[1.05b] Amazon advice

[Reinhardt]

Hello fellow travelers. I'm considering making spear/javs amazon in 1.05b version. I expect she won't mow the enemies like in later patches. Since I have no experience with this patch I'd like some advice:

• Leveling character to hell difficulty
• Since no respec, what skills to focus on?
• Are other weapon types usable in absence of good spear?
• Is spearzon viable on highest difficulty?
• How strong is javazon for farming experience on highest difficulty?
• How to address mana issue? Potions only, investing in energy or mana leech/mana per kill items?

If I forgot something important, feel free to point me to it.

Regards,
Reinhardt

 

[fearedbliss]

I've only gotten my HC Amazon up to Act 1 Hell and haven't played her since (eventually may come back), but she's a Jabzon specifically. That's essentially the best skill for her because Jab in 1.05b doesn't depend on IAS. You also can get rare pikes and stuff where as Javelins can only be white.

You'll want to take advantage of Singling's players command and stack up on life and mana leech. This will be very important. The amount you leech seems to be dependent on both the amount of damage you are dealing but more important the player count since that increases the health of the monsters. You'll notice that on p8 you will leech way more than p1 with the same exact gear. If you do p8 with enough damage you will essentially be at 100% globes most of the time.

Take a look at my video here:

 

[Reinhardt]

I've only gotten my HC Amazon up to Act 1 Hell and haven't played her since (eventually may come back), but she's a Jabzon specifically. That's essentially the best skill for her because Jab in 1.05b doesn't depend on IAS. You also can get rare pikes and stuff where as Javelins can only be white.

You'll want to take advantage of Singling's players command and stack up on life and mana leech. This will be very important. The amount you leech seems to be dependent on both the amount of damage you are dealing but more important the player count since that increases the health of the monsters. You'll notice that on p8 you will leech way more than p1 with the same exact gear. If you do p8 with enough damage you will essentially be at 100% globes most of the time.

Take a look at my video here:

Thanks for the tips.

 

[Reinhardt]

I see you don't use lance weapon. You haven't found good one yet or some other reason?

 

[fearedbliss]

I haven't found one yet. But I also haven't played this character in a while. I just got her to Hell Act 1 and then started playing other chars and versions lol.