good ranger bows ?

[chemical range]

Hi, i have saved up 41K and i want to purchase some good bows. I use barage build, this is my current bows and skills i use with them :

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On the gold bow iam going to purchase 30+ health mod, didnt have time to do it yet.

Can you guys recommend me good bows for similar builds ? ( include bows and build if that is not too much )

Thanks

[ca_aok]

Don't use conjure frost if your bow doesn't do cold damage (second pic).

For max damage go with a Vampiric Bow (or Cold Bow if you're still gonna conjure), and bring a Zealous bow for when you run low on energy. 15^50 and +30 work fine on both, but it's really personal preference.

As for builds, that looks ok, though most people spec their conjure at 10 (not sure what you'd lower).

[chemical range]

i was looking for names of bows :/

[zling]

Drago's Longbow, Urgoz Longbow/Flatbow/Shortbow, Zalhelun's Longbow, etc
look at the green bows on wiki to get a general idea...

[Teh [prefession]-zorz]

Vamp Weapon, you can get one a green one for 3-5k

[kro]

A standard barrage bow is the green Chkkr flatbow Bow from factions. Best one IMO. max damage, +15% always, energy gain on hit 1, energy regen -1, health +30, armor -10 while attacking.

Dont let the -10 armor concern you. You are attacking from a distance. That is the only time you use the bow.

[Stormlord Alex]

In all honesty... Unless you're running a Conjure, the best bow for Barrage is a 15^50, Vampiric Flatbow. A-Net, in their infinite wisdom, have deemed it necessary to create 3 Zealous 15^50 flatbows and 2 sundering (despite the fact it blows... what do scrubs know, though? ;))

so if I had to say a green.... Ironwing Longbow. slightly lower refire rate, a shame, but I quite like the Ironwing skin, and Vamp rules.

[Ivan Aidrann]

Elswyth's Recurve Bow is my choice when going splinter barrage

[iridescentfyre]

In all honesty... Unless you're running a Conjure, the best bow for Barrage is a 15^50, Vampiric Flatbow. A-Net, in their infinite wisdom, have deemed it necessary to create 3 Zealous 15^50 flatbows and 2 sundering (despite the fact it blows... what do scrubs know, though? ;))

so if I had to say a green.... Ironwing Longbow. slightly lower refire rate, a shame, but I quite like the Ironwing skin, and Vamp rules.

I guess I'd never thought about this before, but does the refire rate of a bow even come into play if you're only spamming Barrage on a 1-second recharge?

[crash]

i got all collector bows except one-look for collector bows they got same stats-and cheap


crash

[Jeff Highwind]

Bows should always hold 29 to 30hp since your defensive stance pretty much neutralizes the +armor mods. Inherent is either +5e or 15^50 depending on your playtype; I prefer +5e myself since I make up for loss in firepower with poison and more persistent spamming. String is soley dependent on build, as you can see in your build a Icy string is required, but just standard barrage would call for a zealous string.

For Barrage, I personally hate the bowtype but Flatbows are great for rapid fire and long range. I stick with longbows for the accuracy though but I dont get enough barrages out of it. If you ever go interrupter keep a Recurve and Shortbow handy as well. Hornbows, havent found much use for them but hell I keep 2 on hand as souvenirs.

Forgerunner and Tarnok's Longbow are good for your conjure build. Drago's Flatbow and Forgotten Flatbow are good for standard barrage as well. If you ever decide to go outside the security of the barrage cult, buy a Rotwing Recurve Bow. Can never go wrong with good ol'Rotwings.

Oh btw, Forgerunner and Tarnok are both less than 5k. The Drago and Forgotten flatbows are 20k+, and Rotwing is around 5-10k. Hope this info helped.

[Age]

I would but more points in expertise if I were you as there are a lot of good collector bows in Elona go check them out on The wiki.

[jesh]

I guess I'd never thought about this before, but does the refire rate of a bow even come into play if you're only spamming Barrage on a 1-second recharge?

Yes. Because of this, a flatbow will give you the highest damage with barrage and no IAS. Hornbows overtake flatbows once you involve an IAS.

[pingu666]

yeah, vamp ftw ^^

if you have conjure flame, and conflagoration, u can use vamp bow, and conjure flame :D

[Jeff Highwind]

Yes. Because of this, a flatbow will give you the highest damage with barrage and no IAS. Hornbows overtake flatbows once you involve an IAS.
See, I always hated Flatbows for their comically low accuracy and long flight time, that's why I stuck with recurves and longs. Still, for Barrage those head hits are lovely.

[jesh]

I take favorable winds for lack of a prep. Usually when playing barrage, there's a ton of spirits up anyway, someone else already has it.

[MBP]

definately a vamp flat or longbow is a good choice for barrage

I carry a Drago's as well to switch to when I don't need the life steal.

Also those recurve bows are both nice but flat bows or long bows will do barrage more justice

My personal favorite way to barrage is going R/P using Go for the Eyes and Anthem of Envy

[IIIBNIII]

PVE wise, outside of the bows already mentioned, I have to recommend Saushali's Recurve Bow (http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Saushali%27s_Recurve_Bow) (for general dazing builds), Nundak's Recurve Bow (http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Nundak%27s_Recurve_Bow) (general poison builds), Gargash's Recurve Bow (http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Gargash%27s_Recurve_Bow) (goes nicely with any sort of ench builds). The dead bow skin doesn't hurt either :p

[higaru]

I hate to say it, but the Nevermore bow (the one from the bonus) is amazing, just a +30HP to it and it becomes perfect!

[higaru]

I hate to say it, but the Nevermore bow (the one from the bonus) is amazing, just a +30HP to it and it becomes perfect!

[Orange Milk]

A standard barrage bow is the green Chkkr flatbow Bow from factions. Best one IMO. max damage, +15% always, energy gain on hit 1, energy regen -1, health +30, armor -10 while attacking.


If you run low on energy while spamming Barrage you are doing something wrong. In the build he has posted he HAS to have an Icy anyway.


Personally I always use a Vamp when barrageing, Short or Long Bows is what I use.

@ The OP, Try looking at The Ritulist Skills "Splinter Weapon" and "Brutal Weapon", these skills will add DMG so if you want to drop the ICY bow and move to a Vamp those are choices.

[Fallen Nephilim]

My main set is

+5e, zealous +30HP Flatbow (general barraging, as i run all minors and only 9 exp)
15^50, 5/-1 +30 Recurve bow (General damage/interrupts)
15^50, poisonous, +30 recurve (Burning Arrow)

And obviously Churrta's Maul when i'm RaOing.

[lordpwn]

Flatbows are good for barraging, they share the longest range with the longbow and the fastest attack speed with the shortbow. The arrows fly slowly but it's not a big deal with Favorable Winds.

Consider buying a Drago's Flatbow from a player or getting some flatbow from a weaponsmith or a collector. 15^50 is preferable, of course - the bow string and grip don't matter much for barraging builds (except ones with Conjure, of course), just use whatever suits your style.

Vampiric and Zealous can be neat but I wouldn't put them on a nice-looking bow; nobody will ever see it if you keep switching out between battles.

[Taisayacho]

Really you can't beat Elswyth's Recurve Bow for barraging effectiveness (and price ;)) imo. You can easily get one for 1k.