The bow's Aspects are kinda bad imo.

[PhantomRise]

The other weapons' aspects are all better.

[LaChouette]

I have not tried the Chiron aspect enough to know if it's good or not, however the Hera aspect is anything but bad. With a good boon on your cast, and some Artemis boons, you can easily one-shot enemies in Elysium, even sometimes kill several enemies in a single shot. It's really powerful.

[Lorska]

Default aspect is great for standard attack builds.
Chiron is great for status effect builds.
Hera is a great burst aspect. Considering most problems can be solved by bursting stuff down... It's good.

[Gatoryu]

I would say the best are gun and shield, then sword is ok, afterwards it is bow and spear. That's my experience so far.

[Prometheus]

Chiron's is bad until you level it. Then its really good. It caps out at just 2 arrows below the standard special. Considering even if your positioning is perfect you are still going to miss 2 or more arrows on the standard special it makes Chiron builds quite effective.

As for status effect builds on Chiron. When at low rank yah, poison is good. However when you got it ranked up going for direct damage starts to out pace.

[Scilin]

Chiron and HEra are rediciousely strong, Zagreus isnt weak but its no where near the other 2 bow is hands down OP

[Kaizer]

Originally posted by Scilin:

Chiron and HEra are rediciousely strong

totaly agrees... especialy Hera with Dionysus cast.

[Seiryuu]

Haven't put any Blood into Hera yet, but I like Chiron, especially when I get a poison special.

[Goomy]

I have a dumb question about the Hera aspect. What is the benefit to shooting a loaded Hera arrow vs. shooting a normal arrow and firing the casts off separately? It seems like you get the same result albeit faster I guess.

[Kaizer]

Originally posted by Goomy:

I have a dumb question about the Hera aspect. What is the benefit to shooting a loaded Hera arrow vs. shooting a normal arrow and firing the casts off separately? It seems like you get the same result albeit faster I guess.

You can load all casts in one shot... Try it with Aphrodite or Dionysus boons.

[Prometheus]

Originally posted by Goomy:

I have a dumb question about the Hera aspect. What is the benefit to shooting a loaded Hera arrow vs. shooting a normal arrow and firing the casts off separately? It seems like you get the same result albeit faster I guess.

Casting takes time. Priming a Hera arrow takes zero time. You just can't be charging a shot when you do it. Also the Hera bow comes with shorter bloodstone drop time. Base is something like 15 seconds. Bow can bring it down to 6.

The spells fire off in a quick succession at the point the arrow hits. Not all instantly. This actually makes some cast types extra effective. Like a Poseidon cast can get a wall slam for every bloodstone shot. It also works great with the Dionysus cast. No more long lob time. It triggers at point of impact.

[Algy]

The casting bow with some cast boons is actually stupid strong.
Festive Fog has a long cast time if used normally, but becomes absolutely instant when attached to an arrow, dealing insane damage on impact if you put some boon upgrades into it.

[Coin]

Hera aspect does nothing except save some time, Poseidon sword aspect is just better because it actually gives cast more dmg. Chiron aspect is ok but nothing to write home about.

Originally posted by Goomy:

I have a dumb question about the Hera aspect. What is the benefit to shooting a loaded Hera arrow vs. shooting a normal arrow and firing the casts off separately? It seems like you get the same result albeit faster I guess.

Saves time, that's why it's bad.

[Kaizer]

Originally posted by Coin:

Saves time, that's why it's bad.

You never played with high heat, are you? With +enemies, +speed, +damage +elite you'll be thanksfull, if you have 0.5 sec window for use any attack, especialy on minibosses. Try barge of death and than say "time saving is bad"...

[Bopple]

Hera aspect has a great potential, to the point of OP. Unfortunately, however, it is insanely RNG, for you need a specific set of boons.

Chiron aspect is ok. Not really good though.

[Xelos]

Originally posted by Coin:

Hera aspect does nothing except save some time,

I don't want to be rude, but you clearly didn't play much with Hera's aspect. It changes the gameplay signiciantly because:

A lot of Cast upgrades add an Area of Effect damage to your cast. This damage is normally centered around Zegreus.

HOWEVER.

With Hera's aspect, the actual cast takes place when the arrow hits the enemy. So all the AoE damage is center around the HIT LOCATION. Which means that most cast upgrades add a lot of damage to your arrows, and makes for some insane burst damage.