Summary
InThrone and Liberty, players can wield two weapons with unique skill sets for each one. The Longbow is an excellent choice for players looking to deal DPS or have damage support for a healing or tank build. The longbow finds most use in melee combination builds, with players able to control the distance in PvP battles.
Longbows focus on dealing damage from a distance, with some skills adding bonuses the further one stands from their target. Before players take on Dungeons and PvP, it helps to understand what each available skill does. The following includes the best Active Skills for the Longbow, along with the best Specialization effects.
9Blitz
Reset Cooldowns & Enhance Attacks With Limit Break
Blitz is an excellent tool for maintaining momentumin a fight. It resets the cooldown for the user’s last used skill, except for Strafing, Arrow Vortex, anda few skills from other weapons.
The best Specialization effect is Limit Break, where in the first 5 seconds after casting, one skill effect is enhanced. Decisive Sniping increases proportional to the charging time, Flash Wave increases healing and decreases Limit Break cooldown, and Purifying Touch removes every debuff and decreases Limit Break’s cooldown.
8Nature’s Blessing
Remove Weaken And Increase Health & Mana Regen
Nature’s Blessing immediately removes a Weaken effectand increases health and mana regen for the caster and all party members within 16m for 4 seconds. This skill isextremely useful in Dungeons and PvP, as it maintains the health of multiple people and allows for more opportunities to attack.
Depending on the playstyle, the best Specializations are Vitality and Whirlpool Attribute. Vitality increases the healing effects and Whirlpool Attribute leaves behind a whirlpool which increases the movement speed of anyone who walks through it.
7Deadly Marker
Marking Targets For Critical Hit Chances
Deadly Markershoots an arrow that has a 90% chance to Mark the target for 9 seconds. Attacking a Marked target increases the user’s Hit Chance for all styles of attack, and each Critical Hit afterwards decreases all skill cooldowns by 1% for the user and party members.
Deadly Markergives players an edge in PvPand great assistance in taking down Bosses. All of the Specialization effects are recommended. Bullseye applies additional stacks of Mark, and Hit increases Hit Chance when attacking targets with Deadly Marker.
6Brutal Arrow
Precise AoE Damage
Brutal Arrow is a great AoE attack, dropping a single arrow at a location dealing great damage within a 3m radius. Hitting targets within 1m from the center deals almost double damage and decreases Brutal Arrow’s cooldown by 6 seconds. With its 30 second cooldown, this skill is aperfect anchor in the rotationwhen facing packs of enemies.
Both Specializations are good for Brutal Arrow, but builds that focus on damage may find the Gale Area effect useful, asGale stacks and explodes on the 10th stack, inflicting bonus damage within a 3m radius area. Radius Increased helps Gale Area but on its own works as a way to guarantee hitting more targets and decreasing the cooldown.
5Strafing
A Reliable & Rapid Attack
Strafing starts off early as an important toolfor shredding health, and later turns into a simple but effective tool for consistent DPS. Strafing is an instant attack with 4 arrows that each do a percentage of base damage on top of extra damage.It can be used one more time within 3 seconds, using only half of the mana cost. On hit, Target status is applied for 6 seconds on thetarget to empower other Longbow skills.
The best Specialization effect is Consecutive Use, allowing players to use the skill 2 more times instead of once. This important effect increases the DPS for players in any scenario.
4Decisive Sniping
Dealing Massive Damage On A Single Target
Decisive Sniping is an epic attack that deals a massive amount of damage to one target, and if it hits, increases all attack chances for 3 seconds. This skill has a relatively short cooldown for its insane damage, making it crucial to include in the rotation.
Decisive Bombardment is the best Specialization effect, as it changes to a directional attack that doubles Critical Hit chances upon hitting targets for 3 seconds. Regardless of whether or not players choose to use Decisive Bombardment, the base skill Decisive Sniping is recommended for those focusing on DPS.
3Ensnaring Arrow
Binding Targets In Place
Ensnaring Arrow is an exceptional skill, especially for those who solely use ranged attacks. This skill releases an ensnaring arrow that also deals damage with an 80% chance to Bind the target for a period of time. Bosses or other enemies that areimmune to Binding will have Shackle applied, which slows them down instead of stopping them completely.
The best Specializations to have are Duration Increase which prolongs the Bind/Shackle time, and Hit Chance which increases the target’s incoming Hit Chances by 20%. This skill is perfect for Dungeons or surviving PvP scenarios.
2Arrow Vortex
Firing A Path Of Destruction
Arrow Vortex fires an arrow in a selected direction to deal double damage to a target on the path, decreasing Movement Speed for nearby targets within 3m. For a couple of seconds after the initial attack, all targets take an additional percentage of damage and have a 70% chance to be pulled toward the main target.
Tornado is the best Specialization because it creates a 4m radius tornado when it strikes, dealing great damage and applying Gale to enemies within range. This also causes Collision: Push with a 70% chance to float enemies in the air for a few seconds. Arrow Vortex is a must-have in the rotation.
1Zephyr’s Nock
Massive Damage Depending On Distance
Zephyr’s Nock is by far the best Longbow skill,and it’s presented to players right at the beginning of the game. It deals awesome damage and increases damage by 7% per 1m distance from the target. Its cooldown is only 6 seconds, making thisskill a top priority in the rotationfor any Longbow user.
All the Specializations for Zephyr’s Nock are excellent additions. Damage Increase deals bonus damage to enemies with Gale effects, and Collision that adds Collision: Push to enemies while in Whirlpool status.
