MAGIC ARROW or Freezing arrow + Cold arrow for PHYSICAL IMUNES ?

[Anelka]

Hi,

i am afraid of having 40 skills to fa and ia. And then my killing speed for Imunes will be low.

Isnt a Magic arrow at about lvl 25 with 25% magic damage of my huge windforce damage more effective ????

i dont care about the freezing effect, it does not last so long on hell.


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[Humphrey]

I've got 2 pt in FA (second point was a mistake) for PIs, that and decrp on merc has worked so far.

[Anelka]

thnx for reply.

anone else ?

i think: lvl 20 fa nd 20 ia do cold damage: 678

and

lvl 20 magic arrow at 4000 phys dmg: 800

Is my calculation right?

[citybird]

All Witchwild String zons are basicly MA/Strafe zons. The WWS comes with a built in lvl 20 MA. I switch to it often with PI's and bosses. It always wins ;)

I would guess a dexed out WF user with max MA and + bow skills would do a little better.

[Anelka]

thank you for that.

What would you say. I take wws on 2. weapon. When imunes are there i switch and wait for amplify is active. then switch back to my dmg bow.

I would save 20 points into magic arrow. Instead i use starfe for the wws. on lvl 5 or 10. So i have many arrows.

Do you think like that i can kill imunes faster than with maxed and synergized FA ?

I got 3 solutions. ich need to know witch is the best:

- Invest 40 points into cold tree to get about 700 cold dmg
- Invest 20 Points into Magic Arrow and get about 1000 Magic dmg
- Invest 0 Points and take a except. wws on 2. weapon and wait for activating amplify dmg. Then switch back to make high physical dmg with strafe.

Am I the onlyone witch this problem? Is it so difficult ? Hm. Do I imagine myself a problem? …

[citybird]

sounds like a plan.

Be sure to have KB somewhere else than the WF or you will be unpleasanlt supprised at how quickly the monsters advance when you are suddenly without it. Perhaps Nef/Shael the WWS.

Another thing to consider is that some PI monsters cannot have there immunity broken. So for them expect to stick with the WWS a little longer.

Personally I would stock up on Passive charms and gear to save the points I would put in the passive tree and max the MA for the WF. It's funny how you spend more points in the passive tree than in the bow tree with strafe zons.

[Peregrine]

- Invest 40 points into cold tree to get about 700 cold dmg


Actually it's about 1000 damage (all splash damage, and multiplied by pierce), without any +skills. With my FA/strafer I have 2500 cold damage.

And as for freeze time, it's not even close to insignificant in Hell. I keep things frozen almost constantly.


The only problem with freezing arrow is the high mana cost. Vs. physical immunes, you're going to run out very quick. And without gear focused around it, I'm not sure you'll have enough damage to kill the target before you're out of mana. I guess carry lots of mana potions?

[Omikron8]

1) Upgraded WWS
2) Atma's Ammy
3) Reaper's toll on Merc

all of these are far better than investing points in FA/MA

[VoX Dei]

You can also use other cheap and effective solutions like lacerator (33% ctc amp) + shield of your choice or spellsteel (30 decrep charges) and than switch back to bow for the kill.