Crash wrote:Max Nova Shot. that's your single target/boss killing, and then if you end up getting
Savage Hunter
, it synergizes for bonus fire damage to the oskill and you'll see your boss speed ramp up.
Use Mana Regen MO's on ring and amulet for this too probably, but generally you'll want %life and mana stolen per hit (life and mana leech for short) for farming and such. nova shot doesn't leech because its 100% conversion to fire (this is where the mana regen helps)
check your resistances to make sure they're capped, and start looking for physical resist items and speed stuff like
Natha
Natha
Druid Helms
'GulEl'
Runeword Level: 65
4% Chance to cast level 2 Arrow on Striking
20% Attack Speed
50% Hit Recovery
(31 to 50)% Bonus to Attack Rating
+(58 to 86)% Enhanced Defense
+5 to all Attributes
Physical Resist 10%
and
Erawan
Erawan
Body Armors
'LemKoCham'
Runeword Level: 83
15% Combat Speeds
5% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(144 to 171)% Enhanced Defense
(27 to 30)% to Strength
(27 to 30)% to Vitality
Physical Resist (13 to 15)%
(15 to 20)% Bonus to Defense
. The jewels aren't a big deal yet for early equip, but you'll wantr to craft some nice ones as you begin to progress further.
I've taken your words as guideline and progressed a bit further, even managed to do my first 105 Dungeons! So thank you.
Here's my new stats.
I am at Duriel now and Boss-DPS still is very tedious with Laughing Ghost or Maxed Nova Shot. The latter one has mana issues, but I manage to shoot 2 nova shots every other second when I am out of mana - HOWEVER Damage is so low against Bosses here. I am standing inside them, risking being killed of easily and I am being rewarded with a millimeter of Duriels Healthbar every 4 seconds or so.
EDIT: Managed to kill him by using RUN and kite, spamming Nova Shot whenever Idol of S... ran out - still took me around 2-3 minutes to do so. :F
Is there anything I can do to increase single target dps with nova shot especially? My chance to hit him is 84%, does Nova Shot scale better with Crushing Blow, or Enhanced Damage, or even % Fire %-Fire Res?