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Witchwild String

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Description

Witchwild String is an unpopular, but powerful option for bowazons. The more popular alternatives are Faith and

Windforce. Slightly weaker options include

Goldstrike Arch.

The chance to cast

Amplify Damage coupled with Deadly Strike and the two sockets are what makes this item shine. The Deadly Strike reduces the need for

Highlord's Wrath and allows it to be replaced with

Atma's Scarab for more

Amplify Damage.

Unlike most bows, it sports a large bonus to all resistances, which is critical for bowazons as they can't use a shield and are thus very low on resistances. Its weaknesses are its low damage without Deadly Strike and

Amplify Damage, while its lack of IAS is remedied by putting 15 IAS jewels or

Shael Runes into the sockets.

Amazons that wield

Witchwild String are referred to as Witchyzons.

Description by

Teebling

Upped Value(s)

If upgraded to

Diamond Bow :
2H Damage: 89-108

Upgrade recipe:

Recipe: Elite Version of Weapon

Bows & Crossbows cannot be Ethereal.

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

Can be used to make Runewords:

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6 Hel 2 weeks ago

1 Pul , 12 Perfect Amethyst , 4 Perfect Ruby

Perf 2 weeks ago

15 Perfect Gems 3 weeks ago

1 Lem

3 weeks ago

2 Ral

4 weeks ago

1 Lem 1 month ago

1 Pul 1 month ago

1 Pul

1 month ago

10 Perfect Gems 1 month ago

1 Jah

Perf 4 months ago

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Witchwild String

Teebling Admin

3 years ago (pre-Resurrected)

Witchwild String is an unpopular, but powerful option for bowazons. The more popular alternatives are Faith and

Windforce. Slightly weaker options include

Buriza-Do Kyanon and

Goldstrike Arch.

The chance to cast

Amplify Damage coupled with Deadly Strike and the two sockets are what makes this item shine. The Deadly Strike reduces the need for

Highlord's Wrath and allows it to be replaced with

Atma's Scarab for more

Amplify Damage, while its lack of IAS is remedied by putting 15 IAS jewels or

Shael Runes into the sockets.

Amazons that wield

Witchwild String are referred to as Witchyzons.

Tavron

3 years ago (pre-Resurrected)

It's worth noting that the 'Fires Magic

Arrows' mod on the bow only works for normal attacks, so it wont work when using skills. It does however fire the

Magic Arrow skill without paying the mana cost and converts 20% of the physical damage to magic damage, which helps against physical immune monsters.

Runasutaru

2 years ago (pre-Resurrected)

An Amazon wielding

Witchwild String on the character selection screen.

Aelanwyr

11 months ago (pre-Resurrected)

As of Patch 2.4, the "Fires Magic Arrows [Level 20]" attribute on

Witchwild String converts 43% of the physical damage of all generic Attacks into magic damage. This can be useful in those exceedingly rare cases where

Amplify Damage is insufficient to break a monster's immunity to physical damage.

Deadeye

7 months ago (pre-Resurrected)

This is a nice bow for leveling, even if kept on a weapon swap with something else as your main. Being that it can be useful in killing physical immunes or targets with high defense helps a lot, plus it grows as you level! This is important because it can be upgraded to elite, and eventually it will do much more damage with a high deadly strike percentage. As an end game bow I believe there are better options, however as others have said the sockets and resists can be nice! It has a lot going for it and is absolutely worth using for leveling, as weapon swap for certain targets or as an example if there are enemies that cast lightning that do a lot of damage. If it's the best bow you have, you're still well armed if you upgrade it and use good jewels/runes and gear that works well with it. I only wish I knew if the

Magic Arrow applied to act 1 merc basic attacks.