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the entire thing about bow being hybrid weapon... all chinese weapons are hybrid :S lol

and having pure int before 30 fight isnt much, they dont get their nukes till then, and best arrow skills are bit later

bow has more mag attack than sword so the damage is better, the hp is lower than s/s and spear but the kb can make up for it :S but attacks do take a bit too long to use while getting hit

Ive been thinking of perhaps Pach/Ice/Force 90 and 30 Fire for lvl 90 cap for this build. Its not a bad idea as the ice for imbue, maxed snow shield, force will increase your average dmg output which is the whole point of making the pure int in the first place.

I thought pure int bow wasn't such a bad idea, but looking at those screenshots they really do low damage. I did double that damage when I was lvl 64! (I'm pure int spear)

you sure? cause according to highest damage contest, most for 6x is 76k on zerk to mangyang, so thats 38k without zerk and to bunwhang should be about 2xk ish so it should be a whole much more unless you had like som or sosun spear.

my friend has a int bow and she real good
but i think a vid would help people understand there power

power?

pure int bow = 2 hit dead. specially under 73, when u dont hav kb to save ur ass. if u wanna kb, stun, nuke and use snow shield, go spear.

thanks again selenne.

i dare any pure int bow in olympus. i dare, i doubledare.


jk.

but actually isnt the best build to make.

I seen many int with bow =o

A good video about int bow i found
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And bow 70:70
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They deal the same dmg around 11k

But in bottom line, bow int = bad @ late cap

none of em was pure int, and pvpd chars like:

. pure int sword that even tryed a nuke.
. hyb int with armors (lol)


btw, the glaviers were nice kills.

+1

Maybe with Snow Shield or maxed Cold mastery it will work...

im doing fine so far
planning on a bow/ss build bow/fire/ice

hm you do fine in pve :S any build does fine when mobs dont pot :D lol

but yeah i got a int bow now, and i like it, i dont cape pvp but it is good for group pvp since you can hit lots of people

I did make a pure int bow like wat u said.
If without player farm u up level, u will only die like hell and run to the farming spot again and again like mad dog.

Pr int bow eventually will transform into pr int spear nuker. or maybe u are already holding a spear at ur inventory for nuking purpose.

Pr int bow good at low level, and bad for high level. and If you play an int char with bow, better u have SOS / Full+5 pimp armor/pro/garm.

My personal advise,
Pr int best for sword
2nd is spear.
Pr str best for Bow (fast and multiple shoots) and glavie(high damage with stun skil) follow by blade(tank).

hm, i had no problem grinding with bow

just use mind bow/exlopsive arrow/strong bow + light/fire nukes + light imbue and you can always stand in place and you'll lure mobs and keep aoe with bow/nukes and you'll be fine

was actually the fastest grinding char i could find that didnt require a party

And what do u tell me about a 7:1 int hybrid??
1 : good for pvp or bad ?
2 : good for pve or bad ?

mr without a name
im uploading a vid for u now
want to hear what u have to say after u see it :D:D

I wanna see it too.

here you go

im higer lvl on the vid but i killed em the same speed with me wolf

http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=11tmoon&s=4

Well... i play full int bow from the opening time of Eldorado, so if you are so cocky and use you "authority" az phallic symbol, i have a bigger e-penis than you.
-.-

Full int bow is _not_ a fail. Its just difficult to play, thats all.
You see, you need real skills to play it...

...and a brain to elude bigotry and this ignorant and arrogant attitude.

zzzzzz...

its good for pve. thats all.

Since this is already bumped, I think ill reply.
I haven't read what other people said, so if I repeat it, I'm sorry
Int Bow=FAIL. It's like Having a Pure Str Spear.. It can't work.
Why? Look at the Pacheon skills. Most of them increase crit, right? A bow NEEDS CRIT.
Bow has a clear advantage over every weapon there is.. Distance.
The only advantage in it is that it can shoot very far with the distance buff [forgot how It's called].
This build may ONLY work with Protector, and Ice+Force.
You won't be able to kill without the debuffs, you wont be able to survive without Snow Shield, and you'll need the extra MP because snow shield takes ALOT of MP.
You will need Harmony Therapy because if you get ambushed by mobs, you'll most likely die.
Your damage wont be as good as a nukers'.
I believe this build MAY work in PvE, hence the very long distance and the debuffs... But in PvP, well, you won't be able to kill anyone your level.

hmm can someone focus on why one would make a pureint bow plz, instead of flaming the guide. yes pure str is probably a better idea but nothing wrong with pureint bow

my lvl 72 char in venice was an int-hybrid bow. i rocked at pve, uniques but did have a harder time at pvp compared to other bowers mainly due to my low hp. but then again i had sucky gear =[. i also never focused too much on snowshield..so ya lol. but i did love nuking + using bow while grinding ^_^

Yo.
I did a guide too for full int bow and got flamed on like the topic starter. Im farming even now my char(im using garments...), but got a pvp lately(im 77) with a lvl90 full str bow.
He stated, he can kill me without skills, just imbue and he did it. So i told him to do it again, but i will use my mana shield and voila, he couldnt kill me. Even his strongest skill, the str bow capped did 14k crit on me in snowhield (lvl75, 45% absorbtion) The chars name is
king_of_lag, 85+7 bow, crit 10, etc.
So... i dont think, full str bow is that hard to tank, or even other builds. Sure i will die after my shield drops, but int bow is all about dps, not the tanking.
And i repeat, i have a garment set, so -.-
At lvl 85 i switch to protetor, probably suns included -> i show you how to do a pvp.
I killed a full str bow build with sun bow+sun protectors tough he was in snow shield. (at that time i was 71, he was 72, we both had d8 sun bow)

Your average damage will be 80% of the full str bow build crits(yes, just try it) and your crits will have +25-30% extra damage on top of this, wich gives you a bigger damaging crit as the full str bow had.
This damage theme/theory was discussed over and over when ppl introduced the 70:70 bow and got flamed for it.
I was a bit further at that time and knew this build has great potential so i tried this.
BUT.
You need good gear and becoz of this, you have to learn, how to make gold fast and eventually, you need to learn how to play bow correctly/good like switch to shield and back to bow if you want to survive, get 3 weapons+shield and learn to play with them(you are a nuker, dont forget this)
This build gives the most fun for me in pve and in pvp too.
Also, this build has its limits too. So, beware! And think ahead.
This build is the smart mans build.
:p

hm, not saying the build is bad or anything, i have fun playing on it

but i made mine for pve :S its like xbow with ce on always, about same hp and damage as one + with lots more aoe to kill mobs faster
though in pvp, the lack of disabling skills (except for kb arrows at 73) will hurt you if you dont run and hit :S

Lol, I'm not flaming.. I'm only saying that PvP wise, this build is fail.

Stephanus well said m8 :D:D

u guys know games have difficulty settings right.

pure str = I'm to lazy to fight for something - mode
hybrid = ah hell pure str to easy - mode
int-bow = are u freaking insane - mode

added a small vid see me grind on mobs 9 lvls higher then me
i <3 me int bow :D:D

Int Bow: lvl 34 slvl 30 Vs. 43/42 mob
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKuhre0TAJE

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKuhre0TAJE[/youtube]

^ the guy kills 2 ongs and 3 red eyes.. is it any proof? i killed rockies at 6x.. my build pwns. -__-

grinding on em for days
and u show me a str bow that kills em at that speed
with the same lvl plz i dare u

ow you a hater right well here u have it some proof