Strafezon Levelling Advise

[bard]

Hi,

I am building a Strafezon with the following skills....

Strafe - MAX
Guided - 1
FA - MAX
CA - 1-20
CS - 8
D/A/E - 2
Penetrate - 1+
Pierce - 1+
Decoy - 1-5
Valk - 17

I am quite happy with my final skill levels, but what should I max first? Strafe or VALK? I am happy to max FA and CA last, but do I need a better tank first?

By the time I get to L30 I will have Strafe=5. Will this be enough until I get my valk maxed or should I semi-max both together.

Thanks in advance for your help.

[Remlin]

I havealways liked raising skills together. That way you become all-around stronger as time goes on.

[bard]

I havealways liked raising skills together. That way you become all-around stronger as time goes on.

Thnx. I might alternate Strafe/Valk until maxed then max FA.

[Salo]

Thnx. I might alternate Strafe/Valk until maxed then max FA.


get a valk when you reach hell.

before that, has little use. get a 7% Manald, a kuko with a shael, and its rather easy to kill up to hell. some charms help too of course, odds and end max damage ones are best.

Penetrate 1+???
try untwinked penetrate 12+ min.

max penetrate in hell with some skills and some decent gear at level 88 a guy showed around 85% chance to hit. rather low eh? so 1 wil lmean like 66% chance = 1 in a few shots (those % never mean % of shots hit i always noticed its much harder to hit below 80%)

[bard]

get a valk when you reach hell.

before that, has little use. get a 7% Manald, a kuko with a shael, and its rather easy to kill up to hell. some charms help too of course, odds and end max damage ones are best.

Penetrate 1+???
try untwinked penetrate 12+ min.

max penetrate in hell with some skills and some decent gear at level 88 a guy showed around 85% chance to hit. rather low eh? so 1 wil lmean like 66% chance = 1 in a few shots (those % never mean % of shots hit i always noticed its much harder to hit below 80%)

Thnx. Hadn't realised penetrate was needed so much. I am currently L24 with Penetrate=3 and will add more to it after I have taken care of Strafe.

[Backdoor Bandit]

Excellent choice on skill distribution by the way :thumbsup:

Looks good to me, I have a very similar build. Those amas rock :yep:

-Backdoor Bandit

[bard]

Excellent choice on skill distribution by the way :thumbsup:

Looks good to me, I have a very similar build. Those amas rock :yep:

-Backdoor Bandit

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How many points is best in Evade? I was aiming for 2 +skills, but I have been thinking it is the least important of the 3 and might keep it at 1.

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One final question - everyone seems to socket their bows with Shaels, etc. What about good old PEmeralds for the poison damage (and have one on switch) for PI/CI?

[deadbeater]

Why do you need Penetrate with a strafeazon? Just use and eth or ignore defense bow.

[Salo]

Why do you need Penetrate with a strafeazon? Just use and eth or ignore defense bow.


yes this is true. you can do this and put non in penetrate.

or
you could go get a BOTD crusader bow, a 40/15% jeweled or Shaeld(ladder) WF, and then be like Dang, I'az needz som' o dat AR sheeit.

or upgraded high ed% WWS with 2 shaels. youll be like, Dang once more.

Eaglehorn with lots lots of speed gear and good charms is a great option for avoiding penetrate.

i dislike it though, but people make it work well that I have seen. lacks speed, very gear dependent.

BTW!! a great amulet for this class of strafing/FA build that i made is something that has +3 passives. you could do +2 all as well, just mine has 35% mf on it, so that wins. I have level 18 with all my skills on and top gear of penetrate, and that is enough. if you dont use a single skill, then 16-17 is probably way good enough.

i read people max it.... eek. er, well if youre a SniperZon, ok, cuzz you well, you want perfect shots as one, but if you arent, eh, I wouldnt bother as my chance to hit in pit at level 75 with WF (no ar or itd) is 90-91%. i use fine smalls and fine grand charms for max/ar, some poison, and Lavagouts.

I can say that lavagouts give enchant which gives 101% Ar boost constantly, plus about 60-80 fire damage, 600-800 fire damage total per strafe round. so that helps my guy out a lot. i dont use laying on hands in the pit, wf is overkills plus chains of honour.