Project Diablo 2 - Relook at the BOWAZON in Season 2
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- Опубліковано 1 сер 2024
- Hi everyone and welcome back for another video.
Today we're going to look at what's new for the bowazon in Season 2. With changes to some key items, the bowazon has become MORE ACCESSIBLE and BETTER than it was in Season 1, and I will dive into all of those changes, as well as provide a full build showcase & guide, and even a bit of gameplay.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
2:54 Stat Allocation
4:13 Skill Allocation
9:32 Key Concepts & Breakpoints
13:23 Gear Overview
26:06 Mercenary Gear
27:25 Gameplay
30:09 Outro
I will be following this video with a full series examining the best-in-slot items for each gear slot.
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What item filter are you using ?
Retro's
raw.githubusercontent.com/GorOps/PD2-Loot-Filter/main/default.filter
I would love to see a budget setup in your guides as well.
Excellent video Bora. Wait for the comparation with buriza. Im running with buriza at the moment and information about the IAS breakpoints would be great.
Thanks for the awesome content and for being one of the few people that drops your contact info and actually responds! Your world first dungeon video encouraged me to roll an IK barb :P
Haha spin to win brother!
Great guide, awesome comparison points on different items, thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
I've seen alot of endgame bowzone guides and these are really similar.
What I would love to see is how You actually start as bowzone and get to maps.
Great video Bora! Just hit a 5 socket WF, so I’ll be switching out my buriza. So hyped!
Awesome man - nice find!
Loving the vids man, the information helps a lot
Thanks for the kind words brother!
Awesome video dude. I appreciate the time you put into this one.
Appreciate that man! I enjoy doing it.
Just built this today, same gear, minus, socket count, currupts and charms. Just under 6k damage. Not bad. 3ow WF with Ohms and 2os helmet with IAD jewels. Happy with the start, time to min max. Biggest weakness is res right now.
thanks for the video! havent played bowazon in +10 years but i found a wf today! corrupted it for 411ed and puzzed it for 4os! cant wait to try it out :)
I believe the merc's aura sometimes doesn't trigger unless you have it hit a creature. I have a a5 Merc on my bowazon and it only trigger s when he hits a mob if I kill stuff before he hits it can actually keep my damage lower
Hey man thanks for the high quality content, coming from hardcore ur build looks very crazy haha but I love it !
Thanks for the kind words!
love your content and love bowazons! btw, the thing with ther merc i believe they have to attack to activate the aura. i dont think a1's have a special, but a2 and 5 need to do their special to activate it..
Great video, I’m sitting at 11k right now but with Valk helm. I stupidly was using Hoto on switch to buff my wisp I didn’t know CTA added Ed so thanks for the awesome tip! I’ll be hopefully approaching 12k once I get a nice CTA!
Switch to oath in the mean time - it will add a lot more damage than hoto.
It adds +8 to HoW and the runeword is extremely cheap to make.
Enjoy your bowazon!
Keep up the great content, when d2r drops your channel is going to explode!!!
Thanks brother. I am SUPER excited for d2r and of course will continue with content.
Hey great content.. I recently subscribed following the new PD2 season. I currently play HC and wondered do you ever play HC? Would be interested to see how different you would build characters for HC over SC.
Keep up the good work.
New follower here thanks so much for this. Looking forward to next vids. Please could you explain why not 100 poison small charms? They seem to buff my dmg more than max dmg small charms
Those are a definite option, but I prefer raw damage > damage over time.
It is 100 poison over 5 seconds, so when most monsters die in less than a second, the DoT just doesn't really have a chance to make an impact.
Bowzon still my fav on bnet as well...really gotta try out this D2 Project you guys are raving about...automatically love the added inv slots lol
Another huge quality of life change for the bowzon is infinite arrows. Not needing to carry spare arrows is a game-changer.
@@boragaming1839 I've never played as amazon. What build would you recommend for a beginner?
wondering about some kind of comparison, epherno created a nice trapsin and did all maps run(solo) with a summary - time he needed to clear particular map. Would love to get to know which one does it faster and will ur bowazon will meet the challenge of clearing ALL the maps in decent time. All that to select the winner build for the season. Greetings
Hey! Nice Video. How about BK set ring with 30% ED for the ring slot?
Yea for sure it's not a bad option, not BiS but a fine option for sure.
The mods you can roll on crafted rings are just so good (life leech, life, res, min/max dmg etc).
So im pretty new to D2R. Currently leveling up a bowazon. Budget gear. I did notice that Guided Arrow doesnt seem to hit as hard as youd think at maxed point…. So what is the best skill to use for single targets / bosses? Just regular attack? I was thinking of taking the 20 points out of that and putting it in valk
Just need that crafted AMP GMP/Crusader bow now to really slaughter anything that comes your way
Yea I would love a crafted bow. I will try crafting some this season for sure.
I’d love to build a Bowzon, but I strictly play hardcore so those res/life stats just won’t cut it 😂 any chance you could link a video/resource for a HC version of this?
You just sacrifice damage for life and res, aslong as you hit breakpoints bowazon will work, so you probably wouldnt go full dex and you would probably sacrifice you chest alot for a piece with a ton of res.
You're just better off playing javazon though, its easier to build and way way tankier.
Great vid! Would a +1 all skills Cats eye be useful for this build?
Plus skills does virtually nothing for bowzons so I definitely wouldn't recommend.
No valk holy crap, balls of steel here. But then again, your gear is NUTS. Nice work through and through dude. I really really enjoy the Key Concepts part.
Glad you enjoyed it! And yes damage outputs cures all :) Lol
@@boragaming1839 You ever hear "that which cures can kill" hahaha this is example number 1 for that. More content please!
Yeah I have valk maxed for now but when I get my damage Up I plan to get rid of it
As far as your mercenary not activating their natural aura: Your mercenary has to choose to perform the skill in that slot in order for the aura to become active. This means that they have to be engaged in combat and pick that skill slot. The act 1 mercenaries used to have slow missiles and they would cast it very often, so they pop their aura very quickly after beginning combat. Other mercenaries have a much smaller chance to activate their auras, you pretty much just have to let them go bash some quill rats to select the skill and engage the aura.
what about using your bowzon to magic find? I still need a lot of these type of items and not sure where to start. I have a Buriza with shael but that is it.
I know this was a quick overview of gear and i feel a route u left out is 3frw/3max/ar small charms but all in all obviously i agree with all u said.... also will say if u have the helm from dclone and get 3 sockets i think that would be 1 situation that warrants using soul drainers over LoH solely because of stacking that - enemy phys
Yea, I don't know, I talked about the steep diminishing returns of more frw after 100frw, it is objectively worse in this situation, but a fine option if you don't use tyrael's might.
The dclone helmet can only get 2os (even from corruption). Until I'm able to test it I can't really say, but personally I still wouldn't use soul drainers unless I had a godly ED/IAS corrupt 4os windforce.
I know u did mention the 100frw diminishing returns but i figured most people wont have a 2+ os tyraels plus i always thought 121 was the magical number for bowside and then 151frw for javs then again this was always for vanilla pvp and trying to desynch... i also wasnt aware that the dclone helm could only get 2 sockets that does change things quite a bit...by all means like i said pretty much agree with everything you said i was just kinda theory crafting.... after my comment i legit was thinking to myself how to acquire the 292 ias eithout fanat this way ur merc could go wrath and cast amp.... best thing i came up with was 6os wf 6x 40/15s, twitch upgraded and corrupted for 3 or 4os with 40/15s , cats eye, LoH, nos belt, and then a helm with 40/15s... would ultimately prolly do less dmg but the question is how much less after amp... idk sorry for the book i just enjoy theory crafting
What ed windforce would I need to replace my 613 40s buriza? Thanks!
Just to clarify, you are saying the buriza is 613ed? So you got the ED hybrid slam and 4os puzzle?
Any WF with 550ed would do the same dmg (i.e. mid-roll 5os or lowest possible 6os with Ohms)
So anything better than that.
Amazing video thanks a lot. I have a bowazon. Question for u, with my WF, do I need more than 95 IAS? Trying to figure out wether to use 40ed jewels with IAS or minus Req in my 3 OS Helm. If I don’t need more than 95 IAS than I can put 3x 40ED Jewels with minus Req and save a lot of strength stats to put towards Dex. Lastly, best corruption on the belt and boots if u don’t need CBF? Your the man! Keep it coming !
Hey man thanks for your comment.
You need 95 if you have lvl 13+ fanat on your merc's faith bow. You need 100 if you only have lvl 12 fanat.
Belts, +6 all stats is best you can get (with 10 dex being 2nd best imo).
Boots, probably just +res is best. Alternatives could be more FRW, or physical damage reduction %
What u think about a amulet 2 ama skills 20str 20dex 17all resi 30 mana? Clean. How much worth
Hey man. Appreciate this video. What would you say is a good WF ED-wise for the build to feel good? Is 525 / 550 enough for you to flow? I am looking to replace my buriza, 585% ED. I do 13K sheet damage with Tyraels with buriza.
A 520ed WF would do the same DPS as a 585 buriza on a pure 1 arrow to 1 bolt basis.
That said, the higher attack frames of wf means more chances to crit and deadly strike, and all the other good things that come with attack speed (life leeching/mana leeching more often etc.)
Heyo, nice video
Regarding Vigor at 9:20, I've been told (havent super tested it), but it seems that natural merc auras, sometimes doesnt activate until they enter combat / hit something. This is not a thing for auras provided by items.
However auras from items can bug and turn off when you swap out other gear on your merc, for example gloves. To fix this you just unequip and reequip the item with the aura on. (I dont know how this works if you have both templars and faith, would be interested in testing it but i dont have a templars :D )
Idk if you have heard anything else about it or want to test the whole natural merc aura thing, as well as the faith + templars combination. "Turning off" the auras by changing /unequipping + reequipping gear on your merc seems pretty consistent so it shouldn't take that long to check out.
If you unequip your merc’s items it will bug and will remain bugged until you leave the game or your merc dies and is revived.
For the native aura, that’s interesting - I have not tested it :)
@@boragaming1839 You can legit fix the equip bug by just unequipping the infinity and reequipping it. Unless youre refering to only when you have to aura items like faith/templar
nice vid. will you be comparing the wf to buriza soon?
Yea expect that on Monday! I have all of the math done I just need to film.
Hey Bora, Merc gotta get hit or hit something before their inherent aura activates, there are no bugs:) The auras from items are active regardless. If you'll notice, vigor kicked in after she hit a zombie outside of town in your new game;)
Thanks for that info!
@@boragaming1839 thanks for the great content:) btw, how the hell you hit 12k multi dmg man? I feel like there's not much difference between tyrael's and the forti i am running. I have suboptimal gear (bis in all item slots - basically same like yours just instead of tyraels i have forti and only 3 os wf) without the sick corruptions, faith merc + templar's and i am barely at 6,5k max dmg. Additional 6k dmg from corruptions possible?
@@lqgash9077 the damage calculation in diablo2 is like (weapon damage with inherit ed)*(enhanced damage from other gear)... so basically if u have a wf that deals 500 max dmg and 1000ed from dex and other items you deal 5500 dmg... if you have a 800 max dmg wf and 1000ed from other sources you deal 8800 dmg... so the windforce is the most important part... and yes i ignored +dmg from items like wartravs which get added to basedmg like bora explained... please guys correct me if im wrong
Awesome video, but my question is, how do you get so man elite items, and so many hrs?...thank you for posting.
Well, I play a lot for starters. Outside of that, I play in a group that has a need before greed policy, so I get all the bowzon gear. My group also did ubers very early on and we sold a lot of torches.
Than you for replying to my comment,I play a lot too,I’m retired 67 years old, and I have all the time in the world,I mf on high areas, but no luck, again tyvm.
hi, Im currently trying to get a bowazon going in plugy/ssf and have a little bit of a hard time progressing/doing damage in hell.
I found a windforce which bricked the corruption but I still wanted to start with it.
I have solid gear all things considered but obv no faith (yet) or wisp projector. Doing 3.5k top damage on multishot, is that just too low to get in decent damage? Im lvl 76 now and progressing through a2 is literally shite because things dont die fast at all.
I do hope I find the telling of beads with my sorc at some point so I have a nice set to do cs but atm I feel like its very lacking even though I have solid things in almost all slots and a couple of dmg charms.
Is it just not geared enough yet?
hello do u happen to play hc cuz i want to see some good builds there too looks like u got A+ in math class great video
Nice video man.
My ama is an exact copy of yours, with a lesser WF ^^ only 4 os curropt and low ed
tho i pumped way more in vit and maxed out my resses. Playing HC.
I also run 45ias/ress jwls in my Gskull so i can get Atmas(for that xtra crisp amp)
Iinstead of cats ATM. since i cant find one with %ED slam.
Got my BLUESWAG last night , unfortunatley i only got 1 OS currpt :(. High roll so ima rock it over forty for max swag points.
Very informative video ive gotten myself a 40/13max and was wondering if its better or than ohm thanks for clarifying that.
thought of putting it into my tyraels but u mentioned 40/8 dex is best in the armor slot, got 1 of those aswell. But why is it better in armor?
So wich of the 2 should i into my armor?
Also thanks for the tip for Oath+wisp! did not know that cheers!
----->Also a worty mention u can BC your HOW after cast to give its active aura +1 level ;) to get that xtra crisp dmg.
There is a pretty nasty bug (that has existed in the game for as long as I can remember) with using ED/max or ED/min or ED/max/min (rare) jewels in non-weapons.
I will outline the bug in full in a future video.
Re: maps, I don't want to steer you wrong - if you are having success with bloodmoon and ruins I would stick to those (though I believe ruins has physical immunes sometimes?). My favourite map is bloodmoon hands down.
What would the cost of a decent 6os windforce? Or in general a decent this kind of build cost in high runes? Ty
Looks like 20HR+ for a 6os WF but that's just a quick search on the pd2 trade site. Haven't checked disc.
Good video. I liked your voice, its easy on the ear.
But Im not sure what the purpose of the video was.. Is it to give the best endgame gear? Is it to give options? And I had some more questions when I watched it, but I forgot now :D
Im surprised you didnt have Atma amulet as an option. With max IAS, amp dam will proc fairly often(upped a few % for PD2) it breaks most of the physical immunes, meaning your clearspeed increases alot and it brings monster's physical res down to zero, which is noticable.
can this build run ubers? assuming I max valk peeling 10 pts off the dodge/evade combo?
Haven't tried sorry :\
Can play this build in season 3 ?
Doesn’t penetrate add to damage taken by monster because of lowering defense?
Defense is not damage reduction - it is a measure of how likely you are to hit the enemy respective to your attack rating.
i.e. high def and low ar = low chance to hit, low def and high ar = high chance to hit.
Because bowzons add so many pts to dexterity (which increases AR), and multi shot gives major bonuses to AR, you typically don't struggle to hit monsters. That said, if you feel like you have left over skill points, you can put them in penetrate for sure.
How do you have big chance to hit with magic arrow ? mine is crap i can barely hit the target
You should have high attack rating by default since dexterity gives you AR.
Fanat aura also gives you AR, as does every charm in my inventory.
If you DO NOT have all your points in dex, a full inventory, or faith on your merc - that might be why.
Hell yeah man, trying to mimick my bowa to yours but I have broke ass gear. Any chance I can tag along on maps? I have a few t3s maybe u could help me clear? 🥺
For sure man. Follow my twitch stream and next time I'm online and mapping just hit me up in chat and join me!
twitch.tv/boragamingd2
@@boragaming1839 wow just saw this!!! Amazing! I have saved all my maps bc I'm too scared to open them and then not have the dps to clear. Even the scraps you don't want would likely end up being upgrades for me. But then u could maybe get lucky and find stuff on my t3s? I'm not even sure how that all works 100% yet but will do! Keep up the great content!
Nice video but not sure why my zon set up last season I had 2k more damage with a 4os wf
4os corrupted windforces can do more damage than 6os. I say this again and again the 6os windforce is NOT best in slot.
4x ohm (200), ed/ias or ed/ar slam (up to 120) + base (up to 325) = 645ed
6x ohm (300) + base (325) = 625ed
Also, this is pretty early season brother I just don’t have the best corruptions yet. No ED slam on ammy, no 3os tyraels, no stat slam on belt.
@@boragaming1839 yea I forget what I ended up with exactly was roughly 12k almost 13 but I think I just had max sockets and everything and perfect jewels . But I’m always a super fan of 30s Andies. Just a preference thing . You can get Ed slams on amulet and gloves as well which help a ton. But good stuff u got here . I have yet to play season two but yea :)
@@boragaming1839 I believe I mentioned in one of my videos previously that the best in slot corruption on wf is 120 Ed 20 ias with 4os puzzle
@@drolak2158 that is correct.
By the way, im going with a bul khatos ring with 30 enhanced damage on it instead of +1 wisp and it gives me the same damage. Idk if its with a +3 if it will make a big difference
It makes a small difference. Bul kathos works just fine.
Im on the Hunt for a Tyreals, any spacific place to farm it?
Maps or any area level 85 zone. Definitely recommend checking out my MF'ing tips & tricks video, as I touch on this exact subject.
Soooo the Tyraels I bought with 2 ed/max jewels wasnt the greatest idea lol
At least you can remove the jewels lol. Not the end of the world.
bora what u think about a uped 4os crowcaw armor.
when its used to a tranquil or whatever thre armor is called it can roll 4os. upping it is cheap ko + lum
You can only corrupt armors for 3os in pd2.
That said, 3os crow caw is a decent armor, just not as good as tyraels or fort.
Hey bora, love the channel. I got a question regarding prices of wf. How much do you think a wf that has about 500-550 ed (full socketed) is worth? I Some say a 500 wf is worth 10 hrs, some say 550 wf is worth 20 hrs. I mean, I think this is super overpriced, but please lemme know your thoughts!
Prices are wild bro.
Items are worth what people are willing to pay. You just have to wait for your opportunity and jump on it.
Very hard for me to give PCs.
@@boragaming1839 that's fair. Just bought a 505 ed wf for 5.5 hrs! Worked out with my budget :D
is it possible to go bowa on hc and not go GC? I assume a lot less dmg but would it be worth it
The build can definitely be adapted and viable, but probably not the build I would pick lol :)
How does ur D2 looks so good? Any mod?
can you pls link your loot filter thank you
Check the pinned comment :)
What IAS would i need to reach if i got a bow windforce with 4 sockets and 42 IAS
Depends on the level of fanaticism on your mercs faith bow. If level 12 if you need 99 ias total (including the 42 from your wf).
If you have level 15 fanat, you need 92 total, so 50 more from gear.
If 13-14 just treat it as if you need 95 so 55 more from gear since you can’t get obscure ias numbers from anything except weapon.
@@boragaming1839 You mentioned that 6OS is not the best WF, so what is the best WF? Is my WF with 23% extra IAS consider good or somewhere in the middle ?
@@sp1ta the absolute best WF you can get is 325ed base, 120ed/20ias corruption, 4os.
Your windforce is ok, I don't value ias all that much as a corruption I'd rather have ED. The one nice thing about IAS on the windforce is you can easily use Veil of Steel as your helmet which I consider to be the best option if it has 3os. Veil is hard to pull off without an ias corruption on the WF.
@@boragaming1839 Thanks for the info and the fast reply's, im leveling my bowazon as we speak :)
By the 42% ias is the total , with the 20 that wthe WF comes with in general, so you mean instead of 92 .i would need 70 ias not 5, or am i wrong..
why u dont buff your spirit with Cta?
sry. u do :D
What loot filter are you using?
Please check the pinned comment
@@boragaming1839 nice explained build! 👍
fucking great video man i like your way of thinking
Thanks Ricky! Appreciate the comment.
I'll definitely work towards morphing her into a pvp bowazon by the end of the season - for now though, just going to keep her with pvm gear :)
@@boragaming1839 i am having so many problems trying to download this game i finially got it downloaded and its version 1.14d and it tries to connect but its stuck at checking versions then it says unable try again another time..please help me i dont know what to do and really want to play again
@@boragaming1839 i got the game downloaded and everything (took some time because idk y had to keep piddling with it but with that said im having so much trouble trying to connect to battle.net it says checking versions then it does not work. please help ive done looked at everything they said to do but i really dot know what to do i just want to play the game again so bad. after work i piddle with it for atlest 3 or 4 hours wishing it would work but if u could help me id appreciate that alot man
atmas scarab useful at all for the amp dmg?
It is an option, but I have tested and don't love it.
Your damage reaches a point where the amp damage is redundant - however, it would help break some phys immunities, but for my playstyle.... I just avoid maps/zones with physical immune packs. Magic arrow can get through one-off phys immunes.
@@boragaming1839 sounds great man. appreciate the video and reply as well, happy easter gang!
You said this will save you on very costly cannot be frozen war travs :D the armor costs like 20 HR man :D
I paid 2hr for it :P
@@boragaming1839 hah, it dropped for me the other day on a t1 map i slammed it and it got cannot be frozen slam :( but then i puzzled it got 2 sockets and sold it for 23 hr :D
Can you link your discord. Im new to discord and im a complete newb trying to find stuff there. Thank you in advance! And keep the content coming! Great stuff.
bora#7700
6 40/15's???? you're creeping in on dual dream price just on one item lol. very informative build though nice video.
My wallet is bleeding just watching this damn video..
Never spend real money on video game items man.
i want to see this bowzon duel
dang i would like to make this build to expensive lol
Same, I’m new to the game and most of the guides just say what’s best in slot while I’m struggling just to level
You could always start out using the buriza build and work your way up
They buffed other bows in the mod so it’s a lot easier to use bows other than just faith or windforce
Very tru with buriza I just saw someone with 60s
@@fergusonja8 youtube a bowazon named @Top Secret he has a mavazon"freezing arrow" build guide, then farm until you're rich
time for a pvp duel with macrobioboi ....
This is not at all a pvp build lol.
If I was pvp'ing I would be wearing a faith bow, vamp gaze, fortitude etc.
It is not the same thing at all.
yo i just found godly max damage small charm with 19 life +3 max dmg 19 AR. just puting that out there. maybe u want it since ur so pro. in game name /w *nihilism
Pls tell em How the fuck do u have 6 ohm? Seriusly i play all day 4 6 hours from the seaosn starts and my highest run finding was mal... Nothing else. And this is another chowcase build that u have to farm lifetime to get the gg items.
windforce is trash , BURIZA IS BEST
Ok
Please stop saying "all told" 😂
No
This basically Path of Exile with a shitty engine, don't put Diablo 2's here 😂😂