Hi all.

I am intending on playing a strafezon. This will be 1.14D untwinked single pass P8. It's going to be hard and slow, but Amazon is a char I have never really explored when I used to play on bnet.

I already have a rough idea for equipment. I'll do standard mass topaz/MF gear through till late NM. Bow wise, Zephyr > Edge > Harmony should be doable. Or course if any good unique bow/crossbow drop, I will adjust.

However, I need some advice regarding skill points.

1. What are your thoughts on maxing Strafe? You don't need to max it for maximum arrows. The increase in ED doesn't appear great, though I never really tried it before.

2. I would need a solution for PIs. Initially I was thinking of maxing Magic Arrow. But each skill point only coverts 1% to Magic though, so I'm wondering if this skill is good enough.

3. Any general advise on rest of skill points? Feels like I want to invest in so many passives, but there's not enough skill points to distribute. Currently, I'm thinking 17 Valk, around 50% for Dodge/Evade/Avoid/Critical Strike, some points in Piercing and as many points in Penetrate as possible.

4. What's the order for skill points? I don't think I'll be able to mana sustain Strafe early on, so I'm thinking of 17 Valk first. Together with Savage Polearm A2 merc + maybe Magic Arrow from me, would it be enough to get through mid NM? By then the merc can use insight, I suppose strafe mana usage will be OK.

My Uberkiller-Strafer maxed Strafe and even got her some bow gcs to maxed arrows, ie, lvl 32 strafe. But this was on D2R though.