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 | Req Lvl | |
|---|---|---|
| Demon Heart | 56 |
| Name | Req Lvl | |
|---|---|---|
| Demon Heart | 56 |
| Name | Bases | Req Lvl | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strength | Melee Weapons | 25 | |
| Wind | Melee Weapons | 61 |
| Stats | Req Lvl |
|---|---|
| +1–3 to Fire Bolt (Sorceress Only) | 1 |
| +1–3 to Warmth (Sorceress Only) | 1 |
| +1–3 to Charged Bolt (Sorceress Only) | 1 |
| +1–3 to Ice Bolt (Sorceress Only) | 1 |
| +1–3 to Frozen Armor (Sorceress Only) | 1 |
| +1–3 to Inferno (Sorceress Only) | 6 |
| +1–3 to Static Field (Sorceress Only) | 6 |
| +1–3 to Telekinesis (Sorceress Only) | 6 |
| +1–3 to Frost Nova (Sorceress Only) | 6 |
| +1–3 to Ice Blast (Sorceress Only) | 6 |
| +1–3 to Blaze (Sorceress Only) | 12 |
| +1–3 to Fire Ball (Sorceress Only) | 12 |
| +1–3 to Nova (Sorceress Only) | 12 |
| +1–3 to Lightning (Sorceress Only) | 12 |
| +1–3 to Shiver Armor (Sorceress Only) | 12 |
| +1–3 to Fire Wall (Sorceress Only) | 18 |
| +1–3 to Enchant (Sorceress Only) | 18 |
| +1–3 to Chain Lightning (Sorceress Only) | 18 |
| +1–3 to Teleport (Sorceress Only) | 18 |
| +1–3 to Glacial Spike (Sorceress Only) | 18 |
| +1–3 to Meteor (Sorceress Only) | 24 |
| +1–3 to Thunder Storm (Sorceress Only) | 24 |
| +1–3 to Energy Shield (Sorceress Only) | 24 |
| +1–3 to Blizzard (Sorceress Only) | 24 |
| +1–3 to Chilling Armor (Sorceress Only) | 24 |
| +1–3 to Fire Mastery (Sorceress Only) | 30 |
| +1–3 to Hydra (Sorceress Only) | 30 |
| +1–3 to Lightning Mastery (Sorceress Only) | 30 |
| +1–3 to Frozen Orb (Sorceress Only) | 30 |
| +1–3 to Cold Mastery (Sorceress Only) | 30 |