Anyways, the build I use for a bowsin is actually a hybrid between kick and bow, mostly kick.
The idea of a hybrid is that kick kills things that bowsins are weak against:
wind druids
sorcs
necros
amazons
And bow kills things kick is weak against:
wwbarbs
smiters
hammerdins
trappers
In essence the two parts of the hybrid are the same:
65+ cast
86+ fhr
venom/open wounds
is main source of damage
maxed mb and 9fpa trapset speed for stunlock
those are the main goals you should have for a pvp asn.
other goals should include:
max res
stacked res when needed
50 dr when needed
75% block on ss
60%+ block on c/c
weapon specific goals are:
max bow speed
7/3 kick, do not exceed 5 kicks, 3-5 is preferance.
if you build characters centered around goals rather than just items, you will have a stronger build even if you are building on a lower budget.
My character is fairly high budget, the build I currently use: (not a guide, just listing of what equipment I carry at the moment, my equipment switches around from time to time, I have a mule for stuff that doesnt fit in my stash >.>)
charms:
torch/anni
4x shadow/fhr
3x shadow/vita
2x 5/5fhr sc
14x 5/5frw scs
main equipment:
Nef'd widowmaker
enigma
2/20/30/res asn circlet socketed with ias/res jewel
trang gloves
arach belt
2/25 dancers
stormhide amulet
250/20 ravenfrost
str/fcr/replenish ring
weapons:
Um'd deaths web
Um'd fleshripper
Um'd wizardspike
shields:
Ber'd SS (75 block)
35% spirit
claws: (60% block)
malice (always primary claw)
2/2/50 jade with 30lightres jewel
chaos
other swapable items in stash:
cta
2x 6 venom claws
bramble (buff only)
kiras with coldres/ias jewel
fletch amulet
tgods
The build I currently use is:
15 talon
1 flight
20 venom
20 shadow master
20 mindblast
6 cloak of shadows
1 light sentry
1 wake of fire
1 blade fury
The idea is to keep the goals for 65cast/86fhr covered at all times, keeping hands swapable against different opponents. If you are dueling as primarily a bow asn (even though I hardly use bow vs sorcs) against sorc for example, it would be a good idea to switch from w/s to c/c, so you can block fireballs.
Try not go get hit bowside, this is important for all duels. reposition your hotkeys so that swap weapon is close to your other keys, you need to be fast at blocking when necessary, a few hits bowside = death
For general pubbing, I'm on dweb/ss 90% of the time. vs really good casters however, not having weaponblock is a huge disadvantage.
Here are some gameplay demonstrations I posted a while ago:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7148268276894467448&q=zaiychik
http://clipshack.com/Clip.aspx?key=EDAB6E59820F00E6
http://clipshack.com/Clip.aspx?key=2AFEE08329CE4E53
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