Well,
I’m a lvl 67 Bow Amazon, Strafe & Multiple Shot.
Atm I can kill Andariel in NM.
My damage is very very low…
I’ve been working hard to find better items from farming, bosses, cow levels and more.
I’m sure that if I had more damage I could farm in higher difficulty levels in NM and maybe Hell.
In short, I am stuck 
I have no idea how to advance my items more, especially to get more damage.
(I made a few runewords, but that helped only a little).
Maybe opening a different char will work better?
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strafe and multi shot take a lot of gear to be efficient it isnt a build you should start off with … however if you want to stick with bowzon id suggest respecing at akara and go either fishy zon (freezing arrow + light fury jav hybrid) or straight freezing arrow build with a few pts in multi to start with it does nice damage with low gears and will get you to hell done… then you can use another respec once you get gears (increased attack speed, enhanced damage , hp in about every piece )along with some faster hit recovery dr and resists where ever you can even though physical bow zon usualy kill from far it helps with the occasional mess up. basically strafe is like a zeal paladin but no auras and no shield / res / defenses other than dodge avoid etc…
also have you put some pts in critical strike / pierce … that also helps dealing more dmg but unfortunately until you can safely kill mobs in but a few hits you will be vulnerable.
which is why i suggest fishy zon or freezing arrow tp give you some additional control and defense along with some ok damage. also dont max multi shot its not worth it i usualy put only a few pts in enough to have good coverage with the skill and then max other things like valkiry to tank for you etc.
also note if you go freezing arrows only get freezing arrow and cold arrow max only dont get ice arrow as it only increase freeze length.
get a good a2 merc with holy freeze to help your survivability give him some life leech armor and resists with decent damage and you should be good to go
Bowazon was made from S-Tier to trash tier with 1.10, unless Blizzard will buff it back to its former glory you are out of luck.
I would advise you to respec to Javazon, Java still is great.
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I had the same frustration as you have.
And my luck was extremely bad, never had a good unique bow or mid rune dropped for me when I was 50ish, about going to hell difficulty. I was using a yellow bow with + element damage, my dmg shown was 600+. Very slow killing under hell difficulty. But I can survive without any problems. I didn’t do any farming……but I did manage to make a ko rune with my own mats. Made the harmony bow, that changed my game…… easily finished hell difficulty with harmony as my best gear….
The key is max out valkyrie, and you should have some + skill gears so that valkyrie level should around 20+. She is the best tank you can have, and use act1 rogue as your merc, so you don’t have to revive her that often. Skill wise: magic arrow as main( + ar and low mana cost), guided arrow as boss killer, multi shots for group mobs. You can stay away from strafe for now, as the strafe lock may put you in danger if you think your gears are not good enough.
For each boss kill (merc will die anyway):
Act 1: valkyrie tank, guided arrow
Act 2: valkyrie tank, guided arrow
Act 3: valkyrie tank, guided arrow
Act 4: stay in a corner, let Valkyrie kill, it will take up to 15min to kill. But very safe
Act 5: 3bb: never stop running and guided arrow
Baal: stay in a corner, let Valkyrie kill, use a lot of town scroll whenever Baal has his clone out. Long battle but still very safe.
Now I am lvl 84, I just respected to strafe, still using my harmony bow…. 0 good drops so far
Delete … sssssssssssssssss
How about, go trade to get a Buriza.
At this point they’re dirt cheap.
So cheap that people drop them on the ground in “come get free” games.
Also, you need to be using Javelins “Jab skill” & Shield for boss kills man.
Even normal non-eth Titans are dirt cheap free grabs that people drop.
No reason to suffer like that.
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Guys, this thread is 3 months old.
Yea, I was about to offer a free buriza lol.
Well quick question to ace of bowzones - … demons arch for jabbing any good?
Demon’s Arch is a get-me-by until you could get an ethereal upgraded Titan’s.
Only thing better for Jabbing than Titan’s would be a godly set of Eth Rare Mat Javs.
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I have a strafe build that took a little work but I’m able to farm anywhere in Hell including Baal. I think a lot of people get fixated on a single item they think they need and overlook how they might get there. I began using an Edge bow, that got me to act 1 nightmare. I found a 4 socket Gothic bow in a cow run because no one wanted it. I ran the countess until I got a Ko rune and made a harmony, and using Sigon’s mitts and boots, I got 10% life steal, 40% cold resist, and 30% IAS. Then I found a superior 4 socket Crusader bow, and made another Harmony. That got me to Hell act 2. Eventually I found a 4 socket Matriarchial bow with +2 to skills no one wanted, and I made another Harmony, and that got me easily to act 3 Hell. I now have a +3 to skills Faith Grand Matron bow I cubed, and my backup weapon is a Windforce. The Grand Matron I found with no sockets in a Hell cow run, and I cubed it with ral+Amn+ P Amethyst and got a 4 socket. I also found other Grand Matron’s on solo cow runs and got a +3 3 socket, +3 5 socket. By the way, my Crusader Harmony does more damage than my Matriarchial harmony.
Don’t give up .I have a bowazon 88 and meanwhile already have a windforce and good runeword items.Cows are easy and fun now.I created a Trapper that does speedruns and MF-runs for my items and runes.I switch between those two to lvl them both . Bowazone is hard to get strong if you lvl only 1 char. Over time my Amazone is as good as my Trapper .Lvl not 1 char .Use an easier to lvl char to find stuff for your Amazon until she gets stronger…Dont give up.
equip your merc with the slowing poleaxe, i forgot the name. it helps immensely. then use guided arrows for killing bosses.