To note. Both settlers and raiders sell the compound bow plans, but you need to get them to at least the tier before ally before you unlock the plans. Also, in the PTS currently they are massivly buffing the crossbow to be on-par with the compound bow. The secret sauce however is the fact that the crossbow can be used in PA unlike the other bows.
@@nij1m_exe140 Due to how the Bow works VS the crossbow. Crossbow works with a normal reload mechanic, but the bows work with a charge mechanic that doesnt work with PA
I have to highly recommend Last Shot for the 2nd Star. The vats hit chance is already insanely good without the 2nd Star effect. Last shot adds a ton of damage and DOT, even if isn’t 100% consistent.
Honestly, the only thing that bothers me is that the player character holds it left-handed. After playing Skyrim for so long with it right-handed, it's weird, lol
A quick and easy acquisition, the Burning Love from the Tunnel of Love event, throw Fire Arrows on and its amazing at tagging. No build or card adjustment needed.
If you put flaming arrows on the Burning Love the fire DOT is even better than on normal compound bow, and you can spam arrows in third person; with max grenadier and if you have space for max demolition expert, everything burns!
burning love is SHIT at tagging. You need explosive or flaming arrows on it to make it aoe - after which it's still a mediocre bow due to inaccuracy with no sights.
@@TheGreatEL Flaming arrows are enough for awesome tagging, and even without an iron sight it still has +50% VATS hit chance by default so either quit exaggerating or increase your perception and luck, because I hit everything with that SHIT ugly bow.
@@TheGreatEL If you're just tagging who cares about vats accuracy? Way more fun to aim manually and let fly, a near miss is as good as a hit. And dropping an arrow across the crater into the middle of a mob at Eviction Notice is so satisfying.
You can also buy these mods from a random traveling trader just southwest of the lumber yard. They're usually right beside the river. And you'll see their tent. If they aren't there, server hop.
I switched back to my bow build after I heard about the amazing change to dot with the flaming arrows, and it’s been so fun. Especially when enemies are grouped, but they don’t even need to be close for them all to light up. I have a few bows with vats hit chance, one explosive & one FFR. I’ve never unalived myself from the explosive one, but I’m also not sure that the damage increase was worth the cost to craft the mod. The FFR is not rapid fire by any means, but the speed increase was noticeable & the hit chance was still excellent, so possibly I good option for some, also.
I decided to try this build with my mule and I was surprised at how efective It is. Even thought I'm only level 60, with some very basic perks, the bow and it's AoE kill every regular enemy. And for tagging in mass events it's even better. Plus, I haven't had the weapon break for days. Great Discovery!
I've been running Bezerker archer since the last update and it's really good. Rad rumble and eviction notice are really easy with flame mod and Grenadier you can tag plenty of mobs, and you don't even have to aim at them.
I have a compound bow, flaming arrows with explosive and so far it has not killed me in close range fights. However, i put the explosive on my second bow with poisen arrows and in close range combat it did kill me every time.
as far as I can tell, if you want a burning damage bow, the burning love is the one to go with. assassin's is mostly useless on it so it's legendary perks aren't exactly optimal, but I think it's innate fire damage increases the fire dot more than bloodied does. though the actual arrow will deal less damage. You might want to check it out for comparison
I've been using the bow again for a few weeks and it is brilliant, demo expert on, tesla mag to increase burst radius, great on direct damage and splash damage, great on reflective mutation without direct hits...loving it..
Shoutout to @sebwiers1 for making this suggestion on another Angry Turtle video like a year ago. I’ve been wanting to try out the bow as a super long range sniper ever since I saw that comment recently, and here we are!
I finally got a Vampires mini gun and Bashers mod I could add to it Shredded a Blue Devil and a Legendary Bat, as well as a 3 Star Super Mutant with my shredder. Bashers makes such a huge difference in damage, it is amazing
Been running only bows since day 1, never fired a bullet. Never could get into the rhythm of the compound bow after so much time with the recurve. Using the recurve bow and 3rd person you can absolutely spray fire arrows nonstop, so it's hard to trade out for the slower fire rate. They were great right from the get go and flaming arrows update has added a whole bunch of utility, especially being able to play flame-medic with Friendly Fire.
This made me LOL. Ive been using a fire bow with grenadier since they added them. Its been my go-to for RR and EN and even Moonshine. Explosive bow with poison is fun as heck, just dont hit yourself, and do NOT use a two-shot poison bow. Ultracite bows can hit like a truck.
I had not been really checking how DOTs have changed for the Compound Bow, as I was using my Bloodie, Exp FFR fixer lately on my main. Looks like it might be time to change my B Vats Enh Ultracite Compound Bow out for a spin with fire arrows. Looks like a lot for it has changed
I can confirm it all. Using a "double shot flame" bow. Not dissappointed, it works perfect. One shot and waiting or 2 "fast" arrows and supermutants are down. Used it since 🤬🐢 (thanks) has brought up the bow some weeks ago. Started with 100 arrows. I'm at about 10k now. And you can shoot "blind" by 🤙🤔 guessing the distance and depending on the fire radius damage. Like the mideaval british longbow shooters 45⁰ ( + or - ) into the sky....
I use the plasma arrows and I'm getting basically the same results with a plasma bow build. Just melting everything it hits. I might try your suggestions here and see if I like that more
I’m a bit puzzled by your comments on explosive. I’ve been using a bloodied explosive compound bow with fire arrows for the last few weeks and I can shoot right in front of me and do no self damage even with demo expert equipped. I guess it’s a bit of an unintentional bug but it’s great.
Even without the vats legendary effects the bow has insane accuracy and because of that i made a funny spam build because when in third person the bow shoots faster
This is one of my favorite builds. I use Unyielding Thorn Armor with Asbestos Lining on the torso. The bow is great at range and the auto-axe definitely is a boss killer.
How about a crossbow like Van Helsing's with a semi automatic revolving chamber? And I have twice made the suggestion on the FO76 web page that there should be a new perk card that will allow a player to hold a pistol in each hand.
No fence intended turtle but that don’t have range dots are damage overtime applied to a target. Are you saying that the flame arrows have an AOE in addition to the dot because that would be odd I was going to ask that question when you said you were using flame over explosion and we were all no flame is good And we also all know that the explosive effects on various things in this game very in their area of affect quite a bit like God weapons explosions are tiny even the explosive legendary effect seems to change size on different weapons but why would a flame arrow have a dot I’m sorry why would a flame arrow have an AOE other than maybe a meter or something I’m in your yard from a realism standpoint, shooting a flaming arrow into a target so anything that’s like almost touching him should catch on fire too, but that he shouldn’t be very bigand doesn’t require granite deer to make it bigger. Have you tried that?
Are you ever gonna do another PTS vid? Been waiting for you to check out the Tesla cannon since its buff as well as the buffed hellstorm. Here’s To hoping 🤞.
I can turtle that don’t have an AOE range area have an AOE range so apparently the fire is an AOE and a dot at the same time which seems to me to be wrong much like everything in this game. There’s usually one good option in the rest of are pointless, I mean, why wouldn’t they explosion which is supposed to be affected by granite deer which is definitely meant to be an AOEwhy wouldn’t that be a better AOE especially with granite deer and demo expert
Yeah, OK here we go again. Explosions are not that that is damage overtime explosion does damage once mean OK some explosions might put a lead that I think we have that in the game now the equivalent of shrapnel damage but explosions typically are destiny one time damage.
@ i use a TS E compound bow with poison for hit it and forget it run. It helps Crossbow used for close quarters, or in high radiation zones in power armor.
Reddit has a very active and helpful Bow users for FO76, if anyone wants more info on Bow builds (I am not a bow user but I know they are a welcoming group)
Thanks for the video. It’s too bad that these buffs came after the legendary mod crafting system was implemented. I liked the idea of having to use what dropped, and getting a good bow would have been exciting if they had been good at the time… Now it is simply a matter of play style or aesthetics and you can acquire a perfect version of any weapon you want.
Explosive legendary with fire arrows is king! Fire does ZERO damage to players. Neither to you or in PvP, and you one shot most enemies I was watching your VOD when you were testing. You never tested explosive with fire arrow. Only explosive with poison arrows. You were testing the Burning Love when you took fire damage in WestTek, not an explosive/fire arrow bow. The benifit to explosive/fire arrows over any other legendary effect is the radius for the fire explosion is WAY bigger and again does zero damage to you so no fear of burning yourself
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Ah yes Legendary Skyrim Stealth Archer build
Right ...love it 🥰
It's like the old saying:
All builds lead to the stealth archer
Yup thats my favorite Skyrim build.
And My LR Fallout 76 Build
🤣
Couldn't agree more!
To note. Both settlers and raiders sell the compound bow plans, but you need to get them to at least the tier before ally before you unlock the plans.
Also, in the PTS currently they are massivly buffing the crossbow to be on-par with the compound bow. The secret sauce however is the fact that the crossbow can be used in PA unlike the other bows.
Why can you use cb in PA but not compound bow ?
@@nij1m_exe140 Due to how the Bow works VS the crossbow.
Crossbow works with a normal reload mechanic, but the bows work with a charge mechanic that doesnt work with PA
@@nij1m_exe140Cause your draw would be to powerful 🥁
I’m one before ally don’t see it.
I can see it now… Bethesda We are nerfing the bow because of unintentional long range damage and we nerf all good weapons eventually.
you can also purchase the plans from foundation with maxed out settler reputation.
I have to highly recommend Last Shot for the 2nd Star. The vats hit chance is already insanely good without the 2nd Star effect. Last shot adds a ton of damage and DOT, even if isn’t 100% consistent.
8:38 🔥Okay, that ceiling flame shot was pretty cool.
Honestly, the only thing that bothers me is that the player character holds it left-handed. After playing Skyrim for so long with it right-handed, it's weird, lol
I agree as soon as I got a bow when it came out I never really tried it until recently because I don’t like how it’s held 😭
Well, irl, a right handed person holds the bow in their left hand.
A quick and easy acquisition, the Burning Love from the Tunnel of Love event, throw Fire Arrows on and its amazing at tagging. No build or card adjustment needed.
If you put flaming arrows on the Burning Love the fire DOT is even better than on normal compound bow, and you can spam arrows in third person; with max grenadier and if you have space for max demolition expert, everything burns!
burning love is SHIT at tagging. You need explosive or flaming arrows on it to make it aoe - after which it's still a mediocre bow due to inaccuracy with no sights.
Isn't burning love a compound bow, think I have modded it with Iron sight but wouldn't take poison on it.
@@TheGreatEL Flaming arrows are enough for awesome tagging, and even without an iron sight it still has +50% VATS hit chance by default so either quit exaggerating or increase your perception and luck, because I hit everything with that SHIT ugly bow.
@@TheGreatEL If you're just tagging who cares about vats accuracy? Way more fun to aim manually and let fly, a near miss is as good as a hit. And dropping an arrow across the crater into the middle of a mob at Eviction Notice is so satisfying.
You can also buy these mods from a random traveling trader just southwest of the lumber yard. They're usually right beside the river. And you'll see their tent. If they aren't there, server hop.
I switched back to my bow build after I heard about the amazing change to dot with the flaming arrows, and it’s been so fun. Especially when enemies are grouped, but they don’t even need to be close for them all to light up. I have a few bows with vats hit chance, one explosive & one FFR. I’ve never unalived myself from the explosive one, but I’m also not sure that the damage increase was worth the cost to craft the mod. The FFR is not rapid fire by any means, but the speed increase was noticeable & the hit chance was still excellent, so possibly I good option for some, also.
I decided to try this build with my mule and I was surprised at how efective It is. Even thought I'm only level 60, with some very basic perks, the bow and it's AoE kill every regular enemy. And for tagging in mass events it's even better. Plus, I haven't had the weapon break for days. Great Discovery!
Instigating last shot is underrated
When Last Shot works on the first hit, which is only 25% of the time
I've been running Bezerker archer since the last update and it's really good. Rad rumble and eviction notice are really easy with flame mod and Grenadier you can tag plenty of mobs, and you don't even have to aim at them.
I got lucky with a 2 shot explosive and with the flaming mod, I think is spreads like a wild fire
Really great at tagging
Maybe We could have A Compound Crossbow?
I have a compound bow, flaming arrows with explosive and so far it has not killed me in close range fights. However, i put the explosive on my second bow with poisen arrows and in close range combat it did kill me every time.
The crossbows damage is going to be very similar to compound bow in the new patch
as far as I can tell, if you want a burning damage bow, the burning love is the one to go with. assassin's is mostly useless on it so it's legendary perks aren't exactly optimal, but I think it's innate fire damage increases the fire dot more than bloodied does. though the actual arrow will deal less damage.
You might want to check it out for comparison
I've been using the bow again for a few weeks and it is brilliant, demo expert on, tesla mag to increase burst radius, great on direct damage and splash damage, great on reflective mutation without direct hits...loving it..
Shoutout to @sebwiers1 for making this suggestion on another Angry Turtle video like a year ago. I’ve been wanting to try out the bow as a super long range sniper ever since I saw that comment recently, and here we are!
I love the fact that trying fun builds like this is now possible without wasting weeks of my life re-rolling a bow
Love my two-shot explosive bow with flaming arrows. It's a tagging beast and amazing at events like Eviction Notice.
I finally got a Vampires mini gun and Bashers mod I could add to it
Shredded a Blue Devil and a Legendary Bat, as well as a 3 Star Super Mutant with my shredder.
Bashers makes such a huge difference in damage, it is amazing
If you're full health, the last star is really important, i think critical charge is absolutely necessary.
Been running only bows since day 1, never fired a bullet.
Never could get into the rhythm of the compound bow after so much time with the recurve. Using the recurve bow and 3rd person you can absolutely spray fire arrows nonstop, so it's hard to trade out for the slower fire rate.
They were great right from the get go and flaming arrows update has added a whole bunch of utility, especially being able to play flame-medic with Friendly Fire.
Scorched: Not... No... They are not us. It must have been the wind...
I'm so glad that the bows are finally getting some attention. They are underrated.
Oh well,the bow party was fun while it lasted, but the end is near.
This made me LOL. Ive been using a fire bow with grenadier since they added them. Its been my go-to for RR and EN and even Moonshine. Explosive bow with poison is fun as heck, just dont hit yourself, and do NOT use a two-shot poison bow. Ultracite bows can hit like a truck.
Settlers are also selling plans for Compound Bow and modifications 😄
Nice letting the cat out of the bag dude… jk lol Not a big deal, but I quite like my un-nerfed 450Dmg 1500DoT C-Bow. 😅
Instigating crossbow with poison bolts and explosive 2 star works great on enemy's under level 100.
I had not been really checking how DOTs have changed for the Compound Bow, as I was using my Bloodie, Exp FFR fixer lately on my main.
Looks like it might be time to change my B Vats Enh Ultracite Compound Bow out for a spin with fire arrows.
Looks like a lot for it has changed
If youre running flame arrows, you need granadier equipped for maximum effect.
The crossbow is getting huge buff. If i remember correctly it will be highest damage bow after buff
Remember the enemy sees the flaming arrow if you are in stealth armor.
I have a bloodied compound with explosive, and flaming arrows. It is my number 1 weapon
I can confirm it all. Using a "double shot flame" bow. Not dissappointed, it works perfect. One shot and waiting or 2 "fast" arrows and supermutants are down. Used it since 🤬🐢 (thanks) has brought up the bow some weeks ago. Started with 100 arrows. I'm at about 10k now.
And you can shoot "blind" by 🤙🤔 guessing the distance and depending on the fire radius damage. Like the mideaval british longbow shooters 45⁰ ( + or - ) into the sky....
I use the plasma arrows and I'm getting basically the same results with a plasma bow build. Just melting everything it hits. I might try your suggestions here and see if I like that more
I’m a bit puzzled by your comments on explosive. I’ve been using a bloodied explosive compound bow with fire arrows for the last few weeks and I can shoot right in front of me and do no self damage even with demo expert equipped. I guess it’s a bit of an unintentional bug but it’s great.
Im using it for a few weeks now and its so much fun to use. No build. 75 Ghoul in 1 shot.
Even without the vats legendary effects the bow has insane accuracy and because of that i made a funny spam build because when in third person the bow shoots faster
Regular bow with explosive 2nd Star and flame arrows does not hurt you and if you're in third person you can shoot it faster.
Mate, you're making the same mistake again, the minimum draw time of the bowstring from the first person view is twice as long as from the 3rd person.
And the recurve is faster
What’s the best VATS sniper without using a bow? & non VATS?
This is one of my favorite builds. I use Unyielding Thorn Armor with Asbestos Lining on the torso. The bow is great at range and the auto-axe definitely is a boss killer.
Surely I was supposed to be exploring all of the wasteland for loot and scraps but I was shot in the knee , but now I just guard an old outpost.
I dont know its a betheshda bug or feature :) ,but explosive flaming arrow dont kill you (now) in close combat. No dot damage to yourself.
Fun weapon. I wish there was a good crippling perk for a bow.
i have been using a bloodied bow with 50 vats hit chance and its amazing.
I wish compound bow was easier to get.
Im using an instigating + last shot and its absolute garbage
Looks fun... Bow nerf incoming :)))
Hi AT! There's any good no Bloodied build for the bow?
basically the same as bloodied but you don't need nerd rage
Tested faster reload legendary mod?
Hmm, I am using regular Bow with Bloodied and Last Shot. It draws a lot faster and damage is good.
How about a crossbow like Van Helsing's with a semi automatic revolving chamber? And I have twice made the suggestion on the FO76 web page that there should be a new perk card that will allow a player to hold a pistol in each hand.
I love the idea of bows.. do you think they would work full health? Like is it worth me investing time for a bow build?
Great video again, been wondering why anyone would run around with a bow
TH-cam notifying One week later, Amazing....😂😂😂😂 Great Video I'm trying to buy this Crossbow but never rolled for me to buy it. IDK
No fence intended turtle but that don’t have range dots are damage overtime applied to a target. Are you saying that the flame arrows have an AOE in addition to the dot because that would be odd I was going to ask that question when you said you were using flame over explosion and we were all no flame is good And we also all know that the explosive effects on various things in this game very in their area of affect quite a bit like God weapons explosions are tiny even the explosive legendary effect seems to change size on different weapons but why would a flame arrow have a dot I’m sorry why would a flame arrow have an AOE other than maybe a meter or something I’m in your yard from a realism standpoint, shooting a flaming arrow into a target so anything that’s like almost touching him should catch on fire too, but that he shouldn’t be very bigand doesn’t require granite deer to make it bigger. Have you tried that?
Second star should be last shot for more damage 😅 and the regular bow with two shot explosive is better for events
Are you ever gonna do another PTS vid? Been waiting for you to check out the Tesla cannon since its buff as well as the buffed hellstorm.
Here’s To hoping 🤞.
I was hoping they will release one more final update for pts
How do you think a 2-shot would be?
U should test stalker to as I use it all the time as a low health build and works very good, yes with fire.
I can turtle that don’t have an AOE range area have an AOE range so apparently the fire is an AOE and a dot at the same time which seems to me to be wrong much like everything in this game. There’s usually one good option in the rest of are pointless, I mean, why wouldn’t they explosion which is supposed to be affected by granite deer which is definitely meant to be an AOEwhy wouldn’t that be a better AOE especially with granite deer and demo expert
Yeah, OK here we go again. Explosions are not that that is damage overtime explosion does damage once mean OK some explosions might put a lead that I think we have that in the game now the equivalent of shrapnel damage but explosions typically are destiny one time damage.
I was wondering why I was seeing a lot of people using bows since last 2 months ago and more after the legendary changes.
why not last shot in the magazine?
It doesn't work remotely every time.
Ahhh Bethesda, where are bow has better range than a .50 cal sniper rifle lmao
Unrelated to the bow. But I can't find your medics laser rifle video.
Crossbow can be used in Power Armor while bow cannot
Sure, but I don’t know why you would want to be using any form of bow with power armor.
@ i use a TS E compound bow with poison for hit it and forget it run. It helps Crossbow used for close quarters, or in high radiation zones in power armor.
I need that bow skin
But what about two shot legendary? No mention
Reload speed? Goes with fire rate
Ah shit. Now watch beth nerf the one fun thing about bows in a month or so
Honestly worried, the fire arrow buff felt like such a long time coming.
Reddit has a very active and helpful Bow users for FO76, if anyone wants more info on Bow builds (I am not a bow user but I know they are a welcoming group)
Thanks for the video. It’s too bad that these buffs came after the legendary mod crafting system was implemented. I liked the idea of having to use what dropped, and getting a good bow would have been exciting if they had been good at the time… Now it is simply a matter of play style or aesthetics and you can acquire a perfect version of any weapon you want.
Explosive legendary with fire arrows is king! Fire does ZERO damage to players. Neither to you or in PvP, and you one shot most enemies
I was watching your VOD when you were testing. You never tested explosive with fire arrow. Only explosive with poison arrows. You were testing the Burning Love when you took fire damage in WestTek, not an explosive/fire arrow bow.
The benifit to explosive/fire arrows over any other legendary effect is the radius for the fire explosion is WAY bigger and again does zero damage to you so no fear of burning yourself
What third star would you put on tht bloodie/explosive bow? Does reload speed help with the draw back?
Oh thanks. Now every stupid noob will use the bow until its nerfed.
if only we can use nuka grenade as ammo for bows and crossbows that would be so much fun watch them fly away he he he XD
cool!
The bow is horrible
First