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There is a great selection of different weapons to forge and master inWild Hearts. From katanas to massive hammers, and, of course, the more long-range option of the bow. The bow is unlocked from the very start of the game and you are able to forge it as soon as you want, progressing it through its unique skill tree as you learn its mobile and fantastic burst damage possibilities.
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The main way to use the bow is to set up for one massive burst of damage. This setup involves sticking as many of your arrows into a Kemono as possible and then detonating them all at once.
The Bow
As this weapon is a bow, you will bekeeping your distance from the Kemonos while still being close enough. That way, it isn’t a challenge to hit your arrows into specific parts of their massive bodies. You will be changing between different arrow types to best suit your environment and allow the best opportunity for maximum damage without taking any yourself.
Basic Moves
There arethree basic movesfor the bow.
Arrows lodged in a Kemono willdisappear after a short timeduration, so make sure you are acting quickly for your final shot to maximize damage.
Your basicaerial combat is very limited.
Bolster
You canbolster twice with each stance, and if you bolster your bow, causing it to glow, you are able to switch between your two stances without it losing its charge.
Your horizontal stance without any bolstering will shoot out a3-hit combo, with each attack shootingthree arrows at once.
Withone charge of a bolster, your horizontal stance will then become aburst shotwhere you keep on firing arrows at the target for a few seconds. Although the attack will be draining your stamina, you can choose to dodge if you need to reposition or move out of the way of an attack.
Withtwo charges of a bolster, your horizontal stance will create avolley of arrows, shooting in an arc in the sky that then falls down to the chosen area decided by a large circular marker on the floor — you can control this marker, by the way. It can be tricky to land hits with this attack, but it isone of the best ways to lodge a lot of arrowsinto a Kemono.
Your best opportunity to hit the volley of arrows will be when a Kemono isstunned on the floor.
When it comes to thevertical stance, your normal attack will simply fire asingle heavy arrow.
With asingle bolster, your vertical stance shot will become more powerful, shooting out aPiercing Shotthat will hit the Kemono several times as long as you line up your shot to make the arrow go through the body.
If you fully charge your vertical stance bybolstering twice, you will perform yourResonant Shot. This is your most powerful shot and will require you to be stationary for a short time whilst you draw your bow more than normal.You cannot roll out of this attack, so make sure you are somewhere safe when doing it.
YourResonant Shotalong with all your other vertical shots willdetonate every arrow lodged into a Kemono.
Bow Combat And Tips
Keep an eye on your stamina whilst fighting, as a lot of your attacks will be draining it. As you are usually a good distance away from the Kemono, it’s easy to forget about any attacks that might spring your way, and you don’t want to be caught off guard without any stamina to roll away.
When using your differentKarakuri,the move you perform will always be the sameno matter what stance you are in, and it will automatically put you back in the stance you started in before you did your attack.
Jumping off of asingle crateand inputting any attack will perform aShockwave shotthat will also detonate all arrows stuck into the Kemono, dealing decent damage.
If you jump off of astack of two crates, you will do the exact same attack. However, when you land your shot, the bow will automatically be at thefirst level of a bolster charge.
Unsurprisingly, jumping off astack of three crateswill thenfully bolster your bowafter you have completed the attack.
Jumping off of thespring Karakuriwill allow you to do an arc shot that willshoot five arrows at onceinto a Kemono. Upon landing, you will alsogain a level in bolster charge.
As with all weapons, using a torch will set your weapon ablaze, butif you stack two torches on top of each other, you can jump off of them and perform the sameShockwaveattack that you could with a crate.
Similar to the effects of the other Karakuri doing any attack whilst having jumped from aglider, you will perform aShockwave shot, and it will also fullybolster your bowto allow for an immediate follow-up.
Position Yourself Effectively
Using crates to jump off is effective in combat, but don’t underestimate the value of simply having thehigh ground. you’re able to build a full wall or just stack the crates on top of each other to get agood vantage pointon a Kemono which you can rain down fire on.
Gliders are especially effectiveat getting to a higher point or for quickly backing away and, as mentioned before,will fully bolster your weapon if you land a hit. This will give you a wonderful opportunity to get to the high ground and immediately shoot out a volley.
Lodging Arrows Into A Kemono
Attacks with the glider can also be turned into a veryeffective comboif you use the glider to get theShockwave shot, land, and perform thevolley attack. Once you have finished the move, theglider lands back next to you, and you can use it to doanother Shockwave shot. Thiswilldetonate the volley arrows, which you can rinse and repeat.
One of your fastest combos to get a lot of arrows lodged into a Kemono is byjumping off of a spring, which willshoot five arrows directly into the target. It will then give you the level one bolster, which you can use in the horizontal form toshoot out the burst,sticking in at least ten total arrows for you to then detonate.
