I was using poison arrows as my main bow skill until I was high enough to get explosive arrows. I think right now I'm on lvl4 EA, lvl 7 magic blast, and lvl 7 fireball. Between those three, I'm not really meleeing, which is fine the farther you get - some of the guys you DON'T want to meet face to face. I think the best warrior uses mage and ranger abilities.
I like your style
I agree a good warrior (hero) try more than one strategy to kill monsters ...
That's also the fun of a game: try different things out and find
Your Favorite Way to Play 
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I'm sure there are many many combinations of building your kind of Warrior-character!! (or a Mage, Ranger or Priest or Dragon Slayer...
Or all the combinations between all classes( my favorite thing).... many possiblities!!
I start at this time 4 or 5 times over again (but play only with 2 character futher, the other were some "exercises"
... and I even don't try most of all skills there are in this game. At this time I used most of all Mage and Ranger skills + Dragon Slayer.
Some od the players make me curious about Rush Attack, Fatality, Thousend Strikes and more ...
And next time I wish to play at a higher difficulty, for sure, "easy" is now to simple for me...
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