Hellwing Bow



The Hellwing Bow is a bow acquired from Shadow Chests found in the Underworld. It converts normal Wooden Arrows into flaming bat projectiles that travel in a semi-straight line and can pierce infinitely. This is countered by the fact that the bats are fired in a ~30° cone and therefore can be very inaccurate at long distances. Additionally, the bats will dissipate once hitting a surface. Other arrows won't lose their special properties, but will inherit the inaccuracy of the bow.

Tips

 * This bow, while significantly inaccurate, deals unusually high damage at its rate of fire for pre-Hardmode weapons. It is best used with Wooden Arrows, and at closer ranges or on large targets to lower the effects of its occasional misfires.
 * In addition, worm-type enemies can suffer extreme amounts of damage from the flaming bat projectiles due to the pierce effect, making the Underworld's native Bone Serpents easier to deal with.
 * This bow is very effective against the Wall of Flesh if you use Hellfire Arrows.
 * The Endless Quiver makes this bow a very viable weapon through early hardmode.
 * Because of its fast use time (13), its infinite piercing (if you use Wooden Arrows), and the fact that it doesn't have weak knockback like other, similar weapons do, this makes it an incredibly good crowd control tool throughout early hardmode, even though it is obtainable pre-hardmode.

Trivia

 * The bow could possibly be a reference to Project X-Ray, a WWII military project in which the U.S. military attempted to use bats as living, seeking, incendiary bombs.

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