). But ctc on striking would even be bether! This Character provides alot of weapon based damage and hits so it hase a big Proc-potential. I dont use any ctc on stricking Procs atm, and it realy works great. With, it would get even bether. So if you have time and some experiances with Physical-Procs, please post them. Regards and have fun with this Guide,
xMeox
PS: Alot of grammar and spelling errors are affraid of my bad Death Metal Amazon so they are hiding in this Guide^^
Great changes in 1.57!
Buckshot: +4 instead of +2 Bolts per hardpoint
DeathMetal: 2ND instead of 5ND
havnt updated the guide jet.. ill do it when 1.57 will official be released
The Death Metal Amazon
Instruction:
1., Short Guide
2., About the Death Metal Amazon
3., Skills and Attributes
4., Items
5., Playstyle, Class-Charm, Black Road and Attribute Challenge
6., Uberquests
1., Short Guide
A lot of people only want to know the skills, equipt and the possibility of Uberquests. For that kind of people i wrote this section. For the others who want to know some details, i wrote the other sections. Dont ask any questions or complain about anything when you havnt read the adapted Section!
Skills:
-Black Arrows: max
-Buckshot: max
-Death Metal: max
-LotS: max
-Balance: max
-Paragon: max
-Wings of Wrath: 1
-War Spirit: 1
Attributes:
Strengh: enough to wear equipt
Dexterity: enough to wear equipt
Vitality: every sinle point you dont need in Strengh or Dexterity
Energy: nothing
Item Suggestion:
Weapon: Athulua's Command - Reflex Bow (Sacred) -or- Thorncaster - Reflex Bow (6)
Amor: Crystalshroud - Scale Mail (Sacred) -or- Alma Divina - Ancient Armor (6)
Helm: Ravencage - Bone Helm (6)
Belt: Thread of Life - Heavy Belt (6)
Gloves: Hammerfist - Heavy Gloves (6)
Boots: Akarat's Trek - Light Plated Boots (6)
Rings: rars with +1Skills and other good stats
Amulet: rar with +4all skills and other good stats
Arrow Quivers: Kingsport's Signals
How to play:
-use LotS, Blades of Light(and maby Bloodlust) for damage boost
-use Pact of Blood for a bether well being
-use War Spirit for some extra damage and/or for crowd control with Knockback or HCMTF (bad for Buckshot!)
-try to lure some monsters away from the others, kill them with Buckshot (look for the "Stand and Attack"-Trick in the Playstyle-Section!)
-lure the other monsters down to the corps and cast Death Metal
-use Buckshot against single targets
UberQuests:
[under construction]
2., About the Death Metal Amazon
The Idea:
After finishing my DoZaZoN-Guide, i wanted to start a Physical-Damage-Proc-Amazon. So i made a new (-act5) Amazon to look what Bowskills i should use for this kind of build. I had played a Scattershot-Amazon long time ago and knew that it had beed replaced, but i never realy tried the exchanged new Skill: Buckshot. I was realy impressed about the potential of this Skill but noticed quite soon how difficult to use this Skill is. Its just awsome against single targets, but realy sucks in crowds. Inspirated by the Discussion about the new Necromancer-Bowskill i thought about using this Skill to produce corps for Death Metal. I tested, and loved it! The idea of the Death Metal Amazon was born.
Mainattacks:
This Build uses two mainattacks: as its name betrayed, one of the attacks is Death Metal. Its a realy strong against crowds, but it requires at least one corp. To get corps, we use our secound mainattack: Buckshot. It has a extrem damage, but also an extrem short range. Rush to some monsters, kill them, cast DM and lure more monsters in the trap.
Degree of Difficult:
With the Buckshot - DM combo it needs some time to get the trick. If you use Barrage (you dont have to put more than 1 point in it) till you get the first corp it is slower but realy realy easy (HCMTF and Knockback)
"The Savest Character":
If you want to play a can "save" character with tons of Hits, HCMTF and Knockback (like the Multi Elemental Assassin) you can play this character with another first-kill-attack than Buckshot (Buckshot doesnt work great with Knockback or HCMTF). Use Barrage or another AoE-Bowskill, but in my oppinion, Buckshot is a realy great choice, also it needs some training. Feel free to try other options. (btw, you also can use Barrage at lvl1 and get great damage)
3., Skills and Attributes
Skills:
Buckshot: max
Very powerful bow attack, wich shoots multiple shrapnels at your enemy. The problem with this skill is its short range (at first look i thought a dagger has a bigger range -.-). Another problem is, that Knockback and HCMTF doesnt help us allot with this skill. We need this skill to get at least one corp for DM. But if monsters flee in all directions, it is realy hard to kill one with Buckshot. Instead of this, we count on tons of Vitaity and Defense. The Slow - War Spirit Combo also is amazing for the first kill with Buckshot.
Death Metal (=DM): max
This is what this Amazon is all About. Maby DM doesnt look convincingly at the beginning, but it will in when you have a higher slvl.
Also it has NHD, but this isnt that worse (without, DM would be a realy overpowered Proc-source; btw Laz mentioned something that he might change the skill a little bit)
If you have Knockback or/and HCMTF (remember this isnt helpfull for first kill with Buckshot) and allready a few corps, cast DM at all corps and stand next to them. Nothing will hit you. Cast DM at every new corp on the groud. But whatch out! If DM is over and you havnt killed another monster for new DM, you might be surrounded soon.
Black Arrows: max
It is a passive skill which provides a huge bonus to your bow damage.
LotS: max
With enough +skill items you can get easy about 800% more damage with LotS. It is a little bit hard to use (it only lasts ~2 secounds).
Remember: The missiles of DM are only affected if you casted LotS at least 2 secounds before the spikes of DM spawn!!
Balance: max
We need to get close to monsters with Buckshot so we need defense. Balance can give us a realy huge bonus!
Paragon: max
We also need a lot of Vitality. Paragon gives us a huge Vitalitybonus for every perfect Gem we socked. The only bad thing about Paragon is, that we now are "forced" to not use RuneWords.
War Spirit 1
Casts a Spike Nova every secound, which carries 1/2 weapon damage. It is very usefull if you use Knockback, HCMTF, Slow or Procs.
Wings of Wrath: 1
This skill provides a bonus to Velocity and Stamina. You may max this but i think with enough +skill items and War spirit (which gives us even more Velocity) we are fast enough.
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Lvl/Speed boost/Stamina boost
1 21 62
2 32 110
3 42 146
4 52 176
5 62 200
6 71 220
7 80 236
8 88 251
9 97 264
10 105 275
11 113 284
12 120 293
13 128 301
14 135 308
15 142 314
16 148 320
17 155 325
18 161 330
19 167 334
20 173 338
21 179 342
22 184 345
23 190 348
24 195 352
25 200 354
26 205 357
27 210 360
28 215 362
29 219 364
30 224 366
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32 233 370
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35 245 375
36 249 377
37 253 378
38 257 380
39 260 381
40 264 382
41 267 383
42 271 385
43 274 386
44 277 387
45 280 388
46 284 389
47 287 390
48 290 391
49 293 392
50 296 392
51 298 393
52 301 394
53 304 395
54 307 396
55 309 396
56 312 397
57 314 398
58 317 398
59 319 399
60 322 400
Alternative Attack Skills:
Barrage: 1-max
A very usefull Skill if you have to less damage to kill monsters fast with Buckshot (With Barrage you can use HCMTF and Knockback). Spam it, while running away, wait for the first corp and cast DM. It hasnt a great range but with enough attack speed and knockback you should be save from monsters anyway.
Btw, this is a very usefull skill at lvl1.
Deathcore: 1-max
This skill summons a turret out of a corp. It shoots enemies with spikes. It has much more damage potential than DM, but DM spawns much more spikes. Deathcore would be very nice against single targets (once casted, you can run because it lasts for some time) but in most cases you havnt got corps against single targets...
In some areas it may be a great idea to kill some monsters, lure bether monsters (boss monster) to the corps and cast Deathcore (more damage, longer duration, and bether marksmanship than DM)
Bloodstorm0-1
Nice against physical imunes (in normal game). I farmed Tal Rasha till i got a Scroll of Kings with Bloodstorms on it.
Alternative Passive Skills:
Defensive Harmony: 1-max
Slows attacker and gives you the chance for a uninteruptable attack, which is very usefull with Buckshot! In my oppinion the best choice of those Alternative Passive Skills.
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1 7
2 13
3 18
4 22
5 25
6 27
7 29
8 31
9 33
10 34
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60 50
This skill reflects damage to your enemy. If you max this skill and fight against mele-monsters, they will die realy soon, also they die very soon with Buckshot too and we havnt that much life that we can tank a long time.
Pact of Blood: 1-max
You get life if a monster strucks you. Sounds bether than it is because it has a short duration and a long spelltimer. But still it is very usefull when you use Buckshot against mele-monsters. Cast Pact of Blood, LotS and spam Buckshots at your enemies till they die. Than use DM.
Catharsis: ?
Yes i know that Catharsis is an attack skill, but we dont use it to make damage. We use it for the awsome DM and Resi bonus! It realy works great when you allready casted a few DMs! Offcourse we would need it while attacking with Buckshot, but there are a few problems: We have to keep LotS active (= you have to cast LotS every 2 secounds), we have to attack monsters with the "short-spread-trick" (look Playstyle > The "Stand and attack"-Trick) and we have to watch out to never get surrounded. I havnt tried maxing cataris jet, maby the duration gets about 3-4 secounds, than it would be a nice skill..
Bloodlust: 0-max
Another damagesource, but in my oppinion not that great.. Black Arrows and LotS are bether, and we need the skillpoints otherwhere. I farmed King Koth till i found a Sacred Worldstone Key with Bloodlust on it with some +skill items you earn around 200%ed... thats enough in my oppinion. It isnt that expansive to skill 1 point in Bloodlust, but you can also play without it.
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Level/Damage bonus/Elemental Bonus :
1 39 14
2 68 24
3 91 33
4 110 39
5 125 45
6 137 49
7 148 53
8 157 56
9 165 59
10 171 61
11 177 64
12 183 66
13 188 67
14 192 69
15 196 70
16 200 72
17 203 73
18 206 74
19 209 75
20 211 76
21 213 77
22 216 77
23 218 78
24 220 79
25 221 79
26 223 80
27 225 81
28 226 81
29 227 82
30 229 82
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40 239 86
41 239 86
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43 241 86
44 242 87
45 242 87
46 243 87
47 243 87
48 244 88
49 245 88
50 245 88
51 246 88
52 246 88
53 247 88
54 247 89
55 247 89
56 248 89
57 248 89
58 249 89
59 249 89
60 250 90
Attributes:
Strengh: as much as you need to wear your gear
Dexterity: as much as you need to wear your gear (If you want more damage, you can spend more points in here. Remember: if you use a Amazon-Only-Bow, you get a damage bonus of 70% every 100Points in dexterity! For myself, i decidet that this build allready has enough damage, but less life.)
Vitality: every single point you dont for more strengh or dexterity
Energy: nothing
4., Items
I dont have time to write item-lists like in my other two guides. Instead ill write down what stats are importatnt for this build (item-list will follow when i have more time)
Enhanced Damage: not that important, we allready got alot of %ED from LotS and Black Arrows
Increased Attack Speed: important for fast Buckshots
Defense/%CharacterDefense: Very important! Get as much as you can!
CB: realy great, but hard to get (we only fill sockes with Gems)
DS: we can get this from perf Topazes socked in Weapon. Nice extra damage
+Skills: more Defense, Damage, Missiles,...
Vitality/Life: get as much %Vitality as you can
[Note: If possible, use a Amazon-Only-Bow! You get 70%more damage per 100points in Dexterity, but you get only 50% from a normal bow!]
[BEWARE: Knockback and HCMTF isnt a help with Buckshot, but its great with DM]
5., Playstyle, Class-Charm, Black Road and Attribute Challenge
Playstyle:
Cheesy Theory:
Cast LotS, Blades of Light, Pact of Blood (and maby Bloodlust), run to monsters, kill one or two with Buckshot, cast LotS and DM, wait till more monsters die and cast more DMs.
Hard Practice:
In practice it isnt that simple. To get a few corps without getting surrounded or slayed down isnt that easy. Also with Blades of Lights it is hard to get corps without loosing to much life. In most cases it isnt possible to rush directly in big crowds. Cast Pact of Blood (for some extra health when mele-monsters hit you) and lure a few monsters to you, kill them, lure the other monsters to the corps, cast LotS and DM and watch them fading away.
The "Stand and attack"-Trick:
This is much more difficult thatn you might think! Buckshot isnt like a normal mele-attack. Remember that Buckshot can hit multiple times and has a smaler spread if you klick far away! But if you klick on the monster you want to attack, the spread is very great --> you dont hit the enemy multiple times. Use the "stay-key" (normaly it is the Shift-Key). With it you can shoot Buckshot without running to the ememy. Klick as far away from you behind the monster to get the smallest spread possible.
Against Physical Imunes:
Im shure there are bether ways to deal with them, but i figured out those till now:
-Bloodstorm (in normal game)
-ctc Supernova on attack from Worldstone Shard, this works amazing with DM! Lag and tonns of Supernovas assured.
The Perfect Attack:
1) Long Duration Buffs: Cast Bloodlust, Blades of Light, Pact of Blood (if you are the lucky owner of Athulua´s Command, use Holy Amor instead of Pact of Blood)
2) Short Duration Buffs: Cast LotS and Catharsis
3) Attack monster with Buckshot, using the "stayandattack-trick"
4) If not one monster is dead, use 2 and 3 again till you have one corp
5) Cast DMs at all corps you can find
6) Keep all long- and shortduration buffs active!!
Class-Charm:
Preface: If you want to make the AC, you need the class-charm before lvl 80. But we want to do the LC2, so we have to get thiss little yellow thing before lvl 60! I used Barrage with the Knockback-Bow Shockwave and some HCMTF for crowd control and only farmed the uper Necromancer on the right side (no protection by a imunity-totem). Kill him with Buckshot.
Review: only farm the upper Necromancer on the right side
Black Road:
I dont have time to write a Guide about the Black Road again. Look in this guide how to beat it (in this guide i only use Barrage. With Black Arrow, Buckshot and DM it should go much easier)
Attribute Challenge:
AC400: very easy, start safing points at lvl 34
AC600: not that easy, i would not suggest this to new players, start safing points at lvl 34 again.
AC1000: realy hard because you have realy less life! dont try this if this is your first character! Star safing AP at lvl 19 (20 when you make the AP-Quests) or earlier.
6., Uberquests
[under construction]
7., FAQ and Screenshots
[under construction]
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Thanks to Doabli for calculating the dimishing return skills!
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cast deathcore again on the new corps and so on.
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im not even in destrucion....
