Bow

Skilltree: Weapon
Description:

The Bow skill-line is part of the "Weapons" category in the Elder Scrolls Online. The Bow skill-line has active skills that you can activate during combat and passive skills that are always active as long as you have a Bow weapon slotted. The skill-line is also often referred to as Archery.

How do you unlock the Bow skill-line?

The Bow skill-line is granted to you after killing an enemy with a Bow weapon. You can use any random Bow that you bought or picked up from a monster to uncover the Bow skill-line.

How do you level up the Bow skill-line?

To level up the Bow skill-line in the Elder Scrolls Online you have to either equip a Bow or slot skills from the Bow skill-line. Having more Bow skills slotted on your active bar will increase the amount of experience that you gain towards the skill-line. To level up the Bow skill-line, you can simply kill monsters or complete quests to gain experience points. Reading books from bookshelves in the Elder Scrolls Online can also sometimes increase your level in the Bow skill-line.

The damage numbers of the skills that you see below are used for comparison. The numbers are based on a naked level 50 character without any skills, passives, attributes and champion points allocated. Your damage numbers will change depending on what gear, skills, attributes, champion points, enchantments or buffs your character has.

Name	Effect
Ultimate Skills
Rapid Fire	Unleash a barrage of arrows at an enemy, dealing 52830 Physical Damage over 4 seconds. You can move at full speed and are immune to all disabling effects while channeling this attack.
Toxic Barrage	Unleash a barrage of arrows at an enemy, dealing 55490 Poison Damage over 4 seconds. After dealing damage you poison the enemy, dealing an additional 28660 Poison Damage over 8 seconds after a 1 second delay. You can move at full speed and are immune to all disabling effects while channeling this attack.
Ballista	Summon a turret to unleash a barrage of arrows at an enemy, dealing 47294 Physical Damage over 5 seconds.
Active Skills
Snipe	Plant a masterfully aimed arrow in an enemy's vital spot, dealing 7292 Physical Damage.
Lethal Arrow	Plant a masterfully aimed arrow in an enemy's vital spot, dealing 7909 Poison Damage and applying the Poisoned status effect. Also afflicts enemy with Minor Defile, which reduces their healing received and Health Recovery by 8% for 4 seconds.
Focused Aim	Plant a masterfully aimed arrow in an enemy's vital spot, dealing 7292 Physical Damage. Also inflicts Minor Breach on the enemy, reducing their Physical and Spell Resistance by 2974 for 10 seconds.
Volley	Launch a multitude of arrows into the sky to rain down, dealing 1043 Physical Damage to enemies in the target area every 1 second for 8 seconds, after a 2 second delay.
Endless Hail	Launch a multitude of arrows into the sky to rain down, dealing 1042 Physical Damage to enemies in the target area every 1 second for 13 seconds, after a 2 second delay.
Arrow Barrage	Launch a multitude of arrows into the sky to rain down, dealing 1400 Physical Damage to enemies in the target area every 1 second for 8 seconds, after a 2 second delay.
Scatter Shot	Blast an enemy with an explosive arrow, dealing 4227 Physical Damage, knocking them back 8 meters.
Magnum Shot	Blast an enemy with an explosive arrow, dealing 5240 Physical Damage and knocking them back 8 meters.
Draining Shot	Blast an enemy with an enchanted arrow, dealing 4227 Physical Damage and reducing their Movement Speed by 60% for 3 seconds. If the enemy is hit, you heal for 7298.
Arrow Spray	Fire a burst of arrows in one shot, dealing 5283 Physical Damage to enemies in front of you.
Bombard	Fire a burst of arrows in one shot, dealing 5285 Physical Damage to enemies in front of you. Enemies hit are immobilized for 4 seconds.
Acid Spray	Fire a burst of arrows in one shot, dealing 5549 Poison Damage to enemies in front of you, and dealing an additional 5215 Poison Damage over 5 seconds.
Poison Arrow	Shoot an arrow coated in Baandari poison at an enemy, dealing 3697 Poison Damage and an additional 11080 Poison Damage over 20 seconds.
Venom Arrow	Shoot an arrow coated in Shadowscale poison at an enemy, dealing 3698 Poison Damage and an additional 11090 Poison Damage over 20 seconds. If the enemy hit is casting an ability they are interrupted, set Off Balance, and stunned for 3 seconds. After casting you gain Major Brutality and Sorcery, increasing your Weapon and Spell Damage for 20 seconds.
Poison Injection	Shoot an arrow coated in Baandari poison at an enemy, dealing 3698 Poison Damage and an additional 11090 Poison Damage over 20 seconds. Deals up to 120% more damage to enemies under 50% Health.
Passive Skills
Vinedusk Training	Increases your damage done by 5% against enemies 15 meters or closer. Increases your Critical Chance rating by 1314 against enemies further than 15 meters.
Accuracy	Increases your Critical Chance rating by 1314.
Ranger	Reduces the Stamina cost of Bow abilities by 15%.
Hawk Eye	Dealing damage with a Light or Heavy Attack increases the damage of your Bow abilities by 5% for 5 seconds, stacking up to 5 times.
Hasty Retreat	Grants you Major Expedition for 4 seconds after you use Roll Dodge. Major Expedition increases your Movement Speed by 30%.

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