Katana vs bow

Here's another dumb question . . .

If i want to make a new char, should I make it bow or katana? What are the differences between these classes?
also i'm a nub, so which class is easier?

 

bow
-easier to handle
-usually safe zone
-good for grinding/farming
-hard to get atker

ktn
-in the right hand i think its the best dps so far
-easily to get atker on bossing
-hard to mastery cuz its skill a bit complicated for new player

 

Or you could use them both.

 

On tier 3 skills:
Bow will be reliant on combo to minimize MP usage, but this makes aggro bigger unless you use -aggro equipments/food or Sneak Attack before using attacking skills. Definitely needs elemental arrows to improve damage. Hassle farming tho but worth it in the long run.
Katana gets easy AMPR due to Shukuchi and short range. Have two life saving skills(Magadachi & Zantei) that can also do damage. Really needs good timing when using Zantei.

On tier 4 skills:
Bow gets easy ampr due to Decoy. You can be an MP wastrel now if you want. Needs charging time for Cross Fire. Best thing is you can actually keep Snipe as another main skill.
Katana gets to spam their Tenryū. The great proration killer has come. Does not need to wait unlike CF. Can also use Decoy but with penalty if get hit. Have event limited weapons with 100 crit so you can focus your armor & additional gear to damage.

On pure bow users: Gets elemental arrow for damage boost.
On pure katana users: Gets boost on Two-Handed skill
On bow-tana/bow-kata users: Loses arrow advantage and makes Two-Handed skill useless but can use other katana skills... Bowtana sounds lame, let's call it bow-kata to add expert aura

 

As a bow+katana user it is a multi tool at best zantei can protect cf charges and also all auras in the support skill. It is the jack of all trades that mostly specialize at support. Main dps is cf, 2nd is garyu. With my pet in tow i have lot going on in every encounter, if you are a mad enuf you can dip teryu in that multi layer build.

 

Assuming that you have tank in pt or someone else holding aggro....bow is more forgiving for a new player , it’s easy to make damage you don’t have to be on edge most of the time also many special events require cf to be successful and minimal player skill is needed .

As for katana it’s close rage and nature and you will need to learn the boss patterns to a T and devise how and when to counter them ( or avoid them) this can be fun but the learning curve for a new player is harsh.

 

TL;DR version:

Bow: ranged dps, easy solo time, easy party dps time.

Katana: Counter dps, hard solo time but worth it with high difficulty bosses. Bad party dps time.

Bow-fu: All range dps, high counter ability, easy time all round. Looks like a person who walked out a weapon shop drunk. Hard to build early on.

All are DEX/STR.

 

For pure damage I would go with Bow or Katana
To have fun I would go with Bow+Katana
Bow+Katana does everything that Bow and Katana does but slightly worse, but this also means on a fight where Bows dont do well you can use the Katana skills. It's more versatile but is less focused on damage.

 

I feel like bows are everywhere these days . . .

 

Coz it is easy, plant a decoy then spam cf.....
That is it.
Tank pet is easy to make, grab a high lvl mob, slap rage attack as only skill then pump vit.
Gears are more focused on -aggro% than damage.
Unlike finale you are born to be a sissy and able to run around like a headless chicken and not crap your pants awaiting your oblivion.

 

Lot of them are bow bs

 

Dex does give better stuff for production. Plus with pets in tow you can still eke out solo runs if you enjoy the challenge of having a damage deprived char.

 

Can't argue with this because I am one of them lmao