Projectiles are the energy/arrows from long ranged weapons and some long-ranged spells.
Mechanics
- A projectile requires a clear line of sight, however it does not require a clear flight path.
- A projectile's trajectory is calculated based on the location and velocity of the target. Projectiles can be dodged by moving out of their paths. Projectiles can also be caused to stray by stopping before moving into their path
- Projectiles are usually off center if used while blind(easier for enemies to dodge)
- All projectile weapons have unlimited ammunition.
- All projectile weapons have increased range and damage when used against lower targets and decreased range and damage when used against higher targets.
Attacks
- arrows from Bows
- Spears
- magical projectile attacks
- attacks from bone fiends, as well as the projectiles fired by monsters using regular attacks or ranged attack skills.
- various ranged monster attacks.
- ranged Junundu attacks.
Skills
- All Bow and Spear attack skills
- Elementalist Spells
- Flare
- Fireball
- Meteor*(falls straight down, moving away faster than normal will dodge it)
- Lava Arrows(up to three projectiles)
- Phoenix
- Lightning Javelin
- Lightning Orb
- Lightning Bolt
- Shock Arrow
- Stone Daggers
- Stoning
- Ebon Hawk
- Ice Spear
- Shard Storm(the only projectile hex)
- Water Trident
- Monk Spells
- Assassin Spells
- Crippling Dagger
- Disrupting Dagger
- Dancing Daggers(three projectiles)
- Monster Spells
- Junundu skills
- Temporary Mission-specific Spells
Skills that affect Projectiles
Note: These only affect projectile attacks, not projectile spells.
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 |
- Ranged weapons inflict more damage against lower targets and less damage against higher targets. The exact mechanics of this are unknown.
- 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.
- Flight Time is for a target at Shortbow range distance.