Amazon Build Guide Redux

After some research and testing in Infernal (co-op) and Floor 9+ of Chaos Labyrinth (solo) I have revised the general build I use. So lets cover some basics:

What is the Amazon? She is the glass-cannon of Dragon's Crown
What does each stat do for our big booty girl?

*STR (increases amount of physical damage done) <-- very important
INT (increases magic damage done) <--- blah
CON (decreases physical damage taken) <--- relevant
MGR (decreases magical damage taken) <-- relevant
DEX (increases damage dealt with weapons) <---somewhat important
*LUC (increases likelihood of landing a critical hit) <--- very important

You have a total of 155 skill points to distribute to your skills @lvl.99 and all 50 quests completed.

Universally according to the community you max out:

Deadly Revolution (total cost of 7 SP)
Punisher (total 6 SP)
Brandish (total 4 SP)
Berserk (total 27 SP)
Adrenaline (total 16 SP)
War Paint (total 9 SP)

Now I will deviate and compile various posts I read and show the build I took based on others posts on top of what is universally maxed.

Incite Rage (total 6 SP)
Adroit Hands (total 17sp)
Evasion (total 9 SP) I just find this overly nice
Deep Pockets (12 SP) Why lvl 3? Because I assume you'll also be toting around a Conqueror's Seal. This lets you equip it and incite rage, war paint and/or Iron Will/Atk up pot/Stalwart Spirit drink

Skills you have to take in order to max out your cores:

Stun Wave lvl 3 (4 SP); consequently you can divvy it up with Brutal Wave but I'll touch on it later.

Neat trick btw: Max out deep pockets before you respec, after you reset your skills you keep the ranks of deep pockets which helps attribute your Common skill level so you don't have to put points into crap you don't want.

This will leave you with 137/155 sp spent. You have 18 SP left over to play with. My recommendation is split em up with Vitality, Iron Will, Parry/Nutritionist.

Vitality will help increase your total HP over all, which when combined with incite rage and adrenaline gives you a higher critical hp thresh hold for maximum Adrenaline. You receive an adrenaline bonus every 1/4 of your total hp lost or so up til you're flashing. So 75%, 50%, 25% for maximum. So the more hp the better.

Iron Will for above, iron will gives you immunity to knockback and reduces all damage received to 10 for its duration. The downside is Iron Will drains 5 hp a second while active. Having the Amazon's life steal item from Chaos Dungeon (minimum lvl 80) will help some.

Useful items: Invigorating Dram (to drink while using Iron Will)
Stalwart Spirits (immunity to knockback in case you opt out of Iron Will)
Strong Draught (increases damage dealt)
Haven't really toyed with Luck Up potion, but granted Luck is the other primary stat for Amazon, it's viable in place of Strong Draught.

How it breaks down:

1) Enter boss room immediately pop incite rage
2) pop a war paint
3) unleash hell

sub steps: after incite rage and war paint are activated use iron will and invigorating dram

Thanks to Androit Hands at max level your cool downs are all reduced by 50% you will literally obliterate anything in your way.

Sub note: Why didn't you take brutal drive or more in stun wave?
Answer: Because I never use them. Some use them to kill goblins and wizzies at range but I can X> X>X and dive into them and kill them quickly enough as it is.

Feel free to comment and adjust as needed and give input.

Link to Skill Calculator thanks to below poster:

http://fruitriin.sakura.ne.jp/DrgnsCrwnSS/eng/

Just link the english translation one.

http://fruitriin.sakura.ne.jp/DrgnsCrwnSS/eng/

Also, you don't use damage pots? Or was that just a given?

So that is how adrenaline works? I was under the impression it only kicked in at flashing HP from reading around. Oh my, will have to respec when I beat hard mode. I find stun wave pretty useful though brutal drive has kind of lost my favor. Oh well, I still have 2 more respecs to make up my mind

Also, just wondering, do you get the effects of Conquerer's seal by just having it in any bag? Or only the equipped bag?

Damn, I bought Neck Splitter though mostly just to allow Deadly Revolution to gain more levels. And Iron Will is useful? I thought most shunned it.

Iron Will maxed out is 12 sp which leaves you enough to take Vitality up to 3 and 1 left over for Nutritionist if so desired.

or 0 Iron Will, 7 vitality, 1 nutritionist, with 2 points left over for parry/stun wave/brutal drive or even 2 in iron will just to have it. Your call. This is the only place I don't know how to finish up my build. Input is greatly appreciated.

Honestly, in my opinion Iron Will is COMPLETELY optional. You may not even need it if you're staying in berserk lvl 3 and brandishing. You're completely immune to everything during brandish. The only time this is a problem is say on Demon King in floor 9, 18 etc etc, with all his adds and aoe spells going on, it's easy to get knocked down and swarmed in damage. But this is the only boss I've had issues with solo.

AnatomyHorror posted...

Just link the english translation one.

http://fruitriin.sakura.ne.jp/DrgnsCrwnSS/eng/

Also, you don't use damage pots? Or was that just a given?

Much appreciated Anatomy. I didn't know it the English version was done. I have Damage Pot listed in Useful items. But generally it's a given, I know some people who run iron will use invigorating dram for the regen. I personally use dmg pot.

pureradiance posted...

So that is how adrenaline works? I was under the impression it only kicked in at flashing HP from reading around. Oh my, will have to respec when I beat hard mode. I find stun wave pretty useful though brutal drive has kind of lost my favor. Oh well, I still have 2 more respecs to make up my mind

You can actually get unlimited respec potions you just have to beat chaos with different characters. Someone mentioned that you get a new respec potion at lvl 18 after demon king v2

AnatomyHorror posted...

Also, just wondering, do you get the effects of Conquerer's seal by just having it in any bag? Or only the equipped bag?

I think it only affects the bag you have it equipped in. You can get more than one though, I have 2, I got my second one from burying bones. Someone had it equipped and it was gifted.

Zaigou posted...

Damn, I bought Neck Splitter though mostly just to allow Deadly Revolution to gain more levels. And Iron Will is useful? I thought most shunned it.

It's not shunned per say, it's just not favorable, but it saved my butt a couple of times in Chaos Dungeon Demon King when there's so many adds on the screen and spells. It's an optional skill to take. Even having it at 1 or 2 is okay.