Bows

Bows are a ranged weapon type in.

Characteristics
Bows make use of arrows, which can be crafted using engineering or found in the world. Bow damage scales with dexterity. A bow can be fired using short drawn shots that inflict 100% of weapon damage or long drawn shots that inflict 170% of weapon damage.

Damage Type

 * Thrust

Strengths

 * Hindering and inflicting poison on targets.
 * Causing high amounts of damage in a short time frame.
 * Nimble. Has many passives that enchance dodge capabilities.

Weaknesses

 * Dealing maximum damage relies of hitting headshots and consecutively hitting targets.
 * Relies on ammunition.
 * Only deals increased damage to targets outside a certain minimum range.

Mastery
Bows have two mastery trees, Skirmisher and Hunter. Skirmisher focusses on inflicting ailments and hindering your opponents with short draw shots, while the Hunter tree focusses on firing consecutive long draw shots and inflicting heavy damage with quick skill shots.