Yup, I noticed on my first "Hard" playthrough, that the Shadow Bow with 3 Fire mods took down any human enemy in 1-2 shots, and dealt decent damage to nearly every other enemy. Was my favorite weapon.
Julioti that's stupid you long bow will instant snipe any human with 1 shot u can kill a whole fortress from 50 feet away in 1 minute with a proper Pierce longbow, this is a cheesy ass strategy
Same here. The pure damage bow one shots most anything if you hit a weak point, and the full tear bow makes those concussion blast tear arrows just strip everything off an enemy in a hit or two. Very useful against the larger opponents. The full fire bow is great for most everything too. Typically open with a tear arrow or two, then a couple fire arrows to set it aflame, then damage arrows to finish it off (for the bigger guys).
This is a good set up for simple upfront damage. however, I'd argue freezing and an explosive Sling will eat just about anything. doesn't matter if it's weak to either or not. I use the rattler with two freeze mods and one handling, it's pretty much full auto. And then shadow blast Sling with three damage mods will deal over 750 damage per sticky bomb and blow just about any component off in one hit. But I play on hard and this technique really only takes off if you have the slow time perks and lots of very rare mods. I did use a ton of fire arrow spam until level 20.
That's why I made a video: 'Second Best Weapon/Mod Setup', because freeze is really good too. I still think weapon/fire is better though, I further explain that in the other video.
I'm using the Sharpshooting bow with 2x 43% damage and 6% handling, and 1x 43% handling and 6% damage. It tears apart machines in seconds. It does around 120 damage per shot, and can crit for 270 more or less doing a instant kill on some machines.
That's why I have the exact same weapon combo in my weapon setup. But I chose the shadow hunter bow/3x fire mod comboas the best, because it is useful against the most important enemies in the game, as I said in the video.
I use both. First i shoot with fire arrows, and then switch to my shapshot to do some real dmg. As the fire debuff will add more damage to your sharpshooting bow also
Thx for the tip. positive criticism: There is a lot of new players in this game. Explain why you chose each weapon and mods and showing why (which you do bit to fast for newbs). Not me =) I like the style you edit your videos. invest in a high quality mic and you will absolutely get more subs. A lot of people subscribe because of hearing a clear voice in their vids. You can choose to having a serious approach to the game, or Info by doing real and plenty of research OR having some comedy in your vids. It's all up to you. Having some help from a friend or two doesn't hurt. Don't be afraid of silence when you talk. stop saying ohh, Uhhm I support a lot of small you tubers with talent. Therefore I will Subscribe to you =) Looking forward to your next vid.
I anwsered you comment on the other video. About the uhm's, Dutch people so me too generally say that a lot(I do it when thinking), but I'll try and reduce the amount a bit. Thanks for watching and commenting!
I really like the shadow sharpshot, slow and requires a lot of pullback to be accurate, but modded with full damage/ a bit of handling it does a huge amount of damage on impact. One shot kills most humans without headhshot, does massive damage to machine crit spots. Have you tried it? i recommend it
emmanuel pastoral It's your opinion and also fact. Fire arrows sometimes aren't that useful, but since this bow is great with mods other than generic damage mods, it made it the best weapon mod combo. (and because of the things mentioned in the video) Without the sharpshot bow though this 'easy' game would be really hard I agree lol.
This bow is only good for Glinthawks, for everything Else, I use the Shadow Sharpshot Bow's Precision arrow, with Damage mods in it, currently I'm at 85% total with my current mod and +60% handling from a mod, which does 122 damage, combo with that the slingshot with freeze bomb, then try to shoot the same arrow with 122 damage, it will do about 360+ damage per arrow, if you have the last arrow perk that allows you to use R1 to put 2 aditional arrows on your bow, you can crit any weakspot for over a 1000+ damage. Now that's what I call effective.
Glad to see someone putting this up. I almost uploaded the same thing myself. Love those fire arrows and the tear with compressed arrows on the other shadow bow.
LOL this is exactly my configuration for my main Shadow Hunter Bow. I also got a second SHB configured with Damage only because hard point arrows are much much cheaper than Precision arrow (no wires needed). Been killing the Thunderjaw and 2 Rockbreakers on "very hard" setting with normal outfit and using 3 slot Damage hard point arrows + 3 slot Freeze arrows, I find it much faster to beat the Thunderjaw than Fire arrows alone.
I just noticed someone put out practically the same video 2 days ago, now I don't mind but it is kind of stupid to be honest... Appreciate all you guys watching!
If you want to see the full potential of the best freeze bow with very rare freeze mods, you should look at my latest video and skip to 2:05. If you want to know why I didn't choose the weapon/all freeze mods combo, read further. So I looked at the freeze bows before making this video and decided this one was better. Your question is why do you think it's better than the fire/weapon combo. In the making of this video I judged the best combo on a few factors, the 2 most important ones here being: how much I used it throughout the game and how much it is actually useful throughout the game (there is a difference there). Now as I said in the video a lot of machines are weak to fire, but more importantly corrupted machines are as well. Those are really big part of the game. However not only machines are weak to fire, you can kill 'normal' human enemies with 1 fire arrow and you need to set elite humans on fire twice and they will die aswell. The latter is so great because humans on fire don't shoot back, so you can focus on something else. You can easily combo this weapon/fire setup with other weapons, which I have shown in multiple videos, one being 'How To Defeat Redmaw (Speedrun)'. Yea sure but I still don't really get it? I totally agree that the freeze setup is really good as well, but freeze is used way less throughout the story and game (especially in the beginning) simply because enemies are not weak to freeze. While fire is as I said before, you can combo. Overall is an important word here, overall I think that the weapon/fire combo is better than everything else. If you read through this I want to thank you for watching and taking the time to ask me questions. Have a good one!
you don't think it's possible someone had the same idea on their own? it's made pretty clear that many enemies are weak to fire, especially corrupted machines..
I think it can be open to personal taste. Shadow Hunter Bow + double Fire purple mods is easiest to get and very useful in many situations. But I prefer Shadow Sharpshot with double Damage Mods. One-shots a lot of machines, and deals a significant amount of damage to Frozen big game machines like Thunderjaws and Stormbirds. I believe it also one-shots human non-elites, and at a farther distance than Hunter Bow. The shot spread is also extremely tight, so you know you're delivering damage to the right location. I still use Fire when the target is Fire-vulnerable, but even then - it's faster to snipe out a Snapmaw's Freeze Sac with a Sharpshot Bow - one triple shot, freeze explosion. Second triple shot - dead.
I have two shadow bows one for fire and one with damage and tear mods. that one is great too, I find it more useful like that, having a weapon for each type of ammo. what do you think of adding a handling mod to weapons
Well, i think that optimise the war bow with freeze and then freezing an enemy and then switching to a sharpshooter bow optimised in damage is way more broken and OP, especially in the big machine.
Julioti true, but at the beginning you don't have the 40% core either. For normals humans, fire or any element isn't really necessary i think, and again bosses, freeze + triple arrow head shot and you rekt them. I don't know i felt that fire isn't that powerfull in this game, it does some quite good overtime damage but when i discovered the freeze + sharpshooter even the biggest corrupted machine was a joke.
Great tip. I've started using this combo by accident since most everything weak to fire. I need more purple mods. Which machines are purple mods found in...besides Thunderjaw & Stormbird?
Jim Pierdomenico focus on one tear boe, one fire bow and one hard point bow, interchanging a ropecaster for flyers with a trip caster for walkers, that's the game end.
It's the best armor in the game, the Shield-Weaver armor. You can get it through a questline, just type Shield-Weaver armor in on TH-cam and you will find many tutorials on how to get it. The quest takes some time though and I wouldn't rush it, because it is REALLY good and you might not get challenged or have as much fun after getting it..
I thought you were mad when you advocated using this bow but having tried it out with three fire mods have found it incredibly helpful! I'm amazed how quickly you can take down Snapmaws and Glinthawks which were my bane before I tried this out, thanks for the suggestion !
Gabriele Sartoretto The aim assist is more of a miss assist. I had multiple arrows veer away from the target hitting something left or right from the enemy I wanted to hit. The arrows leave traces in the air and you can see when they spontaneaously "correct" their path.
Nice,I totally agree this is the best weapon n mod combo,but tbh once you got the Shield Weaver,I think you can rely on heavy spear attacks much more than without it,using fire arrows only as a second weapon xD Saves more resourses lol. Stalker for ex can be murdered in like 4-5 hits xD
Yep. Fire is op, but you can challenge yourself and not use it. That's why I like the Hunter Guild. It sets new goals to achieve. Would be fun to have more bounties and challenges in the game. After 2/3 of tze game I went for 'very hard' mode, which is just a bit harder than easy, if you get the hang of the game and know your enemies. The game is especially easy, if you use the Heavy Nora Silent Hunter armour with more silence upgrades. You can hack every machine after the cauldrons und just watch and see the monsters kill each other.
played on very hard from the beginning .... hit 50 before long did few quest lines unlocked all map locations did all cauldrons .Maxxed pauches by killing every animal i saw .Now im coasting through the storytelling enjoying my trexes murdering everything when i assume control :)
MeadX26 I know but people confuse them sometimes. Question why would you use hardpoints over precision while the latter do more damage. And I chose the shadow hunter bow/fire mod setup as the best one because it is really useful and I found myself using it the most. I rarely used hardpoint arrows. But do whatever you think is best, have fun!
Julioti There in lies the real trick. Precision do cause more raw damage however Hardpoint can have monumentally better tear and fire significantly faster so your dps is much higher. I use these to tear of components and tag weak points, my use of the Sharpshooter bow is mostly just for tearblast arrows or long shots. I will admit I now have a second Hunter bow built like this lol.
MeadX26 Then just put 2 handling and 1 damage mod on a sharpshotbow, I'm pretty sure that works better. But I guess seeing all those components fly is a lot of fun as well.
Lodge bow with all ice, fire three at a time, instant freeze most things then sharpshot bow with all damage, three arrows, ether killed it of takes off half its life.
You can also equip your Sharpshot Bow with damage mods, and the Precision Arrows can do some pretty massive damage, especially when you hit a machine right in a major component. I just use fire for those weak against it.... otherwise, I'll hack at it or a few Precision Arrows. With larger machines, I use a combination of the Freeze Bomb from my Sling, and then the Precision Arrows.... dealing even more damage. Though with Stalkers I use Shock Bombs, since they're weak against electricity. Also paralyzing a Deathbringer with Shock Bombs makes it reveal its weak spots. I try to spread the love among my weapons, so as not to use TOO much of one resource, for the most part anyway. I mean Ridgewood and Wires can't be helped lol.
Yea, full on damage seems like the best thing to do now that there is ultra hard/new game+. Unless certain machines are weak to whatever it is. Thanks for watching!
Jimothy _ they gain a damage debuff, if it turns white it pretty much kills anything in the game lol, even fire creature are weak to fire cuz they have blast canisters that explode in giant chain reactions lol
3 handling mods to shadow hunter bow is the best..with freeze mods to war bow..this combo could easily down any machines in no time ( not even mention sticky + blast bombs_ :))
I'm pretty sure the sharpshotbow (with 1 damage and 2 handling mods) and the lodge war bow (with 3 freeze mods) is better. But whatever you think works best for you or is the most fun.
Luck (RNG), there are multiple videos on how to farm modifications, but I STRONGLY recommend not doing this. Because you will get a lot no matter what. They drop from machines and bosses, but as I said do not farm these, you will ruin the fun for yourself probably.
Is it weird that I put 3 48% percent attack mods on my hunters bow. Its very op now i think. It 3 shots a lot of things. Thats why I got the triple shot skill an dim on,y lv 25
i have 3 high damage+ high tear and i destroy harder than that. my best dps is reashed by using the war bow with 3 freeze coils, freeze the machine immeditly and do a triple shot, usualy kills in 1 shot
1. There are two weapons required for that. 2. The weapon/fire mod combo is better overall, since it's effective against all machine and human even if one of them isn't weak to fire.
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I just got a ps4 and i have to choose one i love dark souls but i also love games like tomb raider and shadow of mordor and those games are like this so which would you recommend?
Thanks for the vid. This game is awesome! Im in the early stages. But, i almost stopped playing cause the game is bad at explaining things. I played far cry primal not long ago and loved that game. This is a lot like it except for the different types of enemies. So, are the purple shadow weapons all i need? Should i just sell off the green and blue ones? I am trying to get the sharpshot bow right now and have enough shards but need a sawtooth heart. So, i created a job/quest to get the heart and killed the sawtooth and there was no heart on it. I did the quest twice and killed two sawtooths. Can anyone tell me why this is happening (wont give me a heart)?
Chris C First of thanks for watching! The game is indeed bad at explaining sometimes, I recommend focusing on the main quests only, that'll help. If you have any questions, please do ask. Regarding the sawtooth's heart, it's all luck, you might kill 10 of them and still not get it. And finally yes the shadow weapons are all you need really.
There is a chance you can get high percentage mods from machines such as: thunderjaw, stormbird, behemoth. (also certain enemy humans) But even a 4% difference isn't game breaking, so don't worry about it too much.
Ice arrows with all ice mods are better. Can down a storm bird with one triple shot and then you simply stick it with a hand full of stick bombs. Same with everything else. Fire arrows are not the best in my opinion.
They are not necessarily better because of the damage, but they are better because they are overall way more useful throughout the game. Escpecially in the beginning.
The weapon? any vendor with a hitmarker/reckon symbol above their head (not a star). The mods? I'm not 100% sure vendors sell 'very rare mods', the most fun way to get them is by doing missions (NOT FARMING!).
Way tooo much effort for the kills... Try 1 shot small targets, 2-3 shots medium targets and Freeze / 3-4 shots Sticky Blast Sling (full dmg mods). Humans 1 shot head / Body with Full DMG mod Precision Bow (2 shot if high level Elite) (no sound, no alerts). Thunderjaw = 3-4 Frost (full frost mod) to freeze, then about 3-4 (depending on where you place the bombs) Sticky Bombs (full dmg mods) Storm = Few Rope Casts (falls down) couple more Ropes when down to secure, then few frost to freeze and then like 3 Sticky Bombs while on ground. Big target with lot of small targets around.. War Bow (full Corrupt mods) sit back and watch the mayhem. Finish of whats left.
Yea but you are not naming any of the reasons why I consider this the best. And you are basically telling me things I already know they work really good as well. In the end though, it's all about what you think is the most fun.
you have rubbish fire mods,I have 49,48,46% on my blastwire which is the best damage weapon with 736.you should use 1 fire mod,1 tear,1 damage,tear is fast to rip off components with fast bow,also use a fire blast sling it gives fantastic high burning explosive damage
ilikeitalotsexy this, and slingbthem trip caster wires all over as u shoot and kite u can kill anything in the game at lvl 1 with the farm able scrap pile and 3 proper bows lol
Want to know a secret technique to beat rockbreakers easily? Lodge War Bow with 3 freeze mods and precision arrows. I showed it in my video: 'Second Best Weapon/Mod Combo'.
you should add only damage mods to your shadow hunter bow, i had 3 mods of 50%+ damage boosts with some other stats on it aswell and it did over 110 damage everytime it was burning so they die way quicker from the burning effects..... the damage is also better for your hardpoint arrows to do tons of damage when you shoot 3 arrows at the same time, seen alot of 800+ damage numbers with that
No and no lol. The thing with the burning is you want enemies to catch on fire as quickly as possible so that you can spam presicion arrows. And no because when you put 3 damage mods on the bow, you aren't able to spam the arrows. This will be a better strategy.
you can still spam arrows..... because you dont have to fully charge ur bows in this game i can stil get any enemy on fire within a few second / few shots but my burning ( Damage over time ) will be way higher for status effects like burn/freeze/electricity i can just use my slingshots which for me freeze almost everything in 1 hit so i can deal even more damage
Bevertje nl Now you are going away from the reasons which make this bow so great, the reasons I told you in the video. Also do whatever you think is best, but most importantly the most fun for you to do, have a good one!
This set up was not neccessary at all.. fully purple damage mods to sharpshot bow with 1 precision arrow always 1 shot kill normal human (no need headshot). 2 precision arrows 1 shot elite human. 3 precision arrows 1 shot some machine enemies (watcher, scrapper, grazer.....). Fire damage is ok but it needs time to build up..if go with elemental damage, ice damage much more better...it frezzez + slow enemies and they take extra in-coming damages from your attack also.
nhat linh They sure don't suck against corrupted machines, machines weak to fire and humans (elite or normal). And I'm sure in a lot of missions, fire is better than freeze.
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Love The Hunt Yea now that I have finished the game I don't use it as often because there are other weapons that are fun as well. I used the fire weapon the most though and also found it to be the most useful.
Julioti Please stop saying broken and op. People like you ruin games. And by the way you are not one shotting -_- If you want a challege it is always there. You make the decision to use these "op" Set ups. Nothing in the game one shots unless it is a watcher getting shot in the eye by even the beginner bow. Play it on a hard difficulty. -_-
Love The Hunt Just because you didn't use it doesn't mean the weapon is balanced... Also it one shots humans and some corrupted machines. I'm not complaining about the weapon being too good either (as you said I can just switch).. 'they should have made it less good', that's not me complaining that's me being realistic.
Yup, I noticed on my first "Hard" playthrough, that the Shadow Bow with 3 Fire mods took down any human enemy in 1-2 shots, and dealt decent damage to nearly every other enemy. Was my favorite weapon.
Definitely my favorite too, burn baby burn!
Julioti that's stupid you long bow will instant snipe any human with 1 shot u can kill a whole fortress from 50 feet away in 1 minute with a proper Pierce longbow, this is a cheesy ass strategy
here's the thing it's important to use multiple wep, otherwise u'll be farming blaze
incase you are unaware there are still corrupted mobs without corrupt zones. there is an area to the far right of the map that spawns tons of them.
kordulus I indeed was unaware of that, that's going to be helpful. Thanks!
Holy Shit!
Your aim is incredible
nice.i keep a shadow hunter bow all fire coils and one all damage coils.solid combo
Kevin Cantwell same I use hard tips,all dmg mod, a fire all shadow bow,and a all tear longbow with 275+ tear it decepates trexes with 3 tear shots
Same here. The pure damage bow one shots most anything if you hit a weak point, and the full tear bow makes those concussion blast tear arrows just strip everything off an enemy in a hit or two. Very useful against the larger opponents. The full fire bow is great for most everything too. Typically open with a tear arrow or two, then a couple fire arrows to set it aflame, then damage arrows to finish it off (for the bigger guys).
2:14 Yes, that's how strong this bow is. You just have to run for your life with.
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This is a good set up for simple upfront damage. however, I'd argue freezing and an explosive Sling will eat just about anything. doesn't matter if it's weak to either or not. I use the rattler with two freeze mods and one handling, it's pretty much full auto. And then shadow blast Sling with three damage mods will deal over 750 damage per sticky bomb and blow just about any component off in one hit. But I play on hard and this technique really only takes off if you have the slow time perks and lots of very rare mods. I did use a ton of fire arrow spam until level 20.
That's why I made a video: 'Second Best Weapon/Mod Setup', because freeze is really good too. I still think weapon/fire is better though, I further explain that in the other video.
I'm using the Sharpshooting bow with 2x 43% damage and 6% handling, and 1x 43% handling and 6% damage. It tears apart machines in seconds. It does around 120 damage per shot, and can crit for 270 more or less doing a instant kill on some machines.
That's why I have the exact same weapon combo in my weapon setup. But I chose the shadow hunter bow/3x fire mod comboas the best, because it is useful against the most important enemies in the game, as I said in the video.
I use both. First i shoot with fire arrows, and then switch to my shapshot to do some real dmg. As the fire debuff will add more damage to your sharpshooting bow also
You should watch my latest video, you are literally describing what I do as well, hahaha
Cool^^ I definitely will. Learned a couple of things watching this.
Thx for the tip.
positive criticism:
There is a lot of new players in this game.
Explain why you chose each weapon and mods and showing why (which you do bit to fast for newbs). Not me =)
I like the style you edit your videos. invest in a high quality mic and you will absolutely get more subs. A lot of people subscribe because of hearing a clear voice in their vids.
You can choose to having a serious approach to the game, or Info by doing real and plenty of research OR having some comedy in your vids. It's all up to you.
Having some help from a friend or two doesn't hurt.
Don't be afraid of silence when you talk. stop saying ohh, Uhhm
I support a lot of small you tubers with talent. Therefore I will Subscribe to you =)
Looking forward to your next vid.
I anwsered you comment on the other video. About the uhm's, Dutch people so me too generally say that a lot(I do it when thinking), but I'll try and reduce the amount a bit.
Thanks for watching and commenting!
I really like the shadow sharpshot, slow and requires a lot of pullback to be accurate, but modded with full damage/ a bit of handling it does a huge amount of damage on impact. One shot kills most humans without headhshot, does massive damage to machine crit spots. Have you tried it? i recommend it
Yea I use it, it's in my setup video. Really good and fun bow.
me too, it's my go to bow. i find fire arrow less effective. it's my opinion and experience though.
emmanuel pastoral It's your opinion and also fact. Fire arrows sometimes aren't that useful, but since this bow is great with mods other than generic damage mods, it made it the best weapon mod combo. (and because of the things mentioned in the video) Without the sharpshot bow though this 'easy' game would be really hard I agree lol.
This bow is only good for Glinthawks, for everything Else, I use the Shadow Sharpshot Bow's Precision arrow, with Damage mods in it, currently I'm at 85% total with my current mod and +60% handling from a mod, which does 122 damage, combo with that the slingshot with freeze bomb, then try to shoot the same arrow with 122 damage, it will do about 360+ damage per arrow, if you have the last arrow perk that allows you to use R1 to put 2 aditional arrows on your bow, you can crit any weakspot for over a 1000+ damage. Now that's what I call effective.
I got one with mods that add up to 119% fire, 69% dmg, and 31% handling. It hits hard af
WOW, I did not expect this many views at all, thank you all so much for the support!
Julioti Nice thanks
Julioti I agree, ever since I slotted two fire mods, I've had so much fun setting human enemies on fire same as you were doing!
Glad to see someone putting this up. I almost uploaded the same thing myself. Love those fire arrows and the tear with compressed arrows on the other shadow bow.
Julioti Great vid man. Btw you could always have a second shadow bow with different mods. True beast mode then.
xenfreder I had never thought of getting 2! good effort! I just swap mods during a battle which can be a bit of a nightmare
bro just got the bow and mods and it is amazing thank you so much
Hey, thanks for the tips. I'm new in this game and the mods are so confusing. Your vid is really helpful!
nite pn No problem, have fun!
fire arrows are also good for hunting boars in the early levels.
LOL this is exactly my configuration for my main Shadow Hunter Bow. I also got a second SHB configured with Damage only because hard point arrows are much much cheaper than Precision arrow (no wires needed). Been killing the Thunderjaw and 2 Rockbreakers on "very hard" setting with normal outfit and using 3 slot Damage hard point arrows + 3 slot Freeze arrows, I find it much faster to beat the Thunderjaw than Fire arrows alone.
Yea it's really good. I also made a video about the second best weapon mod combo. SPOILER, freeze mods.
Plus you can always get another bow and mod that up for damagr if you want.
I just noticed someone put out practically the same video 2 days ago, now I don't mind but it is kind of stupid to be honest... Appreciate all you guys watching!
If you want to see the full potential of the best freeze bow with very rare freeze mods, you should look at my latest video and skip to 2:05. If you want to know why I didn't choose the weapon/all freeze mods combo, read further.
So I looked at the freeze bows before making this video and decided this one was better. Your question is why do you think it's better than the fire/weapon combo.
In the making of this video I judged the best combo on a few factors, the 2 most important ones here being: how much I used it throughout the game and how much it is actually useful throughout the game (there is a difference there).
Now as I said in the video a lot of machines are weak to fire, but more importantly corrupted machines are as well. Those are really big part of the game. However not only machines are weak to fire, you can kill 'normal' human enemies with 1 fire arrow and you need to set elite humans on fire twice and they will die aswell. The latter is so great because humans on fire don't shoot back, so you can focus on something else.
You can easily combo this weapon/fire setup with other weapons, which I have shown in multiple videos, one being 'How To Defeat Redmaw (Speedrun)'.
Yea sure but I still don't really get it?
I totally agree that the freeze setup is really good as well, but freeze is used way less throughout the story and game (especially in the beginning) simply because enemies are not weak to freeze. While fire is as I said before, you can combo.
Overall is an important word here, overall I think that the weapon/fire combo is better than everything else.
If you read through this I want to thank you for watching and taking the time to ask me questions. Have a good one!
you don't think it's possible someone had the same idea on their own? it's made pretty clear that many enemies are weak to fire, especially corrupted machines..
Maybe, but we don't know. I'm just saying it's coincidental.
I think it can be open to personal taste. Shadow Hunter Bow + double Fire purple mods is easiest to get and very useful in many situations.
But I prefer Shadow Sharpshot with double Damage Mods. One-shots a lot of machines, and deals a significant amount of damage to Frozen big game machines like Thunderjaws and Stormbirds. I believe it also one-shots human non-elites, and at a farther distance than Hunter Bow. The shot spread is also extremely tight, so you know you're delivering damage to the right location.
I still use Fire when the target is Fire-vulnerable, but even then - it's faster to snipe out a Snapmaw's Freeze Sac with a Sharpshot Bow - one triple shot, freeze explosion. Second triple shot - dead.
Lawrence Celestino Yes, ofcourse it's personal taste!
I have two shadow bows one for fire and one with damage and tear mods. that one is great too,
I find it more useful like that, having a weapon for each type of ammo.
what do you think of adding a handling mod to weapons
Well, i think that optimise the war bow with freeze and then freezing an enemy and then switching to a sharpshooter bow optimised in damage is way more broken and OP, especially in the big machine.
Alex Not useful against all enemies though, especially not in the beginning or when killing humans. However freezing is indeed really strong.
Julioti true, but at the beginning you don't have the 40% core either. For normals humans, fire or any element isn't really necessary i think, and again bosses, freeze + triple arrow head shot and you rekt them.
I don't know i felt that fire isn't that powerfull in this game, it does some quite good overtime damage but when i discovered the freeze + sharpshooter even the biggest corrupted machine was a joke.
Alex A lot of machines are weak to fire and corrupted machines in particular. Most times I set them on fire and then spam the sharpshot bow arrows.
but i have not a shadow but adept what is it called the one that has bluegleam
Banuk
Great tip. I've started using this combo by accident since most everything weak to fire. I need more purple mods. Which machines are purple mods found in...besides Thunderjaw & Stormbird?
Humans mostly elites though, longleg, trampler, I'm pretty sure bellowbacks ans shell-walkers too, stalker, corruptor, snapmaw, rockbreaker, behemoth and rarely but possible corrupted machines.
Jim Pierdomenico bro there is two rock piles in the upper left of your starting map that u can farm 30 purple mods in 5 min from
Jim Pierdomenico focus on one tear boe, one fire bow and one hard point bow, interchanging a ropecaster for flyers with a trip caster for walkers, that's the game end.
You're talking about that Scrapper sight, right?
There is a place where you can find two behemoth in one location. Each every kill manage to obtain at least 1 purple modes. Sorry about my bad English
Great setup. Only issue is blaze. You don't get much blaze during the main quests.
Scott Gillespie True lol. I just kept buying blaze from the merchants, worked pretty well. Have fun!
Thank you for your recommendation
what about icerail stormslinger and forgefire(improved)
great video man
Glad you liked it!
What armor do you wear by the way?? looks cool
It's the best armor in the game, the Shield-Weaver armor. You can get it through a questline, just type Shield-Weaver armor in on TH-cam and you will find many tutorials on how to get it. The quest takes some time though and I wouldn't rush it, because it is REALLY good and you might not get challenged or have as much fun after getting it..
I thought you were mad when you advocated using this bow but having tried it out with three fire mods have found it incredibly helpful!
I'm amazed how quickly you can take down Snapmaws and Glinthawks which were my bane before I tried this out, thanks for the suggestion !
Np man! Enjoy playing the game!
Nice video. May I ask, do you play with Aim Assist on?
Is there aim assist? I usually turn it off though.
Gabriele Sartoretto The aim assist is more of a miss assist. I had multiple arrows veer away from the target hitting something left or right from the enemy I wanted to hit. The arrows leave traces in the air and you can see when they spontaneaously "correct" their path.
pcuimac I think you are right. Because there isn't really an aim assist, but arrows still manage to hit sometimes.
Nice video, I'm new to the game and am addicted, are there any unique weapons in the game, like only obtainable through a quest or in a secret area?
Thanks, there are the 'lodge' weapons but those aren't really that special. There is a special armor though.
What about the banuk striker? Wouldnt you say it basically does all this but more?
Nice,I totally agree this is the best weapon n mod combo,but tbh once you got the Shield Weaver,I think you can rely on heavy spear attacks much more than without it,using fire arrows only as a second weapon xD Saves more resourses lol. Stalker for ex can be murdered in like 4-5 hits xD
DCs Beyonder Yea true XD, I try to kill as much machines with my spear as possible.
Freeze shits on everything to. Freeze them , then hit with fire. Also the gold sling shot is op when used right.
If you set them on fire after freezing, the freezing goes away. Sling shot takes longer to aim, shoot and deliver damage. I prefer the sharpshotbow.
Julioti i take everything down with slingshots. i love the slingshots
Lync Glad you found something you like!
Thx this was very helpful
Glad I could help and thanks for watching!
Fire arrow is extremely fun to play esp against snapmaw or sawtooth.
Might get double/triple shot skill for initiation.
Yea, I really like that too!
Yep. Fire is op, but you can challenge yourself and not use it. That's why I like the Hunter Guild. It sets new goals to achieve. Would be fun to have more bounties and challenges in the game. After 2/3 of tze game I went for 'very hard' mode, which is just a bit harder than easy, if you get the hang of the game and know your enemies. The game is especially easy, if you use the Heavy Nora Silent Hunter armour with more silence upgrades. You can hack every machine after the cauldrons und just watch and see the monsters kill each other.
Yea, I thought about making it harder for myself and that's why I tried some other weapons too. It's fun to get constantly challenged.
played on very hard from the beginning .... hit 50 before long did few quest lines unlocked all map locations did all cauldrons .Maxxed pauches by killing every animal i saw .Now im coasting through the storytelling enjoying my trexes murdering everything when i assume control :)
batakhwi Love that lol.
batakhwi the game Def went to fast
Or you just noct two or three arrows so you can stack extra damage and tear mods cuz the Hardpoint arrows are why that's the best bow.
Do you mean precision arrows?
Julioti No those are on the Sharpshot, the Hunter bow has Hardpoint arrows.
MeadX26 I know but people confuse them sometimes. Question why would you use hardpoints over precision while the latter do more damage.
And I chose the shadow hunter bow/fire mod setup as the best one because it is really useful and I found myself using it the most. I rarely used hardpoint arrows.
But do whatever you think is best, have fun!
Julioti There in lies the real trick. Precision do cause more raw damage however Hardpoint can have monumentally better tear and fire significantly faster so your dps is much higher. I use these to tear of components and tag weak points, my use of the Sharpshooter bow is mostly just for tearblast arrows or long shots. I will admit I now have a second Hunter bow built like this lol.
MeadX26 Then just put 2 handling and 1 damage mod on a sharpshotbow, I'm pretty sure that works better. But I guess seeing all those components fly is a lot of fun as well.
Lodge bow with all ice, fire three at a time, instant freeze most things then sharpshot bow with all damage, three arrows, ether killed it of takes off half its life.
Tripcaster is the best.
You can also equip your Sharpshot Bow with damage mods, and the Precision Arrows can do some pretty massive damage, especially when you hit a machine right in a major component. I just use fire for those weak against it.... otherwise, I'll hack at it or a few Precision Arrows. With larger machines, I use a combination of the Freeze Bomb from my Sling, and then the Precision Arrows.... dealing even more damage. Though with Stalkers I use Shock Bombs, since they're weak against electricity. Also paralyzing a Deathbringer with Shock Bombs makes it reveal its weak spots. I try to spread the love among my weapons, so as not to use TOO much of one resource, for the most part anyway. I mean Ridgewood and Wires can't be helped lol.
Yea, full on damage seems like the best thing to do now that there is ultra hard/new game+. Unless certain machines are weak to whatever it is. Thanks for watching!
what's the advantage to setting machines on fire if they aren't weak to fire?
Jimothy _ they gain a damage debuff, if it turns white it pretty much kills anything in the game lol, even fire creature are weak to fire cuz they have blast canisters that explode in giant chain reactions lol
Where is that waterfall climb you did towards the end of the video?? Thanks!
I'm not sure, I think it's somewhere near Meridian. I would have to look it up.
3 handling mods to shadow hunter bow is the best..with freeze mods to war bow..this combo could easily down any machines in no time ( not even mention sticky + blast bombs_ :))
I'm pretty sure the sharpshotbow (with 1 damage and 2 handling mods) and the lodge war bow (with 3 freeze mods) is better. But whatever you think works best for you or is the most fun.
How do you get specific mods for the shadow hunting bow?
Luck (RNG), there are multiple videos on how to farm modifications, but I STRONGLY recommend not doing this. Because you will get a lot no matter what.
They drop from machines and bosses, but as I said do not farm these, you will ruin the fun for yourself probably.
New to the game, how is it that you are always at one arrow, and then one is crafted when you go to shoot?
Jake Stidham I think I have them crafted already and it just loads in another arrow.
Is it weird that I put 3 48% percent attack mods on my hunters bow. Its very op now i think. It 3 shots a lot of things. Thats why I got the triple shot skill an dim on,y lv 25
Not weird just very smart. But be careful later on it will get harder when you shoot very slow.
i agree even though i was sceptical at first until i used it. my reaction: :|
How exactly is this better than ice+sharp?
I found 2x 44% Tear w/ 20% Damage and a 44% Damage w/ 20% Tear... Everything is too easy now. 😢 Need DLCCCCCC 😭
Yea, dlc or HZD 2 needed.
Julioti HZD 2 would take at least 5 years, to make HZD took 6 years
I know but now they have got the engine down and stuff. But enough reason to get excited.
You don't like electricity damage I see..
How do you aim that fast with a controller?
anyone know the name of the music that plays when you are in the weapon menu ?
i have 3 high damage+ high tear and i destroy harder than that. my best dps is reashed by using the war bow with 3 freeze coils, freeze the machine immeditly and do a triple shot, usualy kills in 1 shot
1. There are two weapons required for that. 2. The weapon/fire mod combo is better overall, since it's effective against all machine and human even if one of them isn't weak to fire.
Have one for fire, a second one for hardpoint
What are the highest percentage mod drops available?
It used to be 50%, but they changed that. I think it's around 60% now.
Nice video
Thank you!
How come you never upgraded ammo pouches?
Didnt't feel like farming...
Should i buy this game or bloodborne?
If you like Dark Souls so much that it doesn't annoy you that you keep dying, choose Bloodborne. If you want a 9/10 cutscene game, with a really good story and a solid combat system, choose Horizon. Good luck, but remember choose what's most fun to you because that's what gaming is all about.
I just got a ps4 and i have to choose one i love dark souls but i also love games like tomb raider and shadow of mordor and those games are like this so which would you recommend?
I personally don't like games like Dark Souls that much, so it's an easy pick for Horizon. You won't be disappointed buying either though.
Do you play on easy or hardcore mode ?
The hardest difficulty there was back then so I think 'very hard'.
Damn, working those views bro! :P
thanks for te tip, nice and short.. i find the game upgrade pretty confussion.
Np, have fun!
DUDE w8 what is that aim are you playing on pc?
This aim is too good for a controler
Haris Karvounis it’s a PS4 game so obviously not
Thanks for the vid. This game is awesome! Im in the early stages. But, i almost stopped playing cause the game is bad at explaining things. I played far cry primal not long ago and loved that game. This is a lot like it except for the different types of enemies. So, are the purple shadow weapons all i need? Should i just sell off the green and blue ones? I am trying to get the sharpshot bow right now and have enough shards but need a sawtooth heart. So, i created a job/quest to get the heart and killed the sawtooth and there was no heart on it. I did the quest twice and killed two sawtooths. Can anyone tell me why this is happening (wont give me a heart)?
Chris C First of thanks for watching! The game is indeed bad at explaining sometimes, I recommend focusing on the main quests only, that'll help. If you have any questions, please do ask. Regarding the sawtooth's heart, it's all luck, you might kill 10 of them and still not get it. And finally yes the shadow weapons are all you need really.
where can i find a 44% fire coils?
There is a chance you can get high percentage mods from machines such as: thunderjaw, stormbird, behemoth. (also certain enemy humans) But even a 4% difference isn't game breaking, so don't worry about it too much.
Julioti thanks man
Can you make a video, where all the best weapon with their best mods ☺️
Christopher Mozo That's a great idea!
Christopher Mozo it was done day 1 2 and 3 lol youtube it
NICE VIDEO
Ice arrows with all ice mods are better. Can down a storm bird with one triple shot and then you simply stick it with a hand full of stick bombs. Same with everything else. Fire arrows are not the best in my opinion.
They are not necessarily better because of the damage, but they are better because they are overall way more useful throughout the game. Escpecially in the beginning.
Please talk about the fucking shield weaver, that's the most broken item in that entire game
Its useless on ultrahard
Its named Adept for me not shadow?
Could be that they changed the name, but I think it's just a different bow. Maybe you can't buy it yet?
@@Julioti I think it is because It has 4 upgrade slots and i think better stats
@@colinmc3973 Might be, I haven't touched the game in a while so I'm not very sure. Have fun it's a great game!
Theres a better way to take all tht armor out at once .
What vender sells it?
The weapon? any vendor with a hitmarker/reckon symbol above their head (not a star).
The mods? I'm not 100% sure vendors sell 'very rare mods', the most fun way to get them is by doing missions (NOT FARMING!).
Fire Arrows has no damage on Ultrahard newgame+.
I got the Shadow bow but im only level 15 so its hard to get this Fire coil bois
What about the ultra hard mode?
You should try to maximise the highest damage you can possibly do.
Way tooo much effort for the kills... Try 1 shot small targets, 2-3 shots medium targets and Freeze / 3-4 shots Sticky Blast Sling (full dmg mods).
Humans 1 shot head / Body with Full DMG mod Precision Bow (2 shot if high level Elite) (no sound, no alerts).
Thunderjaw = 3-4 Frost (full frost mod) to freeze, then about 3-4 (depending on where you place the bombs) Sticky Bombs (full dmg mods)
Storm = Few Rope Casts (falls down) couple more Ropes when down to secure, then few frost to freeze and then like 3 Sticky Bombs while on ground.
Big target with lot of small targets around.. War Bow (full Corrupt mods) sit back and watch the mayhem. Finish of whats left.
Yea but you are not naming any of the reasons why I consider this the best. And you are basically telling me things I already know they work really good as well. In the end though, it's all about what you think is the most fun.
Hey man how are you please show me how to MOD
WOW.... i put 3 purple mod on this bow but been using it wrong.
Yea this bow and the sharpshotbow with precision arrows are pretty much all you need. But choose whatever you think is the most fun!
personally, I love love LOVE the tripcaster. Pair that with traps and crazy damage.
Juan Tello That's why it's in my setup!
where do you buy this
Merchants, but you need to pass a certain point in the story for merchants to sell it.
you have rubbish fire mods,I have 49,48,46% on my blastwire which is the best damage weapon with 736.you should use 1 fire mod,1 tear,1 damage,tear is fast to rip off components with fast bow,also use a fire blast sling it gives fantastic high burning explosive damage
depends on playstyle, and the best fire mods are 46%+8%dmg, try to get 3 of those on hard diff.
ilikeitalotsexy this, and slingbthem trip caster wires all over as u shoot and kite u can kill anything in the game at lvl 1 with the farm able scrap pile and 3 proper bows lol
How i can get the lodge?
Usamah Fagehe It's from a quest in meridian.
Julioti both outfit and weapon?
Usamah Fagehe I don't know about the outfit, but you definitely get the lodge weapons from that quest.
I agree, I can easily put down Rock Breakers. tear blast the front the 2 fins and the tail. then blow up it belly then set it on fire.
Want to know a secret technique to beat rockbreakers easily? Lodge War Bow with 3 freeze mods and precision arrows. I showed it in my video: 'Second Best Weapon/Mod Combo'.
you should add only damage mods to your shadow hunter bow, i had 3 mods of 50%+ damage boosts with some other stats on it aswell and it did over 110 damage everytime it was burning so they die way quicker from the burning effects.....
the damage is also better for your hardpoint arrows to do tons of damage when you shoot 3 arrows at the same time, seen alot of 800+ damage numbers with that
No and no lol. The thing with the burning is you want enemies to catch on fire as quickly as possible so that you can spam presicion arrows.
And no because when you put 3 damage mods on the bow, you aren't able to spam the arrows.
This will be a better strategy.
can you not have two bows?
one for fire and one for hardpoint/burst damage?
you can still spam arrows..... because you dont have to fully charge ur bows in this game
i can stil get any enemy on fire within a few second / few shots but my burning ( Damage over time ) will be way higher
for status effects like burn/freeze/electricity i can just use my slingshots which for me freeze almost everything in 1 hit so i can deal even more damage
DJAbraxoOfficial Yea you can, but we are talking about modifications. You can only put 3 on a bow.
Bevertje nl Now you are going away from the reasons which make this bow so great, the reasons I told you in the video.
Also do whatever you think is best, but most importantly the most fun for you to do, have a good one!
its not by far the best weapon/mod combo its just one of many that are good ...
It is in the beginning and later on in the game when you fight corrupted machines, the rest is preference.
fire + tear = op
My bow is set for fire and tear
I wouldnt't do that, fire damage is better when more mods equipped (if you use shadow hunter bow). Use tearblast arrows for tear instead.
i fuked up fire i see thx
Yea definitely try it out!
Freeze and sticky bombs work better.
In some cases yes, but I guess you didnt't fully get my point. Overall this is better..
I have a video coming up about this.
This set up was not neccessary at all.. fully purple damage mods to sharpshot bow with 1 precision arrow always 1 shot kill normal human (no need headshot). 2 precision arrows 1 shot elite human. 3 precision arrows 1 shot some machine enemies (watcher, scrapper, grazer.....). Fire damage is ok but it needs time to build up..if go with elemental damage, ice damage much more better...it frezzez + slow enemies and they take extra in-coming damages from your attack also.
There are other reasons that make this combo so good, you didn't name those. And what difficulty are you playing on?
Julioti very hard and i already finised the game..fire arrows suck
nhat linh They sure don't suck against corrupted machines, machines weak to fire and humans (elite or normal). And I'm sure in a lot of missions, fire is better than freeze.
Thx :)
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Whoever isnt playing on very hard is a straight nub...
That's why I am?
Ben Briggs And that's rude..
Not op but ok set up
I mean it's pretty good, I think because the game is really easy, they should have made it less good. But that's just my opinion.
Julioti Then don't use it -_- I don't even care for fire I use freeze most of the time or tearblast.
Love The Hunt Yea now that I have finished the game I don't use it as often because there are other weapons that are fun as well. I used the fire weapon the most though and also found it to be the most useful.
Julioti Please stop saying broken and op. People like you ruin games. And by the way you are not one shotting -_- If you want a challege it is always there. You make the decision to use these "op" Set ups. Nothing in the game one shots unless it is a watcher getting shot in the eye by even the beginner bow. Play it on a hard difficulty. -_-
Love The Hunt Just because you didn't use it doesn't mean the weapon is balanced... Also it one shots humans and some corrupted machines. I'm not complaining about the weapon being too good either (as you said I can just switch)..
'they should have made it less good', that's not me complaining that's me being realistic.
Where is ur blue health bar bro? Do u lose it when u play FW DLC?
Back then there was no blue health bar.