Strafe

Amazon Skills	Javelin and Spear Skills	Passive and Magic Skills	Bow and Crossbow Skills

	Overview Tree Bow and Crossbow Skills Type Long range multi-target attack Tier 5 Required Level 24 Requirements Bow or crossbow In Town No Mana Cost 11 Weapon Damage 3/4 Attack Rank 0 Left Button Yes	Required Synergy Tree Skills ! Magic Arrow Fire Arrow ! Cold Arrow ! Multiple Shot Exploding Arrow Ice Arrow ! Guided Arrow Strafe Immolation Arrow Freezing Arrow
	lvl Skill level blvl Base skill level clvl Character level mlvl Monster level	(X) Calculate X first [X] Round down X max(X,Y} Maximum of X or Y min(X,Y) Minimum of X or Y

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Details

Level 1-60 stats

Stat	Value
+% Enhanced Damage	5*lvl
Minimum Arrows	min(2+[lvl/4],10)
Maximum Arrows	min(3+lvl,10)
Next Delay	4 frames

• Each arrow or bolt is transformed into a volley of shots, aimed at targets within its radius. Regardless of the number fired per volley, each volley only decreases quiver quantity by one.
• Targets are selected automatically within a 23 1/3 yard radius, an area which extends beyond the visible screen. Any manually selected target will be attacked first.
• Maximum arrows will only be fired if the number of targets is equal or greater, otherwise the minimum arrows will be fired at the target(s).
• Cold length is also reduced to 3/4: poison length isn't reduced.
• Poison length is calculated differently when multiple items applying poison damage are used with skills that apply a fraction of weapon damage: two items will apply poison damage over the sum of their lengths, while three or more items will just apply poison damage over the longest length of any of those items. [1]

Attack rate

Strafe always fires a volley of at least two attacks, whose combined length is the sum of the First and Last Frame sub-columns. The lengths added by further attacks are in the Follow-up Frame sub-column, from left to right. Titanseal's Attack Speed Calculator can also be used for slower breakpoints, although it does not include the fastest bugged breakpoints (see below).

Due to the existence of these bugged breakpoints and next delay, Strafe's effective attack rate against multiple and single targets is not straightforward.

Bow

Weapon Speed Modifiers for all bows are listed below.

WSM	Normal	Exceptional	Elite
10	Long Battle Bow Long War Bow Reflex Bow	Large Siege Bow Gothic Bow Ceremonial Bow	Crusader Bow Hydra Bow Grand Matron Bow
5	Short Bow	Edge Bow	Spider Bow
0	Long Bow Short Battle Bow Short War Bow Stag Bow	Cedar Bow Short Siege Bow Rune Bow Ashwood Bow	Shadow Bow Diamond Bow Ward Bow
-10	Hunter's Bow Composite Bow	Razor Bow Double Bow	Blade Bow Great Bow Matriarchal Bow

Frames/Attack										Template:EIAS	IAS
First	Follow-up								Last		10	5	0	-10
7	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	12	Template:EIAS
									11	Template:EIAS	3
6	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	10	Template:EIAS	11	6
									9	Template:EIAS	26	19	13	2
5										Template:EIAS	42	34	26	13
									8	Template:EIAS	46	37	29	15
									7	Template:EIAS	80	68	56	37
4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2		Template:EIAS	120	102	86	60
									6	Template:EIAS	157	133	113	80

• 50 and 58 EIAS breakpoints only apply to the displayed animation for follow-up attacks: they actually continue to be 3 frames apart, and this interval is never reduced to 2 frames. When Strafe is fired continuously, the next volley begins when the animation of the previous one finishes, which reduces the number of actual attacks per volley but may sometimes increase the number of actual attacks over time, resulting in a faster attack rate. [2]

Crossbow

Weapon Speed Modifiers for all bows are listed below.

WSM	Normal	Exceptional	Elite
10	Heavy Crossbow	Ballista	Colossus Crossbow
0	Crossbow	Siege Crossbow	Gorgon Crossbow
-10	Light Crossbow	Arbalest	Pellet Bow
-40	Repeating Crossbow
-60		Cho-Ko-Nu	Demon Crossbow

Frames/Attack										Template:EIAS	IAS
First	Follow-up								Last		10	0	-10	-40	-60
11	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	17	Template:EIAS
10										Template:EIAS	2
									16	Template:EIAS	6
9	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	15	Template:EIAS	11
									14	Template:EIAS	22	9
	Template:EIAS	5	5	5	5	5	5	5		Template:EIAS	27	14	3
8	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5		Template:EIAS	29	15	4
									13	Template:EIAS	32	18	6
	5	4	5	4	5	4	5	4		21	42	26	13
									12	Template:EIAS	48	30	16
	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	11	Template:EIAS	50	32	18
7									12	Template:EIAS	58	39	23
									11	Template:EIAS	70	48	30
	Template:EIAS	4	4	4	4	4	4	4		Template:EIAS	95	68	46	4
									10	Template:EIAS	105	75	52	7
6	4	3	4	3	4	3	4	3		Template:EIAS	120	86	60	11
									9	Template:EIAS	174	125	89	26	2
	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	8	Template:EIAS	215	152	109	35	8

• >49 EIAS breakpoints only apply to the displayed animation for follow-up attacks: they actually continue to be 4 frames apart, and this interval is never reduced to 3 frames. When Strafe is fired continuously, the next volley begins when the animation of the previous one finishes, which reduces the number of actual attacks per volley but may sometimes increase the number of actual attacks over time, resulting in a faster attack rate. There are other breakpoints which only apply to the displayed animation rather than actual attacks as well. [3]

Sources

Skill bonus

An Amazon receives a skill bonus to her skill level or can acquire the skill without investing skill points by equipping the following item(s).

Item	Bonus
Template:D2 Unique	3-5

Level 1-60 stats

Details

Stat	Level
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
+% Enhanced Damage	5	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45	50
Minimum Arrows	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
Maximum Arrows	5	6	7	8	9	10	10	10	10	10

Stat	Level
	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
+% Enhanced Damage	55	60	65	70	75	80	85	90	95	100
Minimum Arrows	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7
Maximum Arrows	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Stat	Level
	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
+% Enhanced Damage	105	110	115	120	125	130	135	140	145	150
Minimum Arrows	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9
Maximum Arrows	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Stat	Level
	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40
+% Enhanced Damage	155	160	165	170	175	180	185	190	195	200
Minimum Arrows	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Maximum Arrows	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Stat	Level
	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50
+% Enhanced Damage	205	210	215	220	225	230	235	240	245	250
Minimum Arrows	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Maximum Arrows	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Stat	Level
	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60
+% Enhanced Damage	255	260	265	270	275	280	285	290	295	300
Minimum Arrows	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Maximum Arrows	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

References

• Strafe attack speed tables
• Brianc84, Revised Strafe break-points (Bowazon Archives)
• Onderduiker, Monster Resistances and Immunities Guide (Technical Discussion)
• T-hawk, Strafe speed testing (Bowazon Room)