Ansbach's Longbow | Elden Ring Wiki

It scales (slightly) better off of DEX than STR, so Lightning Arrows are still the best kind of arrow to use (and, yes, for those who don't know, arrow elemental damage scales if your bow has the corresponding stat scaling), cause those can be further buffed by lightning buffs (scorpion, tear etc.). PLUS, the new Florissax spirit ash can debuff enemies' lightning damage reduction, so that can further help us archers in PvE.

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Can you get this bow if you assisted Hornsent?

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FYI you can also buy an infinite number of flame and serpentine arrows from two of the merchants in Caelid, not just golden arrow. Flame arrows are really really good

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Am I the only one who sees a resemblance to Simon's Bowblade with this thing?

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Still only procs bleed once or twice on bosses even if I use the art exclusively, am I doing something wrong?

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Excellent bow, but it burns through so many arrows that I would be loathe to use the WA with anything other than golden arrows which can be bought infinitely. Otherwise prepare to farm I guess.

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Best bow in the game, but sometimes I go in with 99 of 2 types of arrows, usually serpentine and bleeding, and finish them before the Boss dies. It is solved if you use any invocation, but if you are alone you will often run out of arrows.

Ng+7 level 380 80/80 and im using golden bow, a barrier, Alexander, the new bow talisman, dragoncrest, double neck turtle.

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almost a 100% upgrade over Black bow, and easily the best viable bow for a bow only playthrough.
the AoW hits for very good burst damage for big punishes, at the expense of rather inefficient use of arrows, so be mindful of spamming too much AoW when fighting bosses with big HP. for reference, using only AoW can easily burn trough 300+ arrows on NG1 fire giant, while just shooting normally can get the job done with 200 arrow or so.

An ideal setup for max damage would be: 2 bow damage talisman, Leo ring or shard of alexander, and divne beast talisman paired with storm hawk arrow (yes the arrow does count as "storm" and get the 10% boost)
this setup can usually hit for around 1.5-2k in base game, and easily over 3k in DLC, with even higher numbers if you do land a counter (but its rare due to how slow the AoW is)

or, just with bleed for what bow build are at its core : a bad long range bleed build lol

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Why the hell are people saying he will drop his bow and armor after being killed if you side with Leda?

Am I missing something, because he didnt drop it. This seems like a hard split between chosing his bow or the talisman.

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Just beat a poor invader to dead with the ash of war. Its pretty good and I'll probably be using it instead of Black bow from now on.

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Absolutely decimates, for Invasions.

(Shard of Alexander + Lord of Blood's Exultation)

Instant bleed procs hitting for 1500+ damage.

Kill anything anything in 2-shots, that isn't holding a shield.

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I believe currently all "fan" moves or possible the fan crossbow are procing status like crazy.

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Why does mine say it requires 18 dex?

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If you missed the Ledia vs. Ainsbach fight in the Storehouse, will Ainsbach drop this item at the end or is it just lost forever?

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Here are all the bow stats:
Requirements: Str 9, Dex 43.
LVL 0: Physical dmg 74, Str E, Dex D.
LVL 1: Physical dmg 84, Str E, Dex D.
LVL 2: Physical dmg 95, Str E, Dex D.
LVL 3: Physical dmg 106, Str E, Dex D.
LVL 4: Physical dmg 116, Str D, Dex D.
LVL 5: Physical dmg 127, Str D, Dex D.
LVL 6: Physical dmg 138, Str D, Dex D.
LVL 7: Physical dmg 149, Str D, Dex D.
LVL 8: Physical dmg 159, Str D, Dex D.
LVL 9: Physical dmg 170, Str D, Dex D.
LVL 10: Physical dmg 181, Str D, Dex D.

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Assisted Ansbach against Leda, but it didn't drop for me...

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A review of this weapon as someone who knows how to play with bows. YES! get this, insane burst, the weapon art uses 8 arrows each shot and deals tons of damage. you'd think for a fan of shots it'd be important to hit them all, nope. You can hit this weapon art max range and deal 2k+ damage with a good setup and a +10 weapon using the stormhawk arrows. it's really good.

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On quality build +10 it is stronger than black bow with the same beneficial shortbow moveset, and the skill is killer. It can insta-proc poison/ bleed if all arrows hit. I love this thing

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People that say bows are bad have never figured out how to make them work. This has potential in both PvE and PvP.

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Actually pretty decent ash of war if you're going for status buildup, Uses 8 ammo per ash of war tho.

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The skill on this bow hits for around ~1000 damage if you're in close enough range and with the proper dexterity stats. And that's without any boosting gear.

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It's actually 43 dex but whatever.

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42 dex. Forty. Two. Which gets you... a whole lot of nothing in a vaguely-longbow-shaped package. Very cool!

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The required dex for me 42 on this bow

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How do you even get this weapon?

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at +10, Str D, Dex D

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Why fromsoftware, why do you guys hate archery so much.

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