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ok guyz im planning on a lvling a STR bowman chinese for 90 cap...he is 80 now..he needs to be farmed a litle bit more, but over all he is ok..he wears garms..he is pure str

now i have a question for 9D...what skill trees should i take to 90?
pick one of the following:
90 fire
90 pacheon
90 lightning
30 ice

90 pacheon
90 light
90 ice
30 fire


i would only consider 90 ice b/c of snow shield...i know pure str's arent supposed to have a high lvl snow shield due to very little MP they have but bowman has no defense at all...and i like to tank...so should i rlly drop fire for ice at 90??

No, 90 pach/90light/90fire/30 ice, ur gunna need to maximize ur damage output so fire is critical. Plus u hav range, ghost walk, and 23% snow shield. Finally since u are pure str u will need the magical prot that fire has, and u wont even be able to handle anything above 25-30% snow shield and u will run out of mp fast.

i wont be able to tank alot then....i will just get dropped rlly fast with only 25% snow shield tho right??

you're bower, you have ranged dmg, you have instant knockback, you have teleport...you don't need to tank

teleport?? do u mean ghost walk or what??
plz define

Bowers aren't ment to tankers, although they can now with knockback and stun ( just like glaviers, minus the hp passive but with higher damage).

You could also try 90 pach/90 fire/60 light/60 ice for the 90 cap.
You still get 84 extra phy def ( passive + buff ) the ability to use different books of snowshield, plus still get a good range from phantom walk, the extra magic damage, parry ratio, from lightning.

STR characters struggle to even use 20% snow shield- anything higher and you won't be able to move.

after your mana goes completely down, you're gonna lose all ur HP anyway and will die.
You won't even be able to attack back.

for for 90 light.

No offense Bower, but I would not do this. It is critical to hav light maxed for any pure str cause speed is essential for all builds especially bow. With parry ratio increase, range, kd, stun, speed and ghost walk you should be able to tank decently. Also, with 30 ice u still hav some snow shield, and 90 ice would be wasted mastery lvls cause u couldnt even use that high snow shield. Try pimping ur gear a little so it is at least an average of +3 and has some good blues like int, str, hp, and parry ratio.