Wildfire's Bowazon Guide..

[WildfireFX]

Ok. Some of you may find this useless, others will probably flame it. But i know others will make great use of it. Let's get going.

Gear:
-Chains of honour (doesnt matter what it's in really.. just a lower str is good)
-.08 Windforce either "shael'd" or 40-15.
-Shako (enough said.)
-Maras. This zon is designed to have better resists.
-Verdungos
-Dracul's
-Rings.. Your choice here. I really want to get some cgrips for the resists right now but can't afford them ATM. They would be my first choice. Raven frosts are nice too, because of the cannot be frozen mod, ar, etc..


Skills:
Max guided arrow (no brainer.)
Max multishot (Here's what I expect to get flamed for, but screw all of you. I like having this maxed for many reasons, all PVM. Multi is great for fast rushes, cows, etc..)
Max evade
Max dodge
Max avoid.

Stats:
135 strength (for your windforce.)

150 vitality (some of you may argue that vitality on a zon is a waste and to add to dex. well, damage is nice but you're going to want to be able to take a few hits too.. unless you are uber rich and have an inventory full of vita charms...but that's another story.)

Everything else is dexterity. You'll get over 200 dex so no worries. Don't add to mana. It's a waste of points.

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Now with this setup, you'll be using your guided for PVP and multi for things like cows. With all the passive skills, you'll be dodging attacks like mad.
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Tips: (here are a few tips.. might not be the greatest but hey, i may as well offer you what I can.)

Dueling FOHers: These guys will kill you if you don't kill them fast. You will most likely dodge his FOH a few times; take advantage of this, and shoot the paladin like mad.. because if you get hit with a bolt, you're most likely dead. You'll probably end up killing him lots, but he'll take you down a few times too.

Dueling Bone necros: Your problem here is the bone armor. This is tricky. Stay a far, far distance away and hold your position by firing arrows in his direction.. if he gets close to you, it's a good idea to get away but don't directly just run. A running zon is a dead zon.

Dueling poison necros: These won't be too much of a problem.. stay out of the nova radius and you're fine. But if you get caught in the radius.. you won't be as well off

Dueling any melee char: This should be simple. Don't let them get close. Stay away from chargers, those mean a quick death for your zon. Barbs go down fast. Whirlwind barbs with enigma might scare you, and they should. If you see a barb like this, get out of the way QUICK and shoot him while he's in whirlwind. If you can do this, it's an 'ez pk'.

Dueling trapsins: Kinda obvious here. Stay the hell away from the traps. Camp further back and try to spam arrows at the assasin. They will probably make a comment like "n00b." Ignore it, he's the one using traps.

Wind druids: Stay out of the hurricane. Frozen is a bad thing.

Sorces (fire, lightning, cold): Basically keep on them with the guided arrows. Fireball sorces can kill you quick, buy you will evade many of their attacks. Blizzard is the same. Lightning will cause you trouble but never fear: land a few arrows in em and it's GG.

If you have any comments/ questions reply. If i made a mistake, LET ME KNOW! Anyways, hope you enjoyed my guide.

 

[Kao]

134 Strength for Windforce. If you are going to go THAT high, you might as well as invest in a high defense armor, like a Balrog Skin, or something like that. Oh, and every Bowzon that duels my nec, even with only 10% DR, is as good as dead. Why? Meatshields. Lots and lots of meatshields.

 

[WildfireFX]

134? Well im one of those people that enjoys rounded numbers, so 1 point over won't bother me..

And I recommended a low str armor because things like dusks will allow you to run faster unlike a balrog (hence why i didn't say "use a balrog".)

Also, a bowazon shouldn't be getting hit that much by a melee char anyways. If you're getting hit you're doing something wrong.

I have yet to duel a summoner, but I look forward to it. See how the "meat shields" stand up.

 

[irdamage]

I think he means bcuz ule be getting 20 str from COH,5 from maras,15 from good draculs,2 from shako,not to mention an anni if u add it , so from those items it drops the total str requirement from ur gear to 93 givin u 42 extra points to put into dex and vit ^_^(the only flaw with this however is ule hafta be high enough lvl to wear ur other gear b4 u can use the wf, but i think its a small price to pay for a potential 126 life)

 

[WildfireFX]

Well, honestly, I haven't built this char yet and I made it based on my experience with past bowazons. I never took that into consideration.. yes.. i'll edit that right away, makes good sense

 

[djnat]

high defense armor, like a Balrog Skin

No, Balrog skin isn't good cuz it's a "medium" weight armor, and it decreases r/w speed (and stamina faster). You have to use a "light" armor, and the best armor of this kind are Dusk Shroud (if you want the lowest reqs) or Archon plate (if you want the best defense).

Try to use a "superior" armor with 1x% enhanced defense to make CoH.

Since WF requires 134 str, Archon plate is teh best option. You don't waste str points using archon, if you want to use WF.

 

[Kao]

I just said balrog because it can have a High defense. I didn't really mean fo him to make a CoH in it.

Oh, and FYI on my necro: I have a point in Skellies + Mages. This is what I'm talking about.

 

[Jason]

We already have a bowazon guide.

 

[WildfireFX]

Yes. But I obviously didn't find it suitable for me. Is there something bad with people having two options to choose from when building their zon?

 

[simpleforce]

ok what is the point of having that resist on a zon? its not like its going to help u
16060 ias would be a better idea, and whats the dracs for, y not ias gloves,

 

[WildfireFX]

I don't think I should have to explain this too you. Ugh.

Resists are important so you dont get destroyed by a charged bolt plain and simple. If you want to use the 160-60 and have -100 resists go for it, good luck. Dracs are my obvious choice because life tap is godly.

 

[SteveDaGreat]

ummm... every character can kill a bowazon lol... especially any pali that can charge (sry to say). i made one...waste of resources...... oh and if ur gunna play with it in pvm botd is way faster and is better against monsters.
aslo they wont be able to do nothing above 4k phys dammage. so pack it with psn charms to make it more effecient.

 

[Ntrik_]

Strafe > Multi

you dont need to max those out really (passives), I would put like 8 in each (criti and other passives as well) and max other things, oh I dont know...


I relaly dont :fwink

 

[Guru]

Don't max multi and you need some CS

other than that, lots of things are wrong but i dont have time

 

[jd-inflames]

I used to believe you about strafe N_, until I realized that you can't move your zon while you are strafing >< Not moving is a very bad thing.

 

[Ntrik_]

I used to believe you about strafe N_, until I realized that you can't move your zon while you are strafing >< Not moving is a very bad thing.

I know, thats why you have avoid and dodge

and not stand in the back, I tried it in single player, and Strafe worked better than multi

 

[Jason]

Yes. But I obviously didn't find it suitable for me. Is there something bad with people having two options to choose from when building their zon?

Notice all the mistakes in your guide being pointed out? Now look up the bowazon guide thread made by djnat. Tell me how many mistakes you see.

 

[Kao]

It's because we are scared of djnat. Duh.

 

[Jason]

You don't know how true that statement is.

 

[Starfish]

I have a PvC (Player vs Clone) Pala using PvC gear and PvC skills (500% ED vs Demons and no AR/DEF/DMGRED since I only play PvM/PvC ... but a few days ago I joined some duell games and I was damned suprised, my pala could Charge (sLvL 5)/Zeal almost any other char (especially IK Barbs :O), I killed 2 other PvP Zealots and a CS Zon in one game (woho I got screenshots of that, my greatest moment of D2 ever ). Well enough bragged: one day I met a GA-Ama using Windforce+CoH+Gaze (Don't know about the rest) ... and the funny thing is: I pwned her with my PvC char, charged past her GA's and then zealed her down with 5000 AR and 1000 life.

My point is: I think this is a good guide, but Bowzones have become weak in 1.10, fast enigma chars will hunt you down, one WW/Charge/Zeal/Attack will be mean instant death, sure you have evade and stuff but once they are this close it's over anyways. In 1.09 Bowzons were one of the best PvP chars but they kind of didn't make it into 1.10. Not flaming you or anything, just sharing my oppinion. Sure Bowzons are nice, but they can't handle high end tank-chars like a WW-Enigma-Barb.