Wounding Strike

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Wounding_Strike
Is the range on this like the Scythe, where it's an AoE? If so, this is the most terrifying elite I've seen in a good while.

it hits up to 3 foes in the swing area like all other scyth skills

Its not an elite skill, is it?

yes it is i think

oh yes it is, my mistake

Damn, this can very well be one of the banes of casters.

Its not that good IMO, I can just use Wearying Strike+Plauge Touch for a damage bonus, Deep Wound, and cover it.

That requires a D/N or N/D combo, which is what I am not planning.

Plus there's Reaper's Strike for an elite but I don't like the stipulations.

ive been debating between reaper's and wounding for a while now, but i cant make up my mind. need to see what the final word on derv skill changes of course, but i can see the benefit in both. one for dmg and conditional deep wound. one for spamming and a less contitional deep wound plus bleeding mixed in.

in the build i was playing with, the last two slots came down to reaper's plus aura of thorns, or wounding plus random fill, like wb or watch yourself or maybe plague touch. pious and enchants are my main dmg so im not sure if i rly need the dmg from reaper over the spammability of wounding. but right now im leaning toward reaper.

I personally found Reaper more useful due to the fact it does +40-ish damage regardless, so if you hit and apply a deep wound (which means your target is already at 50%) that'll really put them into trouble. I found a preemptive Deep Wound to be removed too quickly and a Deep Wound applied at low hp to be not enough damage to finish people off. Just my experiences in the preview anyhow.

what about.

R/D

Apply poison + Wounding Strike

That would work, but WS only works with a scythe so your Ranger's gonna hit the fray.

Quote: Originally Posted by Jeff Highwind

Quote: Originally Posted by ss1986v2

Notice the description:

If this attack hits while you are under the effects of an Enchantment, target foe suffers from a Deep Wound for 5...17 seconds. If you do not have an Enchantment on you, this attack causes Bleeding for 5...17 seconds.

More than likely, your TARGET will suffer te Deep Wound while surrounding enemies will just be hit normally... However, the bleeding part of Wounding Strike will work on all struck foes, because it says "this attack causes bleeding" - that means every time something is hit with the attack.

That simple, highly probably fact is what puts a damper on many attack skills for the Dervish. F.eks. I wanted to use Desperation Blow (as a D/W) with a Scythe to see if I could throw Conditions on everything I hit. Doesn't work, it only affects your target.

It would be a great elite if it was indeed AoE Deep Wound, but I highly doubt it.

Spammable AoE deep wound is the only thing that makes that skill good enough to be elite.

Rancour is absolutely correct - TARGET FOE will suffer from deep wound, the rest won't. But bleeding is not only target foe.

That I agree with, which is why I only suspect it to be as I think, but I ain't sure.

Thing is, the description points towards targetted Deep Wound, while the Elite status points towards AoE. And I'm leaning towards believing the description rather than the assumption that Elite means good.
Otyugh's Cry doesn't deserve the Elite tag but it still has it...

Reaper's is much better then this.

This shouldn't even be an elite.

Wounding Strike applies the Deep Wound to every target it hits. Or bleeding, if applicible.

Peace,
-CxE