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Game Forum / Role Playing Games / Diablo / November 2003Poking fun at green monsters
I'm having great fun with my PJ/PJ/LF Javazon in the first two acts of hell. The staff and the amulet are collected but not assembled. It'll be interesting to see if Duriel's chamber will open for me or not. Non lightning immunes fall quickly to their death to my maxed out LF, the rest get to live a wee bit longer. To help the green monsters die a little bit quicker I have invested one point in Jab. With +3 to Amazon skills it's up to level 4. The damage and attack rating are not that impressive. She is currently using this lovely javelin: http://w1.111.telia.com/~u11116375/screenshots/deathpalehyperionjavelin.jpg With 14 skill points saved up I'm looking to replace my low level Jab with something else. My pre-patch Javazon used Fend to great effect, but I'm not sure if it's still the Javazon melee skill of choice. On paper Impale looks impressive, but I have never used it myself. Fend on the other hand is uninterruptible and you get a bunch of extra hits. I'm not looking to take down huge mobs with my melee skill. It'll mostly be used to finish off single targets or small lightning immune groups. I should probably mention that I don't have the resists to use a two-hander on switch. desktop at home dot se > I'm having great fun with my PJ/PJ/LF Javazon in the first two acts of hell. > The staff and the amulet are collected but not assembled. It'll be [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > She is currently using this lovely javelin: http://w1.111.telia.com/~u11116375/screenshots/deathpalehyperionjavelin.jpg > With 14 skill points saved up I'm looking to replace my low level Jab with > something else. My pre-patch Javazon used Fend to great effect, but I'm not [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > desktop at home dot se Some people say that Jab works better with single Targets than Fend does, but I can't verify that. It seems to me that the damage bonus for Fend would outweigh the supposed superior speed of Jab, but that's just me. I can say a lot of the people I've talked to get by with 1 point in either one and do OK. short - I liked my Fendazon though, and she generally used her Javs and Shield rather than a 2 hander >> I'm having great fun with my PJ/PJ/LF Javazon in the first two acts >> of hell. The staff and the amulet are collected but not assembled. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >> >> She is currently using this lovely javelin: http://w1.111.telia.com/~u11116375/screenshots/deathpalehyperionjavelin.jpg >> With 14 skill points saved up I'm looking to replace my low level >> Jab with something else. My pre-patch Javazon used Fend to great [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > for Fend would outweigh the supposed superior speed of Jab, but > that's just me. I thought so too. > I can say a lot of the people I've talked to get by with 1 point in > either one and do OK. I'll put a point in Impale and Fend and compare them to Jab. > short - I liked my Fendazon though, and she generally used her Javs > and Shield rather than a 2 hander My 1.09 Javazon was virtually unkillable in the cow level, even when surrounded. Max blocking, high passives, decent life leech and Fend kept her red ball filled until she could toss a few Lightning Furies. desktop at home dot se > >> I'm having great fun with my PJ/PJ/LF Javazon in the first two acts > >> of hell. The staff and the amulet are collected but not assembled. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >> > >> She is currently using this lovely javelin: http://w1.111.telia.com/~u11116375/screenshots/deathpalehyperionjavelin.jpg > >> With 14 skill points saved up I'm looking to replace my low level > >> Jab with something else. My pre-patch Javazon used Fend to great [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > I'll put a point in Impale and Fend and compare them to Jab. Impale has impressive damage, but it is so very sloooooooooow, no matter what. At least it used to be, anyway. > > short - I liked my Fendazon though, and she generally used her Javs > > and Shield rather than a 2 hander > > My 1.09 Javazon was virtually unkillable in the cow level, even when > surrounded. Max blocking, high passives, decent life leech and Fend kept her > red ball filled until she could toss a few Lightning Furies. Yuppers, that is how mine worked too :o) short > Non lightning immunes fall quickly to their death to my maxed out LF, the > rest get to live a wee bit longer. To help the green monsters die a little > bit quicker I have invested one point in Jab. With +3 to Amazon skills it's > up to level 4. The damage and attack rating are not that impressive. I did the same, but added a weapon with crushing blow to make it worth it to jab at all. However, if I never used jab in hell it was worth the one point because up until the end of NM I could kill things pretty fast. Two easy mods for weapons if your physical damage is not that high: 1) strength runeword (amn tir) has crushing blow 2) malice runeword (ith el eth) has prevent monster heal - nice when things are BOTH light and poison immune (and they're coming) > She is currently using this lovely javelin: > http://w1.111.telia.com/~u11116375/screenshots/deathpalehyperionjavelin.jpg That's nice for fury, but I'd look into one with +3 to jav skills for plague jav, since mostly all your damage is from the skill, not the jav. By the time both plague and poison were maxed even one more skill point was adding over 100 damage per sec. > With 14 skill points saved up I'm looking to replace my low level Jab with > something else. My pre-patch Javazon used Fend to great effect, but I'm not > sure if it's still the Javazon melee skill of choice. I tried one point in impale, and I never hit anything with it. Luckily my merc and valk made a good team and were adding significantly to the killing. > I should probably mention that I don't have the resists to use a two-hander > on switch. > > desktop at home dot se I eventually gave up the spear and went with a good plague jav on one weapon and a good fury jav on the other (the fury jav was the unique wraith flight - high damage ethereal with +15 mana per kill and life leech), and a good shield in both slots. I just got to a point where it was too dangerous to not use a shield even for a minute. >> Non lightning immunes fall quickly to their death to my maxed out >> LF, the rest get to live a wee bit longer. To help the green [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > the one point because up until the end of NM I could kill things > pretty fast. I've decided to go with Fend after all. The AR is that much better. If I find a nice two-hander for her I might stick that on switch, even though her resist will suffer without the shield. > Two easy mods for weapons if your physical damage is not that high: > 1) strength runeword (amn tir) has crushing blow > 2) malice runeword (ith el eth) has prevent monster heal - nice when > things are BOTH light and poison immune (and they're coming) Willowisps and their cousins if I'm not mistaking, and they are virtually physically immune as well. >> She is currently using this lovely javelin: http://w1.111.telia.com/~u11116375/screenshots/deathpalehyperionjavelin.jpg > That's nice for fury, but I'd look into one with +3 to jav skills for > plague jav, since mostly all your damage is from the skill, not the > jav. By the time both plague and poison were maxed even one more > skill point was adding over 100 damage per sec I'll only replace that javelin if I can find one with high physical damage and +X to javelin skills. The leach I get is enough to toss LF and PJ all day long. Also the life leech truly is a life saver in hell. However I am contemplating using Trang-Oul's heavy bracers for the +25% poison skill damage. Only the damage goes up with them, not the duration. >> With 14 skill points saved up I'm looking to replace my low level >> Jab with something else. My pre-patch Javazon used Fend to great [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > leech), and a good shield in both slots. I just got to a point where > it was too dangerous to not use a shield even for a minute. Sounds like a good plan, I'll keep it in mind when things get a bit tough for her. :-) desktop at home dot se > I'll only replace that javelin if I can find one with high physical damage > and +X to javelin skills. The leach I get is enough to toss LF and PJ all > day long. Also the life leech truly is a life saver in hell. However I am > contemplating using Trang-Oul's heavy bracers for the +25% poison skill > damage. Only the damage goes up with them, not the duration. I'm not familiar with Trang's and didn't know about the + to poison damage. Sounds great if you can get it. Of all the set items I've found in 1.10 including the beta I don't think I ever found a Trang's anything. Must all be in an unusual TC or something. > > I'll only replace that javelin if I can find one with high physical damage > > and +X to javelin skills. The leach I get is enough to toss LF and PJ all [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > I ever found a Trang's anything. Must all be in an unusual TC or > something. Trang-Oul's gear is some of the best you can find. I like how, when you equip all of it, you turn into a vampire lord. If it helps, http://www.battle.net/diablo2exp/items/sets/  SignatureElizabeth D. Brooks | kali.magdalene@comcast.net | US2002021724 Listowner: Aberrants_Worldwide, Fading_Suns_Games, TrinityRPG AeonAdventure | "Dobby likes us!" -- Smeagol -- http://www.theonering.net/scrapbook/view/6856 |
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