That's a more fair explanation than just saying "don't fall for this bait" which makes it sound like bows are useless.
I did say in a separate comment that doing some bosses as bow only is a bit janky.
Edit: But I did a bow only run on Elden Ring as a challenge run and was surprised how easy it was most of the time. Was only a few bosses that felt janky.
That completely depends on what spells you use though, there's a good amount of quicker ones