rly nice guide.

very informative ! make it sticky.

Some new I learned today. Thank you, didn't know about the summons and spaces.

Thank you to everyone else for comments.

most godly guide ever awesome dude 10/10 however bro.. i made a glass made it rather cheap did not take me more then like eh 500-700 fg stats for mine is 650 life w/o bo 7k ga 4.3k melee fury using gcs and w/e i could get really however if u want a godly glass that can get about 2k life then it will take u alot fgs yes

One the strafe subject - it also comes in handy on sorcs & druids, it depends on their style of play but I would always hotkey strafe - if they try to tank you without max block to stop you sniping then strafe can lock them on the spot.

As I said before with a few minor tweaks about realm only items & maybe a cheaper but respectable options on invent & possibly a little info about max/min dmge /mana on gmb rings. (I do find mana potting far too slow @ 7fps in hot duels)

This guide should replace one of the earlier ones as it covers much more issues - I do still think 2k+ life is quite an important consideration, but this will always be down to your play style & experience - I don't class myself 'very experienced' as a bowie, but I do play mine quite often the way I play is often very questionable despite having uber gear (Im sure a few will vouch this as I let them down in tvt too often!!)

But the info in this guide was a refreshing read & you have put together a superior modern overview of probably the least loved 1.12 char as it's quite tricky to handle but the most satisfying & annoying when it all goes to plan!


Sticky this & get rid of the old stuff that no longer covers the angles imo - also will stop many basic questions about bow pvp builds. (If they read the damn thing - spoons at the ready)

Delete all the crappy glass cannon guides in sticky and add this one asap!

Best zon guide Ive ever seen. Bar none. And Dadster, any zon who loses to a hammerdin, of all things, is bad. They're the easiest char for a zon to take out, unless they hack.

Well if you want a duel with nasty but clean hammers - feel free to pm me. euscnl.

Hax free hammers - ofc most are ok for bow, but some are not too worried about bows in ft5.

Forgot to add - 6 year old account, all friends 42 days < so possible that you haven't dueled hammer/bow for a while?

This post was edited by Dadster on Jun 29 2009 05:12pm

Im on useast. My jsp account has nothing to do with my bnet account.

Thanks for all of your inputs and suggestions. I will take them into consideration if I ever make a new version of this guide.

But, I would like to correct any disrespect towards Kel. He is one of the most knowledgeable people on bowazons and he is one of the immortalized legends of zvz on UsEast pvp along with a few other notables. He is also the person who contributed most to this guide by lending me his knowledge throughout the many years we've known each other as noted in my "special thanks section".




Hard to catch you online these days Kel! (Though I didn't have much time to go online due to work + school). Your approval of this guide means a lot to me. Thanks~