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Looking to bm duel some bmers with a enchant sorc with a Pimp exploding arrow merc any help on what i should use?
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Faith matri 15 fana

Need 30ias on gear, so…

Giant skull (for kb) 2x 15ias

Coh vs casters to stack res
Shaft ber vs melee

Full chant prebuff, then switch to immortal ES sorc setup.

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120-45 Bone/Great Helm
GG Rare Amp Bow
Eth Fort

Imo Holmes, Gl A.
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120-45 Bone/Great Helm
GG Rare Amp Bow
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Imo Holmes, Gl A.


I thought this as well but I ain’t spending 25/50k on a amp bow for merc

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I thought this as well


I Retract My Armor Choice, New Placement For Armor Is...:
160-60 100 Life Armor - For Massive Life, Dmg, And Ias!
Gl A.

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I thought this as well but I ain’t spending 25/50k on a amp bow for merc


Don’t worry this ain’t half as good as the much cheaper option I told you.

She would attack way more slowly without fana.
Amp won’t proc often and even if it does, a “gg” rare bow is still trash dmg AND she’ll do mostly fire dmg anyway so no need amp.

With the setup I suggested, you reach max ias, have Kb, and you can swap between coh and shaft + ber depending on the matchup, which is giving your merc much more tankyness than an expensive 100 life magic armor.

If you really want more phys dmg than the faith matri setup I first posted, you’d simply make faith in GMB instead.
Now the ias needed would increase from 30% to 70%.
You’d need 5x 15ias jewels in armor/helm, so now you’d probably use an expensive jewelers armor of the whale.
But trust me, the lil phys dmg increase ain’t worth the price and your merc would die all the time anyway.

Just a tip…
Whenever you read “rare bow” ignore everything in this post.
It was easy to spot here also because nothing was taken into account about the base WSM vs just random numbers of ias amounts on gear.
Just an extremely expensive and bad build overall.
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Looking to bm duel some bmers with a enchant sorc with a Pimp exploding arrow merc any help on what i should use?


convert it into a ESFB instead, your merc already does good damage and only a zon causes you problems then.
also when you hear people say "ignore rare bows" but they recommend an amazon specific bow (which can not be used by rogues), you should take what they say with a pinch of salt.

conclusion:

Faith Blade Bow does not need alot of IAS, but i would go Faith Shadow, or Yes, I would use a rare with ed/ias armor and helmet.

if i wanted to bm pub duels i would learn how to pvp properly first.

Giant Skull is fine if you reach the IAS BP you want to play at.

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convert it into a ESFB instead, your merc already does good damage and only a zon causes you problems then.
also when you hear people say "ignore rare bows" but they recommend an amazon specific bow (which can not be used by rogues), you should take what they say with a pinch of salt.

conclusion:

Faith Blade Bow does not need alot of IAS, but i would go Faith Shadow, or Yes, I would use a rare with ed/ias armor and helmet.

if i wanted to bm pub duels i would learn how to pvp properly first.

Giant Skull is fine if you reach the IAS BP you want to play at.


Stuck in Lod are you? :rofl:
I think on D2R rogues can use zons specific bow
MAybe i'm wrong but i'm 99% sure
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convert it into a ESFB instead, your merc already does good damage and only a zon causes you problems then.
also when you hear people say "ignore rare bows" but they recommend an amazon specific bow (which can not be used by rogues), you should take what they say with a pinch of salt.

conclusion:

Faith Blade Bow does not need alot of IAS, but i would go Faith Shadow, or Yes, I would use a rare with ed/ias armor and helmet.

if i wanted to bm pub duels i would learn how to pvp properly first.

Giant Skull is fine if you reach the IAS BP you want to play at.


Lol’d hard :rofl:
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Stuck in Lod are you? :rofl:
I think on D2R rogues can use zons specific bow
MAybe i'm wrong but i'm 99% sure


really ? :huh:
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