Changes: Toy Bow

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"Hey look! It's the old crossbow from the old R2D! I remember playing with those explosive arrows! So much fun - wait, these are children toys? So no crossbows and explosive arrows? Oh..."

―DeltaMagnatude

Summary

The Toy Bow is like a normal bow, but instead of using lethal projectiles, you use plungers. These plungers are special and if any mob is hit by them, they are tripped. Landing these shots are quite difficult, however, so take your pick. The Toy Bow alone isn't reliable enough to kill enemies to the point where it doesn't kill Normal Zombies with all shots.

Background Story

To increase profits, Hellish Night decided to broaden their horizons. Instead of focusing exclusively on seasonal weapons, plans were made to also produce not-so-seasonal weapons.

Manufacturing a bow was their first choice. However, creating a bow is expensive, so materials were swapped out for the cost-efficient choice, that being plastic. Mass-producing arrows was also expensive and the best alternative that was chosen were plungers.

In the end, this product was still technically a bow. You can't sue because of a technicality, so Hellish Night was free to market this as a bonafide bow.

Gotta make it kid friendly right?

Tips

To shoot an arrow, you have to hold down LMB.
- This means that there's a delay of about 1 second between shots.
You cannot get any extra arrows through magazine giving armors, such as the Tactical I.
Even with the weak damage the Toy Bow does, the plungers that are fired trip mobs.
- This can be useful in Free For All as, with a good shot, it will completely render adversaries vulnerable.
- This is not useful for tripping a Brute or Champions as they have trip Immunity.
- This small perk can also be useful to use during Rapid Infection, as you don't have to expend your energy attempting to trip zombies with melee.
Do not spam this. With ammunition low, you can easily chew through Ammo Stations.
You aren't shooting bullets, you're shooting arrows.
- With every shot, you have to factor in gravity and therefore have to shoot in an arc.
- You can compare this to using the M202, which also fires using an arc.
You can use this on the generators in Sewers.
- This will act like a punch or kick.
- Note that structures activated with Punch and Kick can be triggered using arrows from the Toy Bow, such as presents in Cake Kingdom.

Pros

Trip

Cons

Low Reserve Ammo
Low Range
Low DPS
Low Damage
Low Total Damage
Low Damage per "Magazine"
Low Rate of Fire
Firing Arc
No Attachments

Trivia

This is presumably based on the Toy Sword and the Crossbow from R2D 2014.
This is the first ranged weapon to be based on a bow.
This is the first ranged weapon to purposely trip other players/zombies.
The Toy Bow does not make any sounds when reloading next to Ammo Stations.

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 == '''Summary''' ==
-It's like a normal bow, but instead of using lethal projectiles, you use plungers. These plungers are special, and if any mob is hit by them, they are tripped. Landing these shots are quite difficult, however, so take your pick. The '''Toy Bow''' alone isn't reliable enough to kill enemies to the point where it doesn't kill [[Normal Zombie]]s with all shots.
+The '''Toy Bow''' is like a normal bow, but instead of using lethal projectiles, you use plungers. These plungers are special and if any mob is hit by them, they are tripped. Landing these shots are quite difficult, however, so take your pick. The '''Toy Bow''' alone isn't reliable enough to kill enemies to the point where it doesn't kill [[Normal Zombie]]s with all shots.
 == '''Background Story''' ==
 To increase profits, [[Hellish Night]] decided to broaden their horizons. Instead of focusing exclusively on seasonal weapons, plans were made to also produce not-so-seasonal weapons.
-Manufacturing a bow was their first choice. However, creating a bow is expensive, so materials were swapped out for the cost-efficient choice, that being plastic. Mass-producing arrows was also expensive, and the best alternative that was chosen were plungers.
+Manufacturing a bow was their first choice. However, creating a bow is expensive, so materials were swapped out for the cost-efficient choice, that being plastic. Mass-producing arrows was also expensive and the best alternative that was chosen were plungers.
-In the end, this product was still technically a bow. You can't sue because of a technicality, so Hellish Night was free to market this as a bonafide bow.
+In the end, this product was still technically a bow. You can't sue because of a technicality, so [[Hellish Night]] was free to market this as a bonafide bow.
 Gotta make it kid friendly right?
 == '''Tips''' ==
+*To shoot an arrow, you have to hold down LMB.
-* You can equip this as a primary through the [[Double Equip]] system but you cannot gain extra arrows to carry around.
+**This means that there's a delay of about 1 second between shots.
+* You cannot get any extra arrows through magazine giving armors, such as the [[Tactical I]].
 * Even with the weak damage the '''Toy Bow''' does, the plungers that are fired trip mobs.
-** This can be useful in [[Free For All]], as with a good shot, it will completely render adversaries vulnerable.
+** This can be useful in [[Free For All]] as, with a good shot, it will completely render adversaries vulnerable.
-** This can also be useful for tripping a [[Brute]] from a distance so it can do nothing but shield itself.
+** This is not useful for tripping a [[Brute]] or [[Skull Champion|Champions]] as they have trip [[Immunity]].
-*** Though be careful as the '''Toy Bow''' has limited range. Getting within range of the Brute might make you an easy target.
-*** Nonetheless, this is still a safer alternative than attempting to trip it with a short range weapon, such as a [[Rambo Knife]] or [[Karambit]].
 ** This small perk can also be useful to use during [[Rapid Infection]], as you don't have to expend your energy attempting to trip zombies with melee.
 * Do not spam this. With ammunition low, you can easily chew through [[Ammo Stations]].
 * You aren't shooting bullets, you're shooting arrows.
-** With every shot, you have to factor in gravity, and therefore have to shoot in an arc.
+** With every shot, you have to factor in gravity and therefore have to shoot in an arc.
 ** You can compare this to using the [[M202]], which also fires using an arc.
+*You can use this on the generators in [[Sewers]].
+**This will act like a [[Punch and Kick|punch or kick]].
+** Note that structures activated with [[Punch and Kick]] can be triggered using arrows from the '''Toy Bow''', such as presents in [[Cake Kingdom]].
 =='''<span style="color:#008000;">Pros</span>'''==
-*<span style="color:#008000;">Cheap</span>
 *<span style="color:#008000;">Trip</span>
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 == '''Trivia''' ==
-* This is presumably based on the [[Toy Sword]] and the [https://r2d.wikia.com/wiki/Crossbow Crossbow] from R2D 2014.
+* This is presumably based on the [[Toy Sword]] and the [[w:c:r2d:Crossbow|Crossbow]] from R2D 2014.
 * This is the first ranged weapon to be based on a bow.
 * This is the first ranged weapon to purposely trip other players/zombies.
-* The '''Toy Bow''' does the third lowest damage out of any weapon in-game, the 2nd lowest is the [[Toy Hammer]] and the 3rd being [[Splashy Washy]].
+* The '''Toy Bow''' does not make any sounds when reloading next to [[Ammo Stations]].
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