D2r Mld Bowa Guide - Topic

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Invent:

x20 3frw/20ar/3max
x20 3max/20ar/20life

Note: you dont need all that AR to compete but long term thats what you can look for. use 3frw/10ar/3max and 3max/10ar/20life for now.

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Skills:

1. Max GA. 65%+ Crit, with items 5+ Dodge, 10+ Avoid, 10+ Evade
2. As above but also with 1pnt Valk
3. As above without Valk but with LvL 10~12 Multi
4. Optional Jab ~ if you are playing cross server and have lag issues you are probably better off not using jab

Note: with changes to D2r it is recommended you experiment with Strafe in certain matchups in order to determine its viability. Preliminary testing does not have Strafe viable at MLD.

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Congratulations! You have made a cookie cutter MLD Bowa!

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Strategy Section

General PVP Tips

How-To: Increased screen size

Step 1: Press Escape
Step 2: Options
Step 3: Video Tab
Step 4: Screen Space Calibrate
Step 5: Press and Hold Down Arrow sothat it looks like the below Screen

How-To: Easier NameLock Ability

Step 1: Press Escape
Step 2: Options
Step 3: Gameplay Tab
Step 4: Chat Font Size - Change to Extra Large as outlined in the screen below

How-To: C/T

Step 1: Press Escape
Step 2: Options
Step 3: Controls Tab
Step 4: Change Character Screen to Q and Skill Tree to W
Step 5: Pull up either Character Screen or Skill Tree screen, while dueling, to fire further (you get a further range of your arrows "Invisible Ga"

How To: Namelock

It is recommend when dueling with close opponents, for example, other bowa's, to try to catch a "namelock" while on Lightning Fury switch. The idea is to rush your opponent. Click and Hold Fury on RIGHT CLICK. Wait for your opponent to move (ideally away!), switcch from Light Fury using your Hotkeys, to UNSUMMON, then switch to BOW SLOT, then switch to GUIDED ARROW. While your opponent may no longer be in your screen, you should still have a few seconds while your opponent is "NAMELOCKED" to kill him. This works best at MLD where the Life to Damage Ratio is the lowest out of all PvP Brackets (i.e. Opponents die faster then at any other dueling bracket in the game).

This post was edited by ferdia on Mar 23 2022 05:35pm

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General PVP Strategy

Leave town, find a spot, and fire at where you think your opponent is at, or will be going to :). Use C/T as referenced above, whenever possible. Its a useful trick - best applied when you see your opponent on the minimap. As D2R is different from D2LOD players will notice their aim is off when calculating the angle of fire. It is therefore strongly recommend to have a friend help you fine tune your aim. Another useful trick namelock GA as outlined above. Another trick is the successful use of decoy/valk to mislead or distract your opponent, it needs practice ofc, but it does work. Reminder: Wear DR (read: String) vs Melee & Resistances vs Elemental attacks. You should be wearing around 100FRW most duels. Don't hero - just pick away at your opponent until he's dead.

Bowa Zons.

Vita Build is better then Dex Build in mirror matchup. Always wear String of Ears. Use Valk / Decoy as appropriate. FRW is not needed here (but some playstyles use alot of frw). When in doubt, walk, on shield slot. try to always know where your opponent is (this helps to avoid being invisi'd) some rep life helps. damage, passives, life, and alot of practice. Take your time, even when low on life. I usually switch to shield if a zon enters my screen (with rare javs you can 1 hit most of them.). C/T as appropriate. NL as appropriate. You won't get alot of chances to namelock since entering your opponents screen will usually end the duel pretty fast. The trick is to namelock your opponent while he is moving away from you (applies vs Nec as well).

FC Zons / Rabies Druids / Assa Kicker

Dex Build is better then Vit Build vs these builds as the longer the match goes on the chances they have to catch you. If they catch you, you will probably die. Things that help are: FRW, Insane damage, resistances, PLR and Absorb, WSG. If they are faster then you (they usually are) don't try to tank them. Try Fury, move, Fury. GA, move, GA works to a lesser extent. Fury druids can't catch you, Pure WoF is not viable. manual FC is banned on europe but not on other realms. Vs a skilled Java you need insane damage.

WW barb

I find Dex Build works best here. while in D2LOD you could Gllitch-Switch (AKA WSG) this is no longer possible in D2R. Running on shield slot and throwing Fury's and then switching to Guided Arrow after Barb attemps (and hopefully misses) to WW you, rince and repeat. Practice alternating between GA and Fury while moving around your opponents screen. If your about to get hit, switch to shield+walk. with practice you should get alot better in these duels over time. Never try to tank a barb, even when he is 1 life and you are max life. Its suicide, trust me. Fury hurts barbs alot. I found that a Plague / Bow Hybrid did best of all ama types vs a MLD Barb.

vs NameLock WW Barbs (considered BM but may occur unintentionally). Due to issues in D2R it is much easier for Barbs to unintentionally Namelock WW you (this is where they WW until they hit you, uninterupted). Switch to Shield slot, walk, wait for the block to occur then continue dueling.

vs Tele Barbs (considered BM). A good Tele barb will own you. Completely. As simple as that. He does not even need a shield. If he knows how to teleport properly you have no chance. A poor tele barb you might beat, but not a good one. Best idea is to make him your friend, get someone else to kill him (few 49'ers will be able to) or save/exit.

ES Fire(ball) Sorc

Vita Buld is better then Dex Build here. This is one of the hardest matchup's for a bowazon. To be succesful vs a good one you need +max fire res (WW or Noka), over 1k life ideally, good damage and excellent movement. There are 2 types of FB sorc players - those that constantly telestomp and those that fire from middle/long distance. There is no right or wrong way to play, but you need to be able to adapt to your opponent.

Vs Telestompers, try to fire 2 arrows, move, 2 arrows, move. A little trick is to run in tiny semi circles when they are in your screen.
Vs middle/Long Distance fireballers ~ Try to dodge the fireballs while firing GA. trust me, its not as easy as it sounds

I wont put in any other type of fire sorc here. Hydras used to be used by some 49's years ago but the build has disappeared from europe and Firewallers - so long as you are always moving you can't realistically lose (with practice).

Blizzard Sorc

7FPA is better then 8FPA vs Blizzard Sorc's. Vita Build is also ideal. Dont bother trying to namelock a good blizzard sorc, just fire at where you think the sorc will be. if you do not stack res you will probably die in 1 hit. Blizzard sorc's have serious mana problems, and firing at a fast rate can really mess them up. This is a hard matchup and quite often its best to have a stack of arrows outside town (longest duel you will ever have is likely to be vs a Blizzard Sorc).

Orb Sorc's are not common anymore. The trick vs this build is to keep moving and never eat a full orb. 7FPA is ideal again here.

Light Sorc

Always have a valk out (to take the TS hit) and at the start of the duel have a decoy out as well. Never Tank. Move, then shoot, and repeat. These duels are usually pretty fast. Running along a wall to reduce the avenues of attack is recommended.

Bone Necro

Dex Build is better then Vita Build vs a Nec (since the nec recasts bone armor). This is one of the few matchups where you will see a noticable BIG difference in win/los ratio's between Dex and Vita Setups.

Dex Setup - Approach, fire GA, Approach, Namelock, kill.
Vita Setup - Be more careful, but the same principal applies. dont tank, the nec can stunlock you, you can't stunlock him.

Namelock is the fastest way to end these duels, but necro's will try their best to stop you from getting the NL. A good nec will have alot of FRW, regular recast of Bone armor, great damage, repl life, use walls to great effet and stunlock capabilities (Yuck).

Light Assa

Frw is key, rep life helps and always use titans. use glitch switch if caught in a MB/trap combo and run out as far and as fast as you can. try to ensure the assassin does not namelock you. Note that Pure WoF is not a viable build @ 49 (it is at 30 though).

Paladins

All paladin builds are hard for a bowa. Vita Setup ideal here. If its Foh you need alot of stack. if its a Hammerdin you need to learn where to run/walk avoid tele/invis hammerdin. If its a charger, you will probably die (he does 14K+ crits usually). At the end of the day a 49 paladin just has to charge you to kill you. Ways to have a better chance at winning these duels include :

1. Use the terrain (get them stuck on a puddle and namelock them)
2. Always wear SOE - charge is simply too strong. If allowed, put Gaze on too.
3. This it the matchup where you get to show off your rare javs.
4. Walk, dont run, or learn to run/walk safely.
5. Switch between slots, try to get 2 arrows out and then switch to a fury. try to lure your opponent into giving you a free hit.

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I or someone else will/can update this accordingly in the future in the event that new gear (runeword/other) become available. Kudos to everyone that has contributed to the previous guide. If I missed anything let me know and I can add on repost.[/B]

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How-To: Easier NameLock Ability

Step 1: Press Escape
Step 2: Options
Step 3: Gameplay Tab
Step 4: Chat Font Size - Change to Extra Large as outlined in the screen below

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Step 5: Press Escape
Step 6: Options
Step 7: Gameplay Tab
Step 8: Select Large Font Mode

This post was edited by ferdia on Mar 25 2022 05:18pm

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Mar 28 2022 04:40am

Dumping this here https://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=92816096&f=143&p=607721576#p607721576

notable comments -

Quote (der_feine_herrr @ Mar 28 2022 11:18am)

A perfect 49 AMA will go from 700-2600 to 1000-3600 dmg. But sure, the dmg boost difference is the lowest between MLD and HLD for this class.
Assassin is incredible. The DMG boost for MLD is the highest, because high lvl PVP has enough skill points anyways. You get the same dmg as a HLD Assassin.
Fury druid will go from 5fpa to 3fpa attacks. High lvl pvp will only go from 4 to 3 or they'll do BOTD 4fps instead of eth TR 4fpa.

FOH I agree, it's the same for all brackets. But people don't play FOH at lvl 30. Or at least they should not.

Quote (ferdia @ Mar 28 2022 11:38am)

In D2LOD an excellent matri build was doing 3K Ga while an excellent shadow build was doing around 3.7K ga. On review of your numbers, If the meta switches away from dumping points into the passive tree, and forgetting about Valk, your right, dumping points into Multi does grant a massive damage boost i.e.

from 1100-3125 (D2R) to 1554-4414 (D2R 2.4) with Matri GA Damage
from 970-3782 (D2R) to 1359-5306 (D2R 2.4) with Shadow GA Damage

definitely the future for TvT. https://d2.maxroll.gg/d2planner-ptr/xq0106l6 ill dump this across to the guide ( https://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=92785174&f=87 )

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