An essential feature on The Ultimate Blizzard Greatbow Build: Best Gear, Stats, Ammunition, and Strategy, covering essential background.

Building the ideal loadout requires balancing your base raw attack against specialized frost enhancements. The table below illustrates the weapon's progression from base forge to optimal endgame tuning, comparing baseline numbers, effective frost values, and average volley output against an 80-hit-zone weakness.

Weapon State Base Raw & Frost Stats Stamina Drain per Loop Full Volley Damage (Est.)
Stock Greatbow (Tier 8) 310 Raw / 28 Frost 85 Stamina Units 420, 460
Augmented Base (Tier 10) 340 Raw / 42 Frost 60 Stamina Units 680, 740
Fully Optimized Meta Setup 365 Raw / 65 Frost (Capped) 35 Stamina Units 980, 1,080

The progression highlights how heavily the endgame augments reward high-level investments. Transitioning from stock tuning to the fully augmented weapon nearly doubles your per-volley output while slashing stamina costs by more than half.