SSF Bowzon

great guide wulf, had some questions.

so you're basically walking around with no defense since you're using ecstatic frenzy? how does that work exactly, just relying on elemental resists?

also, for peeps that are asking questions about crafting a bow, here is one i crafted this weekend, took about 30-35 full stacks. before MO it had 197% ED and 294 MD, i rerolled anything that was below 250 MD

HeaT_

Here is the notarmory for MajorCarter, this season's zon. Through Act 3 plus a couple of Meph runs to get the heavy boots/chain gloves/skull cap. Only have the skull cap so far. Feel free to pick it apart, constructive criticism will help. https://tsw.vn.cz/acc/char.php?name=MajorCarter

cnlnjzfjb wrote:I tried bowzon this patch, and I felt no smooth in Fauzt. Maybe there is sth I did wrong? Need some advice.
I think I have pretty enough gear for farming, but still can't kill robots in Fauz. I need 7-8 Wyrmshots to kill a robot! And that feels really terrible and makes it not behave in Fauz at all! Btw, with rapid Wyrmshots, I couldn't even do tier 6 lab! The damage feels so low. Is there some change in 1.7 for bowzon or just my fault?

how you get that much elemental damage on arrows? mine 25-50 each lol

HeaT_ wrote:so you're basically walking around with no defense since you're using ecstatic frenzy? how does that work exactly, just relying on elemental resists?

pretty much. you need to rely on your movement and kiting to avoid getting hit by physical things. its not all bad though. lategame youll have around 18k hp and 50 phys res. its still nothing compared to blick or high defense, but it isnt as if we cant take a hit at all.

elemental things, block and defense wouldnt help anyways so no change there.

LukeBBA wrote:how you get that much elemental damage on arrows? mine 25-50 each lol

Elemental Ire

Elemental Ire
Occult Effigy

Cube Reagent
Cube with a Elemental Ranged Weapon to Add Bonus
1% Chance to cast level 4 Life Spark on Striking
+5 Required Level
(Max 2 Uses per Item)

effigy

i'll have to try ecstatic frenzy, cause as of right now, wyrmshot feels like absolute trash against trash mobs with the bow i linked and some decent gear. not sure if things changed since the patch you ran this cause i viewed a few of your vids and your wyrmshot is doing nice damage. your character could also be way more optimized, i'm definitely not close to min/maxing.

HeaT_

HeaT_ wrote:i'll have to try ecstatic frenzy, cause as of right now, wyrmshot feels like absolute trash against trash mobs with the bow i linked and some decent gear. not sure if things changed since the patch you ran this cause i viewed a few of your vids and your wyrmshot is doing nice damage. your character could also be way more optimized, i'm definitely not close to min/maxing.

HeaT_

its probably exactly that. ive played so much bowzon that i know mostly what not to do that I see a lot of people doing, eventhough theyre following the guide.

for instance, rerolling old charms for perfect rolls, not spending attr points into str, not using sacred uniques without having 450str from charms alone, grabbing 400sigs before progressing into 120 ubers, not leaving phalanx at 1 point.

i think literally all the questions im getting would be resolved if people just did what i just mentioned >< but some omit these important steps, then they invariably hit a wall at lvl 120-125 and ask me for advice. i end up just telling them to follow whats already in the guide they chose to ignore hahaha

doing well on ssf bowzon isnt about being good or being geared, but its about progressing slowly without skipping steps. and often times people think theyll just kill everything because they bought ssu's and umo's. 90% of the character's power is in the charms and the base 1110 attribute points.

it's interesting because i opted to play a bowazon, got pretty far then it felt really underwhelming in terms of dps, so i decided to see what other people were running for the build and found this thread.

that being said, the first build i played was a necro crossbow build and that is like night and day when compared to bowazon in terms of easy of play. for example, i was crushing fauztinville pretty much without trying, while as the bowazon it's a struggle.

i'm still new to the game, only my second season of play, so i'm learning some of the nuances, so i cant tell if it's balancing or what. but anyhow, i appreciate the guide, nice to look at a different perspective.

HeaT_

Bowzon's damage early/mid game is complete shambles. Used to be one of the best early/mid game farmers. I was playing bowzon for 15 seasons probably and now I returned to this. She needs a lot of specific items/umos to become an efficient farmer. I don't know how many nerfs there were to Phalanx, but that skill is terrible now. Seems like the arrows shoot slower, the wall spawns slower and the distance between the archers is higher. Estatic frenzy's bonus magic damage is laughable, its not a smax skill anymore, more of a leftover skill. Overall bowzon is not what it used to be, I wouldn't recommend it as a newbie friendly startup character to anyone, unless they wanna quit the mod. She is glasscannon as always, but the lack of damage is overwhelming after you hit the 120 mark.

Wotan wrote:Bowzon's damage early/mid game is complete shambles. Used to be one of the best early/mid game farmers. I was playing bowzon for 15 seasons probably and now I returned to this. She needs a lot of specific items/umos to become an efficient farmer. I don't know how many nerfs there were to Phalanx, but that skill is terrible now. Seems like the arrows shoot slower, the wall spawns slower and the distance between the archers is higher. Estatic frenzy's bonus magic damage is laughable, its not a smax skill anymore, more of a leftover skill. Overall bowzon is not what it used to be, I wouldn't recommend it as a newbie friendly startup character to anyone, unless they wanna quit the mod. She is glasscannon as always, but the lack of damage is overwhelming after you hit the 120 mark.

yeah this echos how i feel, it seemed like something was off to me but i couldn't tell because this is first time playing the class. more of a glass minus the cannon :mrgreen:

phalanx feels ok to me in terms of placement and usage as a "turret" skill, the damage is meh tho.

HeaT_

we can fight with this bow ?

Athulua's Wrath

Athulua's Wrath
Stag Bow (Sacred)
(Amazon Only)
Required Level: 100
Required Dexterity: 557
Item Level: 120
Innate Tri-Elemental Damage: (52.0% of Dexterity)
3% Chance to cast level 63 Sun Strike on Striking
1% Chance to cast level 6 Life Spark on Striking
Adds 400-950 Fire Damage
Adds 400-950 Lightning Damage
Adds 400-950 Cold Damage
-33% to Enemy Elemental Resistances
Elemental Resists -33%
1% Reanimate as: Random Monster
Socketed (6)