Talk:Great Ward Arrow/@comment-3498155-20140407152350

OP as shit, medium-fast to cast, hits all your pawns plus yourself. If you're venturing into BBI as a Magick Archer it's really hard to pass this up. Makes resist gear and hauling around a ton of curatives redundant.

The only downside is it takes one of your three magic bow skill slots. One other will very likely be dedicated to Ricochet Hunter because not bringing that to BBI, which has plenty of cramped areas, is just silly. The final slot is probably a toss-up between Hunter Bolt, which, besides being enabling the Arisen to mindlessly fire and forget at multiple targets, can easily stagger many large creatures, and Sixfold Bolt, the best (?) single-target skill for MAs.

I tend to run with this/Ricochet Hunter/Hunter Bolt, but while this loadout allows one to roflstomp most of BBI, some bosses become a huge pain in the ass because of the lack of a high damage single-target skill.