bow of want ds2

Bow of Want+5

Stats
icon wp physicalAttack 100(*60)(*90) icon wp counterStrength 100
icon magicbonus 0 (*78) icon wp poiseDamage 5
icon firebonus 0(*78) icon wp stability 10
icon lightningbonus 130(*234)(*117) icon durabilitiy 70
icon darkbonus 0(*78) icon weight 2.0
Requirements & Bonus
icon strength 22 icon dexterity 22 icon intelligence 22 icon faith 22
9
C (*D)
20
A (*B)
18
icon magicbonus green icon firebonus green icon lgtngbonus green icon darkbonus green
*C *C C *C
Weapon Type Bow
Attack Type Projectile/Strike
Enchantable Yes
Special No
*When infused: 90 physical dmg/78 elemental dmg and C scaling with chosen element. Str scaling changes to D. Dex scaling changes to B.

Bow of Want is a weapon in Dark Souls 2.

 

Original:

A bow created from the soul of Nashandra.

The old one of the Abyss was reborn in death, split into miniscule fragments, and spread across the land.

The smallest of the pieces, sensing its own fragility, yearned for what it lacked.

 

Scholar of the First Sin changed to:

A bow created from the soul of Nashandra.

The old one of the Abyss was reborn in death, split into miniscule fragments, and spread across the land.

Light and Dark are two sides of the same coin, much like the soul and the curse.

The beings who presented themselves to those in search of kinghood were drawn to their awesome strength. 

Acquired From

 

Hints and Tips:

  • While Two-handing, use the strong attack of your respective off-hand to unleash a lightning-tinged special attack. Causes heavy Poise damage; as well as medium Lightning damage depending on the wielder's Faith stat.
  • Special attack does not require arrows and will deplete 10 durability (or 5 with Bracing Knuckle Ring +2) per use, damage increases with Lightning infusion.
  • The special attack has no tracking, is slow to fire, and can easily miss if not planned carefully. It also consumes a significant amount of stamina.

 

 

Bow of Want Upgrades

  Attack ValuesBonus Parameter Bonus Auxiliary Effects Damage Reduction (%)
Name
icon wp physicalAttack
icon wp magdmg
icon wp firedmg
icon wp lightningdmg
icon darkbonus
icon Counter%26poisedamage
icon strengthscale green
icon dexscale green
icon magicbonus green
icon firebonus green
icon lgtngbonus green
icon darkbonus green
icon wp poisonbld
icon wp bleed
icon wp physicaldef
icon wp magicdef
icon wp firedef
icon wp lightningdef
icon wp darkdef
Regular 40 - - 40 - 100
5
C A - - C - - - - - - - -
Regular +5 100 - - 130 - ^ C A - - C - - - - - - - -
Magic 36 24 - 36 - ^ D B C - C - - - - 16.6 - - -
Magic +5 90 78 - 117 - ^ D B C - C - - - - 16.6 - - -
Fire 36 - 24 36 - ^ D B - C C - - - - - 16.6 - -
Fire +5 90 - 78 117 - ^ D B - C C - - - - - 16.6 - -
Lightning 24 - - 72 - ^ D B - - C - - - - - - 16.6 -
Lightning +5 60 - - 234 - ^ D B - - C - - - - - - 16.6 -
Dark 36 - - 36 24 ^ D B - - C C - - - - - - 16.6
Dark +5 90 - - 117 78 ^ D B - - C C - - - - - - 16.6
Poison (N/A) - - - - - ^ - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Bleed (N/A) - - - - - ^ - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Raw 46 - - 46 - ^ E E - - D - - - - - - - -
Raw +5 115 - - 149 - ^ E E - - D - - - - - - - -
Enchanted 40 - - 40 - ^ E D D - E - - - - - - - -
Enchanted +5 100 - - 130 - ^ E D D - E - - - - - - - -
Mundane 20 - - 20 - ^ D C - - E - - - - - - - -
Mundane +5 50 - - 65 - ^ D C - - E - - - - - - - -

Table Key

Please see the Upgrades page for details on Upgrade paths, ore and blacksmiths. You can see the Stats page for detailed explanations on what they do.

 

Requirements/
Parameter Bonus
Attack Values Damage Reduction (%)
Reducing the elemental damage taken in %
Auxiliary Effects Others
icon-strength.png icon-strengthscale_green.png
Strength
icon-wp_physicalattack.png
Physical
icon-wp_physicaldef.png
Physical
icon-wp_bleed.png
Bleeding
icon-durabilitiy.png
Durability
icon-dexterity.png icon-dexscale_green.png
Dexterity
icon-wp_magdmg.png
Magic
icon-wp_magicdef.png
Magic
icon-wp_poisondef.png
Poison
icon_weight.png
Weight
icon-intelligence.png
Intelligence
icon-wp_firedmg.png
Fire
icon-wp_firedef.png
Fire
icon-wp_petrifydef.png
Petrify
 
icon-faith.png
Faith
icon-wp_lightningdmg.png
Lightning
icon-wp_lightningdef.png
Lightning
icon-wp_cursedef.png
Curse
 
icon-magicbonus_green.png
Magic Bonus
icon-wp_counterstrength.png
Counter Strength
icon-wp_stability.png
Stability
   
icon-firebonus_green.png
Fire Bonus
icon-wp_poiseDamage.png
Poise Damage
     
icon-lgtngbonus_green.png
Lighting Bonus
icon-wp_castSpeed.png
Cast Speed
     
icon-darkbonus_green.png
Dark Bonus
icon-wp_range.png
Range
     

 

Parameter Bonus: Strength, Dexterity,Magic, Fire, Lightning and Dark bonuses - The scaling multiplier applied to the [Attack: stat]. Scaling quality is from highest to lowest as follows: S/A/B/C/D/E.
The higher the player's [Str, Dex, Mag, Fire, Light] stat, the higher the [Attack Bonus: Stat] is (found on the player status screen). The higher the scaling letter, the higher the percent multiplier applied to the [Attack: Stat].
This resulting bonus damage is added to the base physical damage of the weapon and is shown in the equipment screen in blue numbers as a "+ X".
Durability: The weapon's HP, when the durability hits 0, the effectiveness of its attacks become weakened to the point of almost uselessness. When an items durability is low, a message will come up saying "Weapon At Risk!" at this point the weapon does not perform at it's best.
Weight: How much the item weights when equipped.
Stability: How well the player keeps stance after being hit
Attack Type: Defines what kind of swing set the weapon has.
Regular(R), Thrust(T), Slash(Sl), Strike(St)

Bows
Bell Keeper Bow  ♦  Composite Bow  ♦  Dragonrider Bow  ♦  Hunter's Blackbow  ♦  Long Bow  ♦  Sea Bow  ♦  Short Bow

 

 



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    • Anonymous

      I have had many people in duels straight chug when using this. People are not ready for the damage on a faith build with the proper setup. The salt is unreal

      • For a flatout Dexterity build with little Faith and Intelligence, is this a better bow than the Pharis bow/Hunter's Blackbow? I got a Pharis Gamertag and want to stay with his bow, but will use this possibly later on.

        • Anonymous

          Is this worth a lightning infusion for a high faith character, or should it just be upgraded down the regular path?

          • Anonymous

            This weapon consumes enough stamina per shot that at 135 Stamina, I can only shoot three times. At +5 with lightning infusion, 60 STR, 40 DEX, and 20 FTH, it has a total AR of 417 - so it's still a good weapon to have against enemies with high armor. Ironclad Soldiers (turtles) in Iron Keep took about 260 damage per shot, which is roughly 2x what a normal shortbow does. I imagine coupling this with poison arrows will make comparatively short work of some larger, more durable foes.

            • Anonymous

              Amazing alternative for faith users who don't want to worry about running out of ammo compared to lightning spears. Does 366 lightning damage at 54 faith +5 with lightning infusion.

              • Anonymous

                For some characters, the special attack is used when pressing the "light attack" button instead of the one used for "heavy attack". I don't know why this happens, or when, or how.

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