question about bows in diablo 1

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If someone can prove me wrong in a series of conducted tests with my Sorc (doesnt even have to be duels), ill give them a free Obsidian Zod jewel and an Awesome Stars full plate (yes, with good stats).

Apparantly, nowadays some people think they need to be convinced personally, before they will accept established facts. Regardless if it's about climate change, or game mechanics

First of all, I explained that maximum total damage from a single elemental bow shot could well be over 1000, but I didn't claim that this would make it possible to kill "a lvl 50 sorc with above 1k mana and max resists" in 2 hits. That was your own conclusion.

But, let's take a look at the numbers from your "tests". You claim to have killed "a lvl 50 warrior with 600 hp (with max resists and full life globe) with ONE arrow". For such a shot, assuming that physical damage was around 150, your total elemental damage had to be 4*(600-150), which is 1800 damage (which is really high, so I suspect your victim's resists were not really at maximum). This means that 2 shots could do 2*(150+1800), which is 3900. Given such numbers, it might be possible to kill your sorcerer in 2 hits. I'm not saying that it will ever happen, though, because chances for reaching the maximum damage are obviously very low. Also, a lot of other things might influence the result, like Manashield bugs and DFE reductions.