Luis Royo: Ghost King
(1995), Secrets
Damage comparison of different bows
I have done some calculations to compare the damage a Rogue can inflict with different bows under consideration of the base damage.
I used 1, 10, 20 ... 90 and 100 base damage values. The massive/savage prefix and the heavens suffix of some of the bows were set to max values: massive +110% damage, savage +125% damage, heavens +15 to all.
The heavens suffix, the +20 to dexterity of the Eaglehorn and the +5 to strength of the Windforce give a damage bonus, depending on the characterlevel.
Rogues bow damage
formula:
(Strength + Dexterity) x Characterlevel / 200
Table 1: Damage bonus
Character level |
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| 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 35 | 40 | 45 | 50 | |
| Heavens | 0.15 | 0.75 | 1.5 | 2.25 | 3 | 3.75 | 4.5 | 5.25 | 6 | 6.75 | 7.5 |
| Eaglehorn | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 3 | 3.5 | 4 | 4.5 | 5 |
| Windforce | 0.025 | 0.125 | 0.25 | 0.375 | 0.5 | 0.625 | 0.75 | 0.875 | 1 | 1.125 | 1.25 |
| Bows (LWB means: Long War Bow 1-14 damage) | |
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Savage LWB of the heavens, these bows aren't too hard to get |
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Obsidian/emerald LWB of the heavens, these bows are often used by Archer-Mini-Mage Rogues |
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Eaglehorn, not too hard to find Unique bow. Stats: 1-10 damage, +100% damage, +20 to dexterity, +50% to hit (actually +70% to hit), indestructible |
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Windforce, not too hard to find Unique bow. 1-14 damage +200% damage, +5 to strength, knocks targets back, a very controversial feature ;-) |
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Needler, the Needler is quite easy to find, often dropped in all dungeon levels. Stats: 1-3 damage, fast attack, +50% to hit |
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LWB of swiftness, not too hard to find |
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Massive LWB of swiftness, the highest possible damage of a swiftness bow. |
A note: Rogues are firing normal bows with 0.35 seconds per arrow and Needler/swiftness bows with 0.30 sec/arrow. I used a period of 2.1 seconds for the calculation, this means: 6 arrows from a normal bow and 7 arrows from a Needler/swiftness bow.
Another note: A pure Rogue who has a base damage of "1" cannot use a LWB, however I have neglected this ;-).
Table 2: Damage per bow per 2.1 seconds (I added percentage values of the highest damage-massive LWB of swiftness at 110 base damage)
| Base Damage | Savage LWB Heavens | (Emerald) LWB heavens | Eaglehorn | Windforce | Needler | (Jade) LWB swiftness | Massive LWB swiftness |
| 1 clevel 1 |
102 12% |
45 5% |
67 8% |
135 15% |
14 2% |
53 6% |
110 13% |
| 10 clevel 14 |
168 19% |
112 13% |
128 15% |
191 22% |
77 9% |
116 13% |
173 20% |
| 20 clevel 21 |
234 27% |
178 20% |
193 22% |
252 29% |
147 17% |
186 21% |
243 28% |
| 30 clevel 27 |
300 34% |
243 28% |
256 29% |
313 36% |
217 25% |
256 29% |
313 36% |
| 40 clevel 30 |
362 41% |
306 35% |
318 36% |
374 43% |
287 33% |
326 37% |
383 44% |
| 50 clevel 34 |
426 49% |
370 42% |
380 44% |
434 50% |
357 41% |
396 45% |
453 52% |
| 60 clevel 37 |
489 56% |
432 49% |
442 53% |
495 57% |
427 49% |
466 53% |
523 60% |
| 70 clevel 40 |
551 63% |
495 57% |
504 58% |
555 64% |
497 57% |
536 61% |
593 68% |
| 80 clevel 44 |
615 70% |
559 64% |
566 65% |
616 71% |
567 65% |
606 69% |
663 76% |
| 90 clevel 48 |
678 78% |
622 71% |
629 72% |
676 77% |
637 73% |
676 77% |
753 86% |
| 100 clevel 50 |
740 |
684 78% |
690 79% |
737 84% |
707 81% |
746 85% |
803 92% |
| 110 clevel 50 |
800 92% |
744 86% |
750 86% |
797 91% |
777 89% |
816 93% |
873 100% |
Conclusion
The damage, that can be inflicted with a
swiftness bow is not much higher compared to a good normal bow. However, I really like the
fast attack. Moreover, swiftness bows are in my opinion great fun and one can often stun
two witches at the same time: you shoot at a witch, a second witch tries to enter the line
of fire and both are stunned ;-).
Another conclusion: The damage a Rogue can inflict with these bows varies widely at low base damage values (1 : 9.6), but is compensated at higher clevels = higher base damage (1 : 1.17). This means using an emerald short bow of the heavens is not much less effectively for a high level Rogue compared to an emerald LWB of the heavens.
What is the best bow?
There is no spoon :-)
| The best bow depends on: | |
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Playing-style |
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Personal preferences |
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Character level |
| The best bows for mid/high level Rogues are: | |
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Resist/+all bows, e.g. Obsidian bow of the heavens |
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Any bow of swiftness |
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Plus damage/+all bows, e.g. Savage bow of the heavens |
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Elemental bows, e.g. bow of fire |
| Special section | |
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For LoL Rogues: Eaglehorn ;-) |
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For Rogues who like knock back: Windforce |
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