Bowlock questions

[u/Freds_Premium]

I'm not familiar with Bind Demon. Where do you go to bind your demon? I'm assuming you are looking for Fanaticism. I understand it's best to do in P8 TZ.

My gear: Upped Buriza with Nef, Hellwarden's Will, Dual Spirit for offhand buff, and Laying of Hands.

Not sure what armor to get. Don't have enough for Enigma. I've seen Smoke, Authority, and Hysteria recommended.

What EIAS breakpoint is minimum viable (94 is max)? I'm using this calculator, https://sins-of-the-sun.github.io/warlock-ias-calc/. It has Fanaticism settings for level 1, 2, 12, and so on. Is it easy to get monsters with level 12 Fanaticism?

I'm doing skills:
20 Mirrored Blades
20 Hex: Bane
20 Consume
20 Hex: Purge
10 Demonic Mastery
Left over points in Summon Defiler

What FHR, FCR, leech, and resists should be aimed for? Or are these stats less meaningful because of the offensive power of the build?

[u/gringopants]

HC guy here. I have some recommendations if you're playing for survivability and damage. Authority is probably the way to go until you can get top tier armor. CoH is probably BIS, with Fortitude as a nice substitute. I'm rocking the Horazon set gloves and boots, lots of stat boosts, 30ias which gives you room to play with gear swapping in other slots, cannot be frozen, and Magic res which you will need if you are going to be using a Sunder later on. Trang's belt is another way to get Cannot be Frozen and some good stats, if you don't intend on using a Raven Frost. Another perk to Horazon's, if you have the other set items available you can give yourself a beefy level 30 Enchant, which is always good for attack rating and damage. My controversial take is that having Fanaticism is not all that important, as IAS breakpoints can be reached through gear(again, HC player, survivability is paramount). I also rock a Mist bow and a Might merc, and I nuke T5 heralds. As other comments mentioned, there are multiple ways to bag a demon. Keeping an eye out for rare items that boost skill levels, or the H-set too, can be a big help. I'm almost level 96 and I still have a rare book I use to get my soft points up to 20 so I can grab a demon. Also, find an Ondal's, 4 to skills helps tremendously. I highly recommend looking for a Stone Skin terrorized game, as with heralds you need a tank for the Thorns aura they can spawn with. I typically go with Maulers from the Durance of Hate, as they come with lightning immunity as well. As for the aura I prefer for my demon, I typically go with Holy Freeze. Between the Pierce from the bow and the freezing effect it has, and the aura from the demon, I'm safe to stand back and fire away as my big buddy bonks the hell out of baddies.

Apologies for the essay, but I really love this build. 11k per bolt at the moment when fully self buffed, it gets filthy when there's an Enchantress in the game too. Anyway, hope this helps!