by White Mamba Fri Jul 27, 2012 12:27 amHow does the Darkmoon Bow go as a backup in PVP? Im planning on having around 30 faith and 40ish dex. Would it be worth making or should I just take the composite bow up to +14?
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Darkmoon or Composite Bow
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I made the exact same thread yesterday lol. https://soulswiki.forumotion.com/t8723-is-the-darkmoon-bow-any-good
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Look. Copy/pasted from a post I made on another thread.
I played with Gaxe and did some damage tests with my pure faith SL 120 build. Here's what I got.
20 Str / 16 Dex / 50 Faith
Darkmoon Bow: 151 physical + 297 magical = 450 total AR
Damage: 161 with moonlight arrow.
Occult Composite Bow: 117 physical + 358 magical = 476 total AR
Damage: 209 with moonlight arrows
Damage difference: 48
Divine damage was 200, almost the same as occult. This was tested on a human player. Damage difference is significant considering the low damage of arrows.
In your case however, you are better with a short bow +15, because of 40 Dex. Occult/divine scaling stops at 50 faith.
I played with Gaxe and did some damage tests with my pure faith SL 120 build. Here's what I got.
20 Str / 16 Dex / 50 Faith
Darkmoon Bow: 151 physical + 297 magical = 450 total AR
Damage: 161 with moonlight arrow.
Occult Composite Bow: 117 physical + 358 magical = 476 total AR
Damage: 209 with moonlight arrows
Damage difference: 48
Divine damage was 200, almost the same as occult. This was tested on a human player. Damage difference is significant considering the low damage of arrows.
In your case however, you are better with a short bow +15, because of 40 Dex. Occult/divine scaling stops at 50 faith.
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Lol my bad. I guess i'll make a +14 shortbow and turn the Composte into Darkmoon and see how they go
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I'd actually do the opposite and turn the shortbow into the darkmoon and the composite into either occult or +15, seeing as the composite has a higher AR than the shortbow.White Mamba wrote:Lol my bad. I guess i'll make a +14 shortbow and turn the Composte into Darkmoon and see how they go
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I find that the composite has bad aim and the darkmoon is spot on. my 2 cents
edit: I meant instead of darkmoon, black bow of pharis... but that wasn't even an option though was it? oops
edit: I meant instead of darkmoon, black bow of pharis... but that wasn't even an option though was it? oops
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I know what you mean. The composite bow tends to shoot a little to the left of the crosshairs, but it's no trouble to adjust, and the composite does more damage.Ciledaknuf wrote:I find that the composite has bad aim and the darkmoon is spot on. my 2 cents
edit: I meant instead of darkmoon, black bow of pharis... but that wasn't even an option though was it? oops
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I think that most bows do that actually, I have a sniper (Black Bow w/Hawk Ring) and its really noticeable when you zoom in fully. You pretty much have to pretend they have a second head to the right and shoot it.
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30 faith and 40 Dex is perfect for Darkmoon bow...
