Gonna start this season with a Jabazon. What skills do I want in the Passive/Magic tree? Im planning MAX Jab,Impale and Fend then what?

Max valk and decoy. And remember, no points in the dodge/evade skills.

how come no dodge/evade?

you are always in the thick of it and in constant dogde lock, not ttacking, thus no leech. it will break the build

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Will jabazon be a viable char on HC ? OR best to avoid it?
Not sure how jabas survivability is

I did play one here at the end (hc). She did decent but was in no way an easy girl to handle. One problem is the lack of decent weapons until around lvl 80ish. I used a rare lance with 40% ias, 222% ed etc base with some stuff in it to get 100% ias and some more ed%. It was lvl 48 and was great at the end of normal and a1 nm. But in a2 she felt like she needed another weapon. Could always do some crafting I guess.

One tip, don't try to do nm Ardual without a lifebuff.

What merc would you use for jabazon?
A3 freeze?

i would, slow effect will help you alot

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Stats wise how should I go?

Vita and some str/dex (spears need em both). The amount of str/dex is subject to personal preference, more=less hassle with items, less=more life but it can be a bitch to get certain items on.