beserker bow and strong bow..?

plop · Post by **plop** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 10:55 pm

Hi,

my char is lvl 31
i got:

- anti devil book 2
- combo book 2
- white hawk book 1 lvl 7
- berserker book 1 lvl 2 (dont know to upgrade or not, or go for strong bow)

and now i was wondering the strong bow...........
is it usefull to get/upgrade strong bow?

or... hmm hope you now the right answer for me

Shimohime · Post by **Shimohime** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:02 pm

go update berserker!

strong bow is optional. why? because the loading time is way too long. the time it takes you to fire a strong bow, you can pretty much kill the monster with 2 other skills. it's also very easy for others to ks you if you use strong bow. you can get 1 lvl of it for amusement or to admire the pretty golden shiny effect of it XD.

plop · Post by **plop** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:05 pm

so its a big waste of sp or
and whats the loding time? do you know that?

Shimohime · Post by **Shimohime** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:18 pm

plop wrote:so its a big waste of sp or
and whats the loding time? do you know that?

big waste of sp imo, especially since last book of berserker does more than 2nd book strong bow

loading time is around 3 to 4 seconds, mb even 5 O.o

EllisD · Post by **EllisD** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:28 pm

I wouldnt say its a big waste of sp. Sure it takes longer than the other skills to load up, but it also hits harder than EVERY other skill until your lvl 69. Hoping for a crit off the 1st shot, or during a giant, is enough for me to have this skill leveled to book 2, and with a good crit bow....just dam.

Get it to lvl 1 and fire it off a few times when taking out a giant...if you arent impressed, then dont take it...easy as that.

atnc41 · Post by **atnc41** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 7:44 am

they call it strong bow cuz its very strong . for example while a thief hunter battle archers can stand far away from the glavie, sword fight and fire a strong bow to enemy and poof ! strong bow is really slow but it gives the same damage of blade combos total damage at one time. so enemy cant have time to use pots

thats my idea
P.S : i am an archer and im using it at pvp s . its really useful

HertogJan · Post by **HertogJan** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 12:00 pm

Yeah I have strong bow also, Only use it when zerked or as first attack in pvp.

I have to admit you have to like the attack. Just get the first lvl of it and try it out in pvp.

Nukers + hybirds my lvl or 1-2 lvls higher go down with it when it crits, the others only need 1-2 other attacks if they dont block shit.

Dont use it in the middle of a fight cause you will have to pot like crazy then..

oktaytheazer · Post by **oktaytheazer** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 12:40 pm

anti devil, arow combo, zerk arow and white/blue hawk are the skills and the only once ull need to lvl up 2 80 and if u like u can get a lvl 9 gape sp farm and get the other skills like strong bow but thats only for pvp for pve its rubish. so just get anti devil, arow combo, zerk arow and white/blue hawk and train on then !!

TacticalMedic · Post by **TacticalMedic** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:24 pm

Depends how patient you are. Im developing a third mastery tree except the bow and imbue, I use all bow skills and I can surely say all of them serve diferently in diferent situations but equally useful to have any one of them. The only sacrifise I made is my gap, its 4 levels and Im not the best leveler, but as I said depends how patient you are. If you want fast leveling you might leave the Strong Bow and spend SPs on smth else. Its all up to you......

UnDutchable · Post by **UnDutchable** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 3:44 pm

Well i have Berserker arrow atm. But im also thinking of Strong Bow. Because u can make it in pvp like this(at lv 69):
1st Strong Bow (350%)
2nd Devil Arrow (350%)
3rd Anti-Devil Steel
4th 4-arrow Combo
5th Anti Devil Steel or Fevil Arrow

After the 3rd attack, most ppl are down. Maybe good tankers with good equip will reach it until the 4th attack.
This is very good, because when they reah you when u begin pvp, u will have done 700% dmg... this will do great dmg. Then u do a Anti Devil...if one of those 3 are crits....the enemy will be crushed! Thats my way of thinking atm.
Ohyea....only use strong bow for first attack. its useless in the middle of battle.

plop · Post by **plop** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:02 pm

ok i am not going to upgrade strong bow
i am lvl 32 now with a lvl 32+3 SOS bow
fighting at scorpions they die before they reach me
so strong bow is a waste of time/sp

i already ks some players who used the strong bow
dam that takes long to fire.

they loading/fire 1 time strongbow:

i fire anti devil-wave and beserker arrow in that time, and with those 2 skills i killed the scorpion, (not true

the strong bow takes away the last 5 mm of scorpions life)

i have another question, i think the demon soul is a waste of sp for that little distance, am i thinking right, or is it good to stand 2m further?

HertogJan · Post by **HertogJan** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 5:29 pm

it starts with 2 m.

Demon soul arrow is fooking handy, you can fire arrows at anything while they cant even touch you. In pvp you have the first hits landing on them while even nukers need to walk a bit towards you. Considering the bow is supposed to be a suprise weapon, figure youre winnings with this skill

EllisD · Post by **EllisD** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 5:33 pm

I think demon soul is great. Why wouldnt you wanna increase your range? Less running is always welcome

phresh · Post by **phresh** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:01 pm

I use them all except the autumn wind crap. And I wouldn't have it any other way.

My archer is level 52 and my strong bow will one-shot a lvl52 nuker, without crit. With crit it'll 1-shot a lvl60 nuker. I do have a super bow though =]

And it is good other than for the first attack, especially when you use it well.
For example, a blader starts his 5 hit combo on you, phantom walk away as he takes his first swing and hit the strong bow.. by the time he's done swinging at the air in front of him and running towards you again.. bam, if it crits he's done. I use it a lot in pvp. Ice or KD/stun will put a stop to it though. That's when you bust out your high BR shield =o
It's also a great first attack against orange/red mobs when you're grinding.
I've been fighting Penons and i'll rotate between strong bow + combo, then anit-devil + demon, both of these combinations drop a penon for me. And that way I'm never waiting for something to be ready to use.

But yeah it's up to you.. personally I love it.

wildlag · Post by **wildlag** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:55 pm

Im lv 61 archer. I can tell you that you dont use Strongbow very often

BUT
you DO need it. Only Strongbow (especially when crit) can compete with

other skills (like nukes or glavie skill) before your mastery reach lv 69.

Yes, its slow so you need to use it at a right time. It pwns or it will

bring you to hell (in pvp) depends on how you use it.

And yes, Strongbow will be useless after you learn LV 69 Demon Arrow,

but
you wont have a powerful skill to aid you before that, unless you have

THAT much patient to wait until you reach lv 69.

So IMO, sp farm abit for that. Otherwise you wont be strong enough

especially when killing a giant or unique.