Aerial Bane

  

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Aerial Bane

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Uses ammo	Arrows
Damage	39 (Ranged)
Knockback	4.5 (Average)
Critical chance	7%
Use time	30 (Average)
Velocity	22 (not affected by ammo)
Tooltip	Shoots splitting arrows, deals more damage to airborne enemies
Rarity	08*
Sell	5 GC
Research	1 required

Projectile created

• Aerial Bane
  

Sounds

Use
Impact

• Internal Item ID: 3859 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Internal Projectile ID: 710

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Betsy(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Betsy(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	1	25%
Treasure Bag(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) (Betsy)Treasure Bag (Betsy)(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	1	25%

The Aerial Bane attacking Target Dummies. Note how the initial arrow splits down into five more.

The Aerial Bane is a Hardmode, post-Golem bow that has a 1/4 (25%) of being dropped from Betsy during Tier 3 of the Old One's Army event. When used, it converts any type of arrow into Aerial Bane arrows. The Aerial Bane fires a volley of six arrows per use, which travel in a sharp arc and deal 150% of the weapon's damage (58 base damage) to airborne enemies.^[1] The bow considers enemies that are more than 12 blocks above solid blocks to be airborne.^[2] Upon hitting an enemy, the arrow splits into five separate arrows, which are spread downwards. The split arrows explode upon impact with an enemy or a block. The Aerial Bane also has a base 7% critical strike chance as opposed to the usual 4%.

Its best modifier is Unreal.

Notes

• The split arrows are angled downward in a symmetrical 90° spread with the centermost arrow being shot directly downward regardless of what angle the enemy was hit at.^[3]
• The split arrows do not damage the same enemy hit by the main arrow.^[4]
• Aerial Bane considers platforms and planter boxes as solid blocks when checking if an enemy is airborne.

Tips

• Like other bows that fire special arrows, arrows with the highest damage stat should be used, as all special arrow properties is ignored. Alternatively, to conserve resources, the Endless Quiver should be used.
• The Aerial Bane is very useful against most bosses, as they are typically airborne. It is particularly efficient during events, where there are a lot of ground enemies that can be hit by the additional projectiles.

Trivia

• Like the other Old One's Army weapons, the Aerial Bane is a direct reference to the weapon of the same name in Dungeon Defenders 2, due to its implementation as part of a crossover event.

See also

• Aerial Bane at the Dungeon Defenders 2 Wiki

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4: Changed tooltip to show ground damage instead of air damage.

• Desktop 1.3.4: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.17: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.1096.2: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.4.0.5.0: Introduced.

References