1.10 zon Bow and Arrow review

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7-12 damage has an average of 9.5
A regular GMB has 47; Most unique and cruel elites have average damages in the 100's.

That's my point... I have played with a 7-12 bow in hell and doesn't seem to be surviving that badly, well... at least able to solo players 3 in most areas with it. Usually, I'd prefer a Kuko though.

Last (but not least) immo + freezing will not work well.
Fire AND cold inmunes make this tactic impossible against most mosters.

First off, they do work. It just depends on your build and how prepared you are to handle situations like that.

When I converted my 1.09 mageazon to 1.10 (and spending her long unused 40++ points), she definitely has no problems killing mobs of mixed fire+cold resistance. You can "sort out" the crowd since the fire immunes will get frozen. In the mean time, you could also have poison or lightning charms for some minimal damage while your merc and valkyrie is attacking at the same time. All that damage added together is not insignificant.

That's just considering 1.09 gear (can be Kuko, +5-6 bow skill bow or lightning bow etc). With a single Mal and Ist (within reasonable reach by the time you get in a few hellforge quests and perhaps some countess runs), you can get a nice vamp bow in the form of Call to Arms... put that in a matriarchal bow and you have very decent physical damage, high +skills, BO, speed all in one bow. With good synergies going on, the combination of FA + immo is not insignificant at all. Three elements of damage (more if you have good lightning or poison charms) makes quite a decent combination.

That leaves only 28 - 9 skill points for passives, and you won't have magic arrow, multishot, guided arrow nor strafe.

Not all amazons need multishot, strafe or guided. It's fully possible to get by and do well without any of them since so many combinations of skills work well for amazons. It's just a matter of trying out some of the not so common combinations and see which ones work.