Igon's Greatbow | Elden Ring Wiki

Im trying to come up with a weapon to go along this greatbow. How viable would dryleaf arts be? Im tired of playing magic and would like to go simple :)

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Does igons greatbow ash of war work with the roar medallion?

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Some state in comparison to Golem's great bow and Great bow at 80 str 80 dex quality build. (At max upgrade):
Igon's great bow's AR: 294+242
Golem's greatbow's AR: 318+364
Great bow's AR: 306+263

Damage against gate front solider by giving him headshot directly from grace. With no damage/range increment items/buffs:
Golem's great bow (Through and Through): 2010 with normal great arrow, 1926 with Igon's harpoon
Igon's great bow (Through and Through): 1609 with normal great arrow, 1883 with Igon's harpoon
Igon's great bow (Igon's drake hunt): 1918 with normal great arrow, 2243 with Igon's harpoon
Great bow (Through and Through): 1715 with normal great arrow, 1651 with Igon's harpoon
Great bow (Igon's drake hunt): 2019 with normal great arrow, 1969 with Igon's harpoon

In my case:
If using normal great arrow: Great bow with Igon's drake hunt yields the highest damage, slightly higher than Golem's great bow.
If using harpoon: Igon's great bow with drake hunt out damages everything by more than 10%.

My only wish is Igon's bell can be carried through NG+ in the future, other wise I'll have to kill Bayle every playthrough to restock harpoons.

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close enough, welcome back twin-headed greatbow

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The bonus damage from Igon's Harpoons seems to be 20%, just like Radahn's Greatbow with Radahn's Spears. BUT, I noticed that the bonus from Igon's Harpoons DOES NOT STACK by using two bows, but radahn's spear's bonus STACKS upon using two of radahn's greabows. On top of that, Igon's Hapoon has lower base damage (90) than other greatarrows, so this is quite useless IMO.

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if using igon's harpoons, how much more does the damage increase?

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This weapon doesn't make your character to say

CUUUUUUUURSE YOUUUUUU, BAAAAAAAAYLE!

Literally unusable.

Miyazaki needs to fix it to make this weapon good

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Why the weapon skill doesn't make your character to say:

CUUUUUUUUURSE YOOOOOOOOOOU, BBBBBBAAAAAAAAILEEEEEEE!!!!!

Honestly, From and Miyazaki-kun wasted a great chance to make this skill to be remarkable.

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The “I’m boutta riddle with holes your rotten hide” type weapon.

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So this bow with Igon's ash of war is better than golem's greatbow for str right?

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COURSE YOU BAYLE!!!

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will roar talisman buff this?

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Did testing on the best strength greatbow. Damage testing done on the Cleanrot Knight at prayer room (no headshot, new game+6) with 70 strength and 18 dexterity with shard of alexander, arrow soaring sting talisman, arrow sting talisman, sharpshot talisman (must continue aiming down till hit)

+25 Igon's Greatbow with Igon's Drake Hunt (507 AR) and Igon's Harpoon was 2017 damage

+10 Golem Greatbow with Through and Through (597 AR) and Greatarrow was 1672 damage

Even using greatarrows on Igon's bow still did 1729 damage which is more than Golem.

Finally I tried through and through on Igon's bow with Igon's harpoon which did 1652

So Igon's Greatbow and Igon's Drake Hunt is better and you can even save 2 dex points (16 dex Igon, 18 golem) to do more damage with more strength. Igon also weighs 2 less

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CURSE YOU BAYLEEEEEEE

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Igon's bow is the second-best bow for one shotting. when it comes to flat-out physical damage due to the Ash of War which gives +75% extra damage. golem greatbow+10 maxed out deals 318+391 Phys dmg (709) then you need to add on the additional 30% dmg from the Ash of War bring golem great bow to deal 921.7 physical damage. meanwhile, Igon's greatbow+25 maxed out deals 294+261 (555) then with the extra 75% dmg from the Ash of War brings the total to 971.25. The best bow would be the greatbow+25 with igon drake hunter now, which would deal 588 (306+282) when maxed out and 1029 with Ash of War.

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I've done some testing with Igons great bow, and I really loved it. So I went and completed the dlc and came back again in new game plus so I could get another igons great bow in order to do more damage like have 2 lions greatbows equipped. However, having 2 igons greatbows equipped did not do more damage, so it seems like the effect of igons bow on igons harpoons does not stack like the lions greatbow. Has anyone else found this problem?

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close enough. welcome back goughs greatbow

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Igon's Greatbow + Rain of Arrows + Igon's Harpoons = "WITH A HAIL OF HARPOONS!"

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wondering between Rahdan Lion Greatbow + Radahn's Spears or Igon's Greatbow and Arrows with AOW Rain Of Arrows or Rahdan Greatbow with Igon Arrow

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Radahn's Rain does more damage to dragons than this with arrow rain.

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With VERY limited testing, 25 strength and 40 dexterity, testing on the beast man warrior down the stairs from spiral rise as my training dummy:

Golem Greatbow +10 and great arrow normal shot did 1959, using Through and Through with great arrow it did 3005, with Igon's harpoon normal shot did 1904, and with Through and Through Igon's harpoon did 2932.

Igon's Greatbow +25 and great arrow normal shot did 1572, using Igon's Drake Hunt with great arrow did 2985, with Igon's Harpoon normal shot did 1828, and with Igon's Drake Hunt and Igon's Harpoon it did 3490.

Results: In every situation asides from using Igon's Greatbow coupled with Igon's Harpoon, Golem Greatbow with normal great arrows are better, and considering they cost 300 runes versus 1000, plus ease of access to be able to buy Igon's Harpoons, it just is not worth the slight extra damage. HOWEVER, this is not considering that my stats are not focused on utilizing greatbows to their max, nor was I using any talismans that would affect damage other than Shard of Alexander for both weapons because I simply forgot to take it off.

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Shouldve let us shoot thunderbolts as infinite ammo with Dragon King Cragblade in off-hand.

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It melts dragon's like their are nothing, ancient dragons, drakes, not even placidusax stands a chance, this is quite literally the ultimate dragon slaying weapon.

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Ah, dragonslaying, knighthood’s highest calling… but for for every one of them, we lost three score of A HAIL OF HARPOONS!!!

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Yes guys finally not the 18 Dex cap, i can save 1 point now (spread crossbow). Thanks BAYLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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The Igon (CURSE YOU BAYLE) Build:
Igon Armour set
Igon's Greatbow with the Igon's Drake Hunt Ash of War
Igon's Harpoons + normal Great Arrows
Spear Talisman
Arrow's Sting Talisman
Shard of Alexander
Arrow's Soaring Sting Talisman
60 Strength (80 for the max. scaling thats worth)
just 16 Dex (it has bad scaling)
(If your heart desires Dragpm Communion Incantations use the Clawmark Seal with the Dragon Communion Seal in the off hand. Best Incantations to use would be Greyoll's Roar, Dragonmaw and Dragonclaw because of the small requirements)
Have Fun with it as I had WITH A HAIL OF HARPOONS!! :)

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If you are hunting dragons and specifically using Igon's Harpoons, this bow will do more damage with Igon's Drakehunt against dragons compared to the Greatbow despite having lower damage. I don't have Ancient Dragon Stones to make it 25 so I tested Igon +24 and Greatbow +25 both with Drakehunt against the respawning Farum Azula dragon. Greatbow did 1383 on the body. Igon did 1480 on the body. Greatbow AR is 784, Igon AR is 699. I'm 80/80 STR/DEX.

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Is this AOW faster than Through and Through?

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This Greatbow has the lowest Dexterity scaling of all Greatbows in game, so it is better for a Strength focused and minimum Dexterity build

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It has the lowest AR on 60/60, just slightly lower than normal greatbow. Golem still has the highest AR by around ~20% more.

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Rain of arrows is a better AOW for this bow if you dont want to do the questline

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This bow on a dedicated greatbow build has honestly been one of the most gratifying experiences to date. When summoning in at 150, i can easily 2 shot most invaders, and im doing close to 900 damage per shot on bosses.

You ever summon Zoa The Huntress on PlayStation, you have my bow.

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IT DOESNT GIVE THE AOW IF YOU KILL HIM EARLY DONT BELIEVE THESE LIES

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Roleplaying as Igon vs. Bosses with weak spots as Coop is a lot of fun, the Scadutree Avatar has a lot of moments where it's head will remain stationary for 2 attacks, with 56 str 40+end(just to get enough stam to get 3shots of) and rest in dex or maybe faith/int with spells just a ton of fun hitting like 2-3k per shot

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They really dropped the ball on the skill of this weapon. Igon himself says hes going to kill bayle with a "hail of harpoons". They should've gave it a skill called "Hail of harpoons" where you roar and fire 3 great arrows in a quick succession or as a multishot with slight randomness in trajectory. I don't care if each greatarrow did 25-30% less damage each, it would still be unique for greatbows and not just a reskinned "through and through". So much potential lost.

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Quick tip, you DO NOT need to summon Igon, you WILL need to get his Finger however still for his equipment to show up afterwards... This will help you avoid having to fight Bayle with a 60% HP buff and 50% status resist buff... Happy hunting Drake Warrior.

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Being a strength greatbow that only requires 16 dex automatically makes this good.

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you're legally obligated to yell "CURSE YOU BAYLE" in your head everytime you fire this thing, even if it's not at a dragon. the only acceptable way to honor igon

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putting Rain of Arrows on this.
WITH A HAIL OF HARPOONS!

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The Ashe of War mentions a you "Bellow" when firing, so does that mean the Roar medallion can increase the damage?
Gimme DV if no, browser is being iffy rn

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Unsurprisingly very effective against Igon.

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CURSE YOU BAYYYYYYLEE!!!!!!!!!!

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CURSE YOU BAYLE!!!

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I will riddle with holes your rotten hide
WITH A HAIL OF HARPOONS

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This makes every human AI enemy a joke. It turns using bows from quite possibly the worst vs the AI to being able to all of them blindfolded because of how the strong the poise break is on the scream. God bless you Igon you glorious bastard.

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this is monstrously powerful on a strength build. swapped out the erdtree greatbow for this and the difference in damage was astounding.

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Useful to kill Senessax (aka worst boss design) and get a free 1x Ancient smithing stone and 1x Ancient somber smithing stone

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did some testing on the troll near Godrick's room:
Using Igon's Drake Hunt to shoot a Rahdahn spear while the Lion Greatbow was equipped in my off hand did 1257 damage
Using Igon's Drake Hunt to shoot a harpoon did 1470 damage
Using Rahdahn's rain to shoot harpoons while Igon's greatbow was equipped in my off hand did 2830 damage
Using Rahdahn's rain to shoot Rahdahn spears did 2905 damage (though the damage of this weapon art varies a lot so I'm not sure about these values)
It seems like it's best to just use the ammo type that's matched to Igon's bow and Rahdahn's bow if you're going to use them.

On the other hand, there's the Golem bow:
Using through and through by itself to shoot a regular great arrow did 1290 damage
Using through and through to shoot a harpoon with Igon's bow in my offhand did 1511 damage
Using through and through to shoot a spear with the Lion Greatbow in my offhand did 1548 damage
So if you're going to use the off-hand bonus damage cheese, I think the Lion's greatbow is the better choice; the exception being if you're fighting a dragon.

Igon's greatbow still has a niche as being the best bow for pure for primarily STR builds, I think.

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I don't use Greatbows, but Igon's passion and obsession has rubbed off on me.

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This thing requires 16 Dex instead of 20 like the greatbow or 18 like the Golem greatbow, which allows you to spend less points on dex which could be useful for builds that require a lot of stats like STR/FTH or even just for low level invasions

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The WA has two animations with two separate stamina cost. The first is the 20 stamina yell, the second is the 50 stamina shot. So long as you have 1 stamina for the yell, the shot will also go through at full damage. The yell gives you a minor poise buff, helping you complete the shot, as well as knocks down less poised enemies in melee range.

Testing on the fire knight at the Storeroom Seventh Floor site of grace, once the yell goes through I could tank his melee swing or his fireball, as well as knock him down if he's close to me. Testing on the curseblade from the start of the DLC, the yell doesn't knock him down, and doesn't give enough poise to tank his spinnig lunge attack, but does give enough to tank his light one handed attack.

In comparison, through and through costs 50 stamina, but can be interrupted by even the slightest of hits.

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Pro tip: the Ash of war is powerful... but it's not its value.

It can be repeated without resetting the greatbow, meaning rapid(ish) fire is now available...

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Did we need another str-only greatbow..?

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the unique WA is cool and does more damage than through and through, I think
unfortunately his harpoons do less damage than regular arrows on anything that isn't a dragon, it seems

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Is this greatbow any g- Oh who am I kidding. I'll still use it for the Igon Coolness factor though.

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OH MY GOD A PROJECTILE WEAPON WITH SCALING HIGHER THAN D!

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Greatbow with Igon's > Golem's with Through and Through > Igon's with Igon's

However Greatbow is only slighty better than Golem's and the damage on non AoW arrows will be much higher on Golem's

The only use case for this bow I can see is Igon's Greatbow + Igon's Drake Hunt + Igon's Harpoon, and only against dragons. Pretty niche.

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Although the combination of Golem's + Radahn's on the back with Radahn's arrows gives a stronger hit, Igon's with Igon arrows gives comparable damage at 11.5 less weight and 4 less DEX. That's not a bad tradeoff if you're STR heavy and don't have much DEX past the minimum requirements to begin with. Not to mention the utility of not having to swap your off-hand mid fight back and forth if you like to refresh your self buffs with an incantation, that's two extra actions you could gain mid combat. In a game centered on action economy, this is not a negligible gain.

Of course, the above might not apply if multiple of those stats (STR, DEX, END) are all very high, or if you have access to two Igon's, but at lower levels the tradeoff versus the Golem/Radahn combo is nothing to sneer at.

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DS2 moment

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Golem's greatbow does more damage with through and through shots on a dragon's head, even with Igon's harpoons. Tested with Shard of Alexander and all 3 arrow damage talismans. Igon's ~4900 damage, Golem's ~5300 damage. 52 Strength 80 Dexterity

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Skill unaffected by roar Medallion

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Alright, I get it, it takes time to compile information about things on a wiki. Especially since this is DLC is not too far off from just being elden ring 2 as far as content density.

However, maybe we shouldn't be putting information that's just straight up wrong. You have placeholders for a reason, use them.

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This weapon can be infused with ashes of war - it comes with an ash of war that is a stronger version of through and through but doesn’t penetrate. It also has a passive that buffs Igon’s harpoons which should stack of you run two of the bows as it works in the offhand as well - there is a bug currently where radhans spears don’t get their damage buff if you use the ash with radhan bow on offhand (only when using the ash nor when normally firing) this would make radhans spears the better arrow for damage if you only had one igon Greatbow and one radhan bow in the offhand - max damage is achieved when using two igon greatbows with igon harpoons and the igon ash of war

Note: not tested but rellanas stance talisman might work with ‘stance’ allowing further damage increase

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I love bows/greatbows/crossbows. Why cant fromsoft make greatbows good in pvp you just try to attack and it takes ages to fire even on a jump attack. They gotta make the igons ash of war a true combo aswell the yell stuns people but then they can roll out of the arrow 1 second after its so stupid.

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It says this is a somber weapon but other people say it’s not ???

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Cool dragon themed bow, but seems completely inferior to golem great bow unfortunately

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

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First! :D

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