Bows are replaced with powerful guns, and the range of diverse accessories and armor sets lets you customize their loadout. Sure the Phantasm bow has increased dps over time, but the fact that the S.D.M.G. It isnt until Hardmode that a Ranged build really gets off the ground. All existing Vulcan Repeaters in 1.3.0.1-equivalent worlds were replaced by Chlorophyte Shotbows upon updating. 1 I don't understand why to use Bows at all.Shotbow is a portmanteau of the words shotgun and crossbow.However, the Hallowed Repeater remains superior to the shotbow when using piercing arrows (with the possible exception of Hellfire Arrows against dense crowds), due to the latter's anti-synergy with piercing arrows. 1 Melee weapons 1.1 Swords 1.1.1 Pre-Hardmode 1.1.2 Hardmode 2 Magic weapons 2.1 Magic guns 2.1.1 Pre-Hardmode 2.2 Magic wands 2.2.1 Pre-Hardmode 3 Ranged weapons 3.1 Bows 3.1.1 Pre-Hardmode 3.1.2 Hardmode 3.2 Guns 3.2.1 Pre-Hardmode 3.2.2 Hardmode 3.3 Repeaters 3.3.While the Shotbow has less base damage per arrow than the Hallowed Repeater, the spread is tight enough that targets will usually be hit with more than one arrow per shot, resulting in higher damage output overall.It is one of the best weapons to use against Plantera. The Chlorophyte Shotbow is a devastating weapon when used with Holy Arrows, providing great single-target DPS while also summoning storms of 6 to 12 stars per shot, which offer crowd control.The Shotbow's lower base damage can be compensated for by using Ichor Arrows, which decrease defense.It is also more strongly affected by the base damage of arrows than single-shot bows or repeaters. Bows are a type of ranged weapon that fire arrows as ammunition. It changes the name of an item by adding a prefix to the items name (displayed when selected in the hotbar and in its tooltip), such as 'Adept', 'Godly', or 'Broken' (e.g.

Accessories must be placed in a characters equip accessory slots to work, with the exception of some informational accessories which work simply by being in a characters inventory. Due to variance in the number of arrows fired per shot, the effective base damage of the Shotbow ranges between 68 and 102 / 136 damage. A modifier, also known as a prefix (although in some languages it becomes a suffix), applies permanent changes to an items statistics. Accessories (aka equipable items) are equipable items that can provide stat boosts and/or special abilities such as limited flight.The average number of arrows fired per shot is 2.33 / 2.7.When used with arrows that deal piercing damage ( Unholy Arrows, Jester's Arrows, Hellfire Arrows, Chlorophyte Arrows), only one arrow will deal damage to each enemy per shot, making the shotbow far less effective.

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