Curse

twicky_kid · Jul 19, 2006, 03:50 PM // 15:50

Been toying with this build for a while. The dmg and spike potentials are huge. Its very flexable towards both. You can spike when you need to or dps targets. Works well for TA/RA. I have not tested it in GvG yet. If you do plz let me know how it went.

R/W

Sup Beast + helm
Stance Armor

Axe 12
Beast 14
Expert 9

Whirling axe (E)
Dismember
Axe Rake
Brutal Strike
Tiger's Fury
Comfort Animal
Charm Animal
Res Sig

I've been using a 20/20 sundering axe with this build due to the lack of the str attribute. Tried a furious but they adrenaline gain isn't really worth it. Vamp would add more to the dps. Zealous really isn't needed.

The main thing you want to do is charge dismember and rake. Then move to your real target. Deep wound then cripple. After that unload your whirling axes and brutal strike. Once cripple is applied that's about all she wrote for that target.

Whirling axe is a great dps skill. When you use it the adren pool drops to 0 before you hit. After your hit you will gain 1 adrenaline. That means every other hit is a whirling axe to the head. If you happen to get a Dark Fury necro every single hit would be whirling axe while not slowing your adrenaline gain.

Watch out for skills that block like guardian, whirling def, ect. Distortion and displacement is only evade so need to fear there.

Evilsod · Jul 19, 2006, 11:37 PM // 23:37

I can see advantages over a bunny thumper.

Pros
Faster Attack Speed - Lower damage... depends on your point of view
Cripple - A very big advantage

Cons
No Knockdown - What makes the Bunny so devastating, its ability to interrupt anything and do some very nice spike damage
No Energy Management - A huge con if the battle goes on for a while

Ferocious Strike is an awesome piece of energy management and attack skill in 1. Cannot be interrupted, completely unaffeted by blinding you. Many people seem to ignore the pet, eventually they realise it can actually kick out a pretty good amount of damage at lvl14 BM. I guess if your not using Iressitable Blow and Crushing Blow constantly you don't need quite as much energy.

Guess its time i took my Touchy axe farming and gave a it a whirl (excuse the pun

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twicky_kid · Jul 23, 2006, 01:59 PM // 13:59

Lots of views and 1 reply. That usually indicates good things.