Is it possible?
So most people generally consider the melee amazon to be a novelty class. You can play it... just don't expect much. I wanted to spitball some ideas here and see what people think. Please correct/inform me where my info is not consistent with HU, I am rather new.
So first off, what makes a barb and paladin so much better? And next, what can the amazon do to emulate these qualities?
The first obvious thing is a shield. What makes a barb/paladin better at using shield? Well the paladin naturally has a faster block rate, but zon is actually better with the shield than the barb. Of course, the zon doesn't get the massive defense bonus from holy shield, but the zon has a skill of similar effect that increases both AR and defense by 25% per hard point just like HS.
Unfortunately, the most dangerous attacks are not likely to be stopped with a shield (in my experience). Either the boss just ignores your shield, or he uses magic. Often it comes in the form of multiple-shot counters and spells. For this, the only good solution seems to be massive amounts of hp. Defense doesn't work, you can't block it, and the damage ranges are simply wayyyy too high for mdr/pdr to do a damn thing (my zon has something like +100 mdr/pdr, which means trash can't damage me, but when damage is 600-800 and multipleshot i still get 1 shot by nm ardual). For this kind of stuff, I'm not sure I understand how a paladin is able to tank. The barb has BO/stam/NR/ironskin, not to mention they gain a lot more hp/vit than an amazon. Obviously you can try to get an item with BO charges, but what else? Maybe stack rubies for the hp?
So is there anyway to get DR% like ironskin, or MDR% like natural resist? Or + increased hp (say increased stamina oskill)?
I'm hesitant to put any points into dodge/evade because of the lock. It would probably be useful against bosses, but gimp you everywhere else. I suppose if one was able to swap an item that provided + dodge it might be useful.
Any thoughts?
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), but ardual was weird. I could jab the shit out of him for a minute, and then suddenly I was 1 shot.