Curse

Winterclaw · Feb 22, 2008, 11:24 PM // 23:24

Since I PvE mostly is there any good use for this skill? I haven't used it for a while so I was curious. Normally I stick with mobius strike as my elite but I was thinking LF+critical agility might be a good combo for my sassi... Most non-boss mobs don't live long enough to justify Mobius for me unless there is a healer around. Any thoughts about it?

Shogunshen · Feb 22, 2008, 11:32 PM // 23:32

You're giving up AoE damage and substituting a vastly inferior DPS. Stick with MS/DB.

xDusT II · Feb 22, 2008, 11:53 PM // 23:53

There's not much point buffing your default attacks on a sin.

Stormlord Alex · Feb 23, 2008, 12:47 AM // 00:47

You really need to go some to make it work - essentially, stacking +dmg buffs on to your attacks to get the most out of it - Strength of Honour, Conjures, Splinter Weapon, Orders... stuff like that.
If you've got a friend with you, Great Dwarf Weapon is ideal with Locust's Fury.

yum · Feb 23, 2008, 12:55 AM // 00:55

fear meh or SY

Bohya · Feb 23, 2008, 01:05 AM // 01:05

I use a good dps PvE build sometimes on my sin (When I'm bored and can't be arsed using attack skills normaly)

Attributes:

Critical Strikes 12+1
Fire/Water/Air Magic 9 (I sometimes use vigorus spirit instead)
Dagger Master 8+2

Skills:

The other 3 skill slots I usualy fill in with quick recharging attack skills with death blossom.

Try the build out for yourself. It can dispatch guys relitively quickly.

(Not tested in PvP)

Keekles · Feb 23, 2008, 04:40 AM // 04:40

I make one of my heroes run locust's fury with flurry while I put great dwarf weapon on them ._. Then throw barbs on what they're hitting and watch the numbers fly.

Coloneh · Feb 23, 2008, 06:14 AM // 06:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Winterclaw

Any use for Locusts Fury?

short answer: no

RedNova88 · Feb 23, 2008, 06:21 AM // 06:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coloneh

short answer: no

What about Drunken Master+Critical Agility+Locust's Fury+Conjure? I've never tried it all together but I have tried Crit Agility with DM and they stack so that makes things nasty for your enemy.

C2K · Feb 23, 2008, 07:08 AM // 07:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by RedNova88

What about Drunken Master+Critical Agility+Locust's Fury+Conjure? I've never tried it all together but I have tried Crit Agility with DM and they stack so that makes things nasty for your enemy.

Critical Agility maxes out your Increased Attack speed, so unless you are using it for movement speed, DM is wasted here.

RavagerOfDreams · Feb 23, 2008, 07:13 AM // 07:13

used to be good w fear me but now thats dead so no

Tyla · Feb 23, 2008, 03:39 PM // 15:39

Other than being a bad skill, no.

Axel Zinfandel · Feb 24, 2008, 01:21 AM // 01:21

Personally, it's good for indefinitly spamming SY, and along with a bunch of damage buffs (Strength of Honor, Orders, Conjure (possibly), Splinter weap, Great Dwarf) it can be deadly.

It's fun to use it with Vigorous spirit and Way of Perfection, but I can't think of anytime you'd need that much sheer healing. Survivor maybe :/

For Locust's to really shine you need a party based on it, which is only good some times. Or like someone said, stick it on a sin hero and use GDW on him. Indefinite knockdown is always fun.

Bowstring Badass · Feb 24, 2008, 01:35 AM // 01:35

Strength of Honor, Critical Agility, Locust's Fury and a Conjure = ftw. (Yes Strength of Honor and a Conjure stack)

tehshadowninjar · Feb 25, 2008, 10:37 PM // 22:37

I've never seen much point in Locust's Fury except getting high crits and never going below 20 energy with 37 energy max.

Winterclaw · Feb 25, 2008, 10:50 PM // 22:50

Well, my thoughts of it is it is sort of like an IAS in that in increases your damage by about 50% and if an IAS is a necesity on warriors, maybe sassis should consider using something similar from time to time. My only reluctance would be that sassis tend to rely on dagger chains for damage. Thus I asked.

Coloneh · Feb 26, 2008, 03:28 AM // 03:28

warriors have weapons that do damage. sins have skills that spike faster than you can blink. so sins dont get a weapon that does damage on its own, locust's sucks...

Jaigoda · Feb 26, 2008, 05:15 PM // 17:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coloneh

warriors have weapons that do damage. sins have skills that spike faster than you can blink. so sins dont get a weapon that does damage on its own, locust's sucks...

That's why you bring damage buffs. Seriously Order of the Vampire and Strength of Honor bring you up to around 90 DPS. No, it's probably not QUITE as nice as MBlossom, but it's very nice for building adrenaline or for high-energy skills.

Off-topic
If it takes you 3-5 seconds (or more) to blink, you should really go see a doctor.

And yes, I know you were (90% chance) sarcastic and/or not serious.

Coloneh · Feb 26, 2008, 10:25 PM // 22:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jaigoda

That's why you bring damage buffs. Seriously Order of the Vampire and Strength of Honor bring you up to around 90 DPS. No, it's probably not QUITE as nice as MBlossom, but it's very nice for building adrenaline or for high-energy skills.

Off-topic
If it takes you 3-5 seconds (or more) to blink, you should really go see a doctor.

And yes, I know you were (90% chance) sarcastic and/or not serious.

Id like to see you maintain OoV and Strength of honor on a sin while keeping up critical defenses/agility and not dying.

those buffs can be put on a MS/DB sin to. its not really an argument...

Bobby2 · Feb 26, 2008, 11:13 PM // 23:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coloneh

Id like to see you maintain OoV and Strength of honor on a sin while keeping up critical defenses/agility and not dying.

those buffs can be put on a MS/DB sin to. its not really an argument...

QFT.

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