Proper bow movement skill - its time

When GGG started hyping bow movement skills, I was so hyped. When they delivered Blink and Mirror arrow, I was initially thrilled, thinking they were great.

To me, a movement skill is something that permits fast and fluid movement across a map or area, for instance to turn in a master mission (which for some odd reason isn't done automatically, but that's another discussion entirely). So the blink/mirror arrow are more of gimmicks, with the only way I'd use them is Blink for a quick gtfo.

What I'm after is something as useful as leap slam, whirling blades or lightning warp - not another gimmick that won't get used.

-Tumbling in

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diablofdb wrote:

-Tumbling in

Well that's one possibility, given the utter lack of realism of blink/mirror arrow, I couldn't care less about realism, but so much more about actual movement utility.

Hm. Why don't you just use lightning warp or dual Brightbeak + leap slam in the second weapon slot? I also dont have a proper movement skill, leap slam is too slow since my build has slow attack speed (and got nerfed in terms of range, as did lightning warp), so I just walk and use Quicksilver flasks.

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Char1983 wrote:

Hm. Why don't you just use lightning warp or dual Brightbeak + leap slam in the second weapon slot? I also dont have a proper movement skill, leap slam is too slow since my build has slow attack speed (and got nerfed in terms of range, as did lightning warp), so I just walk and use Quicksilver flasks.

Attack speed is of course affecting your movement speed, would be doing the same for bows of course. We couldn't ever get the same speed as a fast dagger, but still would be something.

And sure I can use lightning warp, or flame dash, or quicksilver, or leap slam - but that's kinda not the point of the discussion :/

So what is the point of the discussion? I don't quite get it.

BTW I have never used blink arrow, but I have seen people move around with it. What is wrong with it?

Why should bow users also have this ability? It is one of many things that separates bow builds from other builds. And just for the record I play almost exclusively bow builds =)

blinkarrow+attackspeed. done.

for the rest quicksilver. what is dis complain?

Haven't heard myself complaining, but have heard lots of whining from others. A suggestion isn't a complaint, even my limited english tells me that.

I'm using blink and mirror arrow in my build. I love them! You can't lose a evasion roll if you're not there. They do decent damage in a 4 link.

If it didn't have a cooldown, it would be way over powered.