Amazon Leveling Guide
Level your Amazon from 1 to 75 using Poison Javelin / Exploding Arrow → Lightning Fury / Charged Strike. Includes skill progression, stat allocation, and gameplay tips.
Overview
This guide walks through leveling a Amazon from 1 to 75 efficiently. Uses Poison Javelin / Exploding Arrow → Lightning Fury / Charged Strike with a respec around level 32-38. By the end you will have used 1 of your 3 respeccs and be ready for your endgame build.
The Amazon levels with Poison Javelin and Exploding Arrow through Normal, then respecs to Lightning Fury and Charged Strike for Nightmare and Hell. Farm The Countess in Normal and Nightmare for runes for Spirit, Peace, and Insight. Buy a Gnarled Staff of Teleportation before level 24 and a Wand of Lower Resistance before level 36. Prioritize crafting Stealth and Lore as soon as possible. Lightning Immune monsters require rerolling or skipping.
Skills
- Level 2-5: Fire Arrow
- Level 6-10: Poison Javelin
- Level 11: Multiple Shot
- Level 12-13: Exploding Arrow
Attributes
- Level 2-11: All into Vitality
- Level 12: 3 into Dexterity, 2 into Strength
- Level 13: All into Strength
Skills
- Level 14: Exploding Arrow
- Level 15-20: Exploding Arrow
- Level 21-26: Exploding Arrow
Attributes
- Level 14-16: All into Energy
- Level 17-26: All into Vitality
Skills
- Level 27: Exploding Arrow
- Level 28-31: Exploding Arrow
- Level 32-38: Fire Arrow
Attributes
- Level 27-38: All into Vitality
Attributes
- Respec: Allocate enough Strength to wear all of your gear and Dexterity to reach 50% Chance to Block. Put remaining Stat Points into Vitality.
- Level 39-75: Every Level up you need to allocate an amount of Dexterity to remain at 50% Chance to Block. Put remaining Stat Points into Vitality.
- Helm: Lore (Ort+Sol) in any 2-socket helm — +1 skills, light radius
- Armor: Stealth (Tal+Eth) in a 2-socket body armor — fastest cast rate, FRW, regen mana. Upgrade to Peace (Shael+Thul+Amn) in Nightmare for +2 bow/crossbow skills
- Weapon (Pre-Respec): Any fast bow or javelin. Shop for +3 bow skills or +3 javalin skills weapons from vendors
- Weapon (Post-Respec): Spirit (Tal+Thul+Ort+Amn) in a 4-socket broad sword or crystal sword — +2 skills, FCR, mana. Titans Revenge unique javelin for Lightning Fury
- Shield: Rhyme (Shael+Eth) in a 2-socket bone shield/grim shield — CBF, resists. Ancient's Pledge (Ral+Ort+Tal) for resistances
- Gloves: Crafted blood gloves or any with IAS, dex, resist
- Belt: Any with resistances and life
- Boots: Any with FRW and resistances
- Rings: Rare rings with life, mana, resistances
- Amulet: +1 skills or resistances
- Mercenary (Act 2 Nightmare — Holy Freeze): Insight (Ral+Tir+Tal+Sol) in a 4-socket polearm — meditation aura solves all mana. Armor: Stealth or Smoke (Nef+Lum). Helm: Bulwark (Shael+Io+Sol) or Tal's mask

| Name | Qty | |
|---|---|---|
| Horadric Cube | 1 | |
| ? | Rare Exceptional Weapon | 1 |
| Fal Rune | 1 | |
| Um Rune | 1 | |
| Perfect Sapphire | 1 |
| Name | Base | |
|---|---|---|
| Matriarchal Bow | Matriarchal Bow | |
| Truncheon | Truncheon | |
| Hyperion Javelin | Hyperion Javelin | |
| Tomahawk | Tomahawk | |
| Polished Wand | Polished Wand | |
| Spider Bow | Spider Bow | |
| Falcata | Falcata | |
| Feral Axe | Feral Axe | |
| Flying Axe | Flying Axe | |
| Pellet Bow | Pellet Bow | |
| Tyrant Club | Tyrant Club | |
| Bone Knife | Bone Knife | |
| Hyperion Spear | Hyperion Spear | |
| Walking Stick | Walking Stick | |
| Heavenly Stone | Heavenly Stone | |
| Legend Sword | Legend Sword | |
| Suwayyah | Suwayyah | |
| Ataghan | Ataghan | |
| Blade Bow | Blade Bow | |
| Matriarchal Spear | Matriarchal Spear | |
| Ogre Axe | Ogre Axe | |
| Small Crescent | Small Crescent | |
| Mighty Scepter | Mighty Scepter | |
| Stygian Pilum | Stygian Pilum | |
| Wrist Sword | Wrist Sword | |
| Elegant Blade | Elegant Blade | |
| Reinforced Mace | Reinforced Mace | |
| Shadow Bow | Shadow Bow | |
| Colossus Voulge | Colossus Voulge | |
| Flying Knife | Flying Knife | |
| Ghost Wand | Ghost Wand | |
| Matriarchal Javelin | Matriarchal Javelin | |
| Silver-edged Axe | Silver-edged Axe | |
| Highland Blade | Highland Blade | |
| Stalagmite | Stalagmite | |
| Stygian Pike | Stygian Pike | |
| Eldritch Orb | Eldritch Orb | |
| Gorgon Crossbow | Gorgon Crossbow | |
| Great Bow | Great Bow | |
| Hydra Edge | Hydra Edge | |
| Ogre Maul | Ogre Maul | |
| War Fist | War Fist | |
| Devil Star | Devil Star | |
| Ettin Axe | Ettin Axe | |
| Mithril Point | Mithril Point | |
| Balrog Blade | Balrog Blade | |
| Balrog Spear | Balrog Spear | |
| Thresher | Thresher | |
| Battle Cestus | Battle Cestus | |
| Decapitator | Decapitator | |
| Diamond Bow | Diamond Bow | |
| Phase Blade | Phase Blade | |
| Elder Staff | Elder Staff | |
| Mancatcher | Mancatcher | |
| Colossus Crossbow | Colossus Crossbow | |
| Demon Heart | Demon Heart | |
| Lich Wand | Lich Wand | |
| Champion Sword | Champion Sword | |
| Crusader Bow | Crusader Bow | |
| Scourge | Scourge | |
| Seraph Rod | Seraph Rod | |
| Winged Knife | Winged Knife | |
| Conquest Sword | Conquest Sword | |
| Feral Claws | Feral Claws | |
| Grand Matron Bow | Grand Matron Bow | |
| Cryptic Axe | Cryptic Axe | |
| Ghost Glaive | Ghost Glaive | |
| War Spike | War Spike | |
| Colossus Sword | Colossus Sword | |
| Matriarchal Pike | Matriarchal Pike | |
| Runic Talons | Runic Talons | |
| Ward Bow | Ward Bow | |
| Winged Axe | Winged Axe | |
| Champion Axe | Champion Axe | |
| Cryptic Sword | Cryptic Sword | |
| Legendary Mallet | Legendary Mallet | |
| Fanged Knife | Fanged Knife | |
| Ghost Spear | Ghost Spear | |
| Shillelagh | Shillelagh | |
| Colossus Blade | Colossus Blade | |
| Demon Crossbow | Demon Crossbow | |
| Great Poleaxe | Great Poleaxe | |
| Hydra Bow | Hydra Bow | |
| Vortex Orb | Vortex Orb | |
| Berserker Axe | Berserker Axe | |
| Scissors Suwayyah | Scissors Suwayyah | |
| Unearthed Wand | Unearthed Wand | |
| Thunder Maul | Thunder Maul | |
| Winged Harpoon | Winged Harpoon | |
| Archon Staff | Archon Staff | |
| Caduceus | Caduceus | |
| Dimensional Shard | Dimensional Shard | |
| Giant Thresher | Giant Thresher | |
| Glorious Axe | Glorious Axe | |
| Legend Spike | Legend Spike | |
| Mythical Sword | Mythical Sword | |
| War Pike | War Pike |