My my, doesn't "Shiflet" <rshiflet@charter.net> look good in that trenchcoat:

That's another option.   Okay, so let's work up some sort build for that:

20 poison javelin

20 plague javelin

8-10 multiple shot (that's my usual stopping point from days gone by)

1+ point guided arrow for poison immune bosses

Critical strike to ~50% with items (7-8+ points)

Pierce - not sure on this one, not having worked much with plague jav
recently.   Multi still pierces, but how does the CTC only affecting to
central two arrows affect this, or not at all?   I think Ash is running a
multi zon on West SCL at the moment.

Valkyrie/Decoy investment - lots of flexibility there, especially considering
the above might have consumed only 50-60 skill points at a minimum.

My my, doesn't "tcells" <tcells1@yahoo.com> look good in that trenchcoat:

Hehe, I was wondering if someone was going to mention maxed FA.   It's a
pretty good suggestion, too, and it's certainly not a combo I've tried before
(I can specifically remember going max fury/freeze and max guided/freeze, plus
of course all the usual 1-10 pointer configs that all the usual bowies pick
up, strafers and MS zons etc)

Here's the problem though.   Knowing how hard it is to get the motivation to
build new characters at the moment (which is to say, I have the motivation to
plan out builds, but sitting down and working through the quests is becoming a
real chore), and also because I'm getting cramped for space on accounts as it
is (I'm trying to keep my ladder set on two accounts, without needing to
delete any high level characters that I keep around for testing), I've got
this warped idea about trying to combine dexazon and plaguezon into one
character.   Which might not be as weird as it sounds (okay, it's probably as
weird as it sounds)... I'll have a ton of dex and therefore should be able to
max out block even when using a splendour shield or pretty anything that isn't
a buckler, and titans only requires minimal strength.   Which leaves me
weighing up need for dex and life boosts on armour (re lionheart mageplate vs
something else entirely, like a viper), and skills plus strength plus resists
possibly needing to both exist on amulet.   Beyond that, since I'm not really
going to be a melee attacker even when throwing plagues, hopefully I can get
away with less life than a more melee focused zon.

Right, where was I going with that?  Oh yeah, freezing (arrow) would be a good
choice EXCEPT in this case on a dexazon build if I go that way as it seems a
bit of a waste to have that pumped up instead of a physical bow skill,
although I'll still one point in freezing for sure, or at the very least on in
ice arrow to apply snap freezing (who leaves home without freezing arrow after
all?)

May I ask you y not LF?

My my, doesn't royls@telus.net look good in that trenchcoat:

Strong valk/decoy/tank yes, solo yes.   A strong valk or medium (level 8+)
valk/strong decoy to synergise HP and to provide a strong third tank, seems a
good idea, not only because of the play style possibilities, but because since
I'm not using a second synergised skill, I should have points free.   I'm
going to need look at what I have in the bank (this will be a heavily twinked
character, incidently, SCL west, all dex)

Poison Javelin 20 - Obvious points

Plague Javelin 20 - Obvious points

Critical Strike - To be decided later, based on bow selection

Penetrate - TBDL based on gear

Pierce - ~100% with razortail (around 8-9 points with items)

Multiple Shot 8-10 - Standard allocation from days gone by, and no reason to
change now

Magic/Guided Arrow 1

Cold/Ice/Freezing Arrow 1 - Very much in agreement with all, being a fan of FA
since D2C days.   I'm not going to invest more than one point in it in this
case, though, since I'm not planning to use it as a kill skill but as crowd
control/coop addition, and I already have a fully synergied FA zon.

Decoy/Valkyrie - I'm going ponder these some more, and run some numbers.

Yes, Decoy is great, and in fact on one of my old zons, I have it maxed.

Multi + Plague is looking like a good combo as far as major points investment,
with one pointers in Freezing and Guided Arrow, and I'll pick up Lightning
Bolt as a pre-req for Plague anyway, so I'll be able to experiment with it in
the high dexterity scenario.

To the poster asking "why no Lightning Fury" - simple reason is I have a half
dozen or more Lightning fury based zons (both javazons and hybrids, primarily
in combination with Guided Arrow, Freezing Arrow, and Strafe) in the bank
already.   This is the same reason I'm hesistant to add Strafe to the mix on
this build, not necessarily because it's not suited, but because I've done
strafe+jav hybrids before, and want something different, so long as there are
other options (which indeed there are).

Okay, unless it's expired (and I have a few accounts that I've only just
managed to save from 90 day expiry recently), I may still have an old 1.09
plague zon to go have a bit of a play around with before I finalise my choice.

Thanks.   Keep the inspiration coming, I need all I can get these days to
grind out the boring early quests.  ;-)