The Hand Crossbow got a HUGE buff...and it feels evil...

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[@HomeReel]

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[@hatisbig95]

[@NakuIsHere]

BeQuiet is quite the fitting sponsor for Hunt Showdown content

[@yacc636]

my fav build at the moment is drilling with dum dum and hand crossbow with fire bolts. tag them with the drilling, make them bleed, quickswap to the handcrossbow and burn them just after they stopped the bleeding, as you get closer flash them and kill them with the shotgun from the drilling, it is not only etremely evil and gives them barely a chance to fight back but it is also highly effective.

[@Mr_Fancypants]

I still have my 2001 Pentium XP Windows. I don't need a new pc!

[@R_o_o_k_i_n_g_t_o_n]

what do you think about 2 double regen shots which are just better than any other healing option to the point that you can just drop med kits all together and 2 ammo crates with 3 fire bolts and 1 normal bolt with the focus being first hitting everyone with fire bolts galore before later using the normals to finish em or even full fire bolts to have fun burning everyone to a crisp and literally killing them through burnouts.....

[@IngviD]

Just a minor detail. I would put firebolts in both crosbows first slot. In this way, you will get an extra bolt. Because if any type of ammo is in first slot, it gets additional one as a preloaded. 1 loaded and 3 spare, instead of just 3 spare. Yes, you will lose additional regular bolt, but as you can retrive them after shoot, it is not a big deal. Upd. Also, if you have different ammo in two slots, you will double the pickup rate. You usually get 3 bolts from the special ammo box, and with 2 different ammo types, you will pick double the standard pickrate. If you have poison+fire bolts, you can pick 3 bolts of each type. Also, for the martini henry and sparks, you can put a special ammo and a regular ammo in different slots, and will be able to pick from both ammo boxes, regular and special. And both 5+5 from the deployable box for one interaction. Correct me if I wrong

[@PastramiNunchucks]

Wow I had no idea, does apply to other weapons as well?

[@IngviD]

@@PastramiNunchucks all other singleshooters. Springfield, sparks, bow, etc. I recomend you try it on field. Main logick behind this, is you will have additional shot of the ammo type that is loaded in your gun/bow/crossbow at the beginning of the game. If you put fire bolts in both slots of your crossbow, you will get total of 7 bolts. 3 per each slot, and extra one loaded in gun

[@IngviD]

@@PastramiNunchucks Also, if you have different ammo in two slots, you will double the pickup rate. You usually get 3 bolts from the special ammo box, and with 2 different ammo types, you will pick double the standard pickrate. If you have poison+fire bolts, you can pick 3 bolts of each type. Also, for the martini henry and sparks, you can put a special ammo and a regular ammo in different slots, and will be able to pick from both ammo boxes, regular and special. And both 5+5 from the deployable box for one interaction. Pls, test it, and correct me if I wrong

[@jesuslikesdualswords8410]

@@IngviD you are correct. esp when i play long ammo like sparks or martini i must take 2 ammo types to double my pick ups. and 10 from the carry on ammo box is sweet in a clutch fight.

[@porosus2469]

I don't think it works like that anymore. Just tested it in a shooting range and the amount of shots was the same. EDIT: this is not true for bow/crossbow. With bullet weapons it still works.

[@crabbowiththestabbo]

Dang it. I was hoping for akimbo crossbows. Someday maybe.

[@maegnificant]

Naaah dude

[@spacebar77]

Ahahah, yes please let’s go, BUT, do big ones, I want to feel like vanhelsing

[@Mr_Fancypants]

Imagine carrying 2 crossbows, it will give the rival some solid competition. (At least the crossbow will down a hunter at close)

[@mrguy561]

If they did that, they better make it so you can't move while reloading, or that would be insane.

[@Kev32411]

We got baited

[@PETEYTHECLOWN]

This is been my loadout for a few weeks having seen someone on Reddit rock this. And my god... I am a serial killing machine. This loadout in trios makes it a 90% clean sweep every time.. my average seems 5-7 kills per game

[@tadoriaselan3268]

and to top off the reverent theme, the nitro was the Sinner's Prayer lmao

[@HomeReel]

love that

[@Max-cd8ii]

Handcrossbow with double dragon bolt + sparks is my absolute favourite solo loadout these days. Tag everyone in a team, then have an easy time finishing them of

[@tigerbomb909]

Props to Home for living through a bleed, burn, and poison combo at 16:20

[@roe__jogan]

Beginning of the video “I love the hand crossbow!” Rest of the video “HIT MARKER!”

[@darby2314]

I love double hand crossbows for the "Batman build". One crossbow with poison (knock out gas) and choke, one with poison and decoy. Tools bring knuckles, medkit, decoys, and decoy fuses (or just fuses). Maybe a flare gun if you're feeling cheeky. Consumables you run some variety of healing shot, regeneration shot, stamina shot, poison shot, flash bomb, chaos bomb. Avoiding fire and TNT. Basic strategy is stealth and misdirection. I use the chaos bolts to redirect attention, then hit enemies in the back with poison. Use choke to aim punch enemies or clear poison clouds. Use hit and run tactics supported by regen to keep ones looking for you. It's hard to do solo, but when you wipe your first server with it, it's very satisfying.

[@bigshawv4497]

Respect to you for keeping the matches winnable by bringing half and half lol

[@houserouterhouserouter5808]

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[@Scott.E.H]

Oh okay. For some reason I was worried that it was like the large crossbow shot bolt but with dragon's breath, meaning it would be loud and kind of against the whole point of a sneaky little crossbow. If I ever start having too much self esteem I'll probably reinstall hunt and give the hand crossbow some more time.

[@khilleor2613]

I'm glad that the handy crossbow is getting the love its deserved for so long. I'd go so far as to say that you should even slap on a poison bolt on the second slot of the second hand crossbow. Eight bolts is still more than enough since you can retrieve them, and the poison opens up opportunity to suppress a necro and put additional pressure on bodies on top of burning.

[@ProgenyofEurope]

thats a good change, i rock this in almost every loadout because burning necro is essential, didn't make sense that when i shot people it seemed to do nothing.

[@jordanmoyes7883]

I like the hand crossbow and I like firebolts, great utility. I just wish it didn't apply such a heavy burn to living hunters. Every time I find myself getting tagged by one my instant thought is always: "I guess I'll just die."

[@phearunos5201]

Yeah, it's more like a fire bomb than incendiary ammo and I don't like that. No other incendiary ammo does what it does. Salveskin isn't a counter to it and your aim doesn't even need to be great because you set fire to the environment and create little fire explosions. It's a little too much.

[@Sovreign071]

I'm REALLY annoyed that the Dragon Bolt doesn't count towards Dragon Breath based Challenges. And the Choke Bolts don't "count" as Choke Bombs! I mean, I get the challenges are all about getting out of your comfort zone, but I'm ALREADY having to grind up to get a Spectre after it was reshuffled FROM a Slate! Do you REALLY have to enforce the exact wording of the challenges? It's just... tedious, and grindy. I just got to Lvl 50 of the battlepass, and if you think I'm going to grind another 15k points for a charm, you're laughing!

[@rise6471]

Congrats on the sponsor!

[@Kithas]

You should really add a second(or third) fan to the front for more intake. As is you're going to have negative pressure which will draw a lot of dust into your case and not cool optimally.

[@HomeReel]

I have 2 up front (I added one), plenty of airflow going :)

[@Chrassi]

Congratz on having such a big name as a sponsor.🎉

[@pilotflux8005]

so happy you got a sponsorship your content is great ❤️u

[@Nobody-dl4tm]

Disrespectful, savage, and unnecessary. I love it!

[@pooty9998]

Double crossbows of any kind is what my friends and I refer to as "The Holy Class". I love seeing it be so effective lol

[@rykerward9147]

Homereel you clickbaiting slug. I love you

[@dayman4152]

Honestly i have 2 be quiet cases and they are amazing. I buy their everything and they aren't ass hats...cool video too

[@heibk-2019]

Gotta love another Hand Crossbow buff. Always loved that thing, even when it was still medium slot and the poison bolts were shit.

[@bilboswaggings]

I would probably still have one real crossbow for the added range

[@sayler1]

Omg that sponsorship segue was so smooth

[@HomeReel]

hey buddy, good to see you. Keep up the good videos

[@mlbv2]

I used the hand cross bow for the first time last night and I won more CQC battles than I have ever done! If it continues to be this effective moving forward, it'll be a mainstay in my loadouts!

[@maxwellihm5373]

That person you killed at 13:45, that was me

[@zypeLLas]

I haven't watched the video yet. It's the moment that I hear BUFF my boy crossbow. I'm happy.

[@Altis_play]

16:00 a steam success unblocked here! poisoned, bleeding and on fire!

[@Ribbitual1896]

I was battling the boredom at work, but now I can be entertained by Home bullying people with hand-held stick launchers. 11/10

[@mr.randomperson9900]

No way ribbitual

[@bantoniow]

Constantine build 🤘

[@nunnybunny]

Always the hit marker, never the bride.. erm... kill. I feel this

[@yoloman3607]

Hand crossbow is basically a better molotov, why use one consumable slow to burn 1 body when you can use one pistol slot to burn 5 bodies and still 1 tap like a hand cannon up close?

[@novanation5870]

I found the dragon bolt to work well with the poison and choke bolt, as well as paired with a Winfield Slate. I personally love the Caldwell Rival too much but this combo is disgustingly niche and also very fun.

[@geroni211]

Sloppy toppenheimer is a beautiful name

[@Forewarned76]

Bow Regular/concertina Hand crossbow poison/dragon Derringer Penny derringer

[@Cybro18]

Congrats on the sponsorship my dude

[@griffinfisher5421]

That guys name at like 14:05 is Sloppy Toppenheimer, that is a Godly username

[@TheKirik71]

my boy... I suggest you look into that daisy chained cable in your GPU as soon as you got some time dont wanna see that nice new case on fire

[@HomeReel]

You know, it's been years and I have never really thought about. I think that config is safe (after this long lol) but I went ahead and added the other cable. Thanks for the tip!

[@TheKirik71]

@@HomeReel you can never be too safe with parts that expensive. Glad I helped best hunt youtuber a little

[@rubberducky704]

Great video as always. I find the dragon bolt borderline useless during a fight, aside from lighting downed hunters on fire. I really wish it did just a bit more damage on impact

[@shakenbacon1592]

i feel so bad for the terminus with penny, he hit you so hard and crossbows just beat shotguns sometimes

[@brucekhamp6859]

They really need to either change the sound of the dragons breath crossbolt OR change the look of it to a glass to match the current sound. Bugs me

[@normalbird8040]

Congrats nice Sponsorship :D

[@Moewenfels]

13:03 wait, youre telling me youre NOT a man of the CLOTH? :P

[@bigshaqtheneonblack6418]

This garbage is so incredibly overpowered even in my 6 star lobbies it is just a nearly free kill paired with anything from a sparks to a Winfield, they can't do basically anything if you aren't missing with it and if they have small bars it's even worse.

[@FSB75]

Been doing this for a while now....do NOT underestimate the poison bolt with an antidote shot. Creating void zones for enemy players without an antidote shot can be very powerful.

[@dtm20004]

Watching this makes me question why I bother using a Romero, at least with Bolt Thrower, lol

[@Garpocalypse]

it does seem a bit wierd to have a silent weapon that turns the target area into a raging inferno. Gonna rank high on the annoyance factor methinks.

[@UncannyXander]

I have been terrorising people with this, even if they somehow manage to kill you they will be left with one bar of health and depression.

[@CasualDandyAkaSqwrty]

I was surprised when you were in Lawson Tower and were landing your jump shots. Not bc of the splash, but bc I've been using that loadout and when I jumpshoot the bolt usually goes crazy directions, sometimes at my feet. Is this a bug? Has anyone else been having this happen? Fun watching this in your hands. Thanks for taking out some Nitros! :)

[@HomeReel]

I have always been told: shooting is accurate on the way up to the peak of a jump, shooting is inaccurate on the way down or falling. I haven't ever officially tested that though

[@CasualDandyAkaSqwrty]

@@HomeReel I'll have to try that. Checks out, my reflexes aren't great and I was probably waiting until I was confident in my shot. Thanks, HomeReel!

[@FreeLancerHawkEye]

I was hit close range at night map with the Fireboomstick and i could not fight back cause i was burning so bright, I could not see the sights of my gun. I think this is kind of hard to conter amd not sure if this is intended but usally, if you bleed or catch fire, you can fight back but without any vision... Uff

[@spyhunter6411]

The lack of dauntless is sad to me.

[@OriginalRed5]

Cool video!!

[@KooblayKhan]

you know what you might like trying (*looks both ways to check for eeves droppers*) trying full crossbow WITH DOUBLE FIRE BOLTS ON CROSSBOW EDIT: It's got that small crossbow one shot feel, with even MORE bolts and MORE power. Crazy i know.

[@spooneater9001]

I still prefer poison bolts for silent boss takedowns and zoning

[@Thundercloud1969]

nice video man! Crossbow rules idd :) May i ask what headset you are using or the settings on the headset/sound? I still have problems that the surrounding sounds overrule a lot of the sounds that enemies are making, making it hard to hear where they are or comming from. I own a Astro A50 and play on a PS5. Just curious if you could share youre expierence. Or maybe someone else that reads this comment. Thank you and have a good day, greetings from the Netherlands!

[@notturok7841]

All they need to do is add Caleb from blood into huntshowdown. Be the best character ever to see.

[@sneakydragon2352]

I really think they need to nerf the initial hit damage from 15 down to 0, getting tagged by one of these pretty much instantly burns a 25 bar, so even if you completely whipe this team, you can't carry on playing the match as normal, you have to restore your bars. It's unfun on the receiving end because there's not much you can do against this, even if you kill them you'll suffer the permanent damage. Removing the 15 hit damage would at least give you a bit of time to get out of the flames and prevent you from losing a bar.

[@PenitusVox]

Well if you didn't already have the Poison, Fire, and Bleed achievement you certainly do now.

[@Lennart_Just]

The Dragon Bolt Sound it’s so lazy from Crytek… the Bolt has the same sound file like a throwing lantern…. I like it a lot but the sound file is very boring.

[@TulkOrkan]

Love crossbows

[@1Nice1Guy5]

From my experience the hand crossbow is maybe 80% hit marker and 20% kill given any range. The arm shots are brutal

[@jordank6961]

server wiping with duals jeez

[@maximus5668]

I will say something that I never said before at any youtube video before... nice AD

[@jokkepokke95]

bro like they go "fucking crossbow" and then proceed to walk into your crosshairs at 10m range over and over wtf do they expect 🤦‍♂

[@keviin1314]

whats your fps ? seems laggy sometimes ^^ if so im even more impressed :D gg wp

[@i5pmita]

We are a no crossbow/trap family in my household. I will not repent

[@jsosa5075]

The hand crossbow is not a one shot by luck I think it only one shots to the body from 13-15 meters away

[@talonstrike01]

why get a peashooter when u can get a pencil slinger

[@SelikBready]

why don't you pick up your own bolts?

[@wizkeyjack]

Cool

[@BeneathAcacia]

Excuse my ignorance but what are the benefits of the double poison trap? Does it stack like bleed? I’ve noticed this but don’t know the specifics

[@HomeReel]

I assume you mean at 03:25? You are right, the damage will stack and do either light, moderate, or heavy poisoning, but also in that instance, I was just out of concertina traps. Probably for the better, the guy ran in with less health so easy one-tap (notice I shot him in the arm)

[@BeneathAcacia]

@@HomeReel I did notice, thanks for the insight

[@alexweise5115]

More like 1-hit kill 20% of the time

[@SirKickz]

Anyone know exactly how much burn damage it deals on the initial explosion?

[@NoisR]

Wait u can ignite dead bodies with the crossbow? Thats op

[@AmazingBreadEdits]

Bruh what I shot a guy point blank crouched in the chest and he didn’t get down but somehow you poopin on dudes one shot with the bolts whaaat

[@zockerschnitzl6604]

couldnt hit shit with it yesterday

[@youreprettygood1414]

Dawg you trolled us with the thumbnail

[@Arcadicon]

The Dragonbolts 100% need a nerf. Especially indoors but also just in general its so easy to just shoot at a wall where an enemy will peak from and have them instantly lose a small health bar AND also have to decide whether or not to take the lost health bar, back off and stop the burn for like 8 seconds or charge in recklessly but the crossbow guy can be sitting on the other side of the room since the bolt has basically no drop so you can shoot it across the room, and he could literally just run away and have you burn more healthbars. The stupidest thing is you dont even have to hit them directly, just the general area where they stand, and in 95% of cases they lose a healthbar. Even if you win the fight, you probably lost 2-3 healthbars in the process and can now either try for a very risky banish or extract. Its such a toxic ammo for the game.

[@jarrodsoos1417]

Does burning the body prevent a revive?

[@michaelschaub7685]

Notice how the health is separated in chunks? Burning removes those chunks. A currently burning player can be revived, but if all your health is gone you're *dead* dead.

[@LooneyRain]

Howdy, One question how do you tell when a clue is angry and what does that mean?

[@blackfacegaming191]

Doody

[@sne4ky1337]

clues turn red and make noise when the get >:( because they dont like multiple rival hunters being close

[@loadingerror9975]

It makes an evil noise when two hunters not on the same team are within I think like 30 meters

[@LooneyRain]

Thanks :)

[@LooneyRain]

@@sne4ky1337 is it the same for the ship alters as well because I have seen them have a red glow around them before?

[@jeffisgay4eva]

I saw the amazing potential of this when I tested it, I thought it was insane.

[@trojanr-zh9he]

Yeah this would be cool, IF IT DIDN'T RAIN ALL THE GODDAMN TIME ...

[@Hankypanky1248]

Jebaited

[@purplesand]

sloppy toppenheimer

[@xwF4T4L1TYwx]

Damn click bait lol

[@barebius]

I've always skipped your gameplay videos, but this time you confused me with talking all the way!

[@justgoey6872]

FIRST!!! I made it!!! Yeah!

[@ting4758]

fuck you, i got 3rd. How tf do you guys always get here so fast?

[@NerzJansch2]

The amount of times i´ve had a random solo just pop up during compound fights, light two people on fire and dissappear again refusing to elaborate further is too damn high!

[@Olothur]

Been there, doing that 😏

[@Chillaramic]

Damn this is a proper Van Helsing loadout :D