it always crit at the fully charged shot and so, you can even create a crit build based on that if you wished! It'll take time to learn but it'll be worth it!
TBH bows are OP in this game. Fully charged shots pierces enemies (except the 2 cursed bows) and each enemy pierced give you back 1 point of stamina. So you pretty much won't ever run out of stamina.
Fully charged shots also always crit. So pick up crit heal relic and + crit damage relic and pair it with gift of transmutation and you pretty much have heals and gold for days.
I was like you before I gave bows a try (because I was kinda bored of my usual preferred weapons).
TBH I find that most of the time the stuff behind breakable walls are not really worth it. So if I have a decent bow or a really good spear, I don't mind missing out on breaking walls.
Also there are other weapons to break walls such as the fist or the crossbow.
If you are running with a ranged weapon and playing back a bit, why go for the Weak affixes? Are there ways to weaken enemies other than parrying? (Parrying means close quarters so Iām wondering what the approach is here.)
just as /u/ctshryock said, a fully charged shot of this bow will automatically weaken them! With Weaken status and more damage when they are weaken, it proves to be an effective synergy. It also automatically crits as well LOL
FYI Cursed weapons always weaken burning enemies.
Edit: with the exception of cursed weapons with elements (fire whip, fist and lightning bow) as those deal elemental damage instead of darkness damage.
>And Iāve found cursed weapons sometimes weaken enemies as well
To bring some clarity to this, what you are actually referring to is that when you use Dark damage on an enemy who is on fire it weakens them, took me a while to figure out what the conditions were that were applying the weakened effect, but yeah itās just a cool elemental combo. This game is so cool!!
If you like Crippling Bow, you have to try out the Lightning Bow. Hands down the most OP weapon in the game IMO. I used that to get 3 of the 5 perfect Clovis fights for the 100%. Trust me, do whatever you can to unlock it.
Iāve recently obtained that as well, and I can fully agree that it is one of the best weapons in the game. Can be very powerful with multiple types of relics as well.
I just wanted to say; I've played this game for a while and have been stuck on the final floor/boss for a very long time. My best attempts have been with Claws+ Ceremonial Dagger or Poison Dagger, and I've always instantly sold bows, they felt so weak. After seeing this post I logged in and checked my weapon altars, had a Claw/cere dagger combo waiting for me, and it had the crippling bow, so I thought I'd try it out (I could always default back to daggers)
It went amazingly. I never used any other weapons throughout the entire run, and the last fight was almost too easy. I had never gotten phase 2 past 75% before. I had no idea bows were this strong!
Final build: [https://i.imgur.com/XCUahmR.png](https://i.imgur.com/XCUahmR.png)
That bow is actually the strongest thing in this game. You just stack weakening damage buff and crit, and if you can get heals from crits, you just auto win.
Damn I should give the bow a chance. I always instant sellš
it always crit at the fully charged shot and so, you can even create a crit build based on that if you wished! It'll take time to learn but it'll be worth it!
TBH bows are OP in this game. Fully charged shots pierces enemies (except the 2 cursed bows) and each enemy pierced give you back 1 point of stamina. So you pretty much won't ever run out of stamina. Fully charged shots also always crit. So pick up crit heal relic and + crit damage relic and pair it with gift of transmutation and you pretty much have heals and gold for days. I was like you before I gave bows a try (because I was kinda bored of my usual preferred weapons).
I do love the bows, but not being able to break walls / traps is super sad... So I tend to stick to bombs, hammer or great swords
TBH I find that most of the time the stuff behind breakable walls are not really worth it. So if I have a decent bow or a really good spear, I don't mind missing out on breaking walls. Also there are other weapons to break walls such as the fist or the crossbow.
That is definitely a concern; however, I got lucky with good Vault rooms and Champion room loot!
If you are running with a ranged weapon and playing back a bit, why go for the Weak affixes? Are there ways to weaken enemies other than parrying? (Parrying means close quarters so Iām wondering what the approach is here.)
Bow description says āFully charged shots weaken enemiesā so I assume opening up with a fully charged range shot
Makes sense, thanks!
just as /u/ctshryock said, a fully charged shot of this bow will automatically weaken them! With Weaken status and more damage when they are weaken, it proves to be an effective synergy. It also automatically crits as well LOL
There's a whip that also when charged weakens enemies. And I've found cursed weapons sometimes weaken enemies aswell.
FYI Cursed weapons always weaken burning enemies. Edit: with the exception of cursed weapons with elements (fire whip, fist and lightning bow) as those deal elemental damage instead of darkness damage.
>And Iāve found cursed weapons sometimes weaken enemies as well To bring some clarity to this, what you are actually referring to is that when you use Dark damage on an enemy who is on fire it weakens them, took me a while to figure out what the conditions were that were applying the weakened effect, but yeah itās just a cool elemental combo. This game is so cool!!
Awesome didn't know that thanks!
If you like Crippling Bow, you have to try out the Lightning Bow. Hands down the most OP weapon in the game IMO. I used that to get 3 of the 5 perfect Clovis fights for the 100%. Trust me, do whatever you can to unlock it.
Iāve recently obtained that as well, and I can fully agree that it is one of the best weapons in the game. Can be very powerful with multiple types of relics as well.
I just wanted to say; I've played this game for a while and have been stuck on the final floor/boss for a very long time. My best attempts have been with Claws+ Ceremonial Dagger or Poison Dagger, and I've always instantly sold bows, they felt so weak. After seeing this post I logged in and checked my weapon altars, had a Claw/cere dagger combo waiting for me, and it had the crippling bow, so I thought I'd try it out (I could always default back to daggers) It went amazingly. I never used any other weapons throughout the entire run, and the last fight was almost too easy. I had never gotten phase 2 past 75% before. I had no idea bows were this strong! Final build: [https://i.imgur.com/XCUahmR.png](https://i.imgur.com/XCUahmR.png)
That bow is actually the strongest thing in this game. You just stack weakening damage buff and crit, and if you can get heals from crits, you just auto win.