If you’d rather focus on killing enemies as swiftly as possible rather than tactfully kite them, this is the bow for you. The Horror Bow offers the most damage from any other bow in Outward, and is therefore ideal for burst damage in tight situations. If inflicting ranged damage fits more with your playstyle, the three bows below will allow you to inflict the most damage and impact, while also applying useful debuffs. It is advised that you acquire the Tuanosaur Greataxe to fight this mob, as it will provide relatively high impact damage which you can utilise to keep the Royal Manticore out of action for as long as possible as you chain attacks. You should therefore make use of any fire rags and varnishes that you can. The main weakness of the Royal Manticore is Fire, which it has -40% vulnerability to. In addition, there is a chance that it will apply a poison debuff with each attack, which must be cured immediately to avoid a swift death. It can be a difficult opponent to defeat, combining quick speed, high impact damage, long-ranged attacks with its tail, and frequent firing of projectiles. This mob is located in the south west of Enmerkar Forest. To acquire the sword you will need to defeat the Royal Manticore. You can imbue the weapon with Lightning rags and varnishes to enhance its total Lightning damage, making it extremely effective against most bosses. It has the standard attack speed of 1.1 for weapons of its type, but also a low Stamina cost at 6.7. It also inflicts high impact damage, ensuring that you can frequently knock down most enemies when heavy attacks are chained or combined with light attacks. Some of the most powerful enemies in the game are vulnerable to Lightning damage, such as Scourge creatures and most of the major bosses, including Unknown Arena bosses. This sword is one of the most powerful weapons in the game, due to the fact that it deals Lightning damage in addition to Physical damage. Note that the Hive Lord will explode a few seconds after you’ve defeated it, so be sure to run from the corpse before looting.

The Hive Lord will summon Hornet clouds which deal 7 Physical damage every 0.75 seconds, so it is important that you focus on defeating it quickly before all your health is drained. It is recommended that you fight the mob with the Tuanosaur Greataxe or a similarly high impact weapon if possible, to ensure that you can chain heavy attacks and finish it off swiftly. To find the axe, you will need to defeat the Toxic Hive Lord, located in the Forest Hives within Enmerkar Forest. The 48 impact is an additional bonus which will result in most mobs being overwhelmed and knocked down after a few chained heavy attacks. On almost anything else, this axe will prove extremely effective. However, you should be careful to check the resistances of mobs that you’re fighting as some will be highly resistant to Decay damage, such as Troglodytes, Hive, and Troglodyte creatures.

The Decay damage will negate the armour value of any mob that you encounter, inflicting devastating damage to those which are vulnerable.

As noted in the stats for this axe, its real value is found in the fact that it deals Decay damage in addition to Physical damage.

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