hi, im wondering how viable is a simple non faith merc bowzon for farming sanctuary//cows//pits etc.

im planning on doing one but dont have the currency for faith rn. Is it good enough to start farming those places?.

I had a Strafezon with Windforce/Fort/LOH/Razortail, you can solo Cows or Chaos quite easily in a one player game. Haven't tried in 8 players though. Haven't tried pits either. I put lots of points in Valkyrie and went full dex build, so I was very low on HP but used Valkyrie as my tank and could clear decently fast.

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quite viable, It's not the best though.

Totally viable on lower player count. Grab a nm offensive Merc with repaers for decrep or A5 Merc with kawbringer for decrep

Useable, but very ranging damage, as in low minimum damage and high maximum damage. One other thing is that you have no ignore target's defense, so attack rating will be a factor. It will get you decent progress, but in my opinion, faith gmb will always be better.