Patch 2.4 Amazon Skill Changes: Amazon Builds

Explore diablo ii resurrected Patch 2.4 Amazon skill changes, including buffs to Javelin, Spear, Bow, and Crossbow skills like Impale, Fend, and Strafe.

Javelin and Spear Skills:

Lightning Fury remains potent but no longer directly synergizes with Power Strike, Charged Strike, or Lightning Strike. However, these skills now have improved synergies with each other, increased from +10% to +14%. Poison Javelin and Plague Javelin also received buffs, though they may still not rival Lightning Fury's power.

Impale:

• This skill is now an uninterruptible attack.
• Attack Rating modification removed; the skill now always hits the target.
• The skill now slows the target by a percentage for a duration.
• Animation speed increased by 30%.

Fend:

• Attack Speed increased by 100% (reduced rollback frames between attacks).

Power Strike:

• Synergy from Lightning Fury removed.
• Lightning Bolt synergy increased from +10% to +14%.
• Charged Strike synergy increased from +10% to +14%.
• Lightning Strike synergy increased from +10% to +14%.

Charged Strike:

• Synergy from Lightning Fury removed.
• Power Strike synergy increased from +10% to +14%.
• Lightning Bolt synergy increased from +10% to +14%.
• Lightning Strike synergy increased from +10% to +14%.

Lightning Strike:

• Synergy from Lightning Fury removed.
• Power Strike synergy increased from +8% to +11%.
• Lightning Bolt synergy increased from +8% to +11%.
• Charged Strike synergy increased from +8% to +11%.

Poison Javelin:

• Damage scaling at high levels adjusted.
• Casting Delay will no longer share its cooldown with other skills that have Casting Delays.
• Tooltip updated to display Casting Delay.

Plague Javelin:

• Poison duration and damage adjusted, resulting in a 20% damage-per-second increase at level 1, up to a 33% increase at max level.
• Poison Javelin synergy increased from +10% to +14%.
• Casting Delay reduced from 4 seconds to 1 second.
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Passive and Magic Skills:

Dodge and Avoid animations are now interruptible, preventing players from getting stuck in a dodge-lock and hindering offensive actions. Inner Sight's radius increased by 35%. Slow Missiles now scales its missile slow effect and reduces enemy missile damage based on skill level, with a 35% radius increase.

Valkyrie:

• Casting Delay reduced from 6 seconds to 0.6 seconds.
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Dodge:

• The animation can now be interrupted and will no longer lock out the Amazon from performing other actions.

Avoid:

• The animation can now be interrupted and will no longer lock out the Amazon from performing other actions.

Bow and Crossbow Skills:

Strafe, Guided Arrow, and Multiple Shot now synergize better. Magic Arrow and Freezing Arrow received minor buffs. Fire arrow skills were buffed, and Strafe received a significant buff by removing its 25% damage penalty and gaining Attack Rating boosts.

Freezing Arrow:

• Mana Cost per level reduced from +0.5 to +0.25.

Magic Arrow:

• Increased the amount of physical damage converted to magic damage for the base level and per level.

Multiple Shot:

• Added synergy from Guided Arrow: +12% physical damage per level.

Guided Arrow:

• Damage bonus per level increased from +5% to +7%.
• Added synergy from Multiple Shot: +12% physical damage per level.

Strafe:

• Removed the 25% weapon damage reduction from this skill.
• Now also gives increased Attack Rating with +30% baseline and +9% per level.
• Added Synergy from Multiple Shot: +5% physical damage per level.
• Added Synergy from Guided Arrow: +10% physical damage per level.

Fire Arrow:

• Mana Cost no longer increases per level.

Exploding Arrow:

• Damage scaling increased by about 50% for higher skill levels.
• Fire Arrow synergy increased from +12% to +14%.
• Mana Cost per level reduced from +0.5 to +0.25.

Immolation Arrow:

• Average Fire Damage per second scaling increased by about 100%.
• Cooldown reduced by 40%.
• Mana Cost per level reduced from +0.5 to +0.25.
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