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Sorry for pointing out an obvious thing, but ladder listing does not take into account 'zon specialization. And Lightning Fure still owns everything non-LI in 1.10, even with cracked javelins. ;)

So your theory is that 200+ clvl 90+ zons on hardcore uswest ladder are all Lightning Fury specialists?

Even if that is the case, which I doubt strongly, getting to that clvl (90..96) is rather difficult killing only bovines (I'm not saying it can't be done, just that I don't believe that explains 200+ people) because of the xp nerf when a monster is more than 5 levels below you (Hell Bovines are apparently mlvl 81).

So I rather suspect that LF zons are "hell capable" enough to pass muster (i.e. I'm sure many other classes are jealous of zons, with reason).

While I would tend to accept any argument that most of the top 200 folks listed for a class on ladder have very good equipment (if they need to, at least) I see no reason to suppose that all 200 folks so listed are using the same build style for their class. I would be amazed indeed if there weren't at least four radically different zon builds in that mix.

Again, however, as much as I like the LL, the AB is far more likely to be providing better "first hand" info on this topic.

p.s. LF alone doesn't own, in case someone who doesn't know the score is reading this... it is the combo of LF with 100% piercing (or nearly so) that does the trick. Unlike v1.09 Guided Arrow, however, Blizz intended LF to so benefit.