Alright, I'm done min maxing for this. Burned like 10 tokens to get to this. This is it.

Kimsulki84 Frost Maiden Hybrid Bowa.

This spec is really for high player games, really optimized for P8 Chaos/Cow runs. It has a very high elemental damage on top of its usual physical damage.

I started with ICE Mat bow and Faith Act 1 merc. Then ICE Mat bow with Infinity Might Merc.

Then the final spec is using Mat Faith with Infinity Might Merc.

Basically you stack max damage charms in the inventory instead of bow skillers and have 2 slots of Mana Leech. This will solve the mana issue that comes with frost maiden build.

The one issue I faced in P8 Chaos runs was the cold immune mage skellies. The physical damage and magic arrow wasn't cutting it. So this is when I changed to the hybrid set up.

Tstroke+Spirit on switch to quickly mow them down. It takes 1 or 2 charged strike to kill them.

The basic gameplay is to use freezing for anything that's not cold immune, everything will melt even in P8 games with conviction from infinity merc on mobs. You tele to reposition infinity merc and start shooting. Kill all except the immunes then you tele in with switch and cs the immunes.

For large area, use decoy to lure the mobs. When mobs are frozen you basically get to the best angle to hit the most number of mobs with single arrow. This build let you use Razortail so you get 100% pierce with 1 point on pierce passive.

You do NOT need to use any multishot or guided or strafe. They do little damage compare to freezing. Those are great for P1 games but just doesn't do much for P8 runs so I just didn't take any of those to save points to dump on jav side.

If you have CTA, have it in your cube, BO then switch to tstroke and play. You CAN play fine without CTA, I did that when i got lazy.

Stats wise, MP Enigma is the best. I'm using AP because I didn't feel like getting another.

Enough str for gears, Enough vital for 800-900 life then full dex after.

Think this covers most parts.

This is going to get buffed in upcoming 2.4 ladder patch. Mana cost is getting lowered. So that's obviously very good for the build. Will adjust the spec when the ladder hits.

Enjoy! Bowa #1.

No Javzon #1 but that's boring. GG.

P1 Quick:





This post was edited by KimSulki84 on Feb 1 2022 01:23am

P8 Cow:

P8 Chaos Sample:

I like it. Curious why you went mat over gmb

This post was edited by KTap on Feb 1 2022 01:37am

I could only get so much IAS from the gearing I wanted.

Mat Faith takes me to 7 frame and it felt much higher edps with throwing more freezing over GMB. Physical dmg part is very small compared to Freezing.

15 from Helm, 20 from Glove, 20 from Highlord.

This post was edited by KimSulki84 on Feb 1 2022 01:39am

Fair enough, thanks for the explanation. It's been so long since I've played a bowzon, really hoping they're decent in 2.4 without spending a ridiculous amount of fg

Yeah! I love Bowzon. It's the only char I can play all day long haha

Aside from infinity, this build is pretty decent. Not much needed.

Good luck!

What do you think!?

Slower than regular gear.

I feel more interested in whether KimSulki84 is a female Korean d2r player