Mist

I've been playing D2R PTR as a Bowazon. The only bow they supplied to make a Mist was a 5OS

Long War Bow, which is pointless. So I began farming but nothing seemed to be dropping, and then a day before PTR was shut down for a week I found a +1 to skills

Grand Matron Bow. I used

Larzuk to add 5 sockets and I made a Mist. I took a screenshot of it and I would upload it, but most forums don't allow image uploads.

The Damage is 62-331 (348% EHD), and it it rolled level 10

Concentration.

The second runeword available in 5 sox missile weapons. The other one is Call To Arms, traditionally used only as a prebuff and made in low req 1h weapons instead.

Seems like a viable runeword for lucky players who will obtain

Cham rune. Probably the best when used by A1 Mercenary with

Grand Matron Bow, but i suppose Amazons can use it just fine through hell difficulty too.

Although not as good for elemental bowzon as Ice, or as good for Physical bowzon as Faith, this is a great weapon for both that uses only 1 high rune and 5 socket grand matrons are still cheaper than 4 socket.

I'd like to point out that despite looking I couldn't see anywhere that said this was a "ladder only" runeword, only that it was new in 2.4.

Edit: Working on Non-Ladder in 2.6

Mist was ladder only during Patch 2.4 and Patch 2.5 (Ladder Season 1 & 2). Since Patch 2.6 (Ladder Season 3) it is possible to create Mist in non-ladder.

The fellow with the gemmed superior

Crusader Bow should have a proper Mist now. I made the same mistake and blizzard corrected it with the latest patch in nonladder.

I use it on my main character while my merc is using Faith. My off hand is a

Windforce. I prefer Mist to

Windforce because it is a lot more balanced (1600 - 6400 dmg Mist vs 900 - 7400 dmg on WF) and WF gives up a lot of quality attributes for only raw damage.