| Brand is a Runeword that is placed in Bows or | | | | to your attack. Nothing to sniff at, but when you're |
| Crossbows, thus making it a choice for bow | | | | doing damage in the thousands, this is only a so-so |
| crossbow-using Amazons to consider. | | | | mod. |
| Requirements: | | | | Ignore Target's Defense |
| A Missile Weapon with 4 sockets | | | | This ability doesn't work on Champions, Uniques, |
| Runes (in order): Jah + Lo + Mal + Gul | | | | Bosses or Players. |
| The Stats: | | | | 20% Bonus to Attack Rating |
| 35% Chance To Cast Level 14 Amplify Damage | | | | A nice mod to have since the higher your Attack |
| When Struck | | | | Rating, the better chance you have of actually hitting |
| 100% Chance To Cast Level 18 Bone Spear On | | | | your target. |
| Striking | | | | +280-330% Damage To Demons |
| +260-340% Enhanced Damage | | | | Another nice mod to have as a lot of the unique |
| Ignore Target's Defense | | | | monsters tend to be Demons. |
| 20% Bonus to Attack Rating | | | | 20% Deadly Strike |
| +280-330% Damage To Demons | | | | Deadly Strike in Diablo 2 gives your character an X% |
| 20% Deadly Strike | | | | chance of dealing double damage. The damage is |
| Prevent Monster Heal | | | | doubled after all other bonuses are taken into |
| Knockback | | | | consideration (except for the Critical Strike bonus |
| Fires Explosive Arrows or Bolts (up to 15)) | | | | which also deals double damage). If you are playing an |
| Requirements -20% | | | | Amazon who uses this Runeword and has points in |
| Here are a look at some of the interesting mods on | | | | the Critical Strike skill, the game rolls for one of the two |
| the Brand Runeword: | | | | first (either Deadly Strike or Critical Strike). If the roll for |
| 35% Chance To Cast Level 14 Amplify Damage | | | | that fails, then the game rolls for the other bonus. If the |
| When Struck | | | | first roll succeeds, then no second roll is needed. |
| Being able to dish out incredible damage is a badge of | | | | Prevent Monster Heal |
| pride for any experienced Diablo 2 player, and Amplify | | | | Doesn't work on either boss monsters or players. |
| is a prime candidate for favorite Curse due to its ability | | | | Knockback |
| to cause all blows to do double damage on the cursed | | | | This will cause the monster to be knocked back, and |
| enemy. | | | | thus help keep your enemies at bay, but Knockback |
| However, the strange conditional on this mod means | | | | tends to make it harder for the Amazon to target the |
| that you would have to get struck to trigger it. Most | | | | monster in question. |
| players are trying to avoid getting hit in the first place, | | | | Summary: |
| therefore the usefulness of this ability is severely | | | | While the Brand Runeword does offer some nice |
| compromised by the strange conditional, | | | | mods, the six Runes required are quite rare, making |
| 100% Chance To Cast Level 18 Bone Spear On | | | | this Runeword a very expensive one. Most players |
| Striking | | | | that trade in Diablo 2 will manage to get weapons with |
| After factoring in physical resistance for the monsters | | | | better damage and mods by trading just one of the |
| in Hell mode, this might add about a 100 or so damage | | | | six runes listed above. |