Best Amazon Runewords in -D2R 2.6

This guide collects the top runewords for the Amazon class from beginner / ladder starter levelling RWs to end-game ones. Get a head-start with your Amazon by equipping it with beginner runewords, getting to the end-game, and gearing it up with the top runeword choices for the upcoming 2.6 Patch and the new Ladder Season.

Edge (Missile Weapon base, Tir + Tal + Amn)

Level 15 Thorns Aura When Equipped

+35% Increased Attack Speed

+320-380% Damage To Demons (varies)

+280% Damage To Undead

+75 Poison Damage Over 5 Seconds

7% Life Stolen Per Hit

Prevent Monster Heal

+5-10 To All Attributes (varies)

+2 To Mana After Each Kill

Reduces All Vendor Prices 15%

Edge is a must-have runeword due to it’s Vendor Price reduction ability. Besides sparing 15% of your gold on all vendor purchases, it is a decent levelling option for Bowazons.

Harmony (Missile Weapon base, Tir + Ith + Sol + Ko)

Level 10 Vigor Aura When Equipped

+200-275% Enhanced Damage (varies)

+9 To Minimum Damage

+9 To Maximum Damage

Adds 55-160 Lightning Damage

Adds 55-160 Fire Damage

Adds 55-160 Cold Damage

+2-6 To Valkyrie (varies)

+10 To Dexterity

Regenerate Mana 20%

+2 To Mana After Each Kill

+2 To Light Radius

Level 20 Revive (25 Charges)

Harmony is another awesome ladder starter runeword for a Bowazon. It increases your runspeed by a whopping 50% due to it’s Vigor aura, while also dealing a high amount of damage.

Zephyr (Missile Weapons, Ort + Eth)

+33% Enhanced Damage

+66 To Attack Rating

Adds 1-50 Lightning Damage

-25% Target Defense

+25 Defense

25% Faster Run/Walk

25% Increased Attack Speed

7% Chance To Cast Level 1 Twister When Struck

Zephyr is a very easy-to-make ladder starter runeword that can help you level your Bowazon quickly.

Insight (Bows/Crossbows/Polearm/Staves base, Ral + Tir + Tal + Sol)

Level 12-17 Meditation Aura When Equipped (varies)

+35% Faster Cast Rate

+200-260% Enhanced Damage (varies)

+9 To Minimum Damage

180-250% Bonus to Attack Rating (varies)

Adds 5-30 Fire Damage

+75 Poison Damage Over 5 Seconds

+1-6 To Critical Strike (varies)

+5 To All Attributes

+2 To Mana After Each Kill

23% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items

Insight is another awesome beginner runeword for Bowazons. The damage dealt by it is great compared, and you will never have to worry about mana recovery again, the Meditation Aura will quickly regenerate your mana.

Duress (Body Armor base, Shael + Um + Thul)

+40% Faster Hit Recovery

+10-20% Enhanced Damage (varies)

Adds 37-133 Cold Damage 2 sec. Duration (Normal)

15% Chance of Crushing Blow

33% Chance of Open Wounds

+150-200% Enhanced Defense (varies)

-20% Slower Stamina Drain

Cold Resist +45%

Lightning Resist +15%

Fire Resist +15%

Poison Resist +15%

Whether you have a Javazon, Bowazon or Impale/Fend amazon build, Duress is a great armor choice for all of them. Besides it’s great defensive abilities (+resists, +FHR,) it’s one of the best armors for offense as well, the Crushing Blow and Open Wounds will boost your damage output by a great deal.

Treachery (Body Armor base, Shael + Thul + Lem)

5% Chance To Cast Level 15 Fade When Struck

25% Chance To Cast level 15 Venom On Striking

+2 To Assassin Skills

+45% Increased Attack Speed

+20% Faster Hit Recovery

Cold Resist +30%

50% Extra Gold From Monsters

While Treachery only boosts Assassin skills, it can be used by any class. The increased attack speed is an awesome offensive ability, while the Fade cast when struck improves survivability tremendously, as it reduces curse duration by 80%, provides 60 all resistance, and also a 15% physical damage reduction.

Smoke (Body Armor base, Nef + Lum)

+75% Enhanced Defense

+280 Defense Vs. Missile

All Resistances +50

20% Faster Hit Recovery

Level 6 Weaken (18 Charges)

+10 To Energy

-1 To Light Radius

Smoke is an easy-to-make ladder starter armor that can quickly be made as a beginner, and it provides great survivability boosts.

Stealth (Body Armor base, Tal + Eth)

Magic Damage Reduced By 3

+6 To Dexterity

+15 To Maximum Stamina

Poison Resist +30%

Regenerate Mana 15%

25% Faster Run/Walk

25% Faster Cast Rate

25% Faster Hit Recovery

Stealth is probably the easiest-to-make armor runeword at the beginning of a season, and it will speed up your levelling process a lot, mainly due to the Faster Run and Walk boost.

Peace (Body Armor base, Shael + Thul + Amn)

4% Chance To Cast Level 5 Slow Missiles When Struck

2% Chance To Cast level 15 Valkyrie On Striking

+2 To Amazon Skill Levels

+20% Faster Hit Recovery

+2 To Critical Strike

Cold Resist +30%

Attacker Takes Damage of 14

Peace is also amongst the best ladder starter runewords for an Amazon. It can be used by any ama build, the +skills, FHR, and the critical strike are all awesome abilities.

Wisdom (Helm base, Pul + Ith + Eld)

+33% Piercing Attack

+15-25% Bonus to Attack Rating (varies)

4-8% Mana Stolen Per Hit (varies)

+30% Enhanced Defense

+10 Energy

15% Slower Stamina Drain

Cannot Be Frozen

+5 Mana After Each Kill

15% Damage Taken Goes to Mana

Wisdom is another awesome helm choice for bowazons, that will be implemented as a ladder only item in the upcoming 2.4 patch. The +33% piercing attack allows you to hit a lot more targets, and the attack rating bonus greatly improves your chance to hit targets. The helm also has awesome mana sustainability qualities. Altogether, Wisdom is a great endgame helm choice for a bowazon.

Lore (Helm base, Ort + Sol)

+1 To All Skill Levels

+10 To Energy

+2 To Mana After Each Kill

Lightning Resist +30%

Damage Reduced By 7

Lore is a very easy-to-make ladder starter runeword that can be used by any Amazon build.

Spirit (Shield base, Tal + Thul + Ort + Amn)

+2 To All Skills

+25-35% Faster Cast Rate (varies)

+55% Faster Hit Recovery

+250 Defense Vs. Missile

+22 To Vitality

+89-112 To Mana (varies)

Cold Resist +35%

Lightning Resist +35%

Poison Resist +35%

+3-8 Magic Absorb (varies)

Attacker Takes Damage of 14

Spirit is a very suitable shield for Javazons. It has great defensive abilities, while providing 2 skills, which increases the lightning or poison damage of your attacks by a large amount. It is a fairly easy runeword to make, and one of the best shield choices for a javelin and spear amazon.

Rhyme (Shield base, Shael + Eth)

20% Increased Chance of Blocking

40% Faster Block Rate

All Resistances +25

Regenerate Mana 15%

Cannot Be Frozen

50% Extra Gold From Monsters

25% Better Chance Of Getting Magic Items

Rhyme is an easy-to-make ladder starter runeword, with awesome defensive abilities, providing your character a huge survivability boost. This is another runeword that’s most fitting for javelin and spear builds.

Bramble (Body Armor, Ral + Ohm + Sur + Eth)

Level 15-21 Thorns Aura When Equipped (varies)

+50% Faster Hit Recovery

+25-50% To Poison Skill Damage (varies)

+300 Defense

Increase Maximum Mana 5%

Regenerate Mana 15%

+5% To Maximum Cold Resist

Fire Resist +30%

Poison Resist +100%

+13 Life After Each Kill

Level 13 Spirit of Barbs (33 Charges)

If you play with a poison javazon, Bramble is by far the best choice for a body armor! It increases poison damage by a whopping 25-50%, no other item comes close at increasing poison damage.

Breath of the Dying (Weapons, Vex + Hel + El + Eld + Zod + Eth)

50% Chance To Cast Level 20 Poison Nova When You Kill An Enemy

Indestructible

+60% Increased Attack Speed

+350-400% Enhanced Damage (varies)

+200% Damage To Undead

-25% Target Defense

+50 To Attack Rating

+50 To Attack Rating Against Undead

7% Mana Stolen Per Hit

12-15% Life Stolen Per Hit (varies)

Prevent Monster Heal

+30 To All Attributes

+1 To Light Radius

Requirements -20%

A BOTD in an ethereal War Pike or Ghost Spear base is by far the best weapon option for Impale amazons! It deals a huge amount of damage, and due to it being indestructible, the weapon will not lose durability with attacks. The runeword has many awesome qualities, the +30 attribute, the life and mana steal, the prevent monster heal and the awesome attack speed clearly make it the best weapon choice for Impalezons.

BOTD is also a popular choice for Bowazons by completing the runeword in a Crusader Bow or Hydra Bow bases. There are plenty of runeword choices for Bowazons, it’s a matter of taste which one you prefer.

Runeword: Mist (Cham +Shael +Gul +Thul +Ith)

Base type: Bows and Crossbows
Stats:

Level 8-12 Concentration Aura When Equipped (varies)

+3 To All Skills

20% Increased Attack Speed

+100% Piercing Attack

+325-375% Enhanced Damage (varies)

+9 To Maximum Damage

20% Bonus to Attack Rating

Adds 3-14 Cold Damage

Freeze Target +3

+24 Vitality

All Resistances +40

Mist is an optimal runeword for Bowazons. The 100% piercing attack, the Conc aura, the target freezing and the great damage stats make it a very unique weapon choice, which can be a cornerstone and best-in-slot item for a variety of builds!

Call To Arms (Weapons, Amn + Ral + Mal + Ist + Ohm)

+1 To All Skills

+40% Increased Attack Speed

+250-290% Enhanced Damage (varies)

Adds 5-30 Fire Damage

7% Life Stolen Per Hit

+2-6 To Battle Command (varies)*

+1-6 To Battle Orders (varies)*

+1-4 To Battle Cry (varies)*

Prevent Monster Heal

Replenish Life +12

30% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items

The obvious switch weapon of choice is of course Call to Arms! Being able to cast Battle Orders almost doubles your life, the +1 All skill bonus from Battle Command is just a nice addition to that. CTA is the #1 item to boost your survivability.

Chains of Honor (Body Armor, Dol + Um + Ber + Ist)

+2 To All Skills

+200% Damage To Demons

+100% Damage To Undead

8% Life Stolen Per Hit

+70% Enhanced Defense

+20 To Strength

Replenish Life +7

All Resistances +65

Damage Reduced By 8%

25% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items

Chains of Honor has been the go-to armor for javazon builds for a decade now! It has unparalleled defensive abilities which make it the best defensive armor choice for a Javazon.

Enigma (Body Armor, Jah + Ith + Ber)

+2 To All Skills

+45% Faster Run/Walk

+1 To Teleport

+750-775 Defense (varies)

+ (0.75 Per Character Level) +0-74 To Strength (Based On Character Level)

Increase Maximum Life 5%

Damage Reduced By 8%

+14 Life After Each Kill

15% Damage Taken Goes To Mana

+ (1 Per Character Level) +1-99% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items (Based On Character Level)

This runeword probably does not need introduction, every player knows how great it is. Any amazon build can take advantage of it’s +all skills, huge run speed increase, decent defensive abilities, awesome Magic find boost, and of course the Teleportation ability! If you want an armor that speeds up your gameplay, Enigma is your best bet!

Brand (Missile Weapons, Jah + Lo + Mal + Gul)

35% Chance To Cast Level 14 Amplify Damage When Struck

100% Chance To Cast Level 18 Bone Spear On Striking

+260-340% Enhanced Damage (varies)

Ignore Target's Defense

20% Bonus to Attack Rating

+280-330% Damage To Demons (varies)

20% Deadly Strike

Prevent Monster Heal

Knockback

Fires Explosive Arrows or Bolts (15)

Brand is the preferred end-game bowazon weapon choice by many. It deals a huge amount of damage with each fired arrow, and the Amplify damage when struck doubles the physical damage dealt to the targets, making Brand the bow with the highest damage output.

Faith (Missile Weapons, Ohm + Jah + Lem + Eld)

Level 12-15 Fanaticism Aura When Equipped (varies)

+1-2 To All Skills (varies)

+330% Enhanced Damage

Ignore Target's Defense

300% Bonus To Attack Rating

+75% Damage To Undead

+50 To Attack Rating Against Undead

+120 Fire Damage

All Resistances +15

10% Reanimate As: Returned

75% Extra Gold From Monsters

Faith is the most seeked endgame weapon by Bowazons. The fanaticism aura provides an unmatched speed boost alongside a major damage boost. The bow deals a great amount of damage and has awesome offensive abilities. The most preferred base item for it are Grand Matron bows with +3 to bow and crossbow skills, with Matriarchal +3 bow being the second most popular base.

Fortitude (Body Armor, El + Sol + Dol + Lo)

20% Chance To Cast Level 15 Chilling Armor when Struck

+25% Faster Cast Rate

+300% Enhanced Damage

+200% Enhanced Defense

+15 Defense

+X To Life (Based on Character Level)*

Replenish Life +7

+5% To Maximum Lightning Resist

All Resistances +25-30 (varies)

Damage Reduced By 7

12% Damage Taken Goes To Mana

+1 To Light Radius

Fortitude is one of the best, if not the best armor choice for melee amazon and bowazon builds. It provides a great damage and defense boost, making it an item that can be utilised for a big variety of builds.

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