My JavaZon setup...

[Masticophis]

Well, I havent ever really bothered posting my chars on the forums.. but seeing how some people have questions about character builds, i'll post mine.

Hope this helps someone.

My zon is strictly javs only. The only two attacks I use are LF (light fury) and CS (charged strike).

My zon is currently clvl 90 on USeast HC Ladder. She will be making her way to 93 in the next few days hopefully lol.

FearMyRanger - lvl 90

Gear :

Helm - Griffons Eye socketed with 5/5 light facet. 24/19
Armor - Chains of Honor Archon Plate
Javs - 2 x titans ( 197/8) and (198/9)
Shield - Stormshield (currently unsocketed)
Amulet - Highlords ( might change )
Gloves - +2 javs, 20 ias plus other mods (these two are all that mattered)
Rings - Perfect manald and 247/17 ravenfrost (going to sub the raven for a wisp
Belt - Tgods of course
Boots - 59 to life waterwalks, may change to scarabshell boots...

Inventory :
+1 jav charm with 2 max dmg
+1 jav charm with 29 life
+1 jav charm with 40% extra gold (woohooo)
+1 pass/mag charm with 36 life
Anni Charm : 10 all attr - 19 all res - 5% exp
6 x small life charms [14,14,15,11,18,16]
2 x large life charms [26 w/1max dmg, 34]
1 dex small charm with 7 light res
Tome of Tp's and Id's

Stats : (includes bonuses from gear)
Str - 203
Dex - 129
Vit - 380
Energy - 30

Resistances in hell (all anya quests done)
Fire - 14
Light - 74 (includes the 20% absorb from tgods)
Cold - 85
Poison - 14

Fear has 1640 life and 211 mana. She has 1813 defense without merc, and over 4k defense with clvl 90 defiance merc activated. Merc was raised from lvl 11 in normal.

Damage from attacks :

Light Fury Damage : 272-922 phys and 1-2605 light dmg
Charged Strike Damage : 272-736 phys and 5458 max dmg with 9 bolts

As far as skills go, I have maxed LF, CS and their synergies. Working on maxing out Valk now. When I get home, I can update this post with accurate skill placement. All of this was done from memory lol.

Thanks for reading, and if you have any questions, pls comment.

[Lotus_Eater777]

Well, I havent ever really bothered posting my chars on the forums.. but seeing how some people have questions about character builds, i'll post mine.

Hope this helps someone.

My zon is strictly javs only. The only two attacks I use are LF (light fury) and CS (charged strike).

My zon is currently clvl 90 on USeast HC Ladder. She will be making her way to 93 in the next few days hopefully lol.

FearMyRanger - lvl 90

Gear :

Helm - Griffons Eye socketed with 5/5 light facet. 24/19
Armor - Chains of Honor Archon Plate
Javs - 2 x titans ( 197/8) and (198/9)
Shield - Stormshield (currently unsocketed)
Amulet - Highlords ( might change )
Gloves - +2 javs, 20 ias plus other mods (these two are all that mattered)
Rings - Perfect manald and 247/17 ravenfrost (going to sub the raven for a wisp
Belt - Tgods of course
Boots - 59 to life waterwalks, may change to scarabshell boots...

Inventory :
+1 jav charm with 2 max dmg
+1 jav charm with 29 life
+1 jav charm with 40% extra gold (woohooo)
+1 pass/mag charm with 36 life
Anni Charm : 10 all attr - 19 all res - 5% exp
6 x small life charms [14,14,15,11,18,16]
2 x large life charms [26 w/1max dmg, 34]
1 dex small charm with 7 light res
Tome of Tp's and Id's

Stats : (includes bonuses from gear)
Str - 203
Dex - 129
Vit - 380
Energy - 30

Resistances in hell (all anya quests done)
Fire - 14
Light - 74 (includes the 20% absorb from tgods)
Cold - 85
Poison - 14

Fear has 1640 life and 211 mana. She has 1813 defense without merc, and over 4k defense with clvl 90 defiance merc activated. Merc was raised from lvl 11 in normal.

Damage from attacks :

Light Fury Damage : 272-922 phys and 1-2605 light dmg
Charged Strike Damage : 272-736 phys and 5458 max dmg with 9 bolts

As far as skills go, I have maxed LF, CS and their synergies. Working on maxing out Valk now. When I get home, I can update this post with accurate skill placement. All of this was done from memory lol.

Thanks for reading, and if you have any questions, pls comment.


You have maxed LF, CS and their synergies???? How much points exactly have you spend in the synergies?
There are 4 synergies for LF.....that makes 5 times 20 points, without preq.
And now your maxing your Valk....hmmm i was wondering how you do this.
And what about the other passive skills like dodge, evade and avoid...pierce, critical strike, penetrate?

[amazon]

charged strike pisses me off. it can go to hell.

the amazon is messed up now. no need for ethereal titans when you can get roughly the same damage with javelins gambled from gheed.

[GhostStealer]

your dex is way too little imo. you need at least 222 dex ( lv99) for 75% block. For a HCer your resistance is a bit not enough?

[Masticophis]

your dex is way too little imo. you need at least 222 dex ( lv99) for 75% block. For a HCer your resistance is a bit not enough?

No need for block with my zon. She kills from a distance, and gets a ton of defense with merc. Her chance to block is low, but the enemy chance to hit is also low. My fire and poison res are low... no biggie, I can UM my ss if need be. However, I havent had any problems with those two areas of resistance yet.

I kept the dex down to a minimum for the simple purpose of pumping up my vitality.

[Masticophis]

You have maxed LF, CS and their synergies???? How much points exactly have you spend in the synergies?
There are 4 synergies for LF.....that makes 5 times 20 points, without preq.
And now your maxing your Valk....hmmm i was wondering how you do this.
And what about the other passive skills like dodge, evade and avoid...pierce, critical strike, penetrate?

Here is a quick breakdown of my skill placement :

Power Strike - 33
Charged Strike - 33
Light Strike - 36
Light Fury - 36
Light Bolt - 14

1 Pt. to pre-req's in the pass/mag tree (including pierce, crit strike, pene)
Valk is currently lvl 15

[xeyloderixed]

No need for block with my zon. She kills from a distance, and gets a ton of defense with merc. Her chance to block is low, but the enemy chance to hit is also low. My fire and poison res are low... no biggie, I can UM my ss if need be. However, I havent had any problems with those two areas of resistance yet.

I kept the dex down to a minimum for the simple purpose of pumping up my vitality.

if you're not blocking, it doesnt make sense then that you use ss instead of some actual better shields (mosers with 2 facets, sanctuary, etc). the main purpose of ss is to actually block, get to cs range when the pack is low (1-3 monsters) and not get hit/block attacks.

also, that high of a valk? i found valk to be unnecessary, especially with an ss. i also use shako btw, though i must admit griffons is better, the 10 dr combined with 35 dr from ss, helps in cs combat.

also, i'm not sure how big you are on damage, but i use cmoon ammy/loh to cover fire resistance/leech. fire res is actually a big problems, as it is the next biggest damage dealer (behind lightning), and i think maxing it is important. with this setup you can actually get max res (except poison, generally not that important) and a good %dr, albeit not as heavy on the damage side.

my zon is in hc btw, so i guarantee it works.

[Masticophis]

if you're not blocking, it doesnt make sense then that you use ss instead of some actual better shields (mosers with 2 facets, sanctuary, etc). the main purpose of ss is to actually block, get to cs range when the pack is low (1-3 monsters) and not get hit/block attacks.

also, that high of a valk? i found valk to be unnecessary, especially with an ss. i also use shako btw, though i must admit griffons is better, the 10 dr combined with 35 dr from ss, helps in cs combat.

also, i'm not sure how big you are on damage, but i use cmoon ammy/loh to cover fire resistance/leech. fire res is actually a big problems, as it is the next biggest damage dealer (behind lightning), and i think maxing it is important. with this setup you can actually get max res (except poison, generally not that important) and a good %dr, albeit not as heavy on the damage side.

As far as the valk comment. I dont have to re-cast her in the middle of a fight. That helps out alot when I need her to be there with my merc and decoy. Less time spending on the cast of a valk = more time to attack.

my zon is in hc btw, so i guarantee it works.

I disagree with your statement about ss for block. I use it for the res it gives and the dmg reduction it gives. If I were to get hit, I dont take a big hit. SS + COH gives me 43% DR. I dont really need mana leech, so I am using the highlords. I keep two lines of full juvs and two lines of mana pots. In an average baal run, I have to pot for mana for each set of minions. No big deal at all. Blocking isnt needed if you dont get hit. Learn not to get hit, and the rest is simple. Even with max block you are going to get hit. Like I said, IF I do get hit, I have 43% DR on. My life is almost 1700 and can easily be 2.4k with my CTA if I chose to do so. I can add 8 small vitas to bring it up to 1800 w/o a prob.

I'd chose more life over block anyday with my zon. She has dodge, evade, plus her block isnt that low. With her def. at over 4k her chance to hit is less than 50%. I dont see what it is about this build you dont like.

[xeyloderixed]

I disagree with your statement about ss for block. I use it for the res it gives and the dmg reduction it gives. If I were to get hit, I dont take a big hit. SS + COH gives me 43% DR. I dont really need mana leech, so I am using the highlords. I keep two lines of full juvs and two lines of mana pots. In an average baal run, I have to pot for mana for each set of minions. No big deal at all. Blocking isnt needed if you dont get hit. Learn not to get hit, and the rest is simple. Even with max block you are going to get hit. Like I said, IF I do get hit, I have 43% DR on. My life is almost 1700 and can easily be 2.4k with my CTA if I chose to do so. I can add 8 small vitas to bring it up to 1800 w/o a prob.

I'd chose more life over block anyday with my zon. She has dodge, evade, plus her block isnt that low. With her def. at over 4k her chance to hit is less than 50%. I dont see what it is about this build you dont like.

(1) from these two lines:
"learn not to get hit"
" I use it for the res it gives and the dmg reduction it gives"
something in there doesnt make sense, but whatever works i guess.
not get hit and dr dont mix well in my book. and, there are a lot of other, better shields if you intend NOT to get hit.

also, on your statement of "if i DO get hit", i doubt anything will deal substancial damage if your life buffer is that big. and from experience i can say that elemental damage does far more than physical.

(2) ".....so I am using the highlords"
hmm, i'm not sure how much a +1 jav increases your damage, because thats all highlords does. you said you were using a 20ias gloves, and (please correct me if im wrong, im going from memory here) 15 ias is all you need to get to the next bp. and as stated in the other thread, any sort of crit/deadly/crushing on an lf zon accomplishes very little.

a popular choice is maras, although im not sure why. ive always just used cmoon, because the +skill hardly matters on amus, and i hate drinking pots :cheesy: