Is This a Good Bowazon Skill layout?

[Jobless Punk]

Skills:
Javelin and Spear Skills-0

Passive and Magic Skills- 61
Inner Sight-1
Slow Missiles-1
Decoy-1
Valkyrie-15 (will be 17 with +2 from Equipment)
Dodge-1
Avoid-1
Evade-1
Critical Strike-10
Penetrate-20
Pierce-10

Bow and Crossbow Skills-43
Magic Arrow-1
Cold Arrow-1
Multiple Shot-20
Guided Arrow-1
Strafe-20

I'm making the Most Cookie Cutter PvM Bowazon.

I changed a few things around and I was wondering:

If this is a good build.
And
If I'm missing any skill presences.

Also if you could help me with Stat Point Placement that would be great.

[Evrae Altana]

Stats:
enough strength for gear
pump dexterity
base vitality
base energy

[Hector]

Looks very good and similar to my Bowazon, but I'd remove some points from Multiple Shot and add to Pierce / Critical.

With gear like Torch, Anni, Faith and Highlord's, you can easily get +10 to Bow skills, then having a base Level 20 Multishot will be bad, because it won't go past 24 arrows but the Mana cost will keep going up.

I suggest 5-10 to Multiple Shot and let +skill items do the rest. Don't forget to add 1 to Freezing Arrow, it is a one point wonder and works nicely to control messy situations.

Stats: as little Strength as you can go, as much Dexterity as possible (400+!), and some Vitality if you feel you need it.

[Jobless Punk]

So Something like This?

Skills:
Javelin and Spear Skills-0

Passive and Magic Skills- 69
Inner Sight-1
Slow Missiles-1
Decoy-1
Valkyrie-15 (will be 17 with +2 from Equipment)
Dodge-1
Avoid-1
Evade-1
Critical Strike-14
Penetrate-20
Pierce-14

Bow and Crossbow Skills-35
Magic Arrow-1
Cold Arrow-1
Ice Arrow-1
Freezing Arrow-1
Multiple Shot-10
Guided Arrow-1
Strafe-20

[Bladewind]

Pierce won't need too many points if you use Razortail. Just 9 points to pierce will be enough then. Personally i will either max magic arrow or add some points to freezing arrow and use the cold arrow synergy. This is to deal with pesky Physical Immunes.

I prefer freezing arrow for the crowd control it does though.

[Dacar92]

I prefer freezing arrow for the crowd control it does though.


I will second that. FA + some synergy >>> Magic Arrow. Don't max MA. Use FA instead.

[Jobless Punk]

Alright :smiley:
Well anyone has some more ideas to make this build killer it would be great :grin:

[Madguymike]

ugh why strafe and multishot, both serve the same purpose. Could invest those points more in valk or dodge skills, or if you really feel like wasting them could invest in freezing arrow (not really that usefull but ok).

I have a 70+ bowzon that has:

20 valk
20 guided
20 penetrate
5 multishot (ends up being 15 or so with gear)
5 in crit and pierce (once again about 15 with gear)
3-4 in dodge, avoid, and evade
and all prereqs 1

essentially the valk is your meat shield, without her you run the risk of fast minion monsters running up and killing you quick. With my valk she can stand toe to toe with alot of monsters in hell, including bosses. I would advise maxing guided first, building up your penetrate, but as soon as possible max valk, she's really usefull.

[Dacar92]

You don't need to max valk. If you're going to put 10 or more pointss into Valk, level 17 is best, due to the gear she gets at certain levels. See the Valk Info thread in the build guides sticky for further explanatiion. You can save three points to apply wherever you may need them.