Strongest physical damage bow

my highest bow (also smh offtopic posters)

It did take me a second to realize this was from 10 years ago because I was starting to feel bad for the first few posts. Hah.

It is fun to compare what was good then vs. now. The bows in the beginning of the thread were legit good back then. Now they're not even worth picking up.

im still holding on to this cute little thing i found once upon a time. not quite as old as this thread, but not far off tbh.

I remember earning my first Exalts by selling a 300+ phys dps claw.
Oh how things have changed ;)

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zriL wrote:

Guys, fast attacking physical damage is weak due to the armor mechanic, unless you're converting it to elemental. For a physical build, all your "godly" thicket bows suck compared to an average decent slow attacking bow, even if pure damage per second is higher.

This is pretty much not true, monster armour is completely irrelevant in an overwhelming number of circumstances, including the shrine buff where they get 50k.

Remember you need 5x the value of a hit to halve it, a single endurance charge on monsters does more than every armour modifier you can give monsters currently.

The only skill i've seen that was reasonably effected by armour is pure phys lancing steel, where 40 projectiles/attack actually get reduced slightly (until you build it propeprly)