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Warbow Solo Mists & Corrupted Dungeons Build

Overview

Weapon: Bow
Focus: Range DPS

Strengths

  • Great DPS
  • Versatile
  • Great Mobility

Weaknesses

  • High Skill Ceiling
This build is up to date for the November 6, 2024 Horizons Patch #1.

Overview

This PvP build focuses on Elder's WarbowElder's Warbow's good kiting potential and high damage of the Magic ArrowMagic Arrow. While the simple gameplay can be appealing to newer players, the Elder's WarbowElder's Warbow remains a great weapon even for more experienced players that are looking to master it. A good player would shine using this and the outplay potential remains high, offering an all-around enjoyable experience while remaining a powerful 1v1 weapon.


Equipment

Elder's Warbow
Main Hand Weapon
Elder's Warbow
Poisoned Arrow
Frost Shot
Magic Arrow
Piercing Arrows
Elder's Cowl of Purity
Head
Elder's Cowl of Purity
Avalonian Beam
Aggression
Elder's Undead Cape
Cape
Elder's Undead Cape
Vanisher
Elder's Assassin Jacket
Armor
Elder's Assassin Jacket
Ambush
Balanced Mind
Elder's Soldier Boots
Shoes
Elder's Soldier Boots
Rejuvenating Sprint
Toughness
Alternatives ⇅
Elder's Knight Boots
Major Healing Potion
Potion
Major Healing Potion
Pork Omelette
Food
Pork Omelette
Keep in mind: Gear shown in this build is meant as a reference. Choosing the correct tier of gear is very tricky as there are many variables. Some of them being your budget, your spec and minimum Item Power requirements of your guild if used for ZvZ.


You should always check prices based on IP of the items. For example, a masterpiece quality 4.3 Elder's CryptcandleElder's Cryptcandle could be cheaper while providing roughly the same IP as an 8.0.


Usage

Elder's WarbowElder's Warbow

Poisoned ArrowPoisoned Arrow — In order to maximize kiting potential, the Poisoned ArrowPoisoned Arrow offers great Damage over Time with minimum mobility loss. Try to always keep the Poisoned ArrowPoisoned Arrow debuff active on your target and slowly chip away at their HP as you kite.

If you want a more aggressive choice, then MultishotMultishot is also a pretty good option for the knock back that also interrupts enemies.

Frost ShotFrost Shot — Your other important kiting ability, the Frost ShotFrost Shot makes you leap back a good distance while doing damage and slowing down enemies. While the damage is negligible, the mobility provided by this ability is excellent and helps you remain far enough from your enemy that they cannot apply damage.

Feel free to also switch to Explosive ArrowsExplosive Arrows for the extra damage if you are facing a healer. They usually don't have a lot of mobility and that for you have an easier time kiting them even without using Frost ShotFrost Shot.

Magic ArrowMagic Arrow — The damage of this ability is increased based on the time the arrow flies. This means that you should always use this when you are kiting away and while maintaining the correct range from your target can be challenging, a bit of practice will go a long wa.

Piercing ArrowsPiercing Arrows — Each auto-attack will decrease the defenses of enemies you hit, this will help with dealing damage whenever you aren't fully kiting an opponent.


Elder's Assassin JacketElder's Assassin Jacket

AmbushAmbush — This ability offers you stealth that can be used in various ways. You can use the stealth to disengage from losing fights or simply to boost your damage as staying in stealth will increase your damage for a short duration after leaving stealth. Keep in mind though that going out of the circle will also break your stealth.

Balanced MindBalanced Mind — This passive not only increases your damage output which makes perfect sense.


Elder's Cowl of PurityElder's Cowl of Purity

Avalonian BeamAvalonian Beam — This long range beam of energy deals high damage on impact but also an equal amount over time to the same target, this is a great choice as it boosts your DPS without forcing you to get too close to your enemy. You can easily pair this with your Magic ArrowMagic Arrow for a quick burst of damage.

AggressionAggression — This passive increases your damage which is perfect for the weapon.


Elder's Soldier BootsElder's Soldier Boots

Rejuvenating SprintRejuvenating Sprint — While there are many other options, Elder's Soldier BootsElder's Soldier Boots is a great choice as it offers healing and can be found in many other builds too. You can also use the WanderlustWanderlust ability instead for a run with a longer duration even though it takes a bit extra time to ramp up.

ToughnessToughness — This defensive option is preferred for a bit of extra defense but you can use CourierCourier if you need more weight in case you are carrying loot.


Elder's Undead CapeElder's Undead Cape

VanisherVanisher — Once your HP drops below 15%, you will enter stealth (you are still able to use your abilities in this stealth but your damage is decreased by 50%). You should make use of this as a last resort in order to reposition away from the enemy or disengage entirely when coupled with AmbushAmbush. You can see if its available by looking under your character name, if there is a cloak icon, then the cloak was activated previously.


Rotations

Kite + DPS ↴
Poisoned Arrow
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Frost Shot
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Magic Arrow
Arrow right.webp
Avalonian Beam
  • After your dismount, you want to use Poisoned ArrowPoisoned Arrow while feeling out the fight. Most players would use a run to try and close the distance and thats when you should pop your Frost ShotFrost Shot on them coupled with Magic ArrowMagic Arrow and even possibly use Avalonian BeamAvalonian Beam if they keep b-lining for you. The Magic ArrowMagic Arrow and Avalonian BeamAvalonian Beam are your main damaging skills for this build while Poisoned ArrowPoisoned Arrow is a DoT you should aim to always have up on your target so they slowly lose HP while trying to catch you.

Naturally, use Frost ShotFrost Shot to help with your kiting.


Consumables

Major Healing PotionMajor Healing Potion — The potion allows you to sustain yourself while trading damage with your enemies while you kite, try to keep a few as certain matchups can last longer.

Pork OmelettePork Omelette — Lowering your cooldowns helps you a lot with kiting and dealing damage between auto-attacks, try to use at least a 7.1 version of this though as the price difference isn't all that high.


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