I can't be the first person to have thought of a Bow DK and how well the talents synergies...Or is it that Bow is just really bad damage latter on in the game and not worth it?

It's early but the armor buff and the 15m 3sec knock down is amazing and really fun...slotted the AE 4.5sec root and bow AE dmg...single target no problem...packs again no problem...

hmm..very interesting build. trying it now. Any thoughts on stat distribution?

Nice, I am going to have to check this out. I like DK and I love Bow...two separate toons, I should make just one

going 1/5/1 with armor now and orc + heavy on chest + light on head looks badass for stats I'm going even mag/sta, we'll see at later stages how it goes...

staffs are mag based whilist bow is stamina. you would need completely different skills/mag/sta management with this.

hmm...Standard of Might...the only way you can get it like this is after re-specing? I mean to 'earn' it in normal way, you would need at least 1 skill point spent in ardent tree.

For later stages of the game - really nice one.

Let's use those snares!

Well its all theory right now I'm no were near full level...I just hope it actually works out as DK looks amazing for PvP whatever weapon you use!

i guess every weapon synergies with DK^^ the class abilities are just too good. The only thing with dk class skills is maybe that range abilities are more or less midrange, while a bow is high range. You can focus on stamina and health for your weaponplay, and keep your class skills as support, so you dont need to put efforts into magicka since supportsskills are not meant to spammed.

This works for 2h, SwB, dualwield, bow, because its everytime the same scheme.

only staffs require to focus on magicka isntead of stamina.

Bows in general feel kind of weak, even for a support. What would help it is a crippling shot to slow down enemies for a few seconds. In most ES games, the bow is about the only weapon I used since after a point I can one shot most mobs once I get the stats into the 20's. In ESO, definitely can't. So I went assassin/bow to see if that would work.

A DK bow has its merits, but mainly as a support class. I can't see tanking in one.

I've got a V1 DK/bow, and it's "functional" (although doesn't use much DK, so this isn't really a huge endorsement).
- obsidian shard is, as you suggest, great in PvE.... but it's 18m which is a bit annoying.
- green dragon blood is great.
- magma shell is a perfectly good way to avoid death.

For me, the bits you're missing are:
- 'silver bolts -> shards' from the fighter's guild (along with most of the passives for the guild). This makes a massive difference.
- 'snipe->lethal arrow'. For PvP standoffs it's worth having this 'somewhere' (it's a complete waste of space for PvE though).
- I went 7 medium or 5/2 medium/heavy.

Open with a heavy shot from stealth, follow up with venom arrow/spam until the first mob is down, use knockdowns as required.

The build can have "issues" against mobs that are immune to knockdown, but apart from a certain boss fight in Alakir it did all the single player content without any major problem (I went into that battle without any aoe - don't do what I did!).

Dang it! now I need another alt!