Javazon skill Placement Questions

[w a t s o n]

Ok, I'm making a pure Light Javazon, and ive read through most of the guides, but I'm still pretty confused skill wise, mostly dealing with the passive tree.
1.) Critical Strike: Does this also double light damage?
2.) Pierce: How many points here? 1? max? none? (I will be using LF a lot, one guide says that if this is the case then i should put lots of points here, however prehaps they are better spent in a synergy?)
3.) Valk: Seems to be all kinds of opinions here on how many points to use. Post yours.
4.) Post the skill layout that you think is best for Pure Light Javazon. Right now im kinda thinking:
Max: LF, Lightning strike, Charged strike, Piecre, and Valk. 1pt A/D/E 1pt crit strike. This look right or is there a better layout?
5.) One final thing, What is a good Number to shoot for IAS wise? (I will mostly be throwing javs i guess)

Thank in advance

[KremBanan]

1. No. Only physical Damage.

2. Use razortail, then you need only pts AFTER +skills to get 100% pierce. Highly reccomended.

3. Depends on what I will be using the Javazon for

4. Max CS/LF + synergies. + the points you want in Valk.

5. depends, LF can be mana draining. If you using Pheonix, then go ahead and aim for 90ias. If not or not much mana/leech, then 30ias will do just fine.

[crawlingdeadman]

1. No. Only physical Damage.

2. Use razortail, then you need only pts AFTER +skills to get 100% pierce. Highly reccomended.

3. Depends on what I will be using the Javazon for

4. Max CS/LF + synergies. + the points you want in Valk.

5. depends, LF can be mana draining. If you using Pheonix, then go ahead and aim for 90ias. If not or not much mana/leech, then 30ias will do just fine.

i agree .

[machnacki]

Ok, I'm making a pure Light Javazon, and ive read through most of the guides, but I'm still pretty confused skill wise, mostly dealing with the passive tree.
1.) Critical Strike: Does this also double light damage?
2.) Pierce: How many points here? 1? max? none? (I will be using LF a lot, one guide says that if this is the case then i should put lots of points here, however prehaps they are better spent in a synergy?)
3.) Valk: Seems to be all kinds of opinions here on how many points to use. Post yours.
4.) Post the skill layout that you think is best for Pure Light Javazon. Right now im kinda thinking:
Max: LF, Lightning strike, Charged strike, Piecre, and Valk. 1pt A/D/E 1pt crit strike. This look right or is there a better layout?
5.) One final thing, What is a good Number to shoot for IAS wise? (I will mostly be throwing javs i guess)

Thank in advance

I would aim for 85-90% pierce after +skills if you want to go TGods instead of Razortail. I usually go one hard point in valk.

[w a t s o n]

Thanks for the replies so far guys. I plan on using T-gods not only for the skill bonuses but for the 20 str it provides (I will be going base str) so it it somewhat crucial to my build. With this in mind, should i just be shooting for 85-90 pierce as machnaki said? About how many points does this take? Or is razortail just to good to pass up, and worth the 20 missed stat points in vit? I will have a lot of +skills on this build (Titians/shako/spirit/Coh/Rings) so it may not be to hard to get 85-90 pierce; once again not sure though, as have no idea how many pts it takes to get these numbers.

One more question for you guys also. For rings bk looks like a good choice, im not sure about the other one. Should i go for mana leech? maybe try and find a good rare with leech, str and resists? Or should i be going for somthing else entirely here.

[KremBanan]

I would personally suggest Razortail for PvM. The 20 points from Tgods to put in Vita will not be missed at all. Since its PvM and you are ranged(except with CS vs bosses), you will not be hit much. You will do the damage from a distance and when piercing, you will do the damage on the monsters behind them also, and those monsters behind them and those behind theme again etc etc. you get my drift..

Rings: If you can afford BK, its a good choice. +skills are always welcome. If you are lucky enough to find a SoJ, then I prefer that. I like the mana more than life, since LF is a mana-drainer. The other ring 'must' be a Ravenfrost, this is for the 'Cannot Be Frozen' mod. Because a frozen amazon is a dead amazon. If you are having manaproblems, you could replace the BK/SoJ with a manaleechring.