Built from 82 curated wishlist rolls for this Combat Bow. Perks marked essential appear in every roll of a recommendation; alternatives are the other perks curators call worth keeping.
Recommended rolls
Community wishlist roll
30 wishlist rolls
Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 44. Backup PvE roll for general content. Shapeable. The Ambush origin trait is probably more for PvP than PvE, with the extra range, handling and 10% boost to damage for a few moments after combat starts or the Veist Stinger will provide the occasional fast reload and draw. The Lightweight frame provides +20 mobility and 6.25% boost to movement, which is always useful. As with all bows, aim to get the draw time as low as you can with your bowstring, and then recover lost accuracy with your arrow. For general content, Dragonfly is a great choice, spreading damage on crit kills in the first trait column. In the second, take your choice of damage-improving traits to help with clearing adds. MW: Draw Time or Accuracy, with a damage-boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-MinorSpec, PvE-God, Controller, M+KB
Essential perks
Dragonfly
Strong alternatives
Explosive Head
Fiberglass Arrow Shaft
Flexible String
Straight Fletching
Polymer String
Helical Fletching
Frenzy
Swashbuckler
Successful Warm-Up
Elastic String
Community wishlist roll
15 wishlist rolls
Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 44. First-choice PvE roll for general content. Shapeable. The Ambush origin trait is probably more for PvP than PvE, with the extra range, handling and 10% boost to damage for a few moments after combat starts or the Veist Stinger will provide the occasional fast reload and draw. The Lightweight frame provides +20 mobility and 6.25% boost to movement, which is always useful. As with all bows, aim to get the draw time as low as you can with your bowstring, and then recover lost accuracy with your arrow. For end-game content, in the first trait column, Archer's Tempo rewards crit hits with even faster draw time. In the second column, damage boosts from Frenzy, just for being in combat, or Swashbuckler with your choice of 3.0 melee options both improve utility. MW: Draw Time or Accuracy, with a damage-boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-MinorSpec, PvE-God, PvE-EndGame, Controller, M+KB
Essential perks
Archer's Tempo
Strong alternatives
Fiberglass Arrow Shaft
Flexible String
Frenzy
Straight Fletching
Polymer String
Helical Fletching
Swashbuckler
Elastic String
pandapaxxy
pve
mkb
controller
12 wishlist rolls
pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "Tripwire Canary is the newest arc combat bow. Hopefully it lives up to replace Arsenic Bite. It can roll the infamous roll of dragonfly and explosive head, with the newly buffed dragonfly it should feel really strong. Frenzy being the major source of damage can be paired with your choice of reload or draw time bonuses or the AoE of dragonfly. No choice is wrong from these options." Recommended MW - Reload.
Essential perks
Fiberglass Arrow Shaft
Strong alternatives
Archer's Tempo
Elastic String
Frenzy
Polymer String
Rapid Hit
Dragonfly
Explosive Head
pandapaxxy
pvp
mkb
controller
8 wishlist rolls
pandapaxxy (PvP / M+KB / Controller): "In PvP lightweight bows are not the strongest choice. You can definitely make them work in either a swap build or by team-shooting with them. Opening shot is going to ensure a crit when you’re in the same postal code as your opponent, or you could go for flinch city and roll with explosive head. It’s a niche play style but you can build into it." Recommended MW - Draw Time.
Essential perks
Fiberglass Arrow Shaft
Strong alternatives
Opening Shot
Archer's Tempo
Elastic String
Polymer String
Rapid Hit
Successful Warm-Up
Community wishlist roll
7 wishlist rolls
Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 44. Backup PvE roll for general content. Shapeable. The Ambush origin trait is probably more for PvP than PvE, with the extra range, handling and 10% boost to damage for a few moments after combat starts or the Veist Stinger will provide the occasional fast reload and draw. The Lightweight frame provides +20 mobility and 6.25% boost to movement, which is always useful. As with all bows, aim to get the draw time as low as you can with your bowstring, and then recover lost accuracy with your arrow. For end-game content, in the first trait column, Archer's Tempo rewards crit hits with even faster draw time. Explosive Head not only adds bonus damage passively, but also disrupts overload Champions in fewer hits, when the mod is around. MW: Draw Time or Accuracy, with a damage-boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-MinorSpec, PvE-Champion, PvE-God, PvE-EndGame, Controller, M+KB
Essential perks
Archer's Tempo
Explosive Head
Strong alternatives
Fiberglass Arrow Shaft
Flexible String
Straight Fletching
Polymer String
Helical Fletching
Elastic String
Community wishlist roll
7 wishlist rolls
Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 44. Backup PvE roll for general content. Shapeable. The Ambush origin trait is probably more for PvP than PvE, with the extra range, handling and 10% boost to damage for a few moments after combat starts or the Veist Stinger will provide the occasional fast reload and draw. The Lightweight frame provides +20 mobility and 6.25% boost to movement, which is always useful. As with all bows, aim to get the draw time as low as you can with your bowstring, and then recover lost accuracy with your arrow. For general content, in the first trait column, Archer's Tempo rewards crit hits with even faster draw time and in the second, Successful Warm-up boosts that even further on a kill, improving damage output. MW: Draw Time or Accuracy, with a damage-boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-MinorSpec, Controller, M+KB
Essential perks
Archer's Tempo
Successful Warm-Up
Strong alternatives
Fiberglass Arrow Shaft
Flexible String
Straight Fletching
Polymer String
Helical Fletching
Elastic String
Community wishlist roll
2 wishlist rolls
Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 44. First-choice PvE roll for general content. Shapeable. The Ambush origin trait is probably more for PvP than PvE, with the extra range, handling and 10% boost to damage for a few moments after combat starts or the Veist Stinger will provide the occasional fast reload and draw. The Lightweight frame provides +20 mobility and 6.25% boost to movement, which is always useful. As with all bows, get the draw time as low as possible with Elastic String, and then recover the lost accuracy with Fiberglass Arrow Shaft. and then recover lost accuracy with your arrow. For general content, Dragonfly is a great choice, spreading damage on crit kills in the first trait column. In the second, take your choice of damage-improving traits to help with clearing adds. MW: Draw Time or Accuracy, with a damage-boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-MinorSpec, PvE-God, Controller, M+KB
Essential perks
Elastic String
Dragonfly
Fiberglass Arrow Shaft
Strong alternatives
Swashbuckler
Successful Warm-Up
Community wishlist roll
1 wishlist roll
Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 44. First-choice PvE roll for general content. Shapeable. The Ambush origin trait is probably more for PvP than PvE, with the extra range, handling and 10% boost to damage for a few moments after combat starts or the Veist Stinger will provide the occasional fast reload and draw. The Lightweight frame provides +20 mobility and 6.25% boost to movement, which is always useful. As with all bows, get the draw time as low as possible with Elastic String, and then recover the lost accuracy with Fiberglass Arrow Shaft. For end-game content, in the first trait column, Archer's Tempo rewards crit hits with even faster draw time. In the second column, damage boosts from Frenzy, just for being in combat, or Swashbuckler with your choice of 3.0 melee options both improve utility. MW: Draw Time or Accuracy, with a damage-boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-MinorSpec, PvE-God, PvE-EndGame, Controller, M+KB
Essential perks
Archer's Tempo
Elastic String
Fiberglass Arrow Shaft
Swashbuckler
Recommendations aggregated from curated community wishlists; credit to the curators linked above.