3 or 4 kills

several thousand deaths


ur welcome

God you are annoying, i hope you die in fire and choke on your glass zon (hopefully it shatters in your mouth)

nn crY

dont need to spam this shitty paid thread anymore

Quick FYI to throw into this thread:

All of the statistical information in my guide is correct and works.
I spent a great deal of time proofing all of this, that is why it is stickied.

Additionally, the only people who rightfully possess the knowledge to argue against my guide,
are the participants of East NL's BowaPK. These players are all expert level amazon enthusiasts.
Their theory may differ from my own but it is all valid and does work.
(I take very seriously what they say in contrast to my own ideas)

However the ignorant trolls I see in here trying to ruin my thread,
I do not take seriously at all and others shouldn't either.

Negative trolling does not make one wise or knowledgable about Diablo 2 builds.

East NL BowaPK is my ladder fyi.

I've run them as long I've been on jsp.

whered you hear this? pm me please




gmb still has higher avg dmg. even if what ur saying about high def = min dmg hits is correct, not all characters have high def, really its only pallys/barbs. you may get a ga thats low dmg here n there, but eventually a high dmg shot will hit that makes up for the low one.




you need 133str req for a stormshield/-15req, subtract the 20 u get from titans, that leaves u 113 on bow side. (gmb requires 108, dungos requires 106?, AP armor requires 103)

you need enough dex for max block, so thats like 200+ on bow side.

i dont see where diamond bow will save u any stats whatsoever. the only way it might save u 2 strength stats (needing 106? for dungos) is if u didnt use stormshield.
so arguing that diamond bow has low stat req's which allows more points into vitality is not correct

gmb adds 3 to bow/xbow which gives u more dmg for ga, more multi arrows, more dmg for strafe.

This post was edited by Arelax on May 28 2011 05:16pm

About Defense effecting Min/Max Damage:

This is a little known game mechanic. I have stumbled across this information twice in years past.
Both times, it was part of melee guides. (People who know about defense rating)

It's simple to run a test and see this for yourself.
Get a buddy with a high shout barb to join a game with you.
Test a string of 5 Guided Arrows vs him withought Shout
Then a string of 5 Guided Arrows vs him with Shout on
Do this over and over multiple times, write the damage down
You'll be surprised

Diamond Bows will out-gun a GMB vs high defense opponents due to this but that is not the main reason why this build uses Diamond.
The main reason this build uses Diamond is because it requires only 65% IAS to hit 7 frame fpa
and that is crucial for a ZvA build to be able to gear swap accordingly vs different opponents.
The biggest reason is because you almost always need to be wearing Fortitude and Dungos.
GMB is this event, is too high of an IAS requirement.

Alot of ZvZ and ZvA just boils down to build/gear preferance, so long as you're hitting the important breakpoints.
Not everyone duels the same and that is why so many different builds exist.
Everyone on BowaPK is geared differently and has slightly different tweaked builds.

Never did I say my build was the best, I just said it works.
People like Airwaves can stop pouring their ego out all over my thread now, thank you^^

This post was edited by Habakkuk22 on May 29 2011 05:47am

Yeah you know what? Ondals steals xp and my trapper does more dmg with Griffons

Field Tests//Game Mechanics do not lie kid

Thx for the bump though