Effective Amazon Build

[JustAGuy]

Did you know that the diffrence between clvl and mlvl severely hampers your ability to hit monsters and actualy damage them in the first place?

Yes, I did. The thing with Freezing Arrow is that you don't really need to worry about it, since it does spash damage, and I think it will always hit (along the lines of that firey type arrow). The curve is always a consideration, and the fact that I went into hell at level 57 isn't the reason why I asked about the Amazon's viability; I wouldn't make a judgement on the viabiliy of the Amazon (Bowazon) based on a level 57's effectiveness in Hell. No, rather, I made the judgement based on my 57's effectiveness in nightmare (which was abysmal), and seeing how she wasn't going to get much better, Hell would have been unbearable.

See, I'm mostly a Paladin player, and I'm very aware of the clvl/mlvl curve. It impacts every combat aspect of the game when approaching it from a melee stand point. A level 10 doesn't have a chance to hit a level 80 monster, unless his AR is ridiculously high, to the point where the Diablo 2 development team would go, "nah, no one would ever get their AR that high" and would subsequently cause a rollover when the number is too large for the allotted quantity in memory. Well ok, maybe, not that high, but I wouldn't put it past the developer(s).

You know, I've decided to try a new hammerdin before I try this Amazon -- he's going to be a hammerdin, with a little "zealot action" on the side. A friend is making a fanaticism zealot along with me, so our two auras will complement each other, and with the right equipment (a lightsabre perhaps? Lots of AR boosts?) I think I might be able to make a nice all purpose character. He converts, he avenges, he hammers, he zeals, he smites, he charges... should be fun.

Edit: typo and a re-wording.