Can someone tell me a good bow to use including stats for dealing fire dmg.
My build is:
[skill]kindle arrows[/skill][skill]Burning Arrow[/skill][skill]Needling Shot[/skill][skill]Savage Shot[/skill][skill]Distracting Shot[/skill] [skill]Whirling Defense[/skill][skill]Troll Unguent[/skill][skill]Rebirth[/skill]
Recommend me a bow for this:
Warpy
Evilsod
Probably best off with Zealous, Needling Shot eats energy too fast otherwise. Burning Arrow isn't cheap either if you wanna spam it. Armour or Health mod... whichever you prefer.
As for bow type... Recurve, Flat or Longbow should suffice. Flatbow as the worst of the 3 since theres no FW/RtW involved but Needling Shot ignores arc. Recurve because they're great and the best for interrupts. Longbow because people will complain if i don't include it (no i'm not a fan of them
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As for bow type... Recurve, Flat or Longbow should suffice. Flatbow as the worst of the 3 since theres no FW/RtW involved but Needling Shot ignores arc. Recurve because they're great and the best for interrupts. Longbow because people will complain if i don't include it (no i'm not a fan of them
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Dutch Masterr
definatley use a zealous recurve bow. put 10-12 in wilderness, 15 in marksmanship and the rest in expertise (probably about 10 or 11..12 if possible)
XvArchonvX
Since you don't have Read the Winds or Favorable Winds, I would discourage a flatbow. I would personally reccomend a longbow or recurve for this build. I also agree with above posters that a zealous string would be a good choice since you have Needling Shot in your build. I personally like Longbows, but if you feel more comfortable with a recurve, go with that.
SnipiousMax
^Personally I'd use a shortbow (refire rate is a huge advantage), and switch to a Hornbow (refire makes zero difference) for the needle spam. Zealous mods on both, with fortitude/armor.
Sir Mad
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Originally Posted by SnipiousMax
^Personally I'd use a shortbow (refire rate is a huge advantage), and switch to a Hornbow (refire makes zero difference) for the needle spam. Zealous mods on both, with fortitude/armor.
I'd second that - but unfortunately many players don't seem to be confortable with a short ranged bow. However, I'd probably use a vamp string on the hornbow for Needling Shot - but it also depends on your level in expertise.
XvArchonvX
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Originally Posted by SnipiousMax
^Personally I'd use a shortbow (refire rate is a huge advantage), and switch to a Hornbow (refire makes zero difference) for the needle spam. Zealous mods on both, with fortitude/armor.
Why switch to a hornbow for Needling? Since the damage from Needling is a set amount and therefore nullifying the 10% AP, what benefit would come from a hornbow? Would not a Longbow or Flatbow be the only choice that could make a difference (although arguably not enough of a difference to merit the weapon swap) by giving extra range?
SnipiousMax
^ Hmmm.... You're right about that.
On a slightly (read: very) offtopic thought... Does AP affect Kindle?
On a slightly (read: very) offtopic thought... Does AP affect Kindle?
XvArchonvX
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On a slightly (read: very) offtopic thought... Does AP affect Kindle?
Hmm, I never thought about that, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't. I could very well be wrong on that though since I've never seen or heard of it being tested.
lennymon
Im just back from the Isle of the nameless, and can safely report that 100 arrows with 0 marksmanship/16 WS yielded ~75 damage spread on bow damage between flatbow and hornbow but exactly 0 points difference between then from kindle damage.
edit: ok it was 1 marks... a minor rune, all on 60 al dummies, I was at the top of stairs for a height advantage for what its worth.
edit: ok it was 1 marks... a minor rune, all on 60 al dummies, I was at the top of stairs for a height advantage for what its worth.
Sir Mad
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Originally Posted by XvArchonvX
Why switch to a hornbow for Needling? Since the damage from Needling is a set amount and therefore nullifying the 10% AP, what benefit would come from a hornbow? Would not a Longbow or Flatbow be the only choice that could make a difference (although arguably not enough of a difference to merit the weapon swap) by giving extra range?
Oops yes that's right.
Concerning Kindle, unless I've been really unlucky, it doesn't work: I've just tried with a sundering bow and out of 40-50 tries, the damage from Kindle didn't change.
EDIT - And oops again, lennymon has been faster
Concerning Kindle, unless I've been really unlucky, it doesn't work: I've just tried with a sundering bow and out of 40-50 tries, the damage from Kindle didn't change.
EDIT - And oops again, lennymon has been faster
steelwill
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Originally Posted by Sir Mad
I'd second that - but unfortunately many players don't seem to be confortable with a short ranged bow. However, I'd probably use a vamp string on the hornbow for Needling Shot - but it also depends on your level in expertise.
Is there even a difference between a shortbow and a flatbow being fired at shortbow range? I used to detest flatbows because they were dodged so easily, but now that I've started using them a bit more I've found their high slow arch is greatly reduced at closer range, to the point where dodging really isn't an issue. I seem to get the speed and accuracy of a shortbow at shortbow range with a flatbow plus the option of having a much larger range if I need it.
Sir Mad
Unless you have FW or RtW up, yes there is still a difference, but of course, with any bow, the closer from the target, the more accurate. However, if you need to be close to hit the target, there is no point in using a flatbow over a shortbow, as its only advantage is the long range. Flatbows really shine with skills to reduce the size of the arc - without, they're not reliable enough IMO.
Graphik Desine
i know this is a relatively older post, but i just came across it (while trying to look up if my pet will evolve past dire at 15). and wow, i have some advice for [op]!
if you are big into interrupts and intend to interrupt anything, you would not want to use flatbow or longbow----unless you want to sling wild arrows and hope they hit o.o---which is both good and bad...bad in pvp looks like you have bad aim but if you distract a RoF---that's great news! in pve it doesnt matter...really at all unless you are in a pug and they expect you to interrupt lets say jade fury or glint's junk or drought's sandstorm etc :P
recurve and hornbow and shortbow are great for the interrupts---and plus---who thinks about immediately killing the ranger in pvp or pve? most of the time bow rangers are left standing with the higher lvl armor and vs elemental dmg (for most players) as the monks and softies go down first--so it wouldnt matter if you were up towards the frontline instead of behind the softies. in some cases you want to be up there to protect them.
[zealous or +e] recurve on this one ftw (rotwing bow is great, but i have a slightly different build than you---i use poison instead of kindle---but it should work nonetheless). most of the higher expertise should help you with energy too...yep, get your hands on something similar or craft one from a collector
if you are big into interrupts and intend to interrupt anything, you would not want to use flatbow or longbow----unless you want to sling wild arrows and hope they hit o.o---which is both good and bad...bad in pvp looks like you have bad aim but if you distract a RoF---that's great news! in pve it doesnt matter...really at all unless you are in a pug and they expect you to interrupt lets say jade fury or glint's junk or drought's sandstorm etc :P
recurve and hornbow and shortbow are great for the interrupts---and plus---who thinks about immediately killing the ranger in pvp or pve? most of the time bow rangers are left standing with the higher lvl armor and vs elemental dmg (for most players) as the monks and softies go down first--so it wouldnt matter if you were up towards the frontline instead of behind the softies. in some cases you want to be up there to protect them.
[zealous or +e] recurve on this one ftw (rotwing bow is great, but i have a slightly different build than you---i use poison instead of kindle---but it should work nonetheless). most of the higher expertise should help you with energy too...yep, get your hands on something similar or craft one from a collector
Amy Awien
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Originally Posted by Sir Mad
Concerning Kindle, unless I've been really unlucky, it doesn't work: I've just tried with a sundering bow and out of 40-50 tries, the damage from Kindle didn't change.
Old, I know, but ... in a Read the Wind vs Kindle discussion we found that Kindle bonus damage is affected by armor, while RtW's bonus is not. I'll try to check this when I go up against the Suits of Armor again 