Curse

Lishy · Oct 02, 2008, 11:25 AM // 11:25

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14 dagger mastery
15 critical strikes

Golfen Fox Strike
Wild Strike
Death Blossom
Locust's Fury
"Save Yourselves!"
[optional]
Critical Agility
"For Great Justice!"

Hey. I was trying to come up with a usage of Locust's Fury and I ended up with a quite good SY spamming build. What do you think of it? And how do you think it can be improved?

jsn · Oct 02, 2008, 11:31 AM // 11:31

the main issue with locust's fury is that the double strike is only applied to regular attacks.

you dont double hit while using lead/offhand etc etc

only during dual attacks do you double strike(it does it by default every time anyways)

Turbobusa · Oct 02, 2008, 11:32 AM // 11:32

Well there is no advantage off taking locust's fury over moebius in your build, since locust's fury does not apply on attack skills.

jsn · Oct 02, 2008, 11:39 AM // 11:39

which was one of the most irritating things about locust's fury

went out of my way to go get it and come to find our it doesnt apply to attack skills:P

first thing that came to mind

well there goes another 10 minutes of my life ill never get back:P

Damian979 · Oct 02, 2008, 03:06 PM // 15:06

I found this skill entertaining to keep shiro busy while some guildies ran the GoM masters in hm. Used some golden fox/wild strike, blinding powder, crit agility/def,way of perf, vigorous spirit, and LF. He never even got my health below 75%.

Felt good to find some practical use for it, but outside of that...meh. MS/DB spam is plenty efficient for SY.

Konig Des Todes · Oct 02, 2008, 05:56 PM // 17:56

If you change the attack skills to high recharge skills that does better damage (such as Twisted Fangs) then there is a use for Locust's Fury. But with spamming attack skills like those, no point.

@ Damian: You can solo shiro with a build very similar to that. I use:

Golden Fox Strike (Unsuspecting strike works too for when he is above 90% health)
Wild Strike
Death Blossom/Critical Strike
Critical Agility
Critical Defenses
Way of Perfection
Way of the Assassin
[optional]

You don't really even need Way of the Assassin if you got 13 crit and bring Critical Strike. Only problem you ever come across would be his Mediation of the Reaper, which is in Factions only anyways.

Lishy · Oct 02, 2008, 06:54 PM // 18:54

You guys didn't understand the build concept.
This is to spam SY with a rapid attack rate. Not to blossom spam.
A vamp weapon works really well with this build. Brawling headbut, "Asura Scan" and various other things are also very useful.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Azazel The Assassin

If you change the attack skills to high recharge skills that does better damage (such as Twisted Fangs) then there is a use for Locust's Fury. But with spamming attack skills like those, no point.

You make a really good point.. I guess we could take away dagger skills and boost dps through other means? I already know this build is extraordinary in conjunction with an orders derv.

Damian979 · Oct 02, 2008, 07:39 PM // 19:39

The problem with this is if you are using the benefit of Locust's, you aren't using attack skills which means you aren't dishing out damage. By using a DB spam with FGJ you are both gaining massive adrenaline through rapid aoe and killing things very quickly which means you need less SY for your team anyway.

I understand the concept of using a fast auto attack rate to quickly recharge SY. It's the same thing a para does with agressive refrain and focused anger only a para does it by standing far away from enemies with a high AL and you are doing it by standing in a mob of enemies with a low AL.

Rhamia Darigaz · Oct 02, 2008, 07:51 PM // 19:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Damian979

By using a DB spam with FGJ you are both gaining massive adrenaline through rapid aoe

actually the aoe dmg isn't considered a hit, so you only gain adrenaline from the two times you hit your target.

jsn · Oct 02, 2008, 07:55 PM // 19:55

oen possiblity would be to use this in conjunction with a assassin/rit build using weapon spells(basicly increase your regular attack dmg to be as high as if you were using skill attacks)

sorry i cant seem to load up wiki and get some skill desprips atm

and yeah i know you wouldnt have your warrior skills then,but its still a decent concept for a locust build

cheers

Damian979 · Oct 02, 2008, 09:21 PM // 21:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rhamia Darigaz

actually the aoe dmg isn't considered a hit, so you only gain adrenaline from the two times you hit your target.

Actually you are right, I was thinking of the triple chop/cyclone axe method which actually attacks adjacent foes and counts towards adrenaline gain instead of adjacent foes just taking damage. Even still, a single attack chain + FGJ will fully charge SY while dealing far more damage than double striking with daggers.

Bobby2 · Oct 02, 2008, 10:56 PM // 22:56

My Hero peepz snare baddies down for me to pwn. Also, there's always an adren multiplier in my team set up.

SY! up 100% while Blossoming.

Shadowmere · Oct 03, 2008, 03:41 PM // 15:41

If you really want Locust's fury do deal heavy damage on its own combine it with Crit Agility & a Conjure.

However that prevents you from using SY! so conversly I'd recommend taking locust & crit agility and having a curses necro with you(prefreably something with MoP & AP)

lets you take full advantage of the hyperactive attack rate for both high damage and SY! spamming

Like a Ninja · Oct 13, 2008, 01:50 AM // 01:50

Well it is basicly unstoppable and unblockable. Nice job.

Luminarus · Oct 13, 2008, 10:15 AM // 10:15

Someone said it, but ill repeat it. A spammable combo on the same bar as locusts fury is redundant. If ur not spamming the combo, then its pointless. If ur spamming a combo locusts is pointless. One or the other works better.

Theres a good assassin SY spammer on Racthoths me and my paragon buddies thread in the Heroes and AI section of campfire. Notice it uses moebius. Locusts is highly reduntant for SY spamming.