Why is bow damage so low?

[lilkillpappy]

I noticed in other Monster Hunter games as well, that the bow seems to have the lowest damage output. I personally find it the most alluring weapon and always want to use it, but it sucks. Am I doing something wrong or does the bow just suck?

[Khaziir Everflight]

you can do some hefty damage with the Quematrice bow. Shoot a tracer onto the enemy, and with the aim charge and (for me) shift, i can send a pack of "missiles" that lock onto wounds and that tracer, then once that hits hold main attack for a charged big "missile" that sticks for a second, and then explodes for good damage.

[Osteichthyes]

You also get a really powerful super dodge if timed "correctly" (the window is massive), which puts you into a higher power, and even when dodging you can do a dodge shot to continue the beating. The only time the shooting stops is when I ran out of stamina.

Also Close-Combat coatings are actually insane. 15-20 damage per arrow with only meat food buff and the basic bow that first has it absolutely shreds since most times you are hitting with 3-5 arrows (even more with DP, Tracer, and TD).

[Shakoris]

Patriarch Misha の投稿を引用：

Asher の投稿を引用：

Nothing safe about having to stand at arms length to the target to even do optimal damage. Bows have always sucked period. No sane person will ever just main a bow.

huh? again have you played monster hunter games heavey bowguns have been broke for a few entries and bow atleast from world onwards has had close to the best dps in the game

Yes, and you sacrified around 30-40% of your defense and had close range as your only infinite coating for bow. Nothing about that screams safe. Not to mention monsters like fatalis start focusing range attacks against you that tend to one shot even melee.

[Zeph]

Mid way through HR 6 quests and have had barely any hunts last more than 10 minutes, most are between 5-8 minutes. I can’t imagine it’s that weak if I’m killing monsters this quickly consistently.

[detective hoffman]

lol skill issue

[Black Lamb, Rock Enjoyer]

Lynsis の投稿を引用：

the ranged weapons will usually have the lower dmg cause you're trading the dmg for the safety of ranged combat.

You must have been playing Temu Monster Hunter or something, cus that has never been the case past 4U.

[Venator]

you were OP in the beta and got nerfed. womp womp

[⇜SOVEREIGN⇝]

Zeph の投稿を引用：

Mid way through HR 6 quests and have had barely any hunts last more than 10 minutes, most are between 5-8 minutes. I can’t imagine it’s that weak if I’m killing monsters this quickly consistently.

That's just low rank in general in this game, you could get comparable speeds on any other weapon bar like... Insect Glaive, probably.

HR is when the times start to get a noticeable gap between them, it's also when the elemental aspect of your bow starts to make or break fights.

That said, even on paper the bow is a top 4 weapon, aside from the consistent numbers it's doing through a fight and how quickly it's doing those numbers, and it's unparalleled ability to capitalise on wounds, I can't really see an argument for it not being S tier at the bare minimum (unless you actually just suck at bow and don't know how to use it at all)

[⇜SOVEREIGN⇝]

Black Lamb, Rock Enjoyer の投稿を引用：

Lynsis の投稿を引用：

the ranged weapons will usually have the lower dmg cause you're trading the dmg for the safety of ranged combat.

You must have been playing Temu Monster Hunter or something, cus that has never been the case past 4U.

Bro said Temu MonHun LMFAO.

Yeah, nah, seriously though
Bow has been doing consistent numbers since at least MH3 but, to be fair, MH3 probably had the best balance between all weapon types. MH3 did have Kelbi Bow and that was straight busted because Slime was OP and being apple to trigger it lots just trivialises the game (I remember stunlocking HR monsters solo with that thing)

I recall Akantor bow being straight up the best weapon in the entirety of MH:Dos but that was an outlier and bow was pretty meh outside of that.

Starting in MH4 bow starts to get buffs and by the time 4U rolls around it's a top 4 weapon.
In World it was capable of the best speeds in (some) fights, while being VERY competitive in every other fight.

And now we're here, where Bow now has infinite coatings, buffed Arrow Rain, tracking shots, and completely abuses the wound mechanic like no other. It's a clear top 4 weapon.

[Wild]

Element seems to be really strong in this game, based on how hard my jin dahaad SnS hits, my strongest weapon by far provided the monster is weak to ice. Bow and DB are THE elemental weapons in every rank in every game no matter the meta, so maybe the bow in this game is balanced around that.

[Shon]

Ranged weapons will always "look" weak for the inexperienced eye. They are ALWAYS broken and it isn't different now.

[Ben]

lilkillpappy の投稿を引用：

I noticed in other Monster Hunter games as well, that the bow seems to have the lowest damage output. I personally find it the most alluring weapon and always want to use it, but it sucks. Am I doing something wrong or does the bow just suck?

I don't expect any bow to significantly damage a 5 tons monster.

[Hyouka]

⇜SOVEREIGN⇝ の投稿を引用：

Zeph の投稿を引用：

Mid way through HR 6 quests and have had barely any hunts last more than 10 minutes, most are between 5-8 minutes. I can’t imagine it’s that weak if I’m killing monsters this quickly consistently.

That's just low rank in general in this game, you could get comparable speeds on any other weapon bar like... Insect Glaive, probably.

HR is when the times start to get a noticeable gap between them, it's also when the elemental aspect of your bow starts to make or break fights.

That said, even on paper the bow is a top 4 weapon, aside from the consistent numbers it's doing through a fight and how quickly it's doing those numbers, and it's unparalleled ability to capitalise on wounds, I can't really see an argument for it not being S tier at the bare minimum (unless you actually just suck at bow and don't know how to use it at all)

I played a few high rank quest with the bow. Not total end game only hr 40 but it’s still an insane weapon. Most fights still go under 10 minutes in solo. Only Jin dahad took me arround 17 minutes. Even the rank 6 artisan weapons have insane elemental numbers.

[Khaziir Everflight]

Ben の投稿を引用：

lilkillpappy の投稿を引用：

I noticed in other Monster Hunter games as well, that the bow seems to have the lowest damage output. I personally find it the most alluring weapon and always want to use it, but it sucks. Am I doing something wrong or does the bow just suck?

I don't expect any bow to significantly damage a 5 tons monster.

i mean, if it shoots arrows with a explosive payload, it could theoretically...

[Jaasrg]

Ben の投稿を引用：

lilkillpappy の投稿を引用：

I noticed in other Monster Hunter games as well, that the bow seems to have the lowest damage output. I personally find it the most alluring weapon and always want to use it, but it sucks. Am I doing something wrong or does the bow just suck?

I don't expect any bow to significantly damage a 5 tons monster.

Minigun and LAW didn't work either.