<p>Answering shortly:<strong> to <p><strong>It's not possible for Mages to use bows to shoot ammo anymore due to <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.tibia.com/news/?subtopic=latestnews&id=5836">Vocation Adjustments - November 2020</a> </strong>In the past, Mages used bows<strong> </strong>to increase exp/h. </strong></p><blockquote><p>Diamond exp/h!</p><blockquote><p>Diamond arrows damage an area of 21 fields centred on the target (2 fields of radius), just like old <a rel="nofollow" href="https://tibia.fandom.com/wiki/Fireball_Rune">Fireball Rune</a> (before update in 2007). Since target will always be within the damage area, you will hit it even when you miss it.</p></blockquote><p>source: https://tibia.fandom.com/wiki/Diamond_Arrow</p><p><img alt="" src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/tibia/images/e/e7/Fireball1.gif/revision/latest?cb=20070829180448&path-prefix=en" style="height:224px; width:320px"></p><p> <strong>While using rod or wand ED or MS may hit additional damage caused by charm only to one monster (rune area + single target), then using bow/icicle bow you can use diamond arrows which deals area damage and trigger additional damage caused by charm on a big area of 21 fields (rune area + diamond arrow area). As a result you deal visible higher damage, than with rod (even if your magic level is lower).</strong></p>