whats the best weapon to pair with raven

[NecoGaming103]

dont know the best weapon to pair with raven

[the7thbeatle]

I used Revolver, you could probably also use Grenade Launcher if you are good with it or you want the crow to kill everything.

[it's shoe]

Grenade Launcher is going to give you the best return on your crow and a bunch of summon skills you might want to go with that crow. I'm not personally a fan of it to do Darkness 15 because the crows really don't thin a crowd much on their own, so you need a more reliable gun imo.

Good damage options then are the pistol, shotgun, crossbow, and magic bow. Crossbow seems pretty solid, but what I finally got there with was the shotgun, focusing on bullet damage, bullet speed (i.e. range, when applied to limited range weapons like shotgun), Mini Clip synergy, curse, smite, and ice. I feel like because her talent doesn't thin out hordes much, you can expect Darkness 15 to be very in-your-face, so shotgun + smite is good for close range and the low ammo count triggers smite frequently. Curse and ice help mulch crowds and bosses alike.

[Moschusbock]

Originally posted by it's shoe:

Good damage options then are the pistol, shotgun, crossbow, and magic bow. Crossbow seems pretty solid, but what I finally got there with was the shotgun

i tried the same weapons in the same order. grenade launchers damage isnt enough to make a "crow" solo run, the crow is too slow and you just get overwhelmed, at least on the harder maps. then i tried crossbow and revolver, meh results but i also got really unlucky with what perks i rolled. picked shotgun, won. shotgun is just the best weapon.

imo the raven itself isnt her main tool, its the burn via curse and the fact that you spread curse a lot, the damage from the raven shouldnt be the focus.
you aim for a early ritual and go full bulletdamage, also i guess the elemental spread rune since her curse burn hurts bad.

[NexionSE of the Cm.G.]

summon atk speed makes the crow a lot faster but the crows are just a pair or light weaponry daggers in their
effectiveness main is yea the 1st one spread curses wish all the crows did and didnt do dmg them self.

had an alright build on endless a bit squishy but did a ~1890 dmg with Revolver but got cut short due to low durability, avoided burn on curse and bullets to make sure the ritual were building up, but yes id say any weapon you would use in a curse build even bats but not so sure on smg.

[Ryaman311]

I used grenade launcher with a mini clip. I lucked out and got dragon egg on my first level up. Leveled summons and curse as well. Just don't make the grenade too big or the explosions will tag you. Also Recharge under the magnetism tree makes mini clip really funny lol. For defensives I start with the holy shield rune and went with holy arts/shield synergies and the soothing warmth under the Pyro Mage tree. Sight Magic also helps.

[Radiowavehero]

Bat gun can be good, the base damage is low so the curse enemies dying giving a bullet damage boost wont help much so I ignored that.

Getting reaper rounds , some bounce and the increased damage to cursed enemies can be enough. once you have more projectiles you just flood the screen and the bats get multiple hits.

Take some summon stuff for extra damage and speed and the crows also get a boost so its a win win.

Mechanically it's my favorite gun and since it benefits from both summon damage and bullet damage it's easier to scale , most things that boost bullets (fire rate , bullet damage, number of projectiles) have a direct downside like boosting damage but lowering fire-rate which means they are way less effective over all.

Meanwhile most summon attack damage and summer attack speed are all pretty easy to take without lowering your bullet damage. even the tomes only lower reload speed which isn't an issue if you use ethereal bullets since you almost never need to reload.

Crows spreading curse and cursed enemies taking more damage upgrade is more useful than letting the curse itself trigger to kill enemies and gain bullet damage, curse needs to be reworked I think, even with the synergy to spread curse when a cursed enemy dies it just doesn't seem good.

[Roscuro]

I love the new curse tree, and the synergy that makes it spread should be buffed. Also, we need runes for curse and smite.

[Radiowavehero]

Yeah I think if curse inflicted the damage as soon as the enemy was cursed and also after the time runs out it would be much better, having to wait for enemies to die feels bad when you are surrounded and need to kill them quickly to not be overrun.

If your bullet damage is too high you just one shot or two shot them , if your bullet damage is low the curse isn't as effective and either way you still need to wait for it to trigger.

Crows spreading it is a little better but it should still be useful for any character.

[Sun Hat]

so far Raven is my favorite character to pair with Crossbow for the bullet damage build because the crows helps applying the curse. Do note bullet damage build is still very inferior to bullet count or element builds.

I simply wish Smite scale on bullet damage instead of health..