Curse

Yoshikuni Mahsu · Mar 04, 2008, 10:58 PM // 22:58

For PvE. Locusts has no place in pvp.

[skill]Locust's Fury[/skill]
[skill]Flurry[/skill]
[skill]Soldier's Strike[/skill]

[wiki]"Save Yourselves!"[/wiki]

[skill]"Watch Yourself!"[/skill]
[skill]"Shields Up!"[/skill]
[skill]Healing Signet[/skill] Or Optional.
[skill]Resurrection Signet[/skill] Or Optional.

Possibilites for optional:

[skill]Critical Eye[/skill] - For more energy, locusts and "Shields Up" tend to e-hog.
[skill]Thrill of Victory[/skill] - For additional damage and spamage.
[skill]Assassin's Remedy[/skill] - Condi Removal.
[skill]"For Great Justice!"[/skill] - More adrenaline.

Attributes:
All into tactics and Critical Strikes.
Or you can spec into deadly/shadow arts for another self heal or whatever you want.

Usage:
Its mainly a supportive sin. The massive adrenaline you'll get from locusts + flurry
will charge SY for you're party, with additional boosts from Shields Up and Watch Yourself for more support.
Soldiers spam will be unblockable with decent damage. Blah Blah.

1, c+space, 2345, repeat.

I would just take a Moebius sin for dps. At first I thought a moebius sin could hold SY just fine, but after a quick test it only gets enough adren to keep it up about 50-60% of the time.

majikmajikmajik · Mar 04, 2008, 11:03 PM // 23:03

so your spamming 7-17 damage with a half chance of double it?

Yoshikuni Mahsu · Mar 04, 2008, 11:05 PM // 23:05

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Originally Posted by majikmajikmajik

so your spamming 7-17 damage with a half chance of double it?

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Originally Posted by Yoshikuni Mahsu

Its mainly a supportive sin.

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Kyrein · Mar 04, 2008, 11:06 PM // 23:06

around 75% actually

RavagerOfDreams · Mar 04, 2008, 11:06 PM // 23:06

[card]Moebius Strike[/card]

what is with everone and locusts fury???? it just is bad don't use it

and with moebius you can spam sy fine but if you want party support take a rit/para its what they were made for

Yoshikuni Mahsu · Mar 04, 2008, 11:09 PM // 23:09

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Originally Posted by RavagerOfDreams

[card]Moebius Strike[/card]

what is with everone and locusts fury???? it just is bad don't use it

and with moebius you can spam sy fine but if you want party support take a rit/para its what they were made for

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Originally Posted by Yoshikuni Mahsu

I would just take a Moebius sin.

@Ravager:
I would take a moebius sin for DPS, which is the only thing most people playing sin think it is usefull for (you are a great example). Most para builds run SA and WY anyway. Why not on a sin with SY with insane adrenaline? Please use it before you bash it. Open up you're mind. Also, typing out you're words will get you far, but im not about to turn this into a grammer war.

Oh, and you can also throw this on a hero (although you wont have SY) and it doesn't do bad. Because we all know hero sins fail at chains.

RavagerOfDreams · Mar 04, 2008, 11:10 PM // 23:10

some1 needs to /lock this thread

if you kno to use a moebius then use it

support is for paras

Tyla · Mar 04, 2008, 11:32 PM // 23:32

Even that's bad unfortunately.
The only *real* use was spamming "Fear Me!" but that's long-gone and wasn't very effective to start.
But if you *really* wanna use this, crit agility gogo?

Coloneh · Mar 04, 2008, 11:58 PM // 23:58

this is terrible. why are you using flurry and no '+dmg on hit' skills?

Kyrein · Mar 05, 2008, 12:03 AM // 00:03

because it's purpose is to gain adrenaline and spam shouts......

Boogz · Mar 05, 2008, 12:06 AM // 00:06

[card]Locust's Fury[/card]
[card]Flurry[/card]
[card]Critical Defenses[/card]
[card]"Watch Yourself!"[/card] or [card]"Save Yourselfs!"[/card]
[card]Critical Eye[/card]
[card]Assassin's Remedy[/card]
[card]"Shields Up!"[/card]
[card]Ressurection Signet[/card]
tactics 8
critical strikes 11+1+1
dagger mastery the rest

LF shouldn't be used with attack skills , it should be used for adrenaline shout-chants , and to trigger Mark of Pain and Barbs.
yes , it IS a weak elite , not worth of using it , but it has uses

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Originally Posted by RavagerOfDreams

some1 needs to /lock this thread

if you kno to use a moebius then use it

support is for paras

you are completly wrong , just coz sins are generally 12345 instagibs it doesn't mean that they can't run a support role , support is not only for paras , eles , mesmers , necros , wars , dervs can run support rules , and still don't have bad builds at all

BlackSephir · Mar 05, 2008, 12:19 AM // 00:19

Locusts is pure garbage, in pvp and pve.
Ok you have a build right there that does absolutely no damage but is instead for "support"
I still prefer something like: Golden Phoenix Strike, Critical Strike, Moebius Strike, Death Blossom, Crit Agility, Crit Defenses, Save Yourself and something- if you die in pve you can take rez, if you want more support you can take skill like Watch Yourself.
Decent adren gain, nice support, self-defense, ias, armor and mainly- high dps, cause that's what sins are supposed to do- damage.
Maybe I'm bit borring with "moebius moebius blah blah moebius" but last time I checked it works.

Seriously, why do you people try to come up with 'original' locusts fury build? It's like trying to make Wastrel's Collapse or Seeping Wound work well.
But it won't because it's a crappy skill >_<
Oh, and dis thread needs more lolcats.

RavagerOfDreams · Mar 05, 2008, 12:23 AM // 00:23

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Originally Posted by Boogz

you are completly wrong , just coz sins are generally 12345 instagibs it doesn't mean that they can't run a support role , support is not only for paras , eles , mesmers , necros , wars , dervs can run support rules , and still don't have bad builds at all

talking pve sins dont use instagibs sry but no sins can't run support (with the small exception of maybe a sy spam with a moebius chain).

Boogz · Mar 05, 2008, 12:23 AM // 00:23

like i said , locust's has use , but bad uses
the same for seeping wound , seeping -> black spider strike -> twisting fangs

doesn't have any other use rather than this

Div · Mar 05, 2008, 12:24 AM // 00:24

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Originally Posted by RavagerOfDreams

some1 needs to /lock this thread

if you kno to use a moebius then use it

support is for paras

I don't see what's wrong with this build. In fact, it's one of those creative builds that actually work to a certain extent (especially when compared to the bad thread about "high DPS sin" with locusts fury--lol). It's a pretty strong party support guy, and if you don't have a human para, this can substitute decently. If you don't know what you're talking about, don't go around suggestion for threads to get locked. Plus, things don't get locked because it's a bad build (and I don't even think this build is that bad compared to everything else on here). Or else 95%+ of campfire would be locked/deleted already.

DDL · Mar 05, 2008, 01:11 AM // 01:11

If you had a necro (hero or whatever) to whack barbs and/or MoP on your target, it becomes support + ownage.

But then, doing exactly the same with a moebius blossom sin makes it ownage + ownage, so it's still subpar from a raw damage perspective.

Bowstring Badass · Mar 05, 2008, 01:50 AM // 01:50

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Originally Posted by holymasamune

I don't see what's wrong with this build. In fact, it's one of those creative builds that actually work to a certain extent (especially when compared to the bad thread about "high DPS sin" with locusts fury--lol). It's a pretty strong party support guy, and if you don't have a human para, this can substitute decently. If you don't know what you're talking about, don't go around suggestion for threads to get locked. Plus, things don't get locked because it's a bad build (and I don't even think this build is that bad compared to everything else on here). Or else 95%+ of campfire would be locked/deleted already.

So true...

Anyway Locust's is a bad elite anyway lol. So many other useful elites sin = hit and run use those 5 atck chains (think thats how many we are using now lol).

Yoshikuni Mahsu · Mar 05, 2008, 03:06 AM // 03:06

The main reason for soldiers is because its a awesome skill, lol, but you actually CAN get a not-all-too-sad DPS spamming it on recharge with vamp daggers. You'd really be surprised how much dps this can get.

Also like above posters said: running this with a mark of pain, barbs and orders necro = a complete massacre.

RavagerOfDreams · Mar 05, 2008, 03:11 AM // 03:11

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Originally Posted by DDL

If you had a necro (hero or whatever) to whack barbs and/or MoP on your target, it becomes support + ownage.

But then, doing exactly the same with a moebius blossom sin makes it ownage + ownage, so it's still subpar from a raw damage perspective.

if your gunna quote some1 quote the enitre thing :P

and if you had a choice between a locust's sin or a imbagon which would you chose?

Coloneh · Mar 05, 2008, 05:01 AM // 05:01

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Originally Posted by Kyrein

because it's purpose is to gain adrenaline and spam shouts......

it fails at that though, the adrenaline gain falls far short of an imbagon or a Dslasher.