GS Arch Lightning strafer - possible or not?

[Sherlock]

Hey guys ! I think that with all these new Bows RWs we forgot some of really useful but not much used bows like good old Goldstrike Arch ! Lets just quicky remember its atributes :


Goldstrike Arch
Gothic Bow
Two-Hand Damage: (30-35) To (150-175) (90-105 Avg)
Required Level: 46
Required Strength: 95
Required Dexterity: 118
Base Weapon Speed: [10]
+200-250% Enhanced Damage (varies)
+100-200% Damage To Demons (varies)
+100-200% Damage To Undead (varies)
50% Increased Attack Speed
5% Chance To Cast Level 7 Fist Of Heavens On Striking
Replenish Life +12
+100-150% Bonus To Attack Rating(varies)

So we have here FoH lvl 7, which at that level do this :

Effect: Lightning attack from the sky that releases Holy Bolts.
Fist of Heavens ignores resistances of Undead and Demons.
Level 7
Lightning Damage 240-290
Holy Bolt Damage 76-86

Fist of the Heavens Receives Bonuses From
Holy Bolt: +15% Holy Bolt Damage Per Level
Holy Shock: +7% Lightning Damage Per Level

As we see, FoH's synergy is Holy Shock which we get from Dream Helm (lvl 15) !!!! Can someone confirm that trigered FoH from GS Bow will get Lvl 15 HS synergy from Dream since we just wear it (no charges) ??

I think if that would work, an Upgraded Hydra GS which is already very fast would be great Lightning Strafer, not counting damage from HS itself !!!

Its great shame that Holy Bolt is not synergized with Holy shock, as Laying of Hands would be even more useful (CTC HB Lvl 3 I guess ) !!!

Now, I am not mathematician - can someone of you guys good with numbers calculate total lighting damage from synergized lvl 7 FoH with Lvl 15 HS (7% per lvl so is it 105% more Lighting damage or I am doing it wrong) and also how much more IAS we need to reach 7FP, if its poss at all ?

Any thaughts/comments of this build - can this work ?

[skygoneblue]

I applaud your creativity, but only hard skill points and charged items will give synergies. Sorry. :(

[Sherlock]

Well I concluded that would be theoretically possible from these two threads on Stats forum :

http://www.rpgforums.net/showthread.php?t=294586

http://www.rpgforums.net/showthread.php?t=291538

Esp the second thread its really interesting as it says that on act 2 merc with Prayer aura, the Insight polearm with mediation aura will work as synergy ! You can check both threads and maybe clear for me is this the same case or not, thanx very much :thumbsup: !

[skygoneblue]

Hmmm...interesting. Well, what I concluded from the last thread (according to Thrugg) was that the auras receive synergies, but they don't give them. So, in your case, the Holy Shock aura wouldn't be GIVING a synergy to Fist of the Heavens, but if you were a Paladin that had hard points in Fist of the Heavens, your Holy Shock aura would get a bonus from those. Does that make sense?

[Xenthe]

There was some thread just some days back that say that the new RW that fire bone spear is synergies by Marrowwalk boot slvl 33 bone prison charges.

Use that as reference and made your new lightning dmg strafer.

[skygoneblue]

Well, ok, but having charges and an item-granted aura are two different things. I wasn't arguing that Marrowwalks don't synergize; I was just saying that according to his reference, the aura shouldn't synergize the FoH.

[MrGoth]

A better example to test with that might be easier for a final answer to come might be to find someone with a beast caddy and a paladin who can use it. Just ask him to test its fanat with his sacrifice damage.

[skygoneblue]

That won't work either. Sacrifice is an innate Paladin skill, not a CTC skill like FOH is with this bow.

[Rane-]

Dream will NOT synergise the FoH Proc's unfortunatly.

Even if they did the build simply would not do enough damage. Not to meantion that every time a FoH proc goes off you cannot fire for a full second.

[prion]

Not to meantion that every time a FoH proc goes off you cannot fire for a full second.
huh? why's that? multi isn't timered..

[Rane-]

Just the way it is. If you make a single player char and strafe with goldstrike, two things will happen when an FoH triggers;

1. You will stop strafing.

2. Your Strafe/Multi/WhateverAttackWithThatBowYouAreUsing button will go red for a full seconed (FoH cast delay timer). Many people will say it's only a server side appearance on bnet but the fact is it happens in single player clearly.

[prion]

well no wonder that bow is so cheap, i thought i was getting a good deal. now i'm just wasting stash space :(

[chipmc]

well no wonder that bow is so cheap, i thought i was getting a good deal. now i'm just wasting stash space :(
I wouldn't be so sure. Find one with enough straight ED% and enough ED% to demons and undead and it becomes quite a powerfull weapon when up'ed.