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"Skilled with the spear and the bow. She is a very versatile fighter..." With skills in bow, crossbow, javelin, and spear, the Amazon is absolutely fierce with ranged weaponry. The power of the Amazon lies in specializing her skills. Choose your route early - either spear or bow - and advance through that particularly skill tree. Attempting to become both a spear and bow player weakens the Amazon's overall power. Choosing the spear route can give the Amazon both thrown and melee weapon power. Hit-and-run attacks prove effective, but you'll definitely want ranged weaponry in your arsenal to dish out damage from long range. Amazon Attributes Like the Barbarian, the Amazon is primarily a weapons-based combat class (unlike the Sorceress with her spells and the Necromancer with his minions) with an affinity for ranged weapons, though melee combat is certainly plausible. Thus, strength and dexterity will be extremely important to the Amazon player, whether you take the bow or javelin skill route. You'll need the strength to wear the toughest armor and pound out some increased damage. Dexterity increases the Amazon's chance to hit and her defensive rating. Diablo II is extremely customizable. There's really no right or wrong way to develop your character's attributes or skills - it's solely up to you! You choose your character's attributes; you choose your character's skills; and, through finding items and gold, you choose your character's equipment. Use these tips and strategies in the character class sections as suggestions on how to mold your character. Keep in mind that there are thousands and thousands of combinations and no right or wrong way to proceed through the game. As a general guideline, for every five attribute points you receive (from each level advance), you could place two into strength, two into dexterity, and one into vitality (or every other one into energy). Once you reach level 10 or so, you'll likely want to start pumping more into energy as you approach the higher skills available in the bow, javelin, and passive skill trees. If you desire the some of the best armor, such as plate mail, raise your strength around 65, then concentrate on the other attributes - which, by this time, will be vitality and energy.
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