Quick MLD zon IAS Facts:

Shadow bow (0 ias) - Can hit 8 fpa with 110 ias from gear (20 ias gloves, 60 ias armor and 30 ias helm)
Shadow bow (20 ias) - Can hit 8 fpa with 85 ias from gear (60 ias armor and 30 ias helm allowing for kb gloves) or (60 ias armor and 20 ias gloves and a 30/15 vamp gaze)

Blade Bow/Matri (35 ias) - Can hit 7 fpa with 110 ias from gear (20 ias gloves, 60 ias armor and 30 ias helm)
Blade Bow/Matri (50 ias) - Can hit 7 fpa with 95 ias from gear (10 ias kb gloves, 60 ias armor and 30 ias helm) or (60 ias armor and 20 ias gloves and a 30/15 vamp gaze)


The Evolution of a MLD TVT zon:

A few people have asked me what gear my zon uses and so i thought i would share a before and after style comparison.

Below is a table showing the sort of gear/stats that my tvt zon started out with, as well as a rationality of why that particular equipment was used.
Note that some of the options might look a bit odd, but we are talking about team duels here, so you need to be built a bit tankier than in 1v1.
As you trade/gamble/craft better items, you can start to phase out some of this initial gear to increase damage output.





Helm: Best in slot until you can find a juicy rare. + Passives help round out your char, and the frw helps you avoid getting hit.
Ammy: A 3 passive/100 life is a better starting ammy, but my zon was thirsty for resistances so i crafted my own.
Shield: Sanctuary shield is a very good starting shield, especially since you will be really squishy until you get stronger res stack items.
Armor: 60 ias/ 120 single res armors help you hit ias bps as well as prevent you from getting 1 hit ko'd. The downside though, is that you lose a lot of enhanced damage.
Boots: Nats/ tri res can help on a new TvT zon. Both options provide high frw to keep safe.
Javs: The frw from Titans helps vs casters. At this stage, you will likely be more bow heavy in terms of game play





Ammy: I crafted a huge res stack ammy. This helps to take pressure off of my single res armors and my boot slots so that i can use my 120 ed/60 ias at all times and War Travellers most of the time.
Belt: Tri res belt takes the pressure off of boot and armor slot for more damage output
Gloves: Tri res belt takes the pressure off of boot and armor slot for more damage output
Shield: 3x jewelled kite of deflect adds some res stack, but more importantly adds much more lightning fury damage.
Armor: 120 ed/60 ias armor. 120 ed is like the equivalent of 8 like damage scs
Boots: War Travellers. Worth approx 13 damage scs. Huge Damage upgrade
Javs: High ed stygnian pilums
Sc Swaps: 10-12 20/11 cold or light. These also help take pressure off of armor and boot slot.

dont forget there are 30 all res 30 frw magic circlets, and magic boots can get 40 single resist 40 frw for your cold & lightning (fire obviously being covered by aldurs) res, meaning you've got a bit more leeway with needing less charm swaps, especially if you were to use a couple 15 ias 30 single resist jewels in those 30/30 circlets i mentioned first.

For sure. I just wanted to show that in the beginning, you typically need to sacrifice damage output for res-centric pieces until you are able to get your hands on better quality gear.
As my zon evolved, i needed less and less pairs of armors/boots etc that were cluttering my stash. Now i have 24 charms in stash + a bunch of very high impact swaps.
In the future, i may only need like 12x 20/5 res all scs to get the job done, freeing up even more space for high impact swap gear. For example, right now id love a shield with super fast block vs barbs/ww sins, but I just dont have the room right now until i make more changes.

Oo very nice i like it.
So ull never mav belt or ow belt really? Soe always?

I used to use a blood belt on my zon vs casters because of the high life and res stack. The ow provided a tiny damage boost overall, but i eventually replaced it with a tri res rare vs casters because it saved me more inventory space.
I still have a Mavs belt stashed (although invent space is really tight right now). It only comes in vs fb sorcs. Titans + mav + aldurs combo = 90 faster run walk

gotcha and ias breakdowns on fury/jab for stygs or titans or such?

"titanseal ias calc"

Throw with 0 ias styg javs

60 ias = 11 fpa
75 ias = 10 fpa
You wont hit 9 fpa

Jab with 0 ias styg javs

68 ias = 5.33 fpa
89 = 5 fpa (fastest you will get)




Throw with 20 ias styg javs

105 ias = 9 fpa (possible with 20% gloves, 60% armor and 30% helm)

Jab with 20 ias styg javs

68 ias = 5.33 fpa (same as 0 ias stygs)
89 ias = 5 fpa (same as 0 ias stygs)

If javs have 30 ias, you can hit 4.66 fpa but imo, its not worth it unless you are a click and hold warrior.


Throw with Titans

90 ias = 9 fpa


Jab with Titans

63 ias = 5 fpa
83 ias = 4.66 fpa

You wont hit a faster fram without ias on ceremonials.

This post was edited by lld_mayhem on Jul 25 2020 11:53pm

Beautiful