Welcome to our ESO Bow Skill Line guide. This shows all the bow skills from the Elder Scrolls Online.
Poison Arrow
Shoot an arrow coated in Baandari poison, dealing X Poison Damage and an additional X Poison Damage over 10 seconds.
| Cast time | Instant |
| Target | Enemy |
| Range | 28 meters |
| Cost | 2154 Stamina |
Poison Injection
Shoot an arrow coated in Baandari poison, dealing X Poison Damage and an additional X Poison Damage over 10 seconds. Damage over time is increased for enemies with under 50% Heath.
NEW EFFECT: Poison effect deals more damage vs low health enemies.
| Cast time | Instant |
| Target | Enemy |
| Range | 28 meters |
| Cost | 2154 Stamina |
Venom Arrow
Shoot an arrow coated in Shadowscale poison, dealing X Poison Damage and an additional X Poison Damage over 10 seconds. Enemies ht while casting are interrupted, put off balance, and stunned for 3 seconds.
NEW EFFECT: Interrupts spells, putting the caster off balance.
| Cast time | Instant |
| Target | Enemy |
| Range | 28 meters |
| Cost | 2154 Stamina |
Volley
Launch a multitude of arrows into then sky to rain down, dealing X Physical Damage to enemies in the target area every 0.5 seconds for 5 seconds.
| Cast time | Instant |
| Target | Ground |
| Range | 25 meters |
| Radius | 5 meters |
| Duration | 5 seconds |
| Cost | 3112 Stamina |
Scorched Earth
Launch a multitude of fire arrows into the sky to rain down, dealing X Flame Damage to enemies in the target area every 0.5 seconds for 5 seconds . After arrows stop falling, fire remains, burning enemies in the target area for X Flame Damage each second for 6 seconds.
NEW EFFECT: Arrows light ground on fire, dealing area damage.
| Cast time | Instant |
| Target | Ground |
| Range | 25 meters |
| Radius | 5 meters |
| Duration | 5 seconds |
| Cost | 3112 Stamina |
Arrow Barrage
Launch a multitude of arrows into the sky to rain down, dealing X Physical Damage to enemies in the target area every 0.5 seconds for 5 seconds.
NEW EFFECT: Increase range and radius.
| Cast time | Instant |
| Target | Ground |
| Range | 30 meters |
| Radius | 7 meters |
| Duration | 5 seconds |
| Cost | 3112 Stamina |
Scatter Shot
Blast an enemy with explosive arrow, dealing x physical damage, knocking them back 6 meters, and leaving them disoriented for 5 seconds.
| Cast time | Instant |
| Target | Enemy |
| Range | 10 meters |
| Cost | 2827 Stamina |
Scatter Shot
Blast an enemy with an explosive arrow dealing x physical damage, knocking them back 6 meters, and leaving them disoriented for 5 seconds. The attack also knocks you back 6 meters.
NEW EFFECT: Deals increased damage and knocks you away from the target.
| Cast time | Instant |
| Target | Enemy |
| Range | 10 meters |
| Cost | 2827 Stamina |
Draining Shot
Blast an enemy with an explosive arrow dealing x physical damage, knocking them back 6 meters, and leaving them disoriented for 5 seconds. Also reduce enemy’s movement speed by 40% for 6 seconds.
NEW EFFECT: Enemy snared when disorient ends.
| Cast time | Instant |
| Target | Enemy |
| Range | 10 meters |
| Cost | 2827 Stamina |
Arrow Spray
Fire a burst of arrows in one shot, dealing X Physical Damage to enemies in front of you. Also reduces enemies’ Movement Speed by 40% for 5 seconds.
| Cast time | Instant |
| Target | Area |
| Range | 20 meters |
| Cost | 3591 Stamina |
Bombard
Fire a burst of arrows in one shot, dealing X Physical Damage to enemies in front of you and immobilizing them for 2 seconds. Even when enemies can move again, their Movement Speed is reduced by 40% for 5 seconds.
NEW EFFECT: Affect enemies are also immobilized.
| Cast time | Instant |
| Target | Area |
| Range | 20 meters |
| Cost | 3591 Stamina |
Acid Spray
Fire a burst of arrows in one shot, dealings X Poison Damage to enemies in front of you. Also reduces enemies’ Movement Speed by 40% and deals an additional X Poison Damage over 5 seconds.
NEW EFFECT: Deals poison damage. Adds damage over time.
| Cast time | Instant |
| Target | Area |
| Range | 20 meters |
| Cost | 3591 Stamina |
Snipe
Plant a masterfully aimed arrow in an enemy’s vital spot, dealing x physical damage.
| Cast time | 1 second |
| Target | Enemy |
| Range | 35 meters |
| Cost | 2872 Stamina |
Lethal Arrow
Plant a masterfully aimed arrow in an enemy’s vital spot, dealing X Poison Damage and applying the poison status effect. Also afflicts enemy with Major Defile, which reduces then effectiveness of healing on them by 40% for 10 seconds.
NEW EFFECT: Deals poison damage and applies the poison status effect. Reduces enemy’s healing taken.
| Cast time | 1 second |
| Target | Enemy |
| Range | 35 meters |
| Cost | 2872 Stamina |
Focused Aim
Plant a masterfully aimed arrow in an enemy’s vital spot, dealing X Physical Damage and marking the target. The mark increases the range from which the enemy can be hit by Bow attacks by 5 meters. It lasts 10 seconds. Also afflicts the enemy with Minor Fracture, which reduces the enemy’s Armor by X for 10 seconds.
NEW EFFECT: Reduces enemy armor and allows them to be hit from further away.
| Cast time | 1 second |
| Target | Enemy |
| Range | 35 meters |
| Cost | 2872 Stamina |
Long Shots
Gives you a damage bonus of up to (6-12%) against enemies at longer range.
Accuracy
Increases Weapon Critical rating by X.
Ranger
Reduces the Stamina cost of Bow abilities by (10-20%).
Hawk Eye
Increases the damage of your Bow attacks by (8-15%) when striking off balance enemies.
Hasty Retreat
Increases your Movement Speed by (15-30%) for 2 seconds after you execute a dodge roll.
The damage values here look like they are from 1.5.
Also, you mention “sword and shield” in the intro 🙂
Oh wait, the cost is definitely 1.6 – isn’t the damage on those super low then?
In the intro, you said that these are the ones for “sword and shield”.
Hey Deltia,
First off I wanted to say that I appreciate all of your videos and build breakdowns A LOT. They have heavily influenced my ESO gameplay. Also I’m sure that you get this type of message a lot so I understand if you can’t get back to me.
I have a build that me and a buddy are working on. He wants to do a Nightblade w/Bow and a Two Handed. He is in the Daggerfall Cov and does not have the Imperial Edition, so he has to stick to Class-Alliance. He is going all out DPS and will not going to be soloing much, as I am a healer/dps and will be playing alongside him. Also we are console (aka casual, haha) gamers.
Bar 1/Bow Bar; Ultimate: Soul Tether, Veiled Strike (Crit/Finish), Reaper’s Mark (Debubb/Dam. Boost), Leeching Strikes, Shadowy Disguise, and Snipe.
Bar 2/Two-Handed; Ultimate: Flawless Dawnbreaker, Wrecking Blow (Knockback), Critical Rush (Gap Closer), Executioner (Execution haha), Spiked Bone Shield (Buff/Reflect), and Rally (Dam. Boost/Self Heal).
I believe he will go primarily Medium Armor for the Stam/Stam Regen boost and will of course make use of the various passives with these. Any suggestions?
Build Name: Sneak, Sneak, Boom.
Thanks,
Mat aka mdwaeckerle92 via PS4, PSN.
My build similar to this is Specter where I put my tips/suggestions. I don’t use Wrecking Blow as it’s not instance based where Concealed weapon is. Bone Shield only applies to physical damage is pretty weak.
I am new( Level 13) a nightshide high elf archer, but even though i put it on my bar a lot of skills (poison arrow) don’t light up. Do I have to be a certain level to use it?
No, activate the skill to use it.
Focused Aim (hit from further away) dose it =Long Shots added damage.. and how to get spell damage out of a bow
thx