Multiple Shot/Guided Arrow Amazon (Physical Bowazon) Build for Diablo 2 Resurrected

Once properly built, Physical Bowazons are well-known for their ability to slay large groups of monsters from several screens away with ease with Multiple Shot. Be weary of the general inaccessibility of the character, however; being highly gear-dependant, the Physical Bowazon not only relies on damage from gear and Charms, but also requires enough Attack Rating to ensure her shots are not constantly missing. Most Bowazons would prefer using Exploding Arrow or Freezing Arrow, which are less gear-dependent, while leveling and collecting better gear.

You can read both our Frostmaiden Amazon build and our Frost/Fire Amazon build to learn more about these two other Amazon Builds.

You can check the viability of this build in PvM by consulting our PvM Tier List.

The following section shows the core skills for the Physical Bowazon. For a detailed breakdown of all core and optional skills as well as the recommended order for allocating skill points, refer to the Skills page of this guide.

Strength	Dexterity	Vitality	Energy
Enough for gear; about 100	Enough for gear or more for added damage; about 150-300	Everything else	None

You can read more details about the Stats and Attribute requirements for this build on our Skills page.

The following section shows some of the most important Items for the Physical Bowazon. For a detailed per-slot breakdown of all Physical Bowazon Items and alternative builds, refer to the Gear page of this guide.

• Weapon: Faith Grand Matron Bow or Windforce
• Weapon Swap: Call to Arms and Lidless Wall (or Spirit if you reach the required Strength through Charms)
• Body Armor: Fortitude
• Helm: Guillaume's Face or Giant Skull
• Gloves: Laying of Hands
• Boots: War Traveler, Gore Riders, or Rare boots with high Resistances
• Belt: Razortail
• Ring 1: Raven Frost
• Ring 2: Rare ring with % Life and Mana Stolen per Hit or Raven Frost
• Amulet: Highlord's Wrath
• Charm 1: Amazon Hellfire Torch
• Charm 2: Annihilus
• Charm 3: Grand Charms with Maximum Damage and Attack Rating
• Charm 4: Small Charms with Maximum Damage, Attack Rating, and Life (such Charms are commonly known as 3/20/20s)
• Charm 5: Any Charm with Resistances

We also have a video guide that goes over the build, if you prefer that instead of or in addition to our written guide.

In Diablo 2, stats that affect action speed (known as frames) for attacking, casting, blocking, and recovering from a hit can almost never be taken literally. For example, gaining 10% Increased Attack Speed from an item will not necessarily translate into 10% faster attacks. To achieve faster actions, certain breakpoints must be reached, which vary for every class. The tables below list how much of a given stat is required to actually improve the action speed of the class for the stated action.

Hit Recovery Breakpoints
Frames to perform action	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4
Faster Hit Recovery required to reach frame	0%	5%	10%	16%	24%	37%	54%	86%	152%	360%

If you are using Windforce as your weapon, using an Act 1 Cold Mercenary with Faith can significantly improve your damage. If you are using Faith yourself or do not have Faith, using an Act 2 Mercenary ( Blessed Aim, Might, or Holy Freeze) is preferable.

• Weapon: Faith Diamond Bow or Great Bow
• Body Armor: Ethereal Fortitude or Treachery
• Helm: Ethereal Andariel's Visage socketed with a Ral Rune

The following section features a generic Bow Amazon skill point progression meant to make leveling towards becoming a Physical Bowazon smoother.

1. 10 points to Fire Arrow
2. 1 point to Magic Arrow at level 10
3. 1 point to Multiple Shot at level 11
4. All Remaining points to Exploding Arrow until ready to respec to your full Physical Bow build

For more comprehensive leveling advice, please refer to our Amazon Fastest Leveling Build.