Dark Souls III - How To Bow Tumble (Weapons Buffs, Spell Casting, and the Assault Greatbow)

Disclaimer: I did not discover these, I am merely relaying tutorials in one convenient place, and because I wanted to. Text instructions: Preparation: Wield any BOW in offhand. Wield any catalyst in main hand, and get a dummy spell set up that the catalyst you choose can cast. The dummy spell is what primes the next spell we cast, which can be pyromancies, sorceries, or miracles, but bear in mind not all dummy spells or aftermath spells are compatible. It is recommended you use the lightning arrow spell for most of your tumble buffing, as it is by far the easiest and you can hold onto it as long as you like, priming the spell you would rather cast. (In the case of weapon buffing, it also allows you not to accidentally two hand your bow after buffing your weapon). For weapon buffing: Cast your dummy spell and then cycle to the weapon buff you want, switch out your catalyst for a weapon, and then press Circle to backstep, as you travel through the air in the backstep, walk forward and press L2. You must walk for a millisecond before hitting L2. If you are switching to your bow, you're pressing L2 before you walk forward. Make sure to hit forward and then L2. The inputs are very close together, but you have to push the left stick forward first. For spell casting: Cast your dummy spell, and switch to the spell you want to cast next after rolling. Hold L2 and roll as soon as you have cast your dummy spell, when you complete the roll, you will cast your aligned spell. Pyromancy examples are not shown because they are not as useful or easy as say Farron Dart or Lightning Arrow. But feel free to experiment. For pyromancy tumbling: Cast Fire Surge and hold it and L2 down, switch to the spell you wish to fire next, walk off a height high enough for the spell to be interrupted, or get hit/staggered by an enemy, upon recovery, your new spell will be cast. This is compatible with most spells in the game, but only rapid fires things like Chaos Pillars, Divine Light Pillars, etc. For assault greatbow: Main-hand the Repeating Crossbow and hold L2 and fire with R2. Let go of all buttons and switch the repeating crossbow for a greatbow, now do the same thing you do for weapon tumblebuffing -- press circle to backstep and walk forward and press L2. As I have explained at the end of my video, I do not believe these to be broken. If they consumed no FP, then yes, totally broken. But essentially all bow tumbling means is people get their spells off quicker. And some powerful weapons might be even more deadly (though nothing some SPACING and SKILL cannot counter). Additionally, it's chaos pillars' only hope of being almost useful lmao. And it'll buff some weaker weapons that were previously unused by many. Even if it WAS terribly game-breaking (which it isn't), NOT telling people how to do it doesn't help. It just makes the sneaky elite even more unstoppable. Better that everyone has the keys to the tank so nobody is at a disadvantage. Now get out there and kill somebody with divine pillars of light. o;