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'''Pierce''' will only help for ranged attacking. The arrow shoots straight through an enemy to hit whatever creature is behind it. It can pierce multiple targets and is incredibly helpful with many of the bow and javelin skills. Overall a value of 65% (level8) is enough, but more is always handy. Diminishing returns are worth it. Some items give a piercing bonus. This bonus is cumulative with the skill and therefore be careful with allocating too many points in this skill. Extensive testing has shown that 100% pierce still has a chance to not pierce. This may indicate that the mod from item and skill do not stack, but more research has given the indication that pierce may more likely be capped to 95% (as are many things in the game... chance to hit, maximum resistance, etc...)
{|
! Item
! Pierce percentage
|-
| Razortail belt
| 33
|-
| Storm Strike
| 25
|-
| Kuko Shakaku
| 50
|-
| Ichorsting
| 50
|-
| Doomslinger
| 35
|-
| Buriza-Do Kanyon
| 100 (95)
|-
| Demon Machine
| 66
|-
| Vidala Set Bonus
| 50
|}
'''Dodge/Avoid/Evade'''
The amount of points allocated in these skills are really personal preferences. They have high diminishing returns, but it can be worthwhile in some cases. Especially for Spearazons and melee-Javazons will these skills need some attention.
Dodge is the chance to move out of the way of a melee attack when you are standing still. This is a very good skill to have when you are in the front of battle. It is less impressive when you are a ranged character whose purpose is to not get in contact with melee enemies. Depending on what type of player you are and your experience/choice of using Decoy, Valkyrie and/or mercenary, either keep it at level 1 (18%) or get it to higher levels (50% at level 12 is nice. 56% at level 20).
Avoid is the chance to move out of the way of a speeding projectile when you are standing still. It's good for both ranged and melee amazons, but again, depending on what experience you have with Decoy, Valkyrie and/or mercenary. Keep it at 1 (24%) if you know you don't need it or boost it a bit higher if you're uncertain (65% at level 20).
Evade is the chance to move out of the way of both melee and ranged attacks when you are running. If you plan to run a lot this is the skill for you (56% at level 20). If you think you don't need it, keep it at level 1 (18%)
=Bowazon Subclasses=
==Magazon==
Theme: Like a sorceress this amazon relies on her manapool. She has more mana than life and replenishes it the natural way. Like the sorceress the main idea is that she can spawn her most mana-intensive elemental skills without interruption or the pressing need to drink mana potions. In several of the previous patches, Freezing arrow and Immolation Arrow could not leech and thus mana had to be replenished the natural way.
Over the patches people have come to see Magazons as amazons that mainly use the elemental skills Freezing Arrow and Immolation Arrow. That they needed a lot of Energy and mana replenishment gear was not visible by the skills they use. Nowadays, manaleech is available for these skills and a second Magazon class has emerged, one in which manaleech is used to replenish mana. People still consider these new Magazons (also referred to as Vamps) as true Magazons because they somewhat wrongfully have that idea stuck in their head that:
Magazon = Freezing Arrow + Immolation Arrow
and they totally forget the fact that Magazons invest a lot of points in energy and the importance of mana.
Magazons are also often found to use +skills items to boost the damage of their elemental skills to kill quicker, but that is personal preference.
I will describe both of the Magazon subclasses.
'''Magazon build A: "the traditional Magazon"'''
The Magazon is considered the amazon that spends the main part of her statpoints in energy. Well.. some say all points should go in energy and that strength and dexterity requirements should be made up with items and charms. In this case the Magazon walks around with extremely little life unless it is made up by items or charms giving either vitality or life bonus.
The traditional Magazon relies on mana and mana replenishment gear to keep her manapool intact like a sorceress, while she is using the most mana-intensive skills available. Her build is not oriented on doing physical damage nor on leeching and therefore the damage she does is purely elemental which originates mostly from her skills. By choice she is often found to use a weapon that does do high amounts of elemental damage types other than cold or fire.
Skills that are predominantly used are Ice Arrow and Immolation Arrow as her main attacks or Freezing Arrow and Immolation Arrow. She does not use any of the central bowskills because these mainly require Attack Rating. With low dexterity these amazons don't have high attack rating and hence don't use these skills a lot. Guided arrow sometimes does get used to deliver possible elemental damage that is on the bow to a single stray monster.
The reason for the difference in the choice of cold damaging arrows can be related to the fact that both skills do good and similar damage. Ice Arrow does strong damage, though on only 1 (or after pierce a few more) creature(s) whereas Freezing Arrow is a high mana costly area attack. In hardcore Freezing Arrow often cannot be used continuously due to the fact that in hardcore many points are put in vitality and less in energy, so less mana is available.
Why not also Exploding Arrow is chosen nowadays relates to the fact that Immolation Arrow has a timer now and therefore can only be spawned once in a while. This lowers the mana cost over time and in between each Immolation Arrow the Magazon can now change to her cold damaging skill. In the traditional days, Exploding Arrow was a skill open for choice.
For this Magazon, some good sources mana and mana-replenishment gear are more or less these: (no strength value means no requirement or that it's a magical item, in which case requirement is item-dependant).
{|
! Item
! Name
! Req Str
|-
| Helm
| Harlequin's Crest<br /> Peasant Crown<br /> Victorious Circlet
| 50<br /> 20<br /> -
|-
| Armor
| Que Hegan's Wisdom<br /> Skin of the Vipermagi<br /> Stealth (Tal-Eth)
| 55<br /> 45<br /> -
|-
| Gloves
| Frostburn<br /> Magefist<br /> Dragon's Gloves
| 60<br /> 45<br /> -
|-
| Belt
| Gloom's Trap<br /> Razortail<br /> Serpent's Belt
| 58<br /> 20<br /> -
|-
| Boots
| Silkweave<br /> Caster Boots<br /> Dragon's Boots
| 65<br /> -<br /> -
|-
| Amulet
| Civerb Icon<br /> Bahamut Amulet<br /> Amulet of Enlightenment
|
|-
| Ring
| Stone of Jordan<br /> Manald Heal<br /> Bahamut Ring<br /> Ring of Enlightenment
|
|}
[[Category:Amazon Strategies]]
[[Category:Amazon]]
