When/why is shadow better/used over diamond?

Diamond is only better when you don't need over dex for max block.

Ward faith works too with lower dex.

Shadow is most likely the choice.

In general pretty nice guide, just some minor feedback would be focusing more on frw “bps”

For example 140 bow and 170 isn’t really a sweet-spot

Effect on Run/Walk Speed in yards/s
FRW Speed FRW Speed FRW Speed
0 % +0.00 100 % +3.60 200 % +5.10
5 % +0.24 105 % +3.66 205 % +5.16
10 % +0.54 110 % +3.78 210 % +5.22
15 % +0.78 115 % +3.90 215 % +5.28
20 % +1.02 120 % +3.96 220 % +5.34
25 % +1.36 125 % +4.08 225 % +5.40
30 % +1.50 130 % +4.14 230 % +5.40
35 % +1.68 135 % +4.26 235 % +5.46
40 % +1.86 140 % +4.32 240 % +5.52
45 % +2.04 145 % +4.38 245 % +5.58
50 % +2.22 150 % +4.50 250 % +5.58
55 % +2.40 155 % +4.56 255 % +5.64
60 % +2.52 160 % +4.62 260 % +5.70
65 % +2.70 165 % +4.68 265 % +5.70
70 % +2.82 170 % +4.74 270 % +5.76
75 % +3.00 175 % +4.80 275 % +5.82
80 % +3.12 180 % +4.86 280 % +5.82
85 % +3.24 185 % +4.92 285 % +5.88
90 % +3.36 190 % +4.98 290 % +5.88
95 % +3.48 195 % +5.04 295 % +5.94

Some sweet spots are 135 / 165

The 150 / 180 also isn’t bad you had for other matchups

It’s hard to find a spot where there’s a .12 jump on both swaps at the same time, without losing a lot of frw. But I wouldn’t aim for bps with .06 jumps on both sides

Just a reference that's all. All of my zon buddies like different frw for different mu.

All works.

I mean sure all works but it’s double the value from frw for certain breakpoints

Sometimes you get .06 yards from 5 frw and sometimes you get .12

It’s worth focusing on those bigger jumps.

Yeah i know. Others can amazon basin frw and see for themselves.

This is basic guide for beginners basically. No need to really get into frw Breakpoints which is such a little detail in actual gameplay for beginners.

But I like the fact that you bring it up. 👍

Yea you’re right, all in all solid guide, gj

Thanks man. Yeah this was just the summary of what I have learned from good guys and wanted to share with others. I was a noob too and was helped by many good dudes to get better to enjoy zon pvp.

Love pvp. It's the best. Cheers

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