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My god that was a lot of text..
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Quote (doj_xryanx @ Sun, Mar 8 2009, 04:13pm)
few things befor i forget.

You don't mention the use of inner sight or slow missile. both are great skills even at lvl 1 inner sight reduces enemy defense and makes them easier to hit and slow missle is great for running chaos since them knights use elemental ranged attacks.

also if your concerned about phys imunes you can always slap on a dream for the holy shock aura which adds lightning dmg to your attacks so you can still strafe/multi and kill imunes without using magic arrow or cold/frozen/ice arrow. This would free up your ammy choice and you could use cats eye. i am not sure if you would still hit the break points for ias but its just a thought.

And you should add the use of poison small charms even 50psn dmg scs x 10 would make a difference in dmg and killing speed.

If you added a few tips of using this build i would suggest this for running chaos: i used a multi/strafe zon for chaos a while back and it didnt die often. while you travel through an unknown area use strafe to see if there are any off screen monsters. if there are you can either multi the that direction until you stop leaching mana or your firestorm stops going off.

If you happen to run up on a group cast decoy and run back away from danger. cast your valk in the middle of the group or behind them luring them away from you. its a wonderful thing that your valk is re castable.

Start to multi the group until there are very few left or until you stop leaching mana. switch to strafe and finish off the rest. this keeps you from getting dodge locked/strafe locked when swarmed. you should hardly get swarmed unless you tele or keep running when you see monsters.

Another option is to add a few cold dmg small charms in your invo since it will freeze monsters i believe (correct me if i am wrong).

Also when fighting bosses a good idea would be to switch to gores if using wartravs for the crushing blow and switching to dracs for lifetap. bosses have higher defense and you might miss more with strafe life tap give a huge boost in life leach. if anything is wrong pls correct me as its been a while since ive played a bow zon.


Quote (KremBanan @ Mon, Mar 16 2009, 11:00am)
My god that was a lot of text..


Guessing you were talking about the quote above?.. just my thoughts below on above quote..

1: Inner Sight/Slow Missile... good base skill... only handy in certain situations... you should be killing them OFF-Screen mostly with the strategies you mentioned
2: Dream Helm... good idea... but... damage is minimal... not really worth it... but always an option... Atmas (AMP) kill Phys Immunes
3: Poison Charms, are an option... personally for myself (not the guide writer)... I prefer elemental damage (cold/fire/light)... instant dmg..
4: Tips are a good thing...
5: Cold dmg charms... not freeze... slows a little...
6: Switching items: personally I would not switch to Dracs for lifetap... will be replaced when AMP is cast... also increases chances to drop game with Torch activating at the same time... Gores/Travs... personally not for me... but an option non-the-less...

As KemBanen stated... you could opt for Freezing Arrow... good base skill...
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Nice guide!
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Mar 21 2009 11:35am
ignore anybody that tells you this build is shit.

Ive spent the last two days gathering all of it together

this bitch is fucking INSANE and VERY fun to play

Some thoughts.
1. 90% of the gear is cheap as chips
2. After the cheap parts the rest of the gear is up to you
3. Don't worry about starting with cheap parts, this bitch grinds so fucking fast youll have plenty of gear in no time.
4. Get some 7% mf charms, screw the real expensive ones that were mentioned, im sure shed be more powerful, but trust me, you DONT need it, and 100mf makes a lot of difference when you grind at this speed
5. Make sure you get that faith on your merc, after trying with great difficulty to get the great bow, i created faith and got 12 fana, which sucks, no breakpoint i think, but it is definetly faster and adds a lot of speed and nearly a 1k more damage, even without breakpoint.
6. The mastering of this character requires you to try to position mobs in lines rather than walls, that way, your peirce will take down 10 mobs at a time.
7. At just over a foot away from a mob is fine to start pummeling them down, just make sure theres no hydras fireing at you etc, one thing i noticed, if somethings hitting you at a fast pace, youll miss 90% of the time.
8. My build ( prety much exactly the same as the guide ) has 13k ar, but when i find combat shrines, and they do come up often, not sure if this is standard or a bug, but your ar jumps to 130 thousand and you do a shitload more damage and every bullet hits.
9. if your hitting for 5k and firing 10 arrows in about half a second, twice a second, and every arrow is autoaimed and spread out evenly between all mobs sorrounding you, your invincible.
10. you need harmony, it's ace, and cheap as chips.

I love this build, i havent had this much fun on a character since my old wolfbarb, this is great, i can clear pits lvl 1 in near a minute, it's rediculus.
get 100mf, the key to mfing is being really fast at clearing, if you have 1000 mf and are a slow motherfucker youll find more with 100 mf shooting like a machine gun.

Peace

EDIT: oh and despite never dying, killing anything and everything in under 3 seconds, except bosses, wel move it up to 10 seconds. My build isn't finished, i have 12 fana, i missed the breakpoint, my merc doesent have eth forti or a helm, she's wearing vendored gear till i can afford it. After reading this, imagine how powerful she would be, with the replica gear from the guide, i cant wait to finish her., oh and i forgot to mention, even with no armor or a helm, the merc almost never dies because your strafe arrows knock anything back that comes anywhere near her.
It's just crazy.. thankyou very very much

This post was edited by Cuplex on Mar 21 2009 11:45am
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The best pvm bowa guide in stickies.
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Quote (momzy @ Mon, 16 Mar 2009, 00:48)
Nice guide!

Quote (Cuplex @ Sat, 21 Mar 2009, 18:35)

this bitch is fucking INSANE and VERY fun to play

Quote (Sladeinflame7 @ Sat, 21 Mar 2009, 19:04)
The best pvm bowa guide in stickies.


Thank you :)
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Apr 3 2009 03:11pm
good guide.

I switched out fort for nigma and wizzy/spirit for harmony.

I got gg tele speed/max block with spirit. and tele makes the run so much faster/safer.

also statted vit til i got ~800 life. that way i tanked 2 hits with bo. and more with my switch (res/mb)

Very good guide though.

This post was edited by Soccergoal10 on Apr 3 2009 03:14pm
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Quote (doj_xryanx @ Sun, Mar 8 2009, 04:13am)
few things befor i forget. you dont mention the use of inner sight or slow missle. both are great skills even at lvl 1 inner sight reduces enemy defense and makes them easier to hit and slow missle is great for running chaos since them knights use elemental ranged attacks. also if your concerned about phys imunes you can always slap on a dream for the holy shock aura which adds lightning dmg to your attacks so you can still strafe/multi and kill imunes without using magic arrow or cold/frozen/ice arrow. this would free up your ammy choice and you could use cats eye. i am not sure if you would still hit the break points for ias but its just a thought. and you should add the use of poison small charms even 50psn dmg scs x 10 would make a difference in dmg and killing speed. if you added a few tips of using this build i would suggest this for running chaos. i used a multi/strafe zon for chaos a while back and it didnt die often. while you travel through an unknown area use strafe to see if there are any off screen monsters. if there are you can ethe multi the that direction until you stop leaching mana or your firestorm stops going off. if you happen to run up on a group cast decoy and run back away from danger. cast your valk in the middle of the group or behind them luring them away from you. its a wonderful thing that your valk is re castable. start to multi the group until there are very few left or until you stop leaching mana. switch to strafe and finish off the rest. this keeps you from getting dodge locked/strafe locked when swarmed. you should hardly get swarmed unless you tele or keep running when you see monsters. another option is to add a few cold dmg small charms in your invo since it will freeze monsters i believe (correct me if i am wrong). also when fighting bosses a good idea would be to switch to gores if using wartravs for the crushing blow and switching to dracs for lifetap. bosses have higher defense and you might miss more with strafe life tap give a huge boost in life leach. if anything is wrong pls correct me as its been a while since ive played a bow zon.



maybe some spacing and tabs
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cool
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May 2 2009 02:09pm
Gday, been playing a Zon along this line.

Just want to know, the "breakpoint", what is it?
And how much IAS do I need all up for the breakpoint?
How much AR is required?

Thanx for the great guide.
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