what bow base best for a1 merc?
I need to fit Kyle with a new whip, and was thinking harmony

what are the pro's and cons of dif bow bases for her?

amazon bows with skills are pretty cool i guess, since she can use those now

honestly, any base will work. id say diamond bow.

if making a faith for your merc, you may want to use gmb for resale value, but her dps is basically irrelevant so it matters very little if going the harmony route.

For pure damage only, GMB base, but for actual utility and sacrificing only a little bit of damage for a lot of utility use Matriarchal Bow.

MB has -10 WSM, which means Andy's with +15 ias/30fire res jewel hit the maximum 8 frame attack speed breakpoint for act 1 merc.

Matriarchal Bow faith + Eth Andy's with 15ias/30fr + Eth fort = gg act 1 merc.

This post was edited by Emiliaaa on Mar 16 2026 08:12am

Utility, matriarchal or great bow, damage => gmb

My merc use a shadow bow harmony lol, I like the vigor for running around xD

Honestly, Matriarchal Bow is better than Great Bow in most regards... But Great Bow is great for being cheaper and, less rare, easier to get the correct amount of sockets AND the requirements for the Merc are much lower, so it can be used by a much lower level merc. But once you're highly leveled, Matriarchal Bow is just better.