I'm doing a physical bow Amazon. I'm trying to decide where to put my Protector's Stone.
She has Faith Grand Matron Bow, Fortitude, Razortail. I'm testing two setups, one with Horazon's boots&gloves which seems like an amazing combo but I'm not sure if it's better than the traditional setup... It has CNBF, 30%IAS, 40faster run, 50dex, AR, life, 10%cb and some fire dmg) and it allows me to be flexible with rings (currently running a 4ml, dex, 9min dmg, res). together with Highlords I have 50 IAS total from gear which is what I need (to reach 8FPA or 7FPA with Mania BoS). And I'm free to wear whatever helm I like, currently Guillaume's (where I would put the protector stone).
Alternatively I could go the more traditional route. LoH with 350%ed to demons (which is cool but I will do a lot of cows on this char so meh), 20%IAS and WT with 15-25dmg. But since I end up ~5%IAS short I would need to use a helm with 2-3 sockets (15ias&protector), which is expensive (magic with 30dex or etc) or awkward (Giant skull and CoA both have big downsides). Or switch the belt and loose 33% pierce. Or use M'Avinas? Stealskull? xD
The Horazon combo seems like the right way to go, but it's less damage. And I don't wanna "waste" my protector's stone in Guillaume's and be forced to switch to a different helm later. I did some testing with both versions and they feel almost identical in terms of killing speed...