Is a Guided Arrow Amazon pointless?

[Animation]

All,

I started D2 back recently, as many did. :) I seem to remember that at some point, Guided Arrow became a one-point-if-at-all skill. It no longer penetrates to hit multiple times, and it no longer fires around corners.

Is making an Amazon based on GA just totally pointless now? I personally loathe both Strafe and Multishot from a "theme" perspective. I'd rather be shooting single arrows, even magically guided single arrows, or single arrows that explode in a huge area. However, multi-arrow per shot type attacks just dont satisfy me ... again from a theme perspective.

So, I can get behind Magic Arrow, Guided Arrow, Explosive and/or Immolation Arrows, and Freezing Arrow, but it seems like they all suck (other than Freezing Arrow) in 1.12a.

Is Guided Arrow simply dead?

Lewis

[Dacar92]

It is still dead, except in PvP. Fire attacks are slow due to the timer. So, there are strafers, multi-ers, frozen-zons and javzons. Fire zons are fine, if you can deal with the timer, similar to what a a sorc has with meteor. Magic arrow zons can also be built but are somewhat rare. Maybe that's why you should build one. :thumbup:

[Animation]

Too bad.

I thought that Magic Arrow was pointless also, since there are high level bows that shoot them for free? I wish a Magic Arrow amazon was Hell Viable. Is the damage from Magic Arrow actually Magic? Or is it physical?

I also dont find Immolation Arrow interesting, but what about Explosive Arrow? With Fire Arrow synergies, can it do tolerable damage in Hell?

In the absence of all that, I thought I might make a Fishyzon. Thats the build with max Freezing Arrow, max Cold Arrow, max Charged Strike and max Lightning Fury, with no Passives and no Valk, and 1 point in Pierce and pre-reqs. I hope that one is still viable, if the other ones arent.

Thanks,

Lewis

[Mimeaphone]

I think it is a percentage magic so a level 20 arrow would be...20% magic? (just made that up :))

[MuffinMan]

Well, If you go mad with +(bow)skills items, lvl52 magic arrow is possible..
To pump some bowskills:
Cta +1
CoH +2
2xBK +2
Andys +2
Arach +1
Melody +6
Maras +2
magic gloves +3
Bowskillers +9
Anni +1
Torch +3

With a base of lvl20MA +32skills = lvl52MA
Pull back on skills by changing to Forti and Faith and you still could have a lvl 49MA. That would deal a lot of magic damage!
Would be fun... And hella expensive!!! :evil: