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by WolfieeifloW Mon Apr 08, 2013 5:59 am
A Bow Druid
Original post by Necrof on the old forums (forumer).
Most formatting is lost.
-WolfieeifloW
This is my first guide so if you have any suggestions on how to improve it please tell me. Currently my bow druid is trying to find the Bow Druid set.
Contents
0. Title
1. Skill Points
2. Items
3. Challenges (includes stats)
4. Uber Quests
5. General Game Play
6. End
Skill Points
Bow Skills:
You have to put enough points in these skills to get to level 40 Elvin Arrows. After + max skill level charms and equipment.
Blindside 1
Early game you want the mana cost to stay low and late game you have nova shot.
Cascade 1-5
This can be better than nova shot for tightly packed enemies.
Spore Shot 1-5
Fixed mana cost, adds targets to cascade, and can get an absurd number of arrows on the screen at once.
Elvin Arrows 40
Adds damage.
Nova Shot 13-15
You want this to have low enough mana to allow you to fire it rapidly for a good period of time and the mana cost decreases with more points.
Elemental / Poison:
There are only two skills of interest in this tree. Put one point in every skill you need to get them.
Pagan Rites 1
This is a great healing skill that can heal you to full health with only a few corpses.
Circle of Life 10+
This is what keeps you alive most of the time.
Charm:
Charm 1
This will save you countless times.
Havoc 1+
This increases charm's radius just do not put to many in.
Elvinsong 1/5
No spell timer multi mini charm. 5 points if you think it is worth it to put your extra points into.
Commands 1 in all
The offensive ones affect your reanimates and the other one slows monsters drastically.
Uber Skills:
Faerie Fire 1+
Goodbarry Max
+100 life per point.
Life Shield Max
This gives + hundreds to total character defense.
Extra Points:
Havoc
Faerie Fire
Circle of Life
Quick List
Bow Tree: 40 points into Elfin Arrows and enough points into bow skills to get to that. Recommended most of those to go into Nova Shot (minimal investment 5
Elemental / Poison Tree: 1 into Pagan Rites and 10 into Circle of Life. (minimal investment 14)
Charm: 1 point in all 10. (minimal investment 10)
Uber: 1 into Faerie Fire. As many as you can into Goodbarry and Lifeshield. (minimal investment 39)
10 left over.
Items
A ^ means I recommend that item for that point in the game.
Weapons
Banshee Tir bow Runeword (Hatred)
(For Runewords I would recommend using viper bows for there speed)
Amok Ort bow Runeword
Enyo Dol weapon Runeword
Salamander's Breath unique Viper Bow (Hatred-Late Terror) ^
Azrael Pul weapon Runeword
(This looks like a good alternative if Salamander's Breath gets to annoying)
Sylvanshine Zod druid bow Runeword
Phantom Nas bow Runeword
Cernunnos Yul druid bow Runeword (Late Terror-Destruction) ^
Raudna Taha druid bow Runeword (End)
Typhaon Ghal bow Runeword (End) ^
Triune Qor weapon Runeword (End)
Azgar's Mark Sacred unique Viper Bow (Depends on luck) ^
Quiver
Any good rare ^
Any of the unique Quivers
Kingsport's Signals Unique Quiver (Depends on luck) ^
Body Armor
Apotheosis (Median XL - 4 years) Shael body armor Runeword (Hatred)
Albrecht's Revenge unique Chain Mail (Hatred-Destruction) ^
(< 201 str requirement for the tier 6 one)
Unity Ghal body armor Runeword (End) ^
(Less damage but a lot more defense than Albrecht's Revenge)
Scales of the Serpent Sacred unique Gothic Plate (Depends on luck) ^
Helm
Summit El helm Runeword (Hatred)
Cannonball Ral helm Runeword
Grimspirit unique Spirit Mask (Hatred-End) ^
Nezha Ko druid helm Runeword
Natha Lo druid helm Runeword
Augur's Pelt Sacred unique Hawk Helm (Depends on luck) ^
Gloves
Jewel bonus
Honorific with total character defense or resistance. (Hatred-Terror) ^
Kali Pul gloves Runeword (Terror-Late Terror) ^
Weird or Hidden shrine crafts. (Late Terror-Destruction) ^
Drekavac Taha gloves Runeword (End) ^
Belt
Jewel bonus
Deadfall unique heavy belt (Hatred-Late Terror) ^
Weird or Hidden shrine craft.
Nature's Embrace set light belt (Destruction-End)
Ahriman Ghal belt Runeword (End) ^
The Asteroid Belt Sacred unique Plated Belt (Depends on luck) ^
Boots
Jewel bonus
Lionpaw unique Chain Boots (Hatred-Destruction) ^
Death Spur unique Heavy Boots (Hatred-Destruction) ^
Craton Cham boots Runeword
Megalith Ath Boots Runeword
Nephilim Nih boots Runeword (Destruction-End) ^
Rings
Rare Rings
Ring of Truth unique Ring
Empyrean Band unique Ring
Assur's Bane Ring
Seal of the Nephalem Kings unique Ring
Amulet
Rare Amulet
Angel Heart unique Amulet
Athulua's Oracle unique Amulet
Death Ward unique Amulet
Klaatu Barada Nikto unique Amulet
Jewels
Rare Jewels
Ort Crafted Jewels (Hatred-Terror)
Lem Crafted Jewels (Late Hatred-End) ^
Secondary Items
Use these when you are about to eat a Goodbarry or cast Faerie Fire.
Lincos Sur druid staff Runeword (Terror)
Aes Dana Kur staff Runeword (Late Terror)
Lojban Thai druid staff Runeword (Late Terror / Destruction)
Rare or Crafted staff with high + druid skill levels. (Terror-End) ^
You could always use the full Bow Druid set.
Quick List
To start | To work to | To have before 500 | To end
Helm: Summit El | Grimspirit | ___ | ___
Weapon: Banshee Tir | Salamander's Breath | Cernunnos Yul | Typhaon Ghal
Armor: Apotheosis (Median XL - 4 years) Shael | Albrecht's Revenge | ___ | Unity Ghal
Gloves: Jewel Bonus | Honorific | Craft | Drekavac Taha
Belt: Jewel Bonus | Deadfall | ___ | Ahriman Ghal
Boots: Jewel Bonus | Lionpaw | Nephilim Nih | ___
Challenges
Attribute Challenge 500
Put 100 points into str and nothing in anything else.
Visions of Akarat:
Use there power to your advantage. Summon in a building and run towards the door while drinking an Elixir of Adrenaline. Quickly charm them and Akarat will die fast. Be very careful now because charm only lasts so long. If you die you can keep running up to them and charming until you can get to your prize.
Idol of Vanity:
This is hard so do every Uber quest that you can before this. Here your main concern are the Cleric's. First open a portal on the outside then use an Elixir of Power (You need everything you can get), eat a Goodberry, and cast Faerie Fire. Get a minute or two worth of potions in you. Summon Edyrem. Now go in and go as far as you can before you see a group of nuns. Charm the nuns then draw more out to charm. Now for the big part. Go to the Crystal Ball while dodging the Death Spiral. Get as close as you can without it killing you and start using Nova Shot. If you are lucky the Clerics are far enough away to be using Mind Flay. If you die without killing the ball and it is almost dead retry. If it is not almost dead come back with more charms / better equipment. If you did kill it keep trying using charm and Edyrem to reclaim your body. If you are still alive then skip to the next sentence. Stay at a distance from the Clerics so they use Mind Flay and kill Inarius. Rejoice.
After wards put your stats into Dexterity until you are comfortable with your Attack Rating (I have 150 base Dexterity). Then put the rest into Strength.
Attribute Challenge 250
Optical Detector:
Go in, run to the Infernal Machine, charm everyone around it, and use Nova Shot until you win.
Zakarum's Ear:
Have some reanimates to take Punishers for you. I would recommend using Spore / Nova Shot here. Be prepared to use Pagan Rites if your life gets low. Like if you got hit by a Punisher. Use caution. Meaning do not try to kill an avatar with two Punisher shooting towers by it. Keep trying until you get it.
Black Road Challenge
Fear:
Summon him and use nova shot until he dies.
Greed:
Get some gold and cube the charm.
Contrition:
Make a portal and then summon them on the far right side. Go into the portal and go to the ancient's way waypoint. Come up to the summit. Shoot Spore Shot until you hit one. If 1-2 come use Blindside otherwise charm them. Run around shooting Nova Shot and Blindside until they all die.
Knowledge:
Make sure you have a good weapon and reanimates. Switch between Nova Shot and Cascade as needed. Move fast but carefully because reanimates are your main shield. Once you get used to it the rest will be luck. Gamma requires quite a bit of luck. For it you will need a form of teleport. Use any buff skills and summon anything you have the oskill for. Get your mercenary if you want. Switch to the teleport item and go to the room. Switch to your weapon and use Nova Shot. For the rest. If you can get to one you can get to the rest.
Blood:
Kill the amazons in you way but be careful to not kill the two priestesses. Lure Lycander close to Skovos again being careful. Kill one then the other and quickly cube your charm.
Ennead Challenge
1. Lure skeletons away from the totem and kill them until there are only a few left. Run up to the totem wait until there are a few skeletons near you and charm them. Nova Shot the totem until it breaks. repeat for the next totem on your way to the Necromancer. Hope for a piece of fruit.
2. Run to the Necromancer and hope for a piece of fruit.
3. The same as one but skip the first totem.
Level Challenge
At this point in the game you won't be able to use Nova Shot effectively and cascade will not shoot far enough. That leaves Spore Shot. Get + total character defense orbs on low defense items and enhanced defense orbs on high defense items. Get at least 1% leach and use spore shot around you until it stops hitting things. Work your way like that use Blindside if 1-3 amazons find you retreat if more come. Once you get the priestess alone go up and nova shot her while dodging her attacks. Make sure that you have the tp and id scrolls in your cube when you kill her.
Uber Quests
500 means you can do this while saving attribute points.
Levels
Kurast 3000 BA: Easy 500
Lure skeletons away from the totem and kill them until there are only a few left. Run up to the totem wait until there are a few skeletons near you and charm them. Nova Shot the totem until it breaks. repeat for the next totem. If there is a manageable amount skip to charming. If there are a huge amount of invulnerable blocking your path you have two choices. One Save and Exit. Two keep some of them charmed to keep them occupied and use spore shot until you can get out.
Island of the Sunless Sea: Very Easy 500
For normal monsters just constantly shoot. Malic: Go to the far right in the first open area down the left path. Move away from the punishers (they only go so far) and shoot Spore Shot following the punishers until the stop coming. Lucion: Take care of as many monsters as you can. Try not to get hit while using Nova Shot next to him. Continue that until he dies.
Khalimgrad: Easy 500
Have some reanimates to take Punishers for you. I would recommend using Spore / Nova Shot here. Be prepared to use Pagan Rites if your life gets low. Like if you got hit by a Punisher. Use caution. Meaning do not try to kill an avatar with two Punisher shooting towers by it.
Tran Athula: Easy 500
If you are strong enough take care of them at a distance. Use Nova Shot, Cascade, And maybe a few Spore Shots. If you have reanimates you will only see a few Amazons. Also if to many come retreat so that they will be in more manageable numbers.
Fauztinville: Medium-Hard
Move quickly but carefully because your reanimates are the main thing keeping you alive here. Switch between Nova Shot and Cascade using Spore Shot when you come across a doorway. Retreat if you get swarmed and use charm if you need a distraction. Do not go forward unless the ones that you are fighting are taken care of because they will kill you fast.
Ghosts of Old Bremmtown: Medium-Hard
Once you get in move a bit then use Nova Shot a few times. Continue doing that until some Howling Spirits jump on you. If they die first repeat those steps but if you die first come back with more power / defense.
Duncraig: Hard - Very Hard
You will die here many times. So unless you have a lot of them I would not suggest using Goodberrys. Always keep a portal open. Try to take most of them out from a distance with Nova Shot or Cascade. If you have a lot of them getting close use Charm. Run away from sparks, barrels, and poison clouds. When you teleport into a new room immediately make a portal and enter it. Then go back in and immediately use Charm after that open another portal. After all that use Nova Shot or Cascade to kill most of them and retreat to your portal if necessary. One last thing if you die while Assur is around you might as well Save and Exit.
More to come.
Dungeons
Creature of Flame: Very Easy 500
Use Nova Shot on everyone...
Infernal Machine: Easy 500
Go in, run to the Infernal Machine, charm everyone around it, and use Nova Shot until you win.
Death Projector: Easy-Medium 500
Not much for me to say. Park Mechanics if you need to. Never go straight to the Projector from the bottom right. Do not get hit by the spiral. Practice. I can not think of anything else at the moment.
Azmodan: Medium 500
Enter and charm group after group working your way into the right room. You can pop Culling of the Herd on them to slow them. While Azmodan is distracted by the charmed monsters either use Spore Shot from the side or use Nova Shot up close. It may take a bit but you will win if you keep at it and do not die.
Rathma Square: Easy-Hard
Use all of your buffs before you enter. Walk around stopping only to use Nova Shot. Once you find Primus continuously use Nova Shot and Circle of Life should keep you alive long enough to kill him.
Cathedral of Vanity: Hard
Open a portal and prepare to enter. Use Edyrem if you have them. Go into the main room and charm any group of nuns that come. Go farther in and charm any other group the comes. Make sure that you do not get hit by the Death Spiral. Get as close to the Crystal Ball as you can without being killed and use Nova Shot to kill it. If it dies and you die. Use charm and Edyrem if you have them to recover your corpse. To kill the rest stay far enough away from the Clerics so that they use Mind Flay. Then kill them with whatever skills you feel are necessary.
Torja: Easy-Medium 500
The most important thing is to move slowly and keep at least 5 Edyrem alive at once. I would recommend using a staff on the second weapon set to summon them. There is not much else that I can tell you but the slower you take it the easier it is.
More to come.
Summoning
Always make sure the area is clear before attempting.
Butcher: Very Easy 500
Summon and use Nova Shot until he dies. If he hits to hard run around and use Nova Shot until he dies.
The Binding of Baal: Easy 500
Make a portal and summon on the opposite side from the entrance. Enter the portal quickly than go to the lost city waypoint. Get as close as you can to hit them with spore shot. If 1-3 come over use Blindside. If Tal Rasha comes over run around using Nova Shot. Use Baal's speed to your advantage and never stay in one spot. Continue doing that until you win.
Assault on Mount Arreat: Easy 500
Make a portal and summon on the opposite corner from the Ancient's Way. Go through the portal and go to the Ancient's Way waypoint. go back to the summit and shoot Spore Shot at where you summoned them. Keep getting closer until you hit one. If 1-4 come over use Blindside to stun them and then kill them. When King Koth comes charm any nearby Shamans and avoiding missiles by whatever means while shooting at them. Once He is venerable go up and use Nova Shot.
Akarat: Almost Easy 500
I have two strategies but remember they will kill you very fast.
1. This is riskier but you can do it without good gear. Use there power to your advantage. Summon in a building and run towards the door. Quickly charm them and Akarat will die fast. Be very careful now because charm only lasts so long. If you die you can keep running up to them and charming until you can get to your prize.
2. This is not risky unless Akarat runs up and kills you. Also make sure you are quite strong. Distance. Make a portal and summon in the path way to the building. Go through the portal and got the the Travincal Waypoint. Go up to the ledge under the structure to upper left of the entrance to the area where you summoned Akarat. Shoot at where you summoned Akarat until you think you can kill Akarat close up or think Akarat is dead. If everyone but Akarat is dead. Try again if Akarat is close or give up for now if Akarat is not.
Lord Aldric Jitan: Medium-Hard
Make a portal and summon them at the back furthest away from the red portal. Quickly enter your portal. Use Elfensong at the entrance to the temple and then shoot Spore Shot through the doorway. If you have to retreat do so but keep the Elf alive. once his immunity is down use Nova Shot to finish him. I would recommend having Edyrem to summon and distract him long enough to go up and kill him. If you die use charm and (if you have them) Edyrem to get him out of your way long enough to grab your body. If you cannot kill him fast enough come back when you are stronger.
Legacy of Blood: Very Easy-Easy 500
Summon anything you have to distract them for a few seconds. Then summon Bartuc in one corner and move to the other. Use Elfensong and keep one alive. Then shoot the group with Spore Shot. Continue on like this until you win.
Judgement Day: medium 500
Get 10+ super / greater healing potions (depending on the difficulty), Go into the Inner Cloister, drink your potions, and summon Dark Uldyssian. Try to get them in to the Cathedral and kill the monsters in there to get reanimates. Now hope that one of the avatars summons. If one dose use Nova Shot to kill it.
Bonus Quest: Medium-Hard
Continually summon Edyrem on top of them and kill any avatar the gets summoned. Hope that the other one gets summoned soon.
Inarius' Revenge: Easy
Summon distractions then summon Inarius. Walk back and cast Elfensong while shooting Spore Shot and Cascade at them.When there are a few left switch to Nova Shot.
More to come.
Heroic
Bull Prince Rodeo: Hard-Very Hard
First get him into a position that the exploding cows will not hit you. Now make a portal into town and get a good amount of potions in you. Get next to him and try to stay next to him while using Nova Shot. If you can try to position your self so that you do not immediately get hit by a cow if you get knocked back. If you can not get next to him enter your portal then come back (making a new one of course). Corpse recovery is surprisingly easy with him just walk to it. If you are focused on physical Damage you will damage him more but less often. If you are focused on elemental you will damage him more often but for less.
General Game Play
A Bow Druid = Chaos = Fun.
Never be afraid to retreat.
Early game use Blindside and Charm.
When you have the mana start using Spore Shot as your main attack.
If you want to level fast:
~10-18 tristram
~20-24 the desert
~30-~40 Lower Kurast-Travincal
~40-~50 Frigid Highlands waypoint
~50-~70 Kurast 3000 BA
~70-~80 Island of the Sunless Sea
~80-~85 Khalimgrad
~85-~100 Kurast 3000 BA (Terror)
~100-120 Destruction and Destruction Uber Quests
If you can put at least 2 P Ambers in your weapon.
P diamonds are good armor socket fillers.
In act 1 a level 1 Haunting Banshee can be useful.
Use Goodbarry and Faerie Fire with a high +skill weapon if possible.
If you are having trouble try using Goodberry with an Elixer of Power.
The Mercenary I would recommend are the Barbarian or the Bloodmage For fun go to hatred and use a staff to summon a lot of Leprechans to watch the "chance to cast when struck" spells.
More to come.
End
The End
Original post by Necrof on the old forums (forumer).
Most formatting is lost.
-WolfieeifloW
This is my first guide so if you have any suggestions on how to improve it please tell me. Currently my bow druid is trying to find the Bow Druid set.
Contents
0. Title
1. Skill Points
2. Items
3. Challenges (includes stats)
4. Uber Quests
5. General Game Play
6. End
Skill Points
Bow Skills:
You have to put enough points in these skills to get to level 40 Elvin Arrows. After + max skill level charms and equipment.
Blindside 1
Early game you want the mana cost to stay low and late game you have nova shot.
Cascade 1-5
This can be better than nova shot for tightly packed enemies.
Spore Shot 1-5
Fixed mana cost, adds targets to cascade, and can get an absurd number of arrows on the screen at once.
Elvin Arrows 40
Adds damage.
Nova Shot 13-15
You want this to have low enough mana to allow you to fire it rapidly for a good period of time and the mana cost decreases with more points.
Elemental / Poison:
There are only two skills of interest in this tree. Put one point in every skill you need to get them.
Pagan Rites 1
This is a great healing skill that can heal you to full health with only a few corpses.
Circle of Life 10+
This is what keeps you alive most of the time.
Charm:
Charm 1
This will save you countless times.
Havoc 1+
This increases charm's radius just do not put to many in.
Elvinsong 1/5
No spell timer multi mini charm. 5 points if you think it is worth it to put your extra points into.
Commands 1 in all
The offensive ones affect your reanimates and the other one slows monsters drastically.
Uber Skills:
Faerie Fire 1+
Goodbarry Max
+100 life per point.
Life Shield Max
This gives + hundreds to total character defense.
Extra Points:
Havoc
Faerie Fire
Circle of Life
Quick List
Bow Tree: 40 points into Elfin Arrows and enough points into bow skills to get to that. Recommended most of those to go into Nova Shot (minimal investment 5
Elemental / Poison Tree: 1 into Pagan Rites and 10 into Circle of Life. (minimal investment 14)
Charm: 1 point in all 10. (minimal investment 10)
Uber: 1 into Faerie Fire. As many as you can into Goodbarry and Lifeshield. (minimal investment 39)
10 left over.
Items
A ^ means I recommend that item for that point in the game.
Weapons
Banshee Tir bow Runeword (Hatred)
(For Runewords I would recommend using viper bows for there speed)
Amok Ort bow Runeword
Enyo Dol weapon Runeword
Salamander's Breath unique Viper Bow (Hatred-Late Terror) ^
Azrael Pul weapon Runeword
(This looks like a good alternative if Salamander's Breath gets to annoying)
Sylvanshine Zod druid bow Runeword
Phantom Nas bow Runeword
Cernunnos Yul druid bow Runeword (Late Terror-Destruction) ^
Raudna Taha druid bow Runeword (End)
Typhaon Ghal bow Runeword (End) ^
Triune Qor weapon Runeword (End)
Azgar's Mark Sacred unique Viper Bow (Depends on luck) ^
Quiver
Any good rare ^
Any of the unique Quivers
Kingsport's Signals Unique Quiver (Depends on luck) ^
Body Armor
Apotheosis (Median XL - 4 years) Shael body armor Runeword (Hatred)
Albrecht's Revenge unique Chain Mail (Hatred-Destruction) ^
(< 201 str requirement for the tier 6 one)
Unity Ghal body armor Runeword (End) ^
(Less damage but a lot more defense than Albrecht's Revenge)
Scales of the Serpent Sacred unique Gothic Plate (Depends on luck) ^
Helm
Summit El helm Runeword (Hatred)
Cannonball Ral helm Runeword
Grimspirit unique Spirit Mask (Hatred-End) ^
Nezha Ko druid helm Runeword
Natha Lo druid helm Runeword
Augur's Pelt Sacred unique Hawk Helm (Depends on luck) ^
Gloves
Jewel bonus
Honorific with total character defense or resistance. (Hatred-Terror) ^
Kali Pul gloves Runeword (Terror-Late Terror) ^
Weird or Hidden shrine crafts. (Late Terror-Destruction) ^
Drekavac Taha gloves Runeword (End) ^
Belt
Jewel bonus
Deadfall unique heavy belt (Hatred-Late Terror) ^
Weird or Hidden shrine craft.
Nature's Embrace set light belt (Destruction-End)
Ahriman Ghal belt Runeword (End) ^
The Asteroid Belt Sacred unique Plated Belt (Depends on luck) ^
Boots
Jewel bonus
Lionpaw unique Chain Boots (Hatred-Destruction) ^
Death Spur unique Heavy Boots (Hatred-Destruction) ^
Craton Cham boots Runeword
Megalith Ath Boots Runeword
Nephilim Nih boots Runeword (Destruction-End) ^
Rings
Rare Rings
Ring of Truth unique Ring
Empyrean Band unique Ring
Assur's Bane Ring
Seal of the Nephalem Kings unique Ring
Amulet
Rare Amulet
Angel Heart unique Amulet
Athulua's Oracle unique Amulet
Death Ward unique Amulet
Klaatu Barada Nikto unique Amulet
Jewels
Rare Jewels
Ort Crafted Jewels (Hatred-Terror)
Lem Crafted Jewels (Late Hatred-End) ^
Secondary Items
Use these when you are about to eat a Goodbarry or cast Faerie Fire.
Lincos Sur druid staff Runeword (Terror)
Aes Dana Kur staff Runeword (Late Terror)
Lojban Thai druid staff Runeword (Late Terror / Destruction)
Rare or Crafted staff with high + druid skill levels. (Terror-End) ^
You could always use the full Bow Druid set.
Quick List
To start | To work to | To have before 500 | To end
Helm: Summit El | Grimspirit | ___ | ___
Weapon: Banshee Tir | Salamander's Breath | Cernunnos Yul | Typhaon Ghal
Armor: Apotheosis (Median XL - 4 years) Shael | Albrecht's Revenge | ___ | Unity Ghal
Gloves: Jewel Bonus | Honorific | Craft | Drekavac Taha
Belt: Jewel Bonus | Deadfall | ___ | Ahriman Ghal
Boots: Jewel Bonus | Lionpaw | Nephilim Nih | ___
Challenges
Attribute Challenge 500
Put 100 points into str and nothing in anything else.
Visions of Akarat:
Use there power to your advantage. Summon in a building and run towards the door while drinking an Elixir of Adrenaline. Quickly charm them and Akarat will die fast. Be very careful now because charm only lasts so long. If you die you can keep running up to them and charming until you can get to your prize.
Idol of Vanity:
This is hard so do every Uber quest that you can before this. Here your main concern are the Cleric's. First open a portal on the outside then use an Elixir of Power (You need everything you can get), eat a Goodberry, and cast Faerie Fire. Get a minute or two worth of potions in you. Summon Edyrem. Now go in and go as far as you can before you see a group of nuns. Charm the nuns then draw more out to charm. Now for the big part. Go to the Crystal Ball while dodging the Death Spiral. Get as close as you can without it killing you and start using Nova Shot. If you are lucky the Clerics are far enough away to be using Mind Flay. If you die without killing the ball and it is almost dead retry. If it is not almost dead come back with more charms / better equipment. If you did kill it keep trying using charm and Edyrem to reclaim your body. If you are still alive then skip to the next sentence. Stay at a distance from the Clerics so they use Mind Flay and kill Inarius. Rejoice.
After wards put your stats into Dexterity until you are comfortable with your Attack Rating (I have 150 base Dexterity). Then put the rest into Strength.
Attribute Challenge 250
Optical Detector:
Go in, run to the Infernal Machine, charm everyone around it, and use Nova Shot until you win.
Zakarum's Ear:
Have some reanimates to take Punishers for you. I would recommend using Spore / Nova Shot here. Be prepared to use Pagan Rites if your life gets low. Like if you got hit by a Punisher. Use caution. Meaning do not try to kill an avatar with two Punisher shooting towers by it. Keep trying until you get it.
Black Road Challenge
Fear:
Summon him and use nova shot until he dies.
Greed:
Get some gold and cube the charm.
Contrition:
Make a portal and then summon them on the far right side. Go into the portal and go to the ancient's way waypoint. Come up to the summit. Shoot Spore Shot until you hit one. If 1-2 come use Blindside otherwise charm them. Run around shooting Nova Shot and Blindside until they all die.
Knowledge:
Make sure you have a good weapon and reanimates. Switch between Nova Shot and Cascade as needed. Move fast but carefully because reanimates are your main shield. Once you get used to it the rest will be luck. Gamma requires quite a bit of luck. For it you will need a form of teleport. Use any buff skills and summon anything you have the oskill for. Get your mercenary if you want. Switch to the teleport item and go to the room. Switch to your weapon and use Nova Shot. For the rest. If you can get to one you can get to the rest.
Blood:
Kill the amazons in you way but be careful to not kill the two priestesses. Lure Lycander close to Skovos again being careful. Kill one then the other and quickly cube your charm.
Ennead Challenge
1. Lure skeletons away from the totem and kill them until there are only a few left. Run up to the totem wait until there are a few skeletons near you and charm them. Nova Shot the totem until it breaks. repeat for the next totem on your way to the Necromancer. Hope for a piece of fruit.
2. Run to the Necromancer and hope for a piece of fruit.
3. The same as one but skip the first totem.
Level Challenge
At this point in the game you won't be able to use Nova Shot effectively and cascade will not shoot far enough. That leaves Spore Shot. Get + total character defense orbs on low defense items and enhanced defense orbs on high defense items. Get at least 1% leach and use spore shot around you until it stops hitting things. Work your way like that use Blindside if 1-3 amazons find you retreat if more come. Once you get the priestess alone go up and nova shot her while dodging her attacks. Make sure that you have the tp and id scrolls in your cube when you kill her.
Uber Quests
500 means you can do this while saving attribute points.
Levels
Kurast 3000 BA: Easy 500
Lure skeletons away from the totem and kill them until there are only a few left. Run up to the totem wait until there are a few skeletons near you and charm them. Nova Shot the totem until it breaks. repeat for the next totem. If there is a manageable amount skip to charming. If there are a huge amount of invulnerable blocking your path you have two choices. One Save and Exit. Two keep some of them charmed to keep them occupied and use spore shot until you can get out.
Island of the Sunless Sea: Very Easy 500
For normal monsters just constantly shoot. Malic: Go to the far right in the first open area down the left path. Move away from the punishers (they only go so far) and shoot Spore Shot following the punishers until the stop coming. Lucion: Take care of as many monsters as you can. Try not to get hit while using Nova Shot next to him. Continue that until he dies.
Khalimgrad: Easy 500
Have some reanimates to take Punishers for you. I would recommend using Spore / Nova Shot here. Be prepared to use Pagan Rites if your life gets low. Like if you got hit by a Punisher. Use caution. Meaning do not try to kill an avatar with two Punisher shooting towers by it.
Tran Athula: Easy 500
If you are strong enough take care of them at a distance. Use Nova Shot, Cascade, And maybe a few Spore Shots. If you have reanimates you will only see a few Amazons. Also if to many come retreat so that they will be in more manageable numbers.
Fauztinville: Medium-Hard
Move quickly but carefully because your reanimates are the main thing keeping you alive here. Switch between Nova Shot and Cascade using Spore Shot when you come across a doorway. Retreat if you get swarmed and use charm if you need a distraction. Do not go forward unless the ones that you are fighting are taken care of because they will kill you fast.
Ghosts of Old Bremmtown: Medium-Hard
Once you get in move a bit then use Nova Shot a few times. Continue doing that until some Howling Spirits jump on you. If they die first repeat those steps but if you die first come back with more power / defense.
Duncraig: Hard - Very Hard
You will die here many times. So unless you have a lot of them I would not suggest using Goodberrys. Always keep a portal open. Try to take most of them out from a distance with Nova Shot or Cascade. If you have a lot of them getting close use Charm. Run away from sparks, barrels, and poison clouds. When you teleport into a new room immediately make a portal and enter it. Then go back in and immediately use Charm after that open another portal. After all that use Nova Shot or Cascade to kill most of them and retreat to your portal if necessary. One last thing if you die while Assur is around you might as well Save and Exit.
More to come.
Dungeons
Creature of Flame: Very Easy 500
Use Nova Shot on everyone...
Infernal Machine: Easy 500
Go in, run to the Infernal Machine, charm everyone around it, and use Nova Shot until you win.
Death Projector: Easy-Medium 500
Not much for me to say. Park Mechanics if you need to. Never go straight to the Projector from the bottom right. Do not get hit by the spiral. Practice. I can not think of anything else at the moment.
Azmodan: Medium 500
Enter and charm group after group working your way into the right room. You can pop Culling of the Herd on them to slow them. While Azmodan is distracted by the charmed monsters either use Spore Shot from the side or use Nova Shot up close. It may take a bit but you will win if you keep at it and do not die.
Rathma Square: Easy-Hard
Use all of your buffs before you enter. Walk around stopping only to use Nova Shot. Once you find Primus continuously use Nova Shot and Circle of Life should keep you alive long enough to kill him.
Cathedral of Vanity: Hard
Open a portal and prepare to enter. Use Edyrem if you have them. Go into the main room and charm any group of nuns that come. Go farther in and charm any other group the comes. Make sure that you do not get hit by the Death Spiral. Get as close to the Crystal Ball as you can without being killed and use Nova Shot to kill it. If it dies and you die. Use charm and Edyrem if you have them to recover your corpse. To kill the rest stay far enough away from the Clerics so that they use Mind Flay. Then kill them with whatever skills you feel are necessary.
Torja: Easy-Medium 500
The most important thing is to move slowly and keep at least 5 Edyrem alive at once. I would recommend using a staff on the second weapon set to summon them. There is not much else that I can tell you but the slower you take it the easier it is.
More to come.
Summoning
Always make sure the area is clear before attempting.
Butcher: Very Easy 500
Summon and use Nova Shot until he dies. If he hits to hard run around and use Nova Shot until he dies.
The Binding of Baal: Easy 500
Make a portal and summon on the opposite side from the entrance. Enter the portal quickly than go to the lost city waypoint. Get as close as you can to hit them with spore shot. If 1-3 come over use Blindside. If Tal Rasha comes over run around using Nova Shot. Use Baal's speed to your advantage and never stay in one spot. Continue doing that until you win.
Assault on Mount Arreat: Easy 500
Make a portal and summon on the opposite corner from the Ancient's Way. Go through the portal and go to the Ancient's Way waypoint. go back to the summit and shoot Spore Shot at where you summoned them. Keep getting closer until you hit one. If 1-4 come over use Blindside to stun them and then kill them. When King Koth comes charm any nearby Shamans and avoiding missiles by whatever means while shooting at them. Once He is venerable go up and use Nova Shot.
Akarat: Almost Easy 500
I have two strategies but remember they will kill you very fast.
1. This is riskier but you can do it without good gear. Use there power to your advantage. Summon in a building and run towards the door. Quickly charm them and Akarat will die fast. Be very careful now because charm only lasts so long. If you die you can keep running up to them and charming until you can get to your prize.
2. This is not risky unless Akarat runs up and kills you. Also make sure you are quite strong. Distance. Make a portal and summon in the path way to the building. Go through the portal and got the the Travincal Waypoint. Go up to the ledge under the structure to upper left of the entrance to the area where you summoned Akarat. Shoot at where you summoned Akarat until you think you can kill Akarat close up or think Akarat is dead. If everyone but Akarat is dead. Try again if Akarat is close or give up for now if Akarat is not.
Lord Aldric Jitan: Medium-Hard
Make a portal and summon them at the back furthest away from the red portal. Quickly enter your portal. Use Elfensong at the entrance to the temple and then shoot Spore Shot through the doorway. If you have to retreat do so but keep the Elf alive. once his immunity is down use Nova Shot to finish him. I would recommend having Edyrem to summon and distract him long enough to go up and kill him. If you die use charm and (if you have them) Edyrem to get him out of your way long enough to grab your body. If you cannot kill him fast enough come back when you are stronger.
Legacy of Blood: Very Easy-Easy 500
Summon anything you have to distract them for a few seconds. Then summon Bartuc in one corner and move to the other. Use Elfensong and keep one alive. Then shoot the group with Spore Shot. Continue on like this until you win.
Judgement Day: medium 500
Get 10+ super / greater healing potions (depending on the difficulty), Go into the Inner Cloister, drink your potions, and summon Dark Uldyssian. Try to get them in to the Cathedral and kill the monsters in there to get reanimates. Now hope that one of the avatars summons. If one dose use Nova Shot to kill it.
Bonus Quest: Medium-Hard
Continually summon Edyrem on top of them and kill any avatar the gets summoned. Hope that the other one gets summoned soon.
Inarius' Revenge: Easy
Summon distractions then summon Inarius. Walk back and cast Elfensong while shooting Spore Shot and Cascade at them.When there are a few left switch to Nova Shot.
More to come.
Heroic
Bull Prince Rodeo: Hard-Very Hard
First get him into a position that the exploding cows will not hit you. Now make a portal into town and get a good amount of potions in you. Get next to him and try to stay next to him while using Nova Shot. If you can try to position your self so that you do not immediately get hit by a cow if you get knocked back. If you can not get next to him enter your portal then come back (making a new one of course). Corpse recovery is surprisingly easy with him just walk to it. If you are focused on physical Damage you will damage him more but less often. If you are focused on elemental you will damage him more often but for less.
General Game Play
A Bow Druid = Chaos = Fun.
Never be afraid to retreat.
Early game use Blindside and Charm.
When you have the mana start using Spore Shot as your main attack.
If you want to level fast:
~10-18 tristram
~20-24 the desert
~30-~40 Lower Kurast-Travincal
~40-~50 Frigid Highlands waypoint
~50-~70 Kurast 3000 BA
~70-~80 Island of the Sunless Sea
~80-~85 Khalimgrad
~85-~100 Kurast 3000 BA (Terror)
~100-120 Destruction and Destruction Uber Quests
If you can put at least 2 P Ambers in your weapon.
P diamonds are good armor socket fillers.
In act 1 a level 1 Haunting Banshee can be useful.
Use Goodbarry and Faerie Fire with a high +skill weapon if possible.
If you are having trouble try using Goodberry with an Elixer of Power.
The Mercenary I would recommend are the Barbarian or the Bloodmage For fun go to hatred and use a staff to summon a lot of Leprechans to watch the "chance to cast when struck" spells.
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