Ranger: can you actually kill Morgoth with missiles?

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  • PowerWyrm
    Prophet
    • Apr 2008
    • 2987

    Ranger: can you actually kill Morgoth with missiles?

    Just found this in a game: a Long Bow of Lothlorien (x5) (+24, +30) <+2> (which has ESP... a truly remarkable item).

    I was wondering if a Ranger could do enough damage to kill Morgoth by only using this bow and no melee...
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  • Magnate
    Angband Devteam member
    • May 2007
    • 5110

    #2
    Originally posted by PowerWyrm
    Just found this in a game: a Long Bow of Lothlorien (x5) (+24, +30) <+2> (which has ESP... a truly remarkable item).

    I was wondering if a Ranger could do enough damage to kill Morgoth by only using this bow and no melee...
    With seeker arrows, and/or of slay evil, certainly. I suspect it would not only be possible, but would also be quite a bit quicker than melee ...
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    • Timo Pietilä
      Prophet
      • Apr 2007
      • 4096

      #3
      Originally posted by Magnate
      With seeker arrows, and/or of slay evil, certainly. I suspect it would not only be possible, but would also be quite a bit quicker than melee ...
      With ranger that weapon is heavy artillery compared to usual shooters.

      x5 might * 3 shots * (+30 shooter bonus + arrow dice & bonuses) makes a ordinary 3d4 mithril arrow do 562 points of damage / turn. Add in ego-ammo and you have hard time finding a melee-weapon that does the same damage.

      You need quite large stack of arrows though, M manastorms destroy most and you don't have much time to collect them back during combat.

      This must be the best shooter I have seen in vanilla even including randarts.

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