Best Bow?

[Howie]

Right now I'm carrying around the below bows. Lately I've been using the Tecucer because its speed is slow and it gives + to all hunting but it has a lower damage. What does everyone else recommend for a good bow? Also whoever put some of these spells on a bow needs to be fired. What good does a level 1 lighting bolt or Ring of Flame do me by the time I can use a legendary bow.

Helios Fury -

133-151 Damage
25% Piercing
Speed: Very Slow

+14% Damage
15% Chance of +208% Fire Damage
38 Fire Damage
88% Fire Resistance
+246 Energy
-15% Energy Cost
Grants Skill: Ring of Flame


Death Blossom -

106-122 Damage
25% Piercing
Speed: Very Slow

10% Chance of +137% Pierce Damage
+37% Life Leech
11% of Attack Damage Converted to Health
28% Bleeding Resistance
35% Life Leech Resistance
+22% Health Regeneration
+20% Energy Regeneration
-14% Recharge
-15% Energy Cost



Borealis -

104-124 Damage
25% Piercing
Speed: Very Slow

+42% Lightning Damage
3% Chance of:
45-171 Electrical Burn Damage Over 3 Seconds
3 Seconds of Stun
25% Cold Resistance
30% Lightning Resistance
+24 Intelligence
+26 Dexterity
+51 Defensive Ability
Grants Skill: Lightning Bolt

Teucer's Warbow -

98-104 Damage
25% Piercing
Speed: Slow

+27% Damage
20 Bonus Damage
6% Damage Resistance
21% Elemental Resistance
+32% Attack Speed
+1 to Marksmanship
+1 to All Skills in Hunting Mastery

[Infares]

1. Are you playing TQ1.30 or IT1.1?
2. If the former probably best off using one of the better 438 dex Green Bows with the Betrayer suffix (Helps a lot more than it seems).
3. Otherwise go for a purple bow in IT1.1.

[Howie]

Playing IT 1.1 but haven't found any bows yet. Thanks for the info. What is the Betrayer suffix, what I really could use is a bow with Energy Steal. Being a Brigand with Envenom and Art of the Hunt up I got like 300 energy left and I go through that in like 10 arrows.

[Infares]

Yah, you'll be wanting a green amulet or ring with a Spectral Matter on it, this cures all of your issues and a single shot of Throwing Knives with maxed Flurry of Knives into a group of enemies that has at least one with Energy is the same as an Energy Potion.

Betrayer does a couple good things as a green suffix, it reduces monsters' resistances (including poison, bleed, piercing, vitality, etc pretty much Every resistance) along with having a pretty high %Damage to Health mod on top of it, plus some other abilities that are good too.