Bow/Crossbow build viable in PVE?

[MKU Victim]

trying to think of a fun build that deviates somewhat from just str/dex.

so any idea if bow/crossbow is viable?

[Cooman]

fists and broken straight sword are viable in pve...so yes. everything is viable.

[Zacharoni]

everything is viable in PvE

[Herbalacious]

Fought a dude today using a bow and the tornado sword boss weapon I forget the name at the moment, but was impressed by the playstyle. Seeing a lot more xbow users lately too

[Noel]

Originally posted by ZachThan:

everything is viable in PvE

What this guy said.

In fact, I find that ranged builds make everything in the game trivially easy except for boss fights. And even then a patient bow user with good spatial awareness can easily dispatch aggressive bosses.

The better question would be this: Can crossbow/bow users inflict compareable damage to that of melee and magic users? My completely anecdotal and unscientific answer is yes...sorta.

With 50 dex and a Black Bow of Pharis, I was doing roughly half the damage per strike as my Chaos Blade. So two arrow strikes was equivalent to one melee strike. Not a bad tradeoff if you know how to position yourself. And spamming arrows becomes easier once you're able to purchase dark arrows with innate tracking.

TL;DR Yes, bows are very viable and very effective in PVE. Don't know about crossbows though.

[Zacharoni]

Originally posted by Herbalacious:

Fought a dude today using a bow and the tornado sword boss weapon I forget the name at the moment, but was impressed by the playstyle. Seeing a lot more xbow users lately too

I have almost the same build! I use onikri+Ubadachi with Storm Curved Sword and I have a short bow +6 :D

[Vinyltavia]

Originally posted by ZachThan:

Originally posted by Herbalacious:

Fought a dude today using a bow and the tornado sword boss weapon I forget the name at the moment, but was impressed by the playstyle. Seeing a lot more xbow users lately too

I have almost the same build! I use onikri+Ubadachi with Storm Curved Sword and I have a short bow +6 :D

Get out. :p

[Zacharoni]

why?

[Vinyltavia]

Originally posted by Legenditals:

trying to think of a fun build that deviates somewhat from just str/dex.

so any idea if bow/crossbow is viable?

Having expendable near risk free damage is always good. You can load bolts on 6 xbows and be ready to fire them when you need to... just be ready for one hell of a reload time.

[Cooman]

Originally posted by ZachThan:

why?

onikiri lol that's why !

[Vinyltavia]

Originally posted by ZachThan:

why?

The mere mention of oniwinny and ubatryhard is likely to bring it's own salt regarding a viable build.
Not to be salty or anything but I get tired of seeing the damn thing.

[Zacharoni]

Well Im sorry I just like katanas and I enjoy my playstyle... Why is everyone butthurt about certain weapons? I really dont understand :(

[Vinyltavia]

Originally posted by ZachThan:

Well Im sorry I just like katanas and I enjoy my playstyle... Why is everyone butthurt about certain weapons? I really dont understand :(

Popular weapons are popular for potentially bad reasons or 1 shot combos it has little to no counterplay to.

[Cooman]

Originally posted by Vinyltavia:

Originally posted by ZachThan:

why?

The mere mention of oniwinny and ubatryhard is likely to bring it's own salt regarding a viable build.
Not to be salty or anything but I get tired of seeing the damn thing.

this, I just get BORED OF seeing 8/10 people using them.

Originally posted by ZachThan:

Well Im sorry I just like katanas and I enjoy my playstyle... Why is everyone butthurt about certain weapons? I really dont understand :(

Because they only became popular when onislayer got buffed. I USED TO use them back at start of the game, when they were an average weapon.

then onislayer got buffed, now all I see are people spamming the weapon art hoping for a 1shot combo.

[Zacharoni]

Originally posted by Vinyltavia:

Originally posted by ZachThan:

Well Im sorry I just like katanas and I enjoy my playstyle... Why is everyone butthurt about certain weapons? I really dont understand :(

Popular weapons are popular for potentially bad reasons or 1 shot combos it has little to no counterplay to.

Thank you for your honest answer and I totally understand what you said :D I usually use my storm curved sword as my primary weapon and the katanas as secondary, so its not that bad :)

[Zacharoni]

Originally posted by ocoo:

Originally posted by Vinyltavia:

The mere mention of oniwinny and ubatryhard is likely to bring it's own salt regarding a viable build.
Not to be salty or anything but I get tired of seeing the damn thing.

this, I just get BORED OF seeing 8/10 people using them.

Originally posted by ZachThan:

Well Im sorry I just like katanas and I enjoy my playstyle... Why is everyone butthurt about certain weapons? I really dont understand :(

Because they only became popular when onislayer got buffed. I USED TO use them back at start of the game, when they were an average weapon.

then onislayer got buffed, now all I see are people spamming the weapon art hoping for a 1shot combo.

I never buff my Katanas so I dont one shot everyone. I use them so I can counter long weapons like spears with the weapon art