By the later portions of nightmare dif and certainly the beginning of hell dif, you will absolutely need a Buriza to get keep moving forward while keeping things practical. After you’ve cleared normal dif with a Bowa, do not even worry about entering nightmare difficulty until you’ve gotten your hands on something like a Lycander’s or Kuko.You’ll want to take some time to stop and trade to get a hold of a Skystrike or Riphook if you can for act 5. In norm act 5, your damage ouput as a Bowazon becomes doable in single player, but nearly useless in say 6 to 8 player, unless you’ve managed to get your hands on some kind of lvl 30ish unique such as a Skystrike or Riphook. All of this will get you through until norm act 5.I believe it is by level 23 or 24, the gamble screen will start showing you long war bows and throwing spears, these are what you want to gamble.

This is going to be your only way to get solid damage upgrades for awhile.

When you begin to hit level 20+ in later a2, take some time to stop and gamble the best bows you can find in a2 gamble screen.

You want to hire an a2 merc and immediately begin dipping some gold to gamble him a poleaxe or pike from the gamble guy in a2.

Your new source of damage will be the a2 mercenary for awhile. When hit a2, your a1 bow is going to start dropping off into uselessness.75% is easy to achieve at low levels with the kinds of mods being dropped on shields. Having a solid 75% block is worth it in these areas. A good example is when you get into some areas in a2 like maggots lair or arcane sanc or tal tombs. Sometimes during walk-throughs as Bowa, it is better to swap to high block rate and single strike melee with Jab, than it is to try and range things. Also pay attention to keeping the strongest Javelins and Shields with block that you find.Save and use ALL +damage charms for walk-through Bowa, it matters.Save all +power damage jewels you find for socketed helms and armors.You want to put in chipped topaz/rubies into the bow.Immediately shop a 3os longbow from Gheed right as you load the game as a level 1.

Leveling charged strike zon should be easy.īowa on the other hand, is a special kind of a task.

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