What to look for next?

So last season I made a strafer in sc and ran pits which I was rather fond of since up to here from the release ive mainly done andy>countess>meph and if the char was up to it dia so this is a change of pace.

Ive just started with hc for the first time ever and made a strafer for running pits and ive reached level 70 and just managed to push myself solo into hell and gotten myself down to the pits.

So far this has been the best season for me, 2nd run in pits I found a Lo rune and ive also gotten my hands on a pala combatskiller with 7% frw and a plain ele skiller so this should net me some gear for my strafer but I dont know what to look for really.

My sc ama has pretty much the best gear available but this kind of gear wont come along anytime soon so in which order do i upgrade? My current gear is basically all crap. I got lucky in a game and some guy dropped a lycanders aim and a demonlimb which was sweet but thats about the gear worth mentioning.

What do i look for? A new bow is my first thought and i was thinking about witchwild string for the curse because i think that would up my speed more then say windforce since i wont get any decent speed or amp damage. I could go for atmas but i would like to get my hands on maras for resistances so please guide me in the right direction .|||For a Strafer, nothing can beat Windforce bow, Atma amulet and Razortail belt.|||So even without reaching any decent ias its still best hands down? Witchy is out of the question if i can manage trading wf and atmas?|||Your main goal should be getting the Windforce. You dont really need anymore IAS with it, as there are no /2 frame strafe. And it totally outshines WWS.|||If you can't get a Windforce right away, I'd try and get an upped Goldstrike Arch or Cliffkiller. For some reason I'm faster with those than an upped WWS.|||If you can get that Windforce without trading the Lo rune, fortitude can really help with damage. The inherent 20 ias on Windforce is enough for 3 frame strafe, and it's 2 frame strafe that doesn't work.|||Yeah that Lo is the biggest score you can imagine. Make a Fort with it in a good light elite armor, and that's going to help you no matter what bow you go with. A self-found Lo is the highest blessing a Bowazon can receive from the loot gods.

WF + Atma's is your ultimate endgame. Even in HC, you're not going to have enough resists/defense to make a difference, and your best defense is ultimately going to be a combination of KB and having huge physical damage to keep monsters in hit recovery/kill them before they can kill you. The only real danger in Pits is a nasty pack of archers, and Decoy and carefulness will help you avoid getting alpha-struck.

Mara's, especially for a Pit strafer, is an incredible waste. The +2 skills benefits a strafer very little, since you'll have SPs left over soon enough, and the resists dont help much in the Pit, where there are only two sources of elemental damage: Shaman, who occasionally throw a very weak Fireball, and LE/CE bosses.

Krembanan had it dead on with the first reply. Also throw in a Ravenfrost, naturally, if you dont have one yet, since CBF is crucial.|||Hm yea getting a self-made fort never even crossed my mind . Well might aswell start with that then since im able to run pits now just takes some time. Thanks for the quick replys.|||Look for a light elite armor with 450+ def at least, if you cant find one 500+

I'd advise against making in a superior armor - I did that last ladder, and even though the def is a little better, its so expensive to keep it repaired, unless you're willing to farm Ral runes constantly to repair it in the cube...|||No I wont do that again, my sc fort is in a sup archon plate and its not cheap to keep it running was thinking of going for a non sup dusk shroud on this.