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 17415 Physical Damage over 4 seconds. 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 15587 Physical Damage over 5 seconds.
Toxic Barrage	Unleash a barrage of arrows at an enemy, dealing 17415 Poison Damage over 4 seconds. After dealing damage you poison the enemy, dealing an additional 9990 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.

Active Skills
Snipe	Plant a masterfully aimed arrow in an enemy's vital spot, dealing 2404 Physical Damage.
Focused Aim	Plant a masterfully aimed arrow in an enemy's vital spot, dealing 2404 Physical Damage and applying the Sundered status effect.
Lethal Arrow	Plant a masterfully aimed arrow in an enemy's vital spot, dealing 2483 Poison Damage and applying the Poisoned status effect. Also afflicts enemy with Minor Defile, which reduces their healing received and damage shield strength by 6% for 4 seconds.
Volley	Launch a multitude of arrows into the sky to rain down, dealing 342 Physical Damage to enemies in the target area every 1 second for 8 seconds, after a 2 second delay.
Arrow Barrage	Launch a multitude of arrows into the sky to rain down, dealing 460 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 343 Physical Damage to enemies in the target area every 1 second for 13 seconds, after a 2 second delay.
Scatter Shot	Blast an enemy with an explosive arrow, dealing 1392 Physical Damage, knocking them back 8 meters.
Draining Shot	Blast an enemy with an enchanted arrow, dealing 1393 Physical Damage and reducing their Movement Speed by 60% for 3 seconds. If the enemy is hit, you heal for 2399.
Magnum Shot	Blast an enemy with an explosive arrow, dealing 1727 Physical Damage and knocking them back 8 meters.
Arrow Spray	Fire a burst of arrows in one shot, dealing 1742 Physical Damage to enemies in front of you.
Acid Spray	Fire a burst of arrows in one shot, dealing 1742 Poison Damage to enemies in front of you, and dealing an additional 1635 Poison Damage over 5 seconds.
Bombard	Fire a burst of arrows in one shot, dealing 1742 Physical Damage to enemies in front of you. Enemies hit are immobilized for 4 seconds.
Poison Arrow	Shoot an arrow coated in Baandari poison at an enemy, dealing 1161 Poison Damage and an additional 3470 Poison Damage over 20 seconds.
Poison Injection	Shoot an arrow coated in Baandari poison at an enemy, dealing 1161 Poison Damage and an additional 3470 Poison Damage over 20 seconds. Deals up to 120% more damage to enemies under 50% Health.
Venom Arrow	Shoot an arrow coated in Shadowscale poison at an enemy, dealing 1161 Poison Damage and an additional 3470 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.
Vault	Fire a burst at your feet while flipping backwards 15 meters. Casting again within 4 seconds increases the cost by 33%.

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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