Bowazon: Horazon VS Laying Of Hands + Gore Rider + Ravenfrost

We need to talk about the pink elephant in the room, and I'm surprised that I'm the first one to bring it up. At least, I couldn't find any threads on the subject.

The new warlock set opens up new combination possibilities. We will compare

Laying of Hands +

Gore Rider +

Raven Frost with Horazon's and the freed-up ring slot. I would like to list the facts here and then want to hear your opinions and experiences.

Laying of Hands

Gore Rider

Raven Frost

Horazon's Hold

Horazon's Legacy

Here are the totals

-132-146 def
-10% Chance Of Open Wounds
-5% Chance Of Crushing Blow
-15% Deadly Strike
-55-100 To Attack Rating
-40 Mana
-350% Damage To Demons
-15-45 Cold Damage
-Fire Resist 50%
-20% Cold Absorb


+10% Increased Attack Speed
+10% Faster Run/Walk
+10-15 Strength
+25-30 Dexterity
+30-40 Life
+140-270 Fire Damage
+20-30% Magic Resist

+1 Ring Slot

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A perfect rolled Crafted

Blood Ring can be looked like this
+ 9 Minimum Damage
+3% Life stolen per hit
+20 Life
+25 Strength
+15 to Dexterity
+ All Resistances +11

Opalvein rings should also be considered.

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Summary and personal opinion

Def can be ignored and

Horazon's Hold can be easily upgraded using Recipe: Elite Version of Unique Armor
-55-100 Attack Rating is more than offset by the +25-30 Dexterity Bonus.
+10-15 Strength hard points can be saved here to further increase dex.
The loss of Fire Res is significant.
350% Damage To Demons only applies to demons. Dex increases damage against everything.
40 Life is much better then 40 mana

I have tested both configurations and would say that Horazons is slightly better, especially with perfectly rolled blood rings

What are your thoughts and opinions?

Some builds use

War Traveler (which gives 15-25 dmg) instead of

Gore Rider

But, anyway, I was thinking the same thing...

if some attack build will switch

Gore Rider /

War Traveler +

Laying of Hands / rare or crafted 20 ias gloves +

Raven Frost
for

Horazon's Hold +

Horazon's Legacy + any ring

fredkid wrote: 1 hour ago

Some builds use

War Traveler (which gives 15-25 dmg) instead of

Gore Rider

But, anyway, I was thinking the same thing...

if some attack build will switch

Gore Rider /

War Traveler +

Laying of Hands / rare or crafted 20 ias gloves +

Raven Frost
for

Horazon's Hold +

Horazon's Legacy + any ring

i would say

War Traveler are for MF builds, and a bowazon is certainly not one. 15-25 flat dmg and the other stats are´nt enough to compensate

Gore Rider.
But thats another Topic..

physical Bowzon already have high

Critical Strike and Crushing Blow for ranged weapons is way less efficient... so "raw damage" ended up being better
But yeah... another topic

IIFOXII wrote: 27 minutes ago

fredkid wrote: 1 hour ago

Some builds use

War Traveler (which gives 15-25 dmg) instead of

Gore Rider

But, anyway, I was thinking the same thing...

if some attack build will switch

Gore Rider /

War Traveler +

Laying of Hands / rare or crafted 20 ias gloves +

Raven Frost
for

Horazon's Hold +

Horazon's Legacy + any ring

i would say

War Traveler are for MF builds. 15-25 flat dmg and the other stats is´nt enough to compensate

Gore Rider.
But tahts another Topic..