how can I aim with bow?

[Luky]

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[Luky]

nobody knows? really? this controls is worse than DS2

[Evil The Cat]

It's been 11 whole minutes. Enhance your chill.

[ANGRY MALICE]

Yeah, actually, I could not figure it out either. M&KB. I remember it working fine in DS3.

[Luky]

so its impossible in this game?

[Emcee Lucas]

Originally posted by 161Sherlock:

so its impossible in this game?

It should be L1/L2 while two-handed. I believe both work in DS1 to bring up the reticle. Is that not working? And you are using a bow and NOT a crossbow?

[Mio Rin]

Equip arrows and bow. To fine aim, you need to first switch to two handing the bow by tapping the bumper on the side the bow is equipped, then tap the trigger on that side to bring up the crosshair.

[Luky]

I play on keyboard, so what should I click on keyboard to aim?

[Mio Rin]

Shift+left/right-mouse button, depending on which hand is holding the bow.

[Josef]

For PC - keyboard and mouse:

* Equip a bow to your left hand
* Right click with a mouse - the bow should be now held in two hands
* Right click with a mouse again - aim activated
* Right click again - aim deactivated
* Press F to switch back to your right hand weapon

[General Eydon]

Can one also aim with a crossbow?

[Mr. Oibyr]

How to aim and use it are two different things. You must always twohand it to fire(unless crossbows which can be dual welded), but there are 3 ways aiming happens:
1) hold R1 and aim manually, hitting a specific target is almost impossible
2) press R3(joystick) to lock on, it sucks mostly because a sidestepping opponent can evade
3) press L1 to zoom in, it sucks because aim movement is so slow

I find that 3) is only good to snipe at long range(headshot while drinking SunnyD is best), which means the hawk ring is a must and doing 1) to then follow up with 2) at the last second is not bad; effectively confusing your opponent with a wiggly archer quickly aiming left and right like a madman who locks on at the last second to let go of the bow string...it's tech from DS3, sorta works in DSR just not as good. Locking on can work up close, fire when they have an animation happening like they just finished the first half of a roll.

[Mr. Oibyr]

Originally posted by General Eydon:

Can one also aim with a crossbow?

I think so and just not the Sniper(?) version, so it should be L1. I don't play using KB/M(I need the mouse for duping), controller means I can play slumped on the couch, which I do, lol.

Aiming with a crossbow sucks, these projectile weapons are mostly garbage, accept for the best crossbow build I know of; dual welding lightning Avelyns and using lightning bolts. Hope you have a good soul farming method or know how to dupe stackable items, like great hero souls(20,000 soul)...then use one 999 times, hehehe(1,980,000 for 1 large hero soul).

I loooove the glitches/exploits, they must be easier for KB/M,

[Lore Accurate]

Anyone know how on the steam deck? It doesn't seem to work for me.

[Madao]

you can't enter an aiming mode with crossbows. only bows have a free aim mode