Ion bow

The ion bow is a precise long-range weapon in Ion Fury. In its primary firing mode, it fires a single bolt, while its secondary firing mode allows it to fire a spread of multiple bolts simultaneously with a wide spread. Each shot of the ion bow electrocutes the target and briefly prevents it from moving or attacking, and is equally viable for firing at lighter and heavier enemies alike. Headshots deal heavy damage and tend to not electrocute or paralyze the target.

While it's a precision weapon, spread penalty for moving at the long distance may make it appear somewhat unreliable. Walking around to position slightly negates that penalty when aligning a shot at long distances, still deviation may occur. While inaccuracy is a concern, it's still a great replacement for tackling down weak or big and slow enemies from safe or too far distances where Loverboy's lock-on doesn't register or bullets would be deemed ineffective. Ion bow can kill any weak enemy also can down beasts like Wendigo, Brute or Skinjob with less effort by precise headshots compared to Loverboy.

Ion bow's real power reveals itself at medium to close distance, where you can charge and unleash powerful blasts. At full charge, bow automatically looses a barrage of near 30 bolts at its climax in a wide spread area. Each bolt will be charged to deal more damage and even boss enemies falter at sheer firepower of it but the barrage don't last forever and forces you to go toe to toe with the enemy while giving away accuracy. Before its climax bow still creates noticeable amount of bolts to amass offensive barrages when let go off of alternate fire button abit earlier.

It is the weapon of choice of Greater Cultists and was therefore first seen in the preview campaign, but could not be picked up until the Heskel's House of Horrors mission. On the full release of the game, it's available for pickup at the first episode in various secret areas right away.

A full-sized real-life replica was created and shown at PAX South 2019.