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Demon Machine

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Description

Demon Machine has the very rare property of firing piercing bolts and also making its projectiles explosive. In that sense, it is the more powerful crossbow counterpart of Kuko Shakaku. (Others include Hellcast and Raven Claw)

The area damage from its explosive bolts will be boosted by skills adding to fire damage such as Enchant and Holy Fire, so this can be a quite powerful weapon allowing an enchant sorceress solo most game content, or a great aid to a "Bowadin".

Description by

Queegon

Upped Value(s)

If upgraded to

Demon Crossbow :
2H Damage: 57-155

Upgrade recipe:

Recipe: Elite Version of Weapon

Bows & Crossbows cannot be Ethereal.

NB These are the perfect values possible for a level 99 character.

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Demon Machine

Teebling Admin

5 years ago (pre-Resurrected)

halflife

4 years ago (pre-Resurrected)

In my experience, this xbow is highly underrated compared to Buriza, even though the Buriza is more famous, this xbow is imo the better elemental weapon, as the exploding Bolts have an AoE radius in addition to the piercing effect. The Aoe range is short, but is great for highly clustered groups of enemies, which often happens in tight, enclosed maps such as tunnels. This xbow will rekt anything in NM, and some builds can actually make it Hell difficulty viable (with proper supporting gear). I use one of these on a bowazon as a swap weapon to deal with physical immunes, mainly Wraiths, and although it's not a perfect solution, it works. Also, unless your build can get up to 140+ STR, do not up these to elite. Most players keep these as exceptionals since they are mainly used for the exploding Bolts.

Queegon

3 years ago (pre-Resurrected)

D2R 2.6 made this weapon into a viable p8 build for an Enchant sorceress thanks to Fire Mastery now applying not only to Enchant skill but to ranged fire damage you deal when already enchanted, essentially "double dipping". Previously only melee weapons worked this way.
On top, explosive bolts carry the fire damage per hit and again per explosion, essentially "quadruple dipping".

Aelanwyr

2 years ago (pre-Resurrected)

The workhorse weapon of the Enchantress and an excellent example of a weapon that far surpasses the sum of its parts.

human_being

2 years ago (pre-Resurrected)

Snowieken

1 year ago (pre-Resurrected)

As this is commonly used by Enchant sorceresses and Holy Fire "bowadins", this weapon is not recommended for upgrading, as it will only add a useless amount of physical damage and an even more useless requirement of strength.