Multishot max elemental dmg bowbaby

[BKC]

Hello my fellow amazon players,

After the successes i had with my max hammerdin and max lightning amazon i decided to build myself a bowazon. But there are a few questions i have left and thats pure gearwise and i would like your advice in my build:

Okay stay with me here... i want a multishot bowbabe with max elemental damage so this is the plan:

Equip my amazon and a1 merc with the following:

Dream 3 Socket Helms/Shields
Io + Jah + Pul

10% Chance To Cast Level 15 Confuse When Struck
Level 15 Holy Shock Aura When Equipped
+20-30% Faster Hit Recovery (varies)
+30% Enhanced Defense
+150-220 Defense (varies)
+10 To Vitality
Increase Maximum Life 5% (Helms Only)
+50 To Life (Shields Only)
+0.625-61.875 To Mana (Based On Character Level)
All Resistances +5-20 (varies)
12-25% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items (varies)

If i am not mistaking this gives me a level 30 holy shock aura:crazyeyes:

Now i want to equip my merc with a Faith bow (for fanatism aura)
And i will equip the amazon with this:

Hand of Justice*
4 Socket Weapons
Sur + Cham + Amn + Lo

100% Chance To Cast Level 36 Blaze When You Level-Up
100% Chance To Cast Level 48 Meteor When You Die
Level 16 Holy Fire Aura When Equipped
+33% Increased Attack Speed
+280-330% Enhanced Damage (varies)
Ignore Target's Defense
7% Life Stolen Per Hit
-20% To Enemy Fire Resistance
20% Deadly Strike
Hit Blinds Target
Freezes Target +3

What bow should i put this in? GMB? any other suggestions?

And now for the questions:
Will all my arrows or just the front 2 have the elemental dmg?
Will all the elemental dmg stack so like level 16 holy fire aura+level 30 holy shock aura+ level X fanatism? Or will i only recieve the strongest version of the aura?

I do realise this is a lot of runes but i got some spare parts here and there.

My main goal is to create a character that is able to clear all area's of a5 together with a 20 valk and an Act 1 merc.

Let me know what you think. Build suggestions that contain exploding arrow or something other then multi are also very welcome

With regards,
BKC

[omgwtfbbqpwned]

Right off the bat, how do you intend to have a shield and a bow simultaneously (for a Slvl 30 Holy Shock)? :p

[BKC]

hmm i figured 2x helm would do that trick (mine and the mercs that is) but i figure that doesnt work?

[stillman]

Keep in mind the elemental damage will all be reduced to 3/4 just like the physical damage when using multishot.

I made a similar build using harmony and it's a lot of fun running around so fast. Here's what I used:
-harmony in a sup great bow
-as many 20+ lit dam scs as I could get
-dream helm
-4os armor with 4 lit facets
-either lava gout or hellmouth gloves
-mavs belt just for more speed
-Cats eye amy just for even more speed!
-Boots: I think cow kings are good for ele damage but I was using nats or something for the 40% frw

To answer your questions:
All of the arrows get your ele damage added, but like I said, it's reduced to 3/4

The auras get added individually. So your holy fire and holy shock would both do their damages. I wouldn't call it 'stacking' unless you have 2 sources of the same aura. If that's the case (not sure how you'd do that), Idk how that would work.

[omgwtfbbqpwned]

Your Holy Shock aura and your mercenary's Holy Shock aura will not stack together. You will get a Slvl 15 HS, and your mercenary will get a Slvl 15 HS. Other than that though, you will get the Holy Fire and Fanatism auras.

[DH Amazon]

Okay stay with me here... i want a multishot bowbabe with max elemental damage so this is the plan:

What bow should i put this in? GMB? any other suggestions?

My main goal is to create a character that is able to clear all area's of a5 together with a 20 valk and an Act 1 merc.


As others said already, its max lvl15 lightning aura you can get to bow char.
But even that gives (1-648)*0.75 for all arrows.
That holy fire is weak, (69-81)*0.75, even Lava Gout give more.

Duress+Dream for both char and merc gives nice starting for elemental damage.
Faith for merc, and elemental Bow for char, Harmony (cheap) or Wrath (not so cheap) for ama. Wrath gives also life tap, so life leech not needed for merc or ama.
Lava Gout, Thunder Belt, Raven+mana leech+resist ring.
To get 85 lightning resist against souls, 30run+35..40 light resist boots and Highlords amu (give some lightning damage too with ias).

And lots of elemental charms, but just one poison charm.

I would use harmony(MB) bow/multi (around lvl11 to keep mana cost low) as main bow when 6 or more monster a sight. And to run fast.
At switch Wrath(GMB) bow/strafe(lvl6...) for 1-5 monsters and agaist all ranged attackers to slow them down. And for bosses too.

[BKC]

nice to see that the build is viable now lets safe up for the necassery runes :)

Dream helm on merc will be replaced by something else (since both aura's wont stack, i figure something like a good kira's is gonna help her survive better).

I didnt even notice the run speed buff thank you for that!

Nice tips on the multi 11 which should be enough indeed. :thumbup:
Wrath is an option to consider later on (and to really save up for :))

and indeed for the bosses add strafe (or maybe guided?)

Greets and many thanks!
BKC aka BlackChronicle*

[droid]

if you're going for ele damage then I'd go with Harmony+Treachery....Treachery gives you a buttload of IAS, plus resists/%DR when Fade triggers, and big poison damage, while Harmony of course has lots of ele damage built in.

Also, why the A1 merc? Faith doesnt help with ele damage except for the IAS...why not an A2 merc with Infinity to drop resists and up your ele damage?

I'd say Strafe over Guided for the same reason vs bosses...each hit of Strafe will carry all the elemental damage, so it adds up faster than it would using GA.