Best Bow for HARMONY? Based on Str and Dex of...

[Orion Ryder]

I am going to be joining my Chanter in with my wife's WESTUS amazon
over the next week or two and partying with her through Hell.

The chanter has a str and dex in the high 80s.

I am not going to put more points in either for the sake of a small
increase in base damage on the bow.

And I would prefer a bow with a very fast attack speed, if possible.
But given that I can call up revives and a valk andchant them, attack
speed for the sorc herself with the bow might not be important. Here
again I am not going to throw more points in str or dex for the sake of
using a bow with increased attack speed, unless it is only a few
points.

So what should I make the HARMONY with?

Suggestions?

Thank you ahead of time.

Orion

[Mickey]

Post by Orion Ryder
I am going to be joining my Chanter in with my wife's WESTUS amazon
over the next week or two and partying with her through Hell.
The chanter has a str and dex in the high 80s.
I am not going to put more points in either for the sake of a small
increase in base damage on the bow.
And I would prefer a bow with a very fast attack speed, if possible.
But given that I can call up revives and a valk andchant them, attack
speed for the sorc herself with the bow might not be important. Here
again I am not going to throw more points in str or dex for the sake of
using a bow with increased attack speed, unless it is only a few
points.
So what should I make the HARMONY with?

Someone named Melody?

Mickey

[john graesser]

Post by Orion Ryder
I am going to be joining my Chanter in with my wife's WESTUS amazon
over the next week or two and partying with her through Hell.
The chanter has a str and dex in the high 80s.
I am not going to put more points in either for the sake of a small
increase in base damage on the bow.
And I would prefer a bow with a very fast attack speed, if possible.
But given that I can call up revives and a valk andchant them, attack
speed for the sorc herself with the bow might not be important. Here
again I am not going to throw more points in str or dex for the sake of
using a bow with increased attack speed, unless it is only a few
points.
So what should I make the HARMONY with?
Suggestions?

This ladder my bowchantress used harmony in a blade bow until she got her
demon machine. Now she has the choice of exploding bolts or valk and
revives. Blade bow is the lowest str fastest bow amoung the elites. Her str
and dex were already up there for her armor and the kuko that she traded in
for the harmony.

The last ladder I did harmony in a cedar bow, mainly because it was the
first 4 socket bow to drop after I got the ko rune. The physical part of the
damage isn't really enough to get excited about, just enough to leech back
some damage and help damage fire immunes.

[~mosfet~]

Post by john graesser

Post by Orion Ryder
I am going to be joining my Chanter in with my wife's WESTUS amazon
over the next week or two and partying with her through Hell.
The chanter has a str and dex in the high 80s.
I am not going to put more points in either for the sake of a small
increase in base damage on the bow.
And I would prefer a bow with a very fast attack speed, if possible.
But given that I can call up revives and a valk andchant them, attack
speed for the sorc herself with the bow might not be important. Here
again I am not going to throw more points in str or dex for the sake
of using a bow with increased attack speed, unless it is only a few
points.
So what should I make the HARMONY with?
Suggestions?

This ladder my bowchantress used harmony in a blade bow until she got
her demon machine. Now she has the choice of exploding bolts or valk
and revives. Blade bow is the lowest str fastest bow amoung the
elites.

It does have the lowest str. However, a Great Bow has lower dex and is the
same speed. It has higher str but I find that str is often more useful than
dex (for armour, hats etc.) so, personally, use Great Bows for runewords
that require 4 sockets or less. They're Great after all. <g>

Blade: Str 76 Dex 119 Av. Dam. 31

Great: Str 121 Dex 107 Av Dam: 32

Often, if you have a Torch and/or other gear that adds to stats, 121
Strength doesn't require much investment. (I find more items seem to add
+str than +dex unless they're 'zon oriented)