Alchemist's Bow

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  EBF5

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  EBF4

The Alchemist's Bow is a non-elemental bow available for Anna in Epic Battle Fantasy 4 and 5.

Description

The Alchemist's Bow is primarily made of shiny purple metal, with small gold sections where the string attaches to the bow. It has four curved recesses along its leading edge (two on each limb, separated by a small hole or arch), each carrying a bottle of unknown liquid; these are presumably chemicals for its special effect. The arrows are made of the same purple metal as the bow itself, with a horseshoe-shaped "feather" and a bottle of purple liquid tied to the head of the shaft.

The Alchemist's Bow underwent few visual changes between EBF4 and EBF5, with the main differences being the addition of some brown wrapping on the grip and the bottles on its limbs being completely full instead of half-full. The liquid in some of the bottles has changed color as well.

In both of its appearances, the Alchemist's Bow has had mediocre to nonexistent offensive bonuses, but compensates with a strong Syphon resistance (which becomes an immunity at Level 5) and the ability to inflict Random status effects with weapon-elemental skills.

Epic Battle Fantasy 4

The Alchemist's Bow provides a decent MP bonus, but its offensive capability is lackluster at best; its Magic Attack is the worst among bows (tied with the Iron Tooth and the Thorn Bow) and it's the only bow with no Attack whatsoever. However, its ability to inflict Random ailments makes it a viable (if gimmicky) weapon; due to the multi-hit nature of Combo Shot and Arrow Rain, Anna can bombard foes with everything from long-term Stun and Freeze to maximum stacks of Tired, Weaken, and Curse. She can even apply Doom to put her enemies on a timer or wipe them out entirely with Instant Death!

Although the Alchemist's Bow is entertainingly chaotic, its lack of direct offensive benefit and the extremely random nature of its ailments may encourage the use of more consistent bows. The Premium version of EBF4 also introduces the Angel Wing, which has more meaningful stat boosts, a more reliable on-hit status, and the ability to cast Arrow Rain between turns for passive status infliction.

The Alchemist's Bow resists Syphon, becoming immune to it at Level 5.

Epic Battle Fantasy 5

Normal

The Alchemist's Bow has mediocre offenses and a decent HP bonus. It increases the power of healing and buff items, with the latter being useful to supplement Anna's subpar buff coverage, but it is most notable for boosting the chances of inflicting status effects. Because of this, the Alchemist's Bow is perfect for status builds, stacking its boost with those of the Blue Elephant and the Red Dress to give Anna's array of powerful status-inflicting skills extremely high chances of taking effect on anything that isn't flat-out immune.

The Alchemist's Bow is also somewhat notable for inflicting Random status effects with weapon-elemental skills, including the Normal Attack it uses to counter enemy blows. While this can potentially inflict almost every negative or neutral effect in the game (with the exceptions of Light and Heavy), it's usually more efficient to use a status-changing Flair to fill a gap in Anna's coverage (such as Curse with the Crossbone Pin or Virus with the Tentacle) or to simply give her a more consistent means of maintaining a certain ailment on all foes simultaneously.

The Alchemist's Bow provides resistances to six different statuses (Burn, Scorch, Virus, Poison, Syphon, and Disable), becoming immune to all of them at Level 5.

Equip Remix

As far as support weapons go, the Alt Alchemist's Bow is an odd but effective choice. Its stats are pathetic, with modest Defence and Magic Defence and no offenses whatsoever, but it boosts the efficacy of buffs and debuffs alike; the latter synergizes with the large Defence debuff inflicted by the bow's Weapon-elemental attacks to essentially turn Arrow Rain into a damaging Debilitate with a one-turn cooldown. These attacks can also apply Random status effects, and its Spectrum unleash lets Anna's single-target attacks inflict two random effects at once.

Although Anna isn't especially proficient in buffing or debuffing, the Alt Alchemist's Bow lets her effectively support a physically-focused offensive by crippling enemy Defence and (with the help of Flairs) applying status effects that can increase the damage of her allies' attacks. It also has potential for a general support build, with its on-hit debuff compensating for Anna's lack of access to Debilitate, but Natalie will typically do better in this role. It's also somewhat notable for having a weapon-elemental unleash, effectively doubling its status application for singular targets; this works nicely with Random, but it's still better to use a status Flair for consistency in most situations; additionally, the Alt Regal Turtle and the Alt Thor's Hammer have the benefit of innate status boosts for a pure status build.

The Alt Alchemist's Bow resists Confuse, Stagger, Dispel, Syphon, and Disable, becoming immune to all of them at Level 5.

Epic Battle Fantasy 4

The Alchemist's Bow is given to the player as a reward for completing a quest in Greenwood Village for Alphonse.

	Alchemist's Bow
	Inflicts random status effects on targets.

Statistics
Stat Bonus												Resistance
	LV1	LV2	LV3	LV4	LV5		LV1	LV2	LV3	LV4	LV5		LV1	LV2	LV3	LV4	LV5
	-	-	-	-	-		5%	10%	15%	20%	25%		20%	40%	60%	80%	100%
	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	5%	10%	15%	20%		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	Element		----
Spells & Statuses
			Power					Chance Modifier				Attack Status
Auto Skill			--					--					60%	70%	80%	90%	100%
Bonus Skill			--					--					-	-	-	-	-
Auto Status			--					--				-	-	-	-	-	-
--													-	-	-	-	-

Forging Information
Lvl	Requirements			Lvl	Requirements
2	x 3	x 3	--	3	x 2	x 1	--
4	x 3	x 3	x 3	5	x 10	x 12	x 6

Pre-Battle Mountain update version.

	Alchemist's Bow
	Inflicts random status effects on targets.

Statistics
Stat Bonus												Resistance
	LV1	LV2	LV3	LV4	LV5		LV1	LV2	LV3	LV4	LV5		LV1	LV2	LV3	LV4	LV5
	-	-	-	-	-		5%	10%	15%	20%	25%		20%	40%	60%	80%	100%
	-	5%	10%	25%	20%		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	5%	10%	15%	20%		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	Element		----
Spells & Statuses
			Power					Chance Modifier				Attack Status
Auto Skill			--					--					60%	70%	80%	90%	100%
Bonus Skill			--					--					-	-	-	-	-
Auto Status			--					--				-	-	-	-	-	-
--													-	-	-	-	-

Forging Information
Lvl	Requirements			Lvl	Requirements
2	x 3	x 3	--	3	x 2	x 1	--
4	x 3	x 3	x 3	5	x 10	x 12	x 6

Epic Battle Fantasy 5

The Alchemist's Bow can be bought in any Equipment Shop for 8,000 gold (60,000 before the v2 update), e.g. in Hope Harbor, Greenwood Village or Redpine Town.

	Alchemist's Bow
	Use this to fire potions at your enemies. Inflicts random status effects on targets. Increases the chance of inflicting status effects. Level 3: Boosts the power of healing and buff items. Level 5: Counter-attacks with Normal Attack.

Statistics
Stat Bonus												Resistance
	LV1	LV2	LV3	LV4	LV5		LV1	LV2	LV3	LV4	LV5		LV1	LV2	LV3	LV4	LV5
	5%[0%]	5%[0%]	5%[0%]	10%[0%]	15%[0%]	-	-	-	-	-	-		20%	40%	60%	80%	100%
	-	5%	15%	25%	35%		-	-	-	-	-		20%	40%	60%	80%	100%
	-	5%	15%	25%	35%		-	-	-	-	-		20%	40%	60%	80%	100%
	0%[-5%]	0%[-5%]	0%[-5%]	0%[-5%]	0%[-5%]		-	-	-	-	-	Element		----
Spells & Statuses
			Power					Chance Modifier				Attack Status
Auto Skill			--					--					60%	70%	80%	90%	100%
Bonus Skill			--					--					1x	1x	1x	1x	1x
Auto Status			--					--				-	-	-	-	-	-
Defend Status			--					--					-	-	-	-	-
Note: Stats in brackets (below/right from actual) are for its pre-v2 update version. Before the v2 update, status boost was unlocked at level 5, didn't boost items and didn't have a counter.

Forging Information
Lvl	Requirements			Lvl	Requirements
2	x 2	--	--	3	x 8	--	--
4	x 1	x 1	x 1	5	x 3	x 3	x 3

Statistics with Equip Remix enabled.

	Alchemist's Bow
	Use this to fire potions at your enemies. Inflicts random status effects on targets. Increases the effect of debuff skills used. Level 3: Increases the effect of buff skills used. Level 5: May unleash Spectrum while attacking.

Statistics
Stat Bonus												Resistance
	LV1	LV2	LV3	LV4	LV5		LV1	LV2	LV3	LV4	LV5		LV1	LV2	LV3	LV4	LV5
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		20%	40%	60%	80%	100%
	-	-	-	-	-		-	5%	5%	15%	15%		20%	40%	60%	80%	100%
	-	-	-	-	-		-	5%	5%	15%	15%		20%	40%	60%	80%	100%
	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	Element		----
Spells & Statuses
			Power					Chance Modifier				Attack Status
Auto Skill			--					--					60%	70%	80%	90%	100%
Bonus Skill			100					(66%)					1x	1x	1x	1x	1x
Auto Status			--					--					30%	40%	50%	60%	70%
Defend Status			--					--					10%	20%	30%	40%	50%

Forging Information
Lvl	Requirements			Lvl	Requirements
2	x 2	--	--	3	x 8	--	--
4	x 1	x 1	x 1	5	x 3	x 3	x 3