Skills / weapon arts for crossbows?

[Riccioli d'Orco]

I'm rocking a light crossbow and a cannon (can' remember the name) alternating as the situation requires.
I just noticed that there doesn't seem to be any ash of war for those 2 weapons (crossbows and great crossbows) can anybody confirm?

[ReBootXD]

Correct, no ashes of war, no affinities, and no scaling

Very disappointing imo

[Anzaman]

I wonder why they even felt like including crossbows if they just are.

Outside of shooting some pots from ceiling or flamethrower traps, haven't found use for them.

[Riccioli d'Orco]

Originally posted by ReBootXD:

Correct, no ashes of war, no affinities, and no scaling

Very disappointing imo

I go fully STR on my first runs so it's my only available choice of ranged weaponry since DS2.
Gotta admit that cannon + explosive bolt is top tier tough