


Depending on how many charges were built up for an ability, the "finishing move" effect changes. She then needs to perform a "finishing move" (perform either a normal attack or use a martial arts skill of the sort called a finishing move), at which point all the charges release. She can hold up to three charges of a given attack type, and she can potentially have three charges of every attack active simultaneously. These charges last as long as the assassin is in combat or until the time limit on the charge expires annulling the charge, or a cancelling aura is applied. Martial arts provide a new style of attacking enemies they introduce the concept of "charges." Each of her martial arts attacks, instead of producing an immediate effect, adds a "charge" to her. For this reason, the player base of the class was sometimes thought of as more difficult than that of other classes. In terms of play experience, the Assassin switches between skills perhaps more rapidly than other classes, which can result in something of a "function key staccato" in order to perform a sequence of moves. While it can be done manually, it is far more common to see amazons use a third-party program to farcast. Farcasting - Charged Strike is a melee skill farcasting allows the user to cast it at a distance - is often abused with charged strike amazons. Equipped with ideal gear, it is possible to reach 12,000 damage, shooting 12 different bolts. This is a very gear-dependent build, requiring many +javelin skill items in order to make the character build effective. The synergy bonuses added to the Spear and Javelin skills and changes to the Cow level (making it no longer the primary choice of levels to gain experience) contributed to the change in balance.Ī significant number of players tend to play with javazons that focus on the skill Charged Strike. With Guided Arrow being changed to not seek a target after piercing, javelin-using amazons became more popular than their bow-wielding variations. It also introduced more powerful runeword for bows but the increased game difficulty may have offset these benefits.
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Patch 1.10 fixed problems with the elemental arrow skills to properly add the physical arrow damage to the attack. A piercing Lightning Fury javelin thrown at a large pack of creatures usually hit three or four times in quick succession, unleashing a deadly storm of lightning bolts powerful enough to mow down the pack in one or two casts.Īmazons thrived up through patch 1.09 mainly through their ability to clear large groups quickly while in the Secret Cow Level. "Javazons" typically used the passive skill Pierce and the javelin skill Lightning Fury. However, in later patches changes were made which made this tactic unusable.Īmazons also received the class-specific javelin Titan's Revenge, featuring high damage and ideal statistics for an amazon. Combined with piercing, a guided arrow sought out its original target and struck again, up to five times, leading to enormous damage. This skill caused the fired arrow to seek out its own target.

These weapons had improved damage as well as several useful properties such as allowing arrows to pierce their target, slowing the target with cold, or knocking the target away from the character.Ī powerful build combined items with piercing attack, such as the Buriza-do Kyanon, and the skill Guided Arrow. In the early patches, the unique ballista Buriza-do Kyanon and the unique elite bows Windforce and Eaglehorn were some of the most sought after uniques in the game. The expansion pack introduced some powerful unique bows and crossbows, allowing players to kill other players and monsters much faster than most were used to. Prior to the expansion, the Amazon was a heavily played character class with fairly decent damage output.
