Am I alone in missing its supreme brokenness from BETA (going through invulnerability)? Seriously, its use dropped a LOT with the advent of the final version.... I mean, you USED to be able to go through Hana's block or the Smoke Bomb or...

EDIT: Oh, and if you get hit by it, it's your OWN dang fault. SHOULD have killed that Aoiro before they finished the initial cooldown.

EDIT: EDIT: Oops. It's the "Bow of the Aoiro Ancestors". My name mistake. Mixed up the Katana with the Bow...

55 pierce isn't enough? Its fine the way it is.

It was still better in BETA. Now, as SOON as the Cooldown wears off, the enemy team makes themselves immune, stuns and kills my character, NOT worrying about them beforehand.

EDIT: And yes, I DO know that Tadashi has an easier time hitting with it. However, he has no REASON to. You can deal up to SIXTY damage with his combo, not fifty five. And you can do that TWICE!

lol raging about a fairly epic piece of equipment whats wrong with you

Nostalgia. That's what... I'm not "raging". I'm "reminiscing" to the time where the weapon was even more epic.

...And miffed that a weapon that used to be able to hurt NO MATTER WHAT is now nerfed THIS much, so that the opponent DOESN'T WORRY ABOUT THEM UNTIL THE COOLDOWN IS OVER!

I have no problem getting that on an opponent. If they go invulnerable then you do it too

well you said it yourself. it was broken in beta. it's fine the way it is now. just because a weapon was "so omg it's broken" and now it's not makes it a useless weapon? it's still very powerful.

55 piercing it's a lot of damage and ocasonaly it's very good

Did I say "useless"? No, I didn't. It's still good, just much harder to use effectively.

it just a spike damage thing, its good because peoeple in tht region dont do much damage and 55 is fine its only 2 energy...

But hard to use. The initial cooldown makes the character a target the MOMENT it wears off, without ANY worry beforehand.

The bow gives both Akira and Asami the damage kick off they need later. It is no good for Tadashi as he already has a spike. In most cases if you go for the bow character their teammates kick your ass.

problem is that akira has lower hp, so you are sayind thats good to use her item slot with an item that she ll NOT be using, since she ll be killed as soon as the CD wears off?

think a bit man, the CD its high and it doesnt ignores invul anymore, so right now its a nearly useless item.

It isn't as strong as it was back then, but that's because the ex-Bow of the Aoiro is a bit OP.

But I also agree that it can hardly be used now.

A good boost would be lessening its cooldown by 1 and making its damage 45 only. :D

^ That one isn't a bad suggestion. Just because it was better before, doesn't mean that it's been nerfed to hell. In all honesty, it just means you need to use it more tactically and not make it your main strategy to use it. Just use it for the extra kick if necessary. If your Aoiro is dying too fast to use it, then you might need to rethink your strategies in general.

Also, idk why people are saying it's useless on Tadashi. At least if you have a spiker team, it could be used well to go from quickly killing one enemy with the prep to not letting up on the pressure and continuing to do high damage spikes without needing the prep that turn. It'll make the enemy panic and start making mistakes, or set you up to gain a better position. If not just straight up make the enemy surrender.