Quote (kai_jph @ 14 Aug 2018 14:26)
True, but what happens in a mob with a troublesome unique minion?
Strafe will not single him out but will alternate between all targets
You yourself advocated using GA for bosses but your build hits 20ias only
in wide open areas (because of the way strafe works) Multi arrow works better
Those situations are maybe in 5% of the run. You deal more damage with the other gear too. This makes up for the lower attack speed, in my opinion.
You still kill bosses fast, especially when Amp triggers.
I will agree to a degree that maybe in wide open areas as you describe it, Multishot -may- be more beneficial. With Strafe, you would have to do a little bit of herding.
But another point about that, is that when you kill things far off the screen, you may also overlook loot. With Strafe, you do not miss anything that drops.
Quote (SuperButt420 @ 14 Aug 2018 15:51)
Yeah, instead you just lock your character down with an ability that stuns yourself
With experience, you learn to negate that effect. I do not have any problems with it. In HC, you would be forced to use Decoy and Valkyrie anyway. You do not start strafing when a boss pack of doom knights with Fanaticism aura come marching towards you. You throw up both a Decoy and Valkyrie first. And depending on how fast they get killed, or you kill them first, you either throw up more of them, or if they and merc get killed very fast, run away or even save and exit if you feel that is safer.
I may emphasize on survival. If people want to go more on the route of glass cannon, that is just fine with me, but then you will not be able to tank even a few hits. One little slip-up and you're dead. And when you die, you must spend 20 hours leveling a new character. There is nothing more inefficient than dying.
My biggest problems as a Bowzon are lag spikes and low health, and maybe getting overwhelmed very quickly.
I mean, this is standard HC Bowzon gameplay. And you all pick on me for being inexperienced.
This post was edited by Taurean on Aug 14 2018 09:23am