Spec advice/opinions

[:1]Hello all, long time lurker, first time poster.

I was just getting back into D2 after a looooooooooooong hiatus, and have absolutely no idea whats hot or not. I've looked through lots of the threads here, the guides and what not, but a lot of the stuff is nice, but I was looking for more of a what's hot now type thing.

I used to do a javazon (are they still called that anymore?) and I have a fa-zon, I guess those are Icemaidens now? Anyways, I loved both of those, and I wasn't really a fan of multi/strafe.

So, of the two, javazon/furyzon/whatever (lightningpew? ) its called and icemaiden, which works more for someone starting over from total scratch? Meaning I have nothing, no wealth, no items to trade, de nada. I really like the idea of a fa/immo build, but I've read a lot of "Don't do it if you don't have gear!" stuff, so I'm very hesitant. I'm not super hung up on soloing ubers or anything, just a little mfing when my friends aren't around.

Ideas? Opinions? I appreciate any and all feedback. Thanks. |||welcome to the forums . you are in luck, one of the best untwinked (no items except what you find) amazon builds is a mix of the two you mentioned, a fury/fa zon (aka fishyzon). take a look at this guide and if you have more questions, ask away.|||Hey, thanks! And thanks for the reply.

So, even though it is from 2006, thats still a good build? That was my concern looking at all the guides. I had no idea what was still good, and what wasn't.|||where are you going? pvp or pvm?|||PvM. Mostly with friends, with a little solo MF.|||it's still valid. since he's not telling you what specific gear to get, you dont have to worry much about the improvements that have been made item wise since then. obviously you'll want torch/anni if you can, then just put on as many +skills as you can get. get a decent amount of pierce either through the skill or through the use of razortail. insight is great on a merc for this build, i dont believe he mentioned that.

it's been a while since i've read it, but the tactics and basic outline of the build are still as relevant today as when it was originally made.|||playing pvm I like java Fury/Charged strike ama with grifon/thunders/faceted armor very much, it kills in 8ppl game everything that not immune so fast. But if she gets infinity merc it will be incredible.|||Quote:








it's still valid. since he's not telling you what specific gear to get, you dont have to worry much about the improvements that have been made item wise since then. obviously you'll want torch/anni if you can, then just put on as many +skills as you can get. get a decent amount of pierce either through the skill or through the use of razortail. insight is great on a merc for this build, i dont believe he mentioned that.

it's been a while since i've read it, but the tactics and basic outline of the build are still as relevant today as when it was originally made.




If you dont mind me asking here, what is "torch/anni"? I want to say that anni is an amulet, but I might be confusing it with something else.|||Quote:








playing pvm I like java Fury/Charged strike ama with grifon/thunders/faceted armor very much, it kills in 8ppl game everything that not immune so fast. But if she gets infinity merc it will be incredible.




But I think the op just started playing again so its not always going to be easy even getting an infinity for the merc. Faceted armor I would totally not prefer because your zon needs resist. Even coh would work fine on a java zon.|||Hey, thanks for all the feedback. Initially it will be hard to get nice stuff, but I'm hoping that once me and my buds get goin real good, we'll start finding useful stuff. But for now, I've started towards the lf/fa build, but I feel absolutely useless right now.