Projectile

Projectiles are the energy/arrows from long ranged weapons and some long-ranged spells. It is important to know that players can dodge projectiles with proper timing and running. Projectiles can also be blocked by terrain.

Attacks

• arrows from Bows
• Spears
• attacks from bone fiends, or other non-arrow projectiles
• magical projectile attacks
  • attacks from Staves
  • attacks from Rods
  • attacks from Truncheons
  • attacks from Deadly Cestas
  • attacks from Canes
  • attacks from Wands

Spells

• Elementalist Spells
  • Flare
  • Fireball
  • Ice Spear
  • Lightning Javelin
  • Lightning Orb
  • Phoenix
  • Stone Daggers
  • Stoning
  • Shard Storm
  • Water Trident

Skills that affect Projectiles

Note: These only affect projectile attacks, not projectile spells.

• Lightning Reflexes
• "Shields Up!"
• Whirling Defense
• Swirling Aura

Ranged weapon comparison

Profession	Weapon	Two-handed	Maximum Damage1	Refire Rate	Range2	Flight Time3	Arc Size	Other Properties
Ranger	Bow, Flatbow class	Yes	15-28	2.0 seconds	1.35	0.88 seconds	Large
	Bow, Hornbow class	Yes	15-28	2.7 seconds	1.2	0.59 seconds	Normal	10% armor penetration
	Bow, Longbow class	Yes	15-28	2.4 seconds	1.35	0.59 seconds	Normal
	Bow, Recurve Bow class	Yes	15-28	2.4 seconds	1.2	0.40 seconds	Small
	Bow, Shortbow class	Yes	15-28	2.0 seconds	1.0	0.59 seconds	Normal
Paragon	Spear	No	14-27	1.5 seconds	1.0	0.60 seconds	Small
casters	Staff	Yes	11-22	1.75 seconds	1.2	unknown	Small	up to +10 energy, halves spell recharge (10-20%), no linked attack skills, extremely low critical hit rate
	Wand	No	11-22	1.75 seconds	1.2	unknown	Small	no linked attack skills, extremely low critical hit rate

1. Ranged weapons inflict more damage against lower targets and less damage against higher targets. The exact mechanics of this are unknown.
2. Range is approximated in the radius of the aggro circle. The range of projectile weapons increases against lower targets and decreases against higher targets. The exact mechanics of this are unknown.
3. Flight Time is for a target at Shortbow range distance.