Builds / Combat Bow
Best Combat Bow Build in Abyssus
An energy bow with a charge mechanic that scales damage; the best all-rounder in skilled hands, blending single-target melt with AoE.
Best for: Ranged safety; hybrid boss + AoE for skilled players
Recommended Combat Bow build
Smart Arrow + Chain Lightning is the signature build: bouncing arrows trigger chain reactions for AoE while keeping the bow's boss-melting single-target. Rewards positioning over fire rate.
⚑ Best Aspect
Chain Lightning
✦ Key Blessings
- Chain Lightning arcs for self-propagating AoE
- crit-chance from Lightning Blessings
⚒ Ancient Forge mods
- Smart Arrow (bouncing) — pairs with Chain Lightning
- Charge damage
- Draw speed
◈ Recommended Charms
- Hawkeye
- Supersonic
➤ Ability
Turret (stationary synergy)
Pros / Cons
- ✔ Best all-around in skilled hands
- ✔ Huge charged burst
- ✔ Great with turrets
- ✘ High aim/timing demand
- ✘ Charge downtime
Depth 30 variant
Draw-speed mods matter more at Depth 30 so charge time does not get you cornered by fast elites.
Combat Bow fire modes
Pick one primary and one secondary fire mode at the Workbench. Each weapon has three of each.
Primary fire
- Precision Shot — Charged arrow; bonus damage on the Sweetspot.
- Pierce — Piercing arrow; more damage per enemy hit.
- Return Arrow — Bonus damage/fire rate when recovering arrows or hitting Sweetspots.
Secondary fire
- Multi-Shot — Barrage of arrows.
- Smart Arrow — Bounces between enemies and surfaces (pairs with Chain Lightning).
- Exploding Arrow — Explodes on hit.
Combat Bow Ancient Forge upgrades
Weapon-specific Forge mods that reshape how the Combat Bow plays.
- Spined Arrow — Arrows deal 25% weapon damage as damage over time. Can stack, but all stacks disappear after 5 sec.
- Pressure Arrow — Arrows have an aura around them that damages enemies it passes through, dealing 50% weapon damage.
- True Form — Sweetspots always count as Weakspot hits.
- Consistent Scope — Sweetspots shoot an additional arrow that deals 50% less damage.
- Stable String — Each consecutive Weakspot hit deals 10% increased damage. Stacks 25 times.
- Elastic String — You can charge further before the Sweetspot, dealing up to 50% more damage.
- Longbow — Arrows deal up to 50% more Weakspot damage based on the distance traveled.
- Shortbow — Arrows are automatically shot once fully charged. Can be held to shoot continuously.
How to unlock the Combat Bow
From an altar in a hidden room after defeating the Elite Catalyst in the Sanctuary in under a minute.
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