ShadowHM,Nov 23 2004, 12:33 PM Wrote:So how did you get around that problem? I am particularly interested, as my new Ladder Ranger will end up with similar skill point allocation to yours. :)
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You are correct about the piercing needing AR. I've been using Hsaru's belt and boots(+10 AR per lvl), and I'm about lvl 80 right now. So +800 off the bat. I also have upped my dex significantly, to 190(188 is the requirement for upped kuko IIRC). 190 dex gives about another 750.
Unfortunately, I haven't found a Kuko yet :(. So the piercing is not an issue. Hitting is still much better than missing though; if I hit I'll be applying the fire damage from holy fire on both the impact and the explosion(if I understand things currectly). I'm currently using a shaeled upgraded(single upgrade) ravenclaw. Ravenclaw gives +50% Ar, and I'm around 2.4K AR.
I've been to farther acts in Hell, but this is HC, and I usually try to play in areas where the monster lvl is closer to 80 than to 85. When start fightning higher lvl monsters than me, I miss much more often. 2.4K was enough for me, but I don't have to worry about pierce yet. Once I get my Kuko I may have to rethink my strat.
The explosion autohits, so I'm doing damage with every shot(vs non fire immunes), and on my switch I use a Fool's bow of something. If I can get my hands on a wizendraw, I may put an eth in it instead of a shael. Not sure yet. Most of the time actually, my merc handles the fire immunes. He's using a crescent moon ethereal highland blade(I think it was highland blade).
EDIT: Oh yes, I should have mentioned something about AR, the bane of the ranger, but I was thinking of his other post; he is going to be using a Widowmaker.