the hell back, very cheap chars.. Mass Arrows like a madman and wait for him/her to die.
Bowa: Stay back and mass multi, whoever gets first hit usually wins. Decoy and Valkyrie help to deflect arrows.


Section VI. Conclusion

• Do Not Use Poison or Lightning Charms, They Negate Critical Strike
• Try to Always use Valkyrie/Decoy, They Help Negate Attacks/Throw Off Enemies

• The Reason Vitality/Res is not need is due to the fact that you run so fast you desynch, which helps you avoid getting hit by dodging.



• Please do not use SORB, Wisps, Dwarfs, Etc... Very BM Dueling, and utterly pointless on a Glass Cannon.
• Hope this Guide Has Helped You to Make a Gg Bowa!!!
• Help Thanks to Team Rugrats™ and Specifically JReD.
• Everything You Need To Know ~ http://diablo2.ingame.de/tips/calcs/weaponspeed.php?lang=english
• Please PM Me For Any Questions You May Have.



This post was edited by Ry4n2109 on Jan 23 2008 03:31pm

lol. . .


tgods/hotspurs when you have 12 resist and no alternative ias items, no light fury, 466 life...


max resist is a must, you raise vita when you can't afford good sc's, 160/60 let's you use better DR/stack, elemental damage doesn't negate crit, light fury can out tank 90% of the barbs/pallies you duel... there's to much stuff left out.

for the t-gods hotspurs, u equip them with kira's, thought that was pretty self explanatory, sorry =\

What? I don't understand what you are saying on the second part, this is not a hybrid, it is a glass cannon

This post was edited by Ry4n2109 on Jan 23 2008 03:56pm

very nice guide, would 10max54+ar6dex gc better here?

This post was edited by dlbhm on Jan 23 2008 03:59pm

lmk when you find a 4 socket armor w/ over 100 life

Those work, I use 3 of them myself, i wouldnt use an entire inventory full of it.. Gotta save room for some 3frw/3max/20 ar scs



i didnt mean over 100 life, i meant exactly 100 life

This post was edited by Ry4n2109 on Jan 23 2008 03:58pm

ok, so you use kiras and drop to 8fps? how are you using your SS if you built around travs and put hotspurs on?

light fury is a 1 point skill, it ignores target defense and does 9K+ physical damage(70%+ double damage). an average hit does 10k-20k damage(with shield out)
light bolt converts 100% physical damage to elemental(5k+ damage) so it's really good for killing necros/sorcs/pallies that are low

Okay, Thanks for the input, i'll try that Unfortunately, cant edit post right now, so i may add that to the revised revised version, ty marvel.

This post was edited by Ry4n2109 on Jan 23 2008 04:02pm

Why posting bullshit???

Again, if you have no clue - dont try to write a "guide" ffs....

well yeah but it says "+".

anyway i'm being nitpicky since i'm not a zon person.