Lightning Fury/Charged Strike Amazon (Javazon) Build BiS Gear and Runes for Diablo 2 Resurrected
Below, we detail which items and stats you should prioritise for your Javazon and Mercenary in Diablo 2.
Lightning Damage Build
This build is perfect for maximising your Lightning damage and general killing speed.
- Weapon: Ethereal Titan's Revenge
- Weapon Swap: Call to Arms and Spirit Monarch
- Shield: Spirit Monarch
- Body Armor: Chains of Honor
- Helm: Griffon's Eye socketed with a 5/5 Lightning Rainbow Facet
- Gloves: Magic gloves with +3 to Javelin and Spear Skills and 20% Increased Attack Speed (commonly known as as 3/20s) or Rare gloves with +2 to Javelin and Spear Skills, 20% Increased Attack Speed, and other useful stats
- Boots: Ethereal Sandstorm Trek, Waterwalk, or Aldur's Advance
- Belt: Razortail
- Ring 1: Raven Frost
- Ring 2: The Stone of Jordan or Bul-Kathos' Wedding Band
- Amulet: The Cat's Eye
- Charm 1: Amazon Hellfire Torch
- Charm 2: Annihilus
- Charm 3: 8x Javelin Skiller Grand Charms with Life or Faster Hit Recovery to reach at least 86% Faster Hit Recovery
- Charm 4: 1x Lightning Sunder Charm
- Charm 5: 10 Small Charms with Life, Resistances, Mana, or Faster Hit Recovery, depending on needs
Physical Sustain Build
This build adds in higher Physical Damage and Phoenix for better Life/Mana sustain.
- Weapon: Ethereal Titan's Revenge
- Weapon Swap: Call to Arms and Spirit Monarch
- Shield: Phoenix
- Body Armor: Chains of Honor
- Helm: Griffon's Eye socketed with a 5/5 Lightning Rainbow Facet
- Gloves: Magic gloves with +3 to Javelin and Spear Skills and 20% Increased Attack Speed (commonly known as as 3/20s) or Rare gloves with +2 to Javelin and Spear Skills, 20% Increased Attack Speed, and other useful stats
- Boots: Ethereal Sandstorm Trek, Waterwalk, or Aldur's Advance
- Belt: Razortail
- Ring 1: Raven Frost
- Ring 2: Rare ring with % Life and Mana Stolen per Hit
- Amulet: Highlord's Wrath
- Charm 1: Amazon Hellfire Torch
- Charm 2: Annihilus
- Charm 3: 8x Javelin Skiller Grand Charms with Life or Faster Hit Recovery to reach at least 86% Faster Hit Recovery
- Charm 4: 1x Lightning Sunder Charm
- Charm 5: 10 Small Charms with Life, Resistances, Mana, or Faster Hit Recovery, depending on needs
Budget Build Items
This is a cheap gear set to get you started.
- Note: Make sure to have Cannot Be Frozen on 1 piece of gear ( Raven Frost, Rhyme, The Spirit Shroud, or whatever piece you can find)
- Weapon: Titan's Revenge, Demon's Arch, Magic or Rare javelins with 40% Increased Attack Speed or with + to Javelin and Spear Skills
- Weapon Swap: Second set of javelins (if not Call to Arms and Spirit)
- Shield: Spirit, Rhyme, or Moser's Blessed Circle
- Body Armor: Skin of the Vipermagi, Smoke, Peace, or The Spirit Shroud
- Helm: Harlequin Crest, Lore, Rockstopper, or Tarnhelm (for Magic Find)
- Gloves: Laying of Hands, Sander's Taboo, Magnus' Skin, Bloodfist, or Frostburn
- Boots: Waterwalk, Infernostride, or Hsarus' Iron Heel
- Belt: Razortail, String of Ears, Nosferatu's Coil, or Goldwrap
- Ring 1: Raven Frost, Dwarf Star, or Rare ring with primary attributes, Life, Mana, and Resistances
- Ring 2: Rare ring with % Life and Mana Stolen per Hit
- Amulet: The Cat's Eye or Rare amulet with + to Javelin and Spear Skills, primary attributes, Life, and Resistances
- Charm 1: Any Hellfire Torch for stats, does not have to be Amazon-specific
- Charm 2: Annihilus
- Charm 3: Javelin Skiller Grand Charms
- Charm 4: Any Charm with Life, Resistances, Mana, Strength, or Faster Hit Recovery, depending on needs
- Charm 5: 1x Lightning Sunder Charm
Mercenary
You can either choose a Defensive ( Holy Freeze) or an Offensive ( Might) Act 2 Nightmare Mercenary, depending on whether you want more slow and safety or want your Mercenary to deal more damage to help take care of Lightning Immune monsters.
Mercenary Gear
Optimal Mercenary Gear
This is one of the best Mercenary gear setups for many characters, including the Javazon.
- Weapon: Ethereal Infinity
- Body Armor: Ethereal Fortitude
- Helm: Ethereal Andariel's Visage socketed with a Ral Rune
Budget Mercenary Gear
This is a cheap gear set to get your Mercenary some damage and survivability on a budget.
- Weapon: Obedience, Honor, or Insight
- Body Armor: Treachery
- Helm: Vampire Gaze, Crown of Thieves, Tal Rasha's Horadric Crest, Stealskull, or any helm with % Life Stolen per Hit
Changelog
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