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#1
Nov 10 2004 09:44am
I've been in games dueling, people have loved my Bow sin. I have been recomended to write a guide on it so, now I am doing so.

Basically poison Kills, the more + skill the better.


Basic Gear.

Weapon:

Widowmaker.
Best to get high ed For More physical damage. The bow it'self doesnt do a whole lot of damage thus more + guided won't do much here.
Socketed With -5%/+x Facet.


Helm:

2 Choices

Shako.
5/5 Faceted. This because of the +2 Skills, Life, Mana, Stats, 10% Dr.

2 Socketed coa.
Dual 5/5 Faceted. Reasons being, More - resists, Damage Reduction, Skill, resists, **faster hit recovery**


Rings:

2 Choices.

Soj/Bk
Depeding on your life/mana Preference.


Belt:

Verdungos. Damage Reduction, Vitality.


Armor:

Bramble. +% Poison Damage +5% Max Cold res 100% Psn Res 30% Fire Res.


Gloves:

Trangs Gloves. 25% Poison Damage 20% (I believe so) Cold Resist.


Boots:

Shadow Dancers. +2 Shadow Disciplines (more poison Damage) + 20-25 Dexterity (Damage) Faster hit Recovery

9-10 Shadow Gcs (you may want 1 slot for extra Arrows)
Annihilus (high res is a must it is hard to get res on this build.)
9x Resist (single or all)/ Life Or FHr Scs (I'll post breakpoints later on)


Precast Claws
+3 Shadow Claws 2 os with dual +5 Facets
If you can find em +3 Shadow with +3 Venom/ 3 lightning sentry 1 or 2 socketed with +5 facets.


If you really want.... switch off those claws with cta/lidless.




Stats:
Be able to reach 167 Strength with Entire equip on (Shadow Dancers)
Be able to reach 149 Dexterity with Entire equip on (Widow Maker)
Everything from their on out into Vitality.



Skills.
Skills to Max
Venom... Main Damage Skill.
Mind Blast... Usually will get the kill. Firing arrows repeatedly and mind blasting them when their life drains to 1 from poinson, Mind blast gets the kill.
Shadow Master... Ever wanted to pk someone standing right on the edge of town? Shadow Master has the ability to attack in town. (when someone you are hostiled with is close to the edge) It also has the ability to tank, do extra damage and be an over all decoy.

10 skill poits into Burst of Speed... Face the facts, this build won't allow you to teleport. You Get IAS from burst Increased Run Walk From burst, What else to ask for?


With 70 skill points being all you need to run this build properly, you have some choices.

Integrate Traps. Who isn't scared of traps? They will run at you, see 5 traps sitting in place for them, And run away. giving you more advantage on them to get more arrows and mind blasts on them.

Get blade shield, useless but looks cool.

Completely wast the rest of your skill points which you will have max'd all of your pvp skill by level 70.

Good luck with this build, and let me know if you like it.



I've not had any problems with any character class except for elemental druids. Poison is NOT absorbable, but they still carry massive resists.

This post was edited by Ironsolid06 on Nov 10 2004 10:06am
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Nov 10 2004 11:11am
QUOTE (Ironsolid06 @ Nov 10 2004, 03:44 PM)


Shako.
5/5 Faceted. This because of the +2 Skills, Life, Mana, Stats, 10% Dr.


Poisonfacet? :/
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Nov 10 2004 11:25am
use bramble to precast and put on enigma when duel, tele and shooting is better since u got block,
1 point in bos is enuff
u might want to put some on dragon talon, make it a hybrid bow/kicker
and instead of facet the bow, i think u should um it, open wound work good wit mindblast
put the xtra point into wof, and stuntlock em wit ga
u also forgot to mention ammy, highlord is a good choice
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Nov 10 2004 12:41pm
hm, wouldnt a hybrid bow/trapper be better? seems like you're wasteing points in mindblast and shadow master.
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Nov 10 2004 02:07pm
naaa storm hide is better than maras...
and i believe if u take off bramble u will lose damage... so u have to keep it on

anyways u can easilly turn this into a ww/bow hybrid and have ww as ur secondary skill or primary skill
(thats what i do)

nice guide btw
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Nov 10 2004 05:04pm
no PEE KAY strategies?
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Nov 10 2004 07:48pm
hehe sup iron lol long time no see
ps: his sin does own
and second i rly like this part lol

Get blade shield, useless but looks cool.

Completely wast the rest of your skill points which you will have max'd all of your pvp skill by level 70.

hehe good guide though smile.gif you cover it all, may want to add in get df for fun lol some ppl get scared when u tele on them smile.gif helps on caster maybe also ? no clue lol but ya

and see ya around more now lol
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Nov 10 2004 10:04pm
QUOTE (DemonIllusion @ Nov 10 2004, 09:48 PM)
hehe sup iron lol long time no see
ps: his sin does own
and second i rly like this part lol

Get blade shield, useless but looks cool.

Completely wast the rest of your skill points which you will have max'd all of your pvp skill by level 70.

hehe good guide though smile.gif you cover it all, may want to add in get df for fun lol some ppl get scared when u tele on them smile.gif helps on caster maybe also ? no clue lol but ya

and see ya around more now lol

Does anyone want to get their piece of shit WW sin and get raped by a bow sin? Hey demon how ya doin?

The purpose of this, is to stay away from the common piece of shit ww sin. IMO: WW sin is the worst got damn pvp class. Sorry, But I like originality in my characters

Maras is your ammy for res 2 all stats and skils


As I mentioned it is hard to get res on this build.

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hm, wouldnt a hybrid bow/trapper be better? seems like you're wasteing points in mindblast and shadow master.

Please, Waste in Shadow Master and Mindblast?

Read the gear set up kid. Traps are a diversion.

My Shadow Master kills people...... Sorry but who wouldn't want a shadow master that can kill sorcs?

On this total build, we want to achieve 80% Faster hit recovery

1 BoS skill is not enough, you WILL notice the difference in the 9 skills. Might not be much, But It is noticable




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u also forgot to mention ammy, highlord is a good choice

Please, enlighten me, why highlords?

your Base Phys Damage SUCKS By the way, The Ias isn't needed because of Burst of Speed. Maras Has Resists (who wants resists?) Maras has stats! (who wants 15 extra vita? 5 less into stt/dex and 5 more vita thus = 15) Also, who wants more psn damage from +2?

Thanks.

I've been playing a bow sin for the entire ladder 2 season.


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Poisonfacet? :/

[sarcasm]No dude, It really doesnt matter, Cold/Fire/Light Any of the three would probably make a bigger impact upon the poison damage than a poison facet[/sarcasm]]

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use bramble to precast and put on enigma when duel, tele and shooting is better since u got block

Enigma? As I said Burst of Speed Enables you to run fast enough, trust me. Ele druids will rape you either way. I've killed like 2? I can't never beat ele druids regardless of my char except for my light sorc.

why Sacrifice +5% Poison Res And 30 Fire res?


Please stop suggesting WW in my thread. I am completely against that build because It's shit. I've met.... one Good ww sin, and it still only killed my din once.




PK Strat.


Precast of course.

Using Scroll Lock Or AA or if you prefer neither, It's up to you. Basically you want a name lock with arrows, Get about 5 in their direction, And mind blast to hell, Maxing mind blast increases stun length, And damage. when the arrows collide, They won't be moving 5 hit, Poison drains them, 1 life, Mind blast gets the kill.


Unless of course your shadow master decides to kill them smile.gif <<< Happens alot.




Lastly, Demon if you are still playing... Or not playing Get me on aim Ironsolid06 Get me on YIM Ironsolid Or Get me on D2 *Ek-Halatosis

This post was edited by Ironsolid06 on Nov 10 2004 10:05pm
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Nov 10 2004 11:00pm
you usally kill those cookie cutter ww sins with this?
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#10
Nov 10 2004 11:07pm
Hmm, interesting build i'll wait for more feedback on other ppls experiences against ww sins with this build before deciding
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