Talk:Composite Bow/@comment-87.109.44.167-20150110042712

I always wanted to play an archer but never had much luck. Yesterday I started a new hunter, ran past the ghosts to snatch this bow, and started doing pretty good.

What works is being able to fast roll (light armor). The Hunter's armor has poor armor/weight ratios, but the Sorcerer's or Thief's sets in the Basement are pretty good. I find guys with shields tough. At first I was using a melee weapon for them, but I found I can bait an attack to get them to lower their guard, roll back or backstep, and fire. I can't seem to shoot around a shield, which I find pretty lame. I think the giants in Anor Londo will be hell later.

Ability ratios for this weapon seem higher than what I'd expect from the C rating. With 11 Str and 40 Dex and a +10 Composite bow, I'm getting 110 weapon damage +165 ability damage, more than I get with the unmodified short bow with it's A scaling. I'm thinking of raising Str to 40 to further improve the damage. I've never had a BBOP, can anybody attest to the ability damage of it fully upgraded with 40 Dex?