Quote (Tarisus @ 6 Jun 2021 21:04)
I’m guessing sniping mobs and usage of knock back with high damage? Show us!
Yes, kind of.
Place first 4 (3 + den of evil) points in critical strike. Then 1 in magic arrow, and the next 3 in multishot, so you get 4 arrows. Use multishot when necessary.
Keep skilling critical strike. You can place 1 point in dodge. At level 12, have 1 point saved, place in avoid and penetrate.
When you get upwards to level 18, it is important that you start skilling guided arrow. This will be your main skill when you get it to a decent level. You can use guided arrow already at level 1 for bosses, if you have manage to attain a decent mana pool. Since each arrow cost 8 mana, you will have to use mana pots, but it is very nice to have every arrow it. Hopefully you have found 1 or 2 good gear pieces to help you out, and maybe a few charms. Socketed armors and helms is good help too.
Strafe is a good skill to use, but one thing that will become a problem with bowa, is attack rating. If you are not lucky with gear, you will start to struggle in act 4-5, and especially in nightmare. This is why emphasis on guided arrow is important. When you get it upwards to level 15-20, it cost 4.5-3.2 mana each. Now it becomes easier to use all the time.
Of course you must save a few points for valkyrie, which is a very important skill to try to constantly skill. When you hit 30, you will most likely have guided arrow at level ~10. If you feel you are getting by quite good with guided arrow's mana cost not being too much of a nuisance, keep skilling valkryie.
Act 2 merc is of course the merc of choice.
This ladder, i made a barbarian to accompany the bowa. The reason was to quest bug diablo. I play legit, so the way i do it, is to first do den of evil and blood raven with both characters in different games. Then run through entire act 1 with bowa, so that you get the important waypoints and can easily find them and the route with the barb (or your character of choice). You must skill the barb up so he can take the act boss, so this is important. If nothing else, you can make 2 bowas if that is the most comfortable.
Do this with each act. When you get to act 4, run through with bowa, but stop at river of flame with both characters. Make a new game with the barbarian. Run forward with bowa, getting diablo down to ~90% hp. Then quit and rejoin with the barbarian, and kill diablo, advancing to act 5. Now you can make games with the barbarian, and rejoin with the bowa, doing diabloruns and getting quest drops infinitely! This vastly increases drop rates! I found quite good gear from normal diablo, and within 2 weeks of regular gameplay (average 3-4 hours a day), i was in act 4 nightmare, and had found buriza-do kyanon for bowa, also having made a harmony rune bow! Also found bonesnap for barb on normal diablo, which i skilled with concentrate, bashing nightmare bosses down in surprisingly few hits! Made it a joy to use the barbarian! (Continues in next post)