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~ The Freezing Strafezon PvM ~


Table of Contents

Introduction
Vocabulary
General Amazon Informations
Equipment
Skills
Stats



- Introduction -

There is a little guide to help you for a bowazon pvm building, quite hard to play in classic, but viable !
I show you in equipment few variants, it's hope to you to choose if you play solo or support players.


- Vocabulary -

STR : Strength
Dext : Dexterity
Vita : Vitality
IAS : Increased attack speed
ED : Enhanced Damage ( if weapon) Enhanced Defense (if armor)
AR : Attack Rating
LL : Life leech
ML : Mana leech
FRW : Faster Run/Walk
MF : Magic Find Items


- General Amazon Informations -

Starting Attributes

Strength: 20
Dexterity: 25
Vitality: 20
Energy: 15

Hit Points: 50
Stamina: 84
Mana: 15

Each Character Level

Life +2
Stamina +1
Mana +1.5

Attribute Point Effect

1 Vitality point gives 3 Life
1 Vitality point gives 1 Stamina
1 Energy point gives 1.5 Mana


- Equipment -

. Weapon :

Rare Gothic Bow :
+2 to Amazon Skills
+20% Increasd Attack Speed
+150-200% Enhanced Damage
Good add :Attack Ratting / Life Leech / Mana Leech / -xx Requirements
Socket : Perfect Skull

You can't skip this item, you need max damage as possible to use strafe.

. Armor :

Silks of the Victor, Ancient Armor
+100-120% Enhanced Defense (varies)
+1 To All Skills
5% Mana Stolen Per Hit
+2 To Light Radius

or

Twitchthroe, Studded Leather
+25 Defense
25% Increase chance of blocking
20% Faster Hit Recovery
20% Increased Attack Speed
+10 To Dexterity
+10 To Strength

Silks is to up your freezing arrow damages, but twitch has lower strength requirement and 20%Ias, Do your choice !

. Helmet :

Tarnhelm, Skull Cap
+1 To All Skill Levels
25-50% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items (varies)
75% Extra Gold From Monsters

. Amulet :

+2 to Amazon skills
+ 12 - 20 Dexterity (varies)
All resistances + 16-20 (varies)
Good Add : Attack Ratting / +20-60 Life / +8-20 Strength

- Skills for freezing arrow damages and Dexterity for strafe damages are essentials

. Rings :

2 x The Stone of Jordan
+1 To All Skills
Increase Maximum Mana 25%
Adds 1-12 Lightning Damage
+20 To Mana

- When you play with others players, you need more damages on freezing arrows, and don't care about cold immunes

or

2x Rare Rings :
Minimum – Maximum Damage
Mana Leech
Dexterity
Dual Resistances
Good Add : Attack Ratting / Life Leech / Strength

- Helpfull to maximise your strafe damage, the way to go if you play solo

. Gloves :

Sigon's Gage, Set Gauntlets
+20 to Attack Rating
+10 to Strength
30% Increased Attack Speed (2 Items)

or

Death's Hand, Leather Gloves
Poison Length Reduced by 75%
Poison Resist 50%
30% Increased Attack Speed (2 Items)

. Belt :

Sigon's Wrap, Plated Belt
Fire Resist +20%
+20 to Life
+ (2 Per Character Level) 2-198 To Defense (Based On Character Level) (2 Items)

or

Death's Guard, Sash
Cannot be Frozen
+20 Defense
All Resistances +15 (2 Items)


. Boots :

Sigon's Sabot, Greaves
20% Faster Run/Walk
Cold Resist +40%
+50 To Attack Rating (2 Items)
+50% Better Chance To Find Magic Items (3 Items)


or

Rare Boots, low strength require
+30% Fast Run Walk
Dual Resists +3x or Tri Resists +2x-3x
Good add : Dexterity / Magic Find items

Death Set Bonus
+8% Life Steal (2 Items)

Sigon Set Bonus
+10% Life Stolen Per Hit (2 Items)
+100 Defense (3 Items)


- In this suite of gear, I propose you the sigon gloves/belt/boots or the death set with rare boots
The Sigon set is more random. For more survability, take the Death set and rare boots.

Here a screen of two variants, I recommand the left one, take sigon boots if you haven't a good rare pair.




- Skills -

Bow Skills :

20 Freezing Arrow (your main skill)
20 Strafe (to kill cold immunes)
20 Cold Arrow (freezing's synergie)

Passive and Magic Skills :

8-10 in Walkyrie (8 if you use 2xsoj / 10 if you use rares)
1 skill in all passives

You will have theses skills done level 81 (with skills quests)
After that :
Rotate 1skill per passive

In this screen you can see your skills trees for a lvl80



- Stats -

Strength : Enough to equip your gear
Dexterity :Rest on it, it's upgrade your strafe damage and Attack Rating
Vitality : Enough for 400-450HP
Energy : Nothing

In this screen you can see stats for lvl80



- How to play -

Don't forget to summon Walkyrie
Carefull : you have low resists and hp, play safe !
When monster haven't cold immune, use freezing arrow and varie with strafe to leech mana and life.
When monster have cold immune, cast decoy infrom of it and use strafe.
Your Walkyrie can tank, but use decoy in same time.
Use slow missile on every caster monster you meet.


If you have questions or ideas, post here !
An other good bowa pvm guide was mad buy Guigeek, a cheaper gear who I recommand for new players :http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=65824647&f=87
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Thx waiting for v3!
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Quote (reptiloid @ May 10 2015 06:10pm)
Thx waiting for v3!


:rofl: probably in 2100
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:rofl: :D :lol:
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