Bowazon vs Javazon vs Hybrid

[everflow]

So the last time I had a Zon was almost 4 years ago, when Burizons where godly , Faith didn't exist, and Javazons were just for cows.

I started again last night..haven't done anything to my Zon, she's 45, except put 4 skills into Cold, Multi, Magic, and Guided (1 each).

I'm wondering what direction I should go; preferably I'd love to be Hybyrid like I once was and get the best of both, but IDK if that still works.

Do i NEED fath/wf to be a real good Bowazon or can I still manage w/o them? What's up with the revamped Javazons?

Thanks a lot guys!

[NASE]

to be realy good, yes you need faith/wf. Or ice if you go frost maiden. That's just as expensive.
Though depending on what you want to do, you can go round with a lot less. For hybride you might want to go with lf/cs/fa. For bow you should use ice, though if you can't afford this, a +6 to all bow skills will do fine aswell, as will lycanders for the good +skill and the mana leech. The javalin should be titan, or again, find a good rare with autoreplenish and as much +skills as needed.

The vamp way is simply the best way to go if you can get the items for it. Go with max dex for nice damage, and max block. This way you can leech back easily, certainly with lf (autohit), and you can do phisical damage aswell if this might be needed.

There should be a guide in the single player forum about this zon, a fishyzon. And perhaps you can find it at the stickies aswell.

P.S. what ever you do, atleast put one point in strafe, if you have given out all the prerequites anyway. With a good bow you can do some damage (only third type of damage) with just one point for those rare dual immunes you will find.

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