Xbow Necromancer

[Fracuz]

Would you guys prefer a non-necro xbow?
So what would be your keeper?

200ed, 300+ max, good ctc, ...?

[as69]

Not sure, Necro Xbows have Damage Bonus: (30/100 per Strength)% whereas normal Xbows have Damage Bonus: (20/100 per Strength)%

Also, the base Damage of Necro Bows is higher at (pretty) similar Base Speeds:

Necro XBows:
Stinger Crossbow
Two-Hand Damage: 99 to 101
Speed: 28
Damage Bonus: (30/100 per Strength)%

Trebuchet
Two-Hand Damage: 96 to 101
Speed: 30
Damage Bonus: (30/100 per Strength)%

Normal XBows:
Heavy Crossbow:
Two-Hand Damage: 91 to 101
Speed: 27
Damage Bonus: (20/100 per Strength)%

Repeating Crossbow:
Two-Hand Damage: 88 to 105
Speed: 30
Damage Bonus: (20/100 per Strength)%

So i assume basically Necro Bow (Stinger Crossbow, highest based Damage and faster base speed than Trebuchet) would be preferred as Base item. In addition, it might be that you could roll different affixes on Necro Bow (e.g. +4/5 Necro skills, which you can´t roll on normal Xbows).

However, if you got a nice roll on a normal Xbow, why not use it...the above only applies if the rolls would be 1:1 identical, then you should use Necro Xbow.

[Edit:]
Oh and thanks @Moasseman for that nice guide, just started one after finding some key items (Buriza and Hwanin´s) - this is so much fun!

[Graven]

Here are my stats, with my crafted crossbow.



As I said, lvl 120 and doing Dunc pretty easy with that.
The only trick is to see the barrels incoming and dodge. Else it's fine.
Teganze and Triune are fine too, but more boring for Teganze I feel. I don't knoz what is best for exp/time ratio tho

Spent over 500 shrines, but still got the useless crap

[Anonymous:]

Yup, at this point even TU Starkiller looks good. MO'ed with ED,AR, Jah'ed, ect. Proc and IAS vs Dmg and some stats.

p.s.: was rolling shrines last night and got many versions with ATMG on xbow. Anyone tried ATMG xbow necro ? Just for lolz maybe ?

[mars1]

atmg used to be allright but now it has less damage and its no good, widowmaker 50x > 1 atmg
in my opinion its bad skill that only takes out of the good prefixes you can get on craft i would say its better if it gets removed from necro xbows

[Moasseman]

can't roll arrow on striking on crossbows. knife throw/widowmaker (if you're doing non-necro crossbows)/spike nova and shower of rocks are your best options, yea.

Spike nova is only on melee weapons too.

Hey guys, had some luck yesterday at crafting and these 2 cuties come along. By the way from 1 Shrine



My question: Which one would you prefer?
Right one come along with insane Phys DMG, higher than the other which is already Jah'd, but not mentionable adds.
Left one have Time Strike as proc, is that good? And good elemental dmg affix.

Both are already blessed with creepy shrine and Mo'd with AR and Max DMG.

I'd use the left one. Time strike isn't a bad proc and the more wdm procs you get, the stronger they all become.

[Pinball]

Is 40% cb great enough? I can raise to 52% cb by replacing 6 Jah for 6 Perf Rainbow but not sure if it's needed.

Also just got In for the kill amulet. Arent the procs bad cuz low level.

[mars1]

Is 40% cb great enough? I can raise to 52% cb by replacing 6 Jah for 6 Perf Rainbow but not sure if it's needed.

Also just got In for the kill amulet. Arent the procs bad cuz low level.

40 cb is more then enough do not remove jahs from weapon they boost your damage very much i would segest you put 6 MA runes instead of jahs if you are using uniq xbow

[Moasseman]

Is 40% cb great enough? I can raise to 52% cb by replacing 6 Jah for 6 Perf Rainbow but not sure if it's needed.

Also just got In for the kill amulet. Arent the procs bad cuz low level.

After the change to it, CB is a thing that's nice to have but not a must. It helps with farming but does nothing for bosses.

Also most WDM skill don't care much about the skill lvl. IFTK just has good procs and MF so it's pretty much the way to go for farming.

[Diesel11]

why MO ED on weapon to 200%? can you go over it or you get diminishing returns?
in the guide it says get close to 200% and rest in AR or whatever else you need..
if i got a weapon already at 200% do i add more ED or go for AR ?