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'''Last Updated:''' 6 December 2020
== Introduction ==
This guide is a comprehensive resource for building a physical Bowazon (in softcore) that can farm any content in the game, including maps and ubers.
== Skills ==
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There is an argument to only put 1 point in Guided Arrow and Magic Arrow, especially if your primary objective is to farm maps. While this will significantly reduce your single target damage, it allows for more points into Critical Strike and other quality of life skills to boost your mapping clearspeed. You can also remove the extra points from Magic Arrow if you have another way to deal with physical immunes, such as a source of Amplify Damage (see Gear and Mercenary sections) or other party members.
== Stats ==
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'''Energy:''' None
== Self-found Gear ==
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I will only be listing here things that don't rely on luck to obtain (outside of mid runes, since they can be target farmed at countess). This section is mostly for people playing SP, that don't really like trading, that are just starting and have no currency, or just like playing self-found.
=== Bow ===▼
'''White/Blue/Yellow Bow''' - When starting out, just grab what you can find. Even a socketed bow with some chipped gems will do▼
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'''Edge''' - Great early game bow that should carry you into early-mid nightmare. Any base will do, even if you just grab a socketed white from Charsi▼
▲<font color="white">'''White/Blue/Yellow Bow'''</font> - When starting out, just grab what you can find. Even a socketed bow with some chipped gems will do
'''Zephyr''' - Also a decent early game bow, prefer this one if you get the runes for it before the runes for Edge▼
▲<font color="orange">'''Edge'''</font> - Great early game bow that should carry you into early-mid nightmare. Any base will do, even if you just grab a socketed white from Charsi
'''???''' - There's a bit of a gap to bridge between mid nightmare and your first Ko rune. Hopefully you'll be able to find a unique bow or crossbow to fill this gap, but if not, just make a new Edge in an exceptional base and push on. Your Valkyries and Mercenary can solo the game at this point for you anyway if you fall too far behind▼
▲<font color="orange">'''Zephyr'''</font> - Also a decent early game bow, prefer this one if you get the runes for it before the runes for Edge
'''Harmony''' - This bow is surprisingly good and you can complete the campaign with it. Prefer an elite base (such as Great Bow)▼
▲<font color="gray">'''???'''</font> - There's a bit of a gap to bridge between mid nightmare and your first Ko rune. Hopefully you'll be able to find a unique bow or crossbow to fill this gap, but if not, just make a new Edge in an exceptional base and push on. Your Valkyries and Mercenary can solo the game at this point for you anyway if you fall too far behind
▲<font color="orange">'''Harmony'''</font> - This bow is surprisingly good and you can complete the campaign with it. Prefer an elite base (such as Great Bow)
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'''Lore''' - Cheap Runeword with +skills
'''3os Helm with 3 PTopaz''' - Useful for early MFing such as pit runs
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'''Stealth''' - Nerfed in PD2, but dirt cheap and has some FRW so it's nice
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'''3-4os Body with PTopaz''' - Useful for early MFing, especially if you don't have the runes for one of the above
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'''Blue/Yellow gloves with 20% IAS''' - Attack speed is always nice
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'''2/20 Yellow or 3/20 Blue gloves''' - The +skills here (should be Passive and Magic) can help, especially earlier on
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'''Yellows''' - FRW, Resists, MF, Life
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'''Yellows''' - Any belt with 4 rows and stats that are useful to you (Life, Resists, Dex, Strength)
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'''Leech Rings''' - Grab Life Leech and Mana Leech here if you don't have it elsewhere
'''MF Rings''' - MF rings, and/or rings with stats (Life, Resists, Dex, Strength)
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'''Skills Amulet''' - + Amazon skills or + Passive and Magic skills are the most useful here
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'''Stats amulet''' - Life, Resists, Dex, Strength
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Whatever you can find that will give you damage or utility, but prefer +Max charms, Life/Resist charms, and MF small charms.
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'''Small Charm''' - Look for Resists here (preferably also with Life)
== Magic Find Gear ==
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'''+Max Charms''' - MF is no good if you kill too slow, consider still running damage charms instead
== Best Gear ==
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'''Yellow''' - can use this to fill gaps in the build such as leech, resists, damage, etc. Can also corrupt these for extras
'''The Cat's Eye''' - 30 FRW, 20 IAS, 25 Dex - Very very hard to beat this amulet
'''Atma's Scarab''' - 7% Chance to Cast Level 8 Amplify Damage on Striking, 60% poison resist - this can break most phys immunes, and will give -26% physical resistance to enemies (which is '''huge''' for our damage), prefer this over Cat's Eye if you're struggling for damage or didn't take 20 Magic Arrow
=== Charms ===
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* Infernostrides - max fire res, since it is the second most dangerous element in the game
* IAS Gloves - plenty of options here, fill in your mercs weaknesses I guess
== Ubers ==
This build can absolutely do ubers. Just make sure you have a source of crushing blow (Giant Skull and/or Gore Rider or Goblin Toe are great options). Valkyries are you best friend, especially against Lilith. You may need to spam them against her and just get in hits when you can, she is rather vicious. Obviously prefer good resists and a decent health pool for doing this, but I have successfully done uber tristram (albeit with several deaths) with negative resists and ~700 life.
== Diablo Clone ==
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