View source for Guide:PvM Gunslinger v1.10, by Kijya

=Basic Training=

==Strength==
Strength is obviously needed to carry your items though your travels without crumbling under the weight. The highest I'd ever recommend going is 156, the requirement for the “monarch” type shield. If you do not intend to get one of those, then 134 (windforce), 111 (wire fleece) or 108 (grand matron bow) might be the highest. Simply look over your gear to find the highest requirement, and subtract whatever amount of strength your gear and charms grant you.

The “strength bug” is something that might be worth mentioning. The effect of this display glitch is that all your bugged items to not be shown properly on your character for other players in multi player games. Your own screen is not affected by this bug, however, those unfamiliar with the bug may comment on how you appear to be “throwing arrows”, or similar, if you bug your bow for example.

To make an item “bugged” in this way, you firstly need your strength or dexterity to be lower then the items requirements. Then equip charms with those stats until you can use the item. Amazons who use an Annihilus and/or a Torch often end up bugged because they rely on those charms for strenght.


==Dexterity==
Dexterity affects everything from blocking, chance to hit, defense and damage. Having a high dexterity will above all allow your bow to do more damage, and increase your AR. Since it provides such good benefits, it's only natural to “at least” get enough dexterity for maximum block (75%), even with a spirit monarch shield (that can require more then 300 points of dexterity to achieve that).

The only reason to not spend all your spare points in dexterity would be that such an amazon end up with rather low life. But once you have enough life you should spend all your spare points on dexterity.


==Vitality==
Vitality is the stat that provides life and stamina as you increase it. This builds main focus is massive, high AoE damage, and as such rather spends its points in dexterity for the added damage. Nevertheless, dying over and over because of having to low life is obviously not fun.

The amount of vitality should be adjusted accorded to your own personal taste. Some people will enjoy playing a build where they need to be careful since any wrong step could kill them, while for others dying even once isn't an option (hardcore players). Higher budget builds will commonly gain more life from their items, allowing them to diminish or completely remove the need for points in vitality. Low budget hybrids may on the other hand need quite a few points to be played safely through hell.

So what to aim for? In my opinion, 600 life should keep you safe while you have maxed resists, 800 life should get you buy almost everywhere without maxed resists. In hardcore getting by “most of the time” or “almost everywhere” might not be sufficient, there you should instead increase those numbers with a factor of 1.5 to 900-1200 life. This should be enough in my opinion, but then again I'm not an omnipotent god that knows everything. I highly recommend playing it safe the first time, to move on to a more pure dexterity build once you get used to playing her.


==Energy==
The stat that almost all builds avoid spending points in, and yes, this build is not different on that part. As a hybrid you will hit monsters with physical damage, meaning leech can solve any mana problems as long an you have enough of it. The more damage you do, the less leech do you need.

If leeching doesn't prove effective for you, try using mana after each kill items. Do not, I repeat, do not waste your precious skill points on energy.