Daikyu

The Daikyuu is an asymmetrical bow of Tenno design.

Characteristics
This weapon primarily deals damage.

Advantages:
 * Highest base damage of all bow-type weapons.
 * Deals high damage, making it effective against armor.
 * Highest base status chance of all bow-type weapons.
 * Arrows do not arc in flight.

Disadvantages:
 * Requires full charge to shoot, slowing down attack speed.

Note

 * The Daikyu was added in Update 16.5
 * This bow has a larger base damage and increased arrow velocity, at the cost of a longer draw time which cannot be released early for decreased damage like other bows.
 * Arrows do not travel along an arc, unlike arrows from other bows. This, in combination with the increased arrow velocity, makes it much easier to achieve headshots.

Trivia

 * The daikyuu (大弓) is one of two variants of the Japanese assymetrical yumi bow. Read as "big bow," the daikyuu is the larger variant to the smaller variant, the hankyuu (半弓; lit. "half bow").
 * The mechanics of this bow appear to be heavily based on the principles of Kyūdō, the Japanese art of archery. By taking one's time and adopting proper shooting posture and form, the arrow is assured to hit its mark. This is reflected by the slower draw rate and the fact that the arrows fly in a straight line rather than the normal arrow arc, making precision shots far more likely than that of shots from other bows in the game.