Camelotkiing's BowBlade PVP Build

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Table of Contents

I. Introduction

II. Basics

↳ race ,, mundus ,, attributes

,, food ,, condition

III. Gear & Substitutions

IV. Skills

↳ Champion Points

V. Ending Notes

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𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍                                        ‎

This blog is mainly for Torchwick109 as they requested help with a bowblade build. As the resident bowblade main I am very happy to help. If anyone else wants to use this build I would be honored. Without turning this post into a yap fest, here is my build, the "Freeshooter."

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Now I AM a ganker, so some things here will be more suited for the ganking life. I know that's not what you want, so I'll attach alternatives and tips [hopefully] more suited for what you're looking for.

𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐒                                                          ‎

  RACE  

Wood Elf.

I have only ever played this build as a wood elf; honestly a slept on race. Their move speed ive is very helpful, as well as their increased penetration.

at the end of the day, race isn't a huge deal; play what you want. But another good choice to go would be Khajiit for the crit.

  Mundus Stone  

The Lover.

The Lover is my FAVOURITE to use ever, I think it's perfect; I love having penetration on these types of builds. However, if for whatever reason you don't want to run The Lover, you can also use The Shadow or The Thief.

  Attributes  

0 MAG ,, 34 HP ,, 30 STAM

This is completely up to you. If you want more damage, put more points into stamina, if you need mag, put some into mag. I prefer having at least 30k health, it's really the only thing that keeps us from dying all the time. I started this build with 64 points into stamina, and I was dying left and right. It comes down to personal preference and how open you plan to be on the battlefield.

  Food  

Lava Foot Soup-And-Saltrice

Okay okay for good damage this is the food to go, the more stamina the better. I'm in generational eso debt and have been using those crown meals you get in daily rewards. Ngl I'VE BEEN JUST FINE USING THEM. You could also go Sugar Skulls if you want a boost to all your stats.

  Condition  

Vampirism

I am a stage 4 vampire at all times. You do not have any health regen AT ALL. But I find the invisible run to 100% make up for that. I know you said you don't want to be a stealth archer, so this is up to you. You could also stay stage 3.

𝐆𝐄𝐀𝐑                                                             ‎

I am a one bar build so there is no room in my gear slots for a full monster set. But if you want to go two bars, Balorgh is definitely the way to go. I'd do heavy or medium helm, and medium shoulders. Finding a nice way to display the sets was hard so bear with me.

  Weapon & Jewlery  

  Armour  

🗝 I run 1 piece balorgh for the weapon and spell damage. Any monster set that gives W&P damage or crit will do fine here.

  Tarnished Nightmare  

Drops from: Bedlam Veil ,, Dungeon

2 items: Adds 15-657 Critical Chance

3 items: Adds 15-657 Critical Chance

4 items: Adds 15-657 Critical Chance

5 items: When you deal Critical Damage to an enemy, glass shards burst 8 meters around them after 1.3 seconds, dealing 1129 Physical damage to enemies in the burst and applying the Sundered status effect. This effect can occur once every 8 seconds and the damage scales off the higher of your Weapon and Spell Damage.

  Scavenging Demise  

Drops from: Depths of Malatar ,, Dungeon

2 items: Adds 3-129 Weapon and Spell Damage

3 items: Adds 15-657 Critical Chance

4 items: Adds 15-657 Critical Chance

5 items: When you deal Critical Poison Damage to an enemy, summon the Scavenging Maw which attacks your enemy after 2 seconds. The Scavenging Maw deals 2587 Poison damage and inflicts Minor Vulnerability for 15 seconds, increasing their damage taken by 5%. This effect can occur every 10 seconds and scales off the higher of your Weapon and Spell Damage.

Oakensoul Ring

Mythic item

1 item: While equipped, you are unable to swap between your Primary and Backup Weapon Sets and gain Minor Berserk, Minor Courage, Major Brutality, Major Sorcery, Major Prophecy, Major Savagery, Minor Force, Minor Protection, Major Resolve, Minor Mending, Minor Fortitude, Minor Intellect, Minor Endurance, Minor Heroism, Minor Slayer, Minor Aegis, and Empower.

𝐒𝐔𝐁𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐓𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒                                     ‎

My flex set is actually Tarnished. I run Defiler's if I'm trying to take out ball groups and such [I still much prefer Tarnished though].

If you choose not to use the poison morphs for the bow abilities then do not use Scavenging Demise! It requires Poison damage to proc and will be obsolete!!

🗝 Defiler's would be a good substitute for either set

🗝 Sheer Venom is also a very good and slept on set. It requires execute ability, which we have access to plenty of, thankfully.

🗝Shattered Fate is an amazing crafted set. It's 12 pieces, but we'll only be wearing 5. [5 pieces of this set grants 7918 offensive penetration]

𝐒𝐊𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐒                                                          ‎

From left to right, I run: Focused Aim [Lethal Arrow good too!], Poison Injection, Concealed Weapon, Merciless Resolve, Shadowy Disguise, Incapacitating Strike.

🗝I know you want to fit in some other abilities here, so I'm gonna get into substitutions real quick. My only self heal is merciless at melee range which.. isn't ideal for most players. LMAO

Focused Aim/Lethal Arrow is a must for bow, I love it soo much, it's great.

Poison Injection CAN be swapped for something like Healthy Offering. I don't do it because I like the execute and the poison damage.

Concealed Weapon is GREAT for movement speed and the damage isn't something to be slept on either, but I personally use this skill as my flex spot. Blood for Blood is great if you're a vampire. I've never used Siphoning Strikes before, but you could try to run it instead of Concealed if you want.

Merciless Resolve is something you wanted to run anyhow so we're leaving that one alone.

I KNOW you said you don't want to be a stealth archer but Shadowy Disguise IS SO GOOD, it's a Nightblade's saving grace half the time. I use it to slip out of shitty situations ALLL THE TIME. It's also good for repositioning yourself in large fights. To me, this ability is a must have!! I've got some crazy speed on my guy, but I still need this a lot of the time.

IFFF you really don't want to run it, then you could have Siphoning Strikes here and keep Concealed Weapon slotted. Really anything to increase your survivability because we lack resistance on this build.

Incapacitating Strike is my favourite ult to use. It's op, it procs Tarnished, it stuns... beautiful. But you're going a pure archer build, so you can slot the bow ultimate. I like it, it does crazy damage, but I find it's VERY easy to get away from. If you break line of sight with your target it cancels, which is why I stopped using it. [Go poison morph].

Soul Tether is good, especially when you're fighting multiple targets.

𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐒                                ‎‎

Green Tree

— Do what you want, I have Gifted Rider, Steed's Bessing, Rationer, and Treasure Hunter(?) For some reason.

Blue Tree

— Fighting Finesse, Master-At-Arms, Deadly Aim, Untamed Aggression.

🗝 All of these skills buff our Tarnished Nightmare set, as well as Merciless Resolve.

Red Tree

— Celerity, Refreshing Stride, Rejuvenation, Boundless Vitality.

🗝 A lot of this is personal preference. Refreshing Stride is great if you're going to be sprinting a lot. You gain 100 Mag and Health regen per stage, capping at 500.

🗝Celerity is must for speed. I have it on almost all my pvp builds.

🗝 Rejuvenation and Boundless Vitality are up to you; I like the regen and extra HP. Fortified is good too.

𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐒                                         ‎

You will die a lot at first! This build is squishy but you will be hitting like a TRUCK. It's hard time get into at first but once you get the hang of it you'll be a monster.

You will be tbagged and hate whispered a lot. I've had someone's alt call me out in my Alliance's zone chat before. It's CRAZY how salty these people can be. I do also play only in Grey Host so it might be a campaign thing.

I use this build in BGs and have been just fine. (Pray you have a healer if you run my exact build, no substitutes). Purify synergy is your best friend 🫶🏼

Tweak anything you want to achieve what you're going for, you can use the skills and everything here as a reference if you want! Builds and pvp is meant to be fun, at the end of the day, do whatever the hell you want, yknow?