Hell_Jumper

Originally Posted by Leo_G

In the same vein of 'for fun' as the Death Scythe set:







Blood Spear
Can a weapon be alive? Is the need of sustenance, even if it’s blood, be a characteristic of living? Maybe it’s not really the spear that craves blood. Maybe it’s all in your mind or maybe your blade really is provoking you to spill more blood.

Not just exclusively spear, but any polearm weapon excluding staves. But Blood Polearm doesn't sound as good. Besides its innate longer range, this set has effects that become stronger upon defeating a foe and spilling its blood upon the blade. It also has 1 combo type that can be performed 3 different ways.

Scrapper/Brute/Tanker:
1. Red Gash (ST 9ft rng, minor lethal dmg, foe –res vs lethal)
A swift thrust with the spear that pierces the foe’s armor causing them to bleed out.
2. Blood Stroke (ST 9ft rng, minor lethal DoT, foe –res vs lethal)
A slash, spin and thrust attack that will leave the enemy a bloody mess.
3. Crimson Sky (ST 9ft rng, moderate lethal dmg, foe knockup)
A strong and elegant upward thrust that sends the foe flying through the air.
4&5. Blood Sacrifice/Taunt/Confront (Self +dmg, +ToHit, +rech, self neg energy dmg, -regen, *special*)
The insatiable hunger for blood your weapon has can be temporarily warded off using your own blood. By sacrificing your own blood, you get the same benefit of your weapon defeating 3 foes for the maximum duration. The damage bonus only lasts as long as BU but the +rech and special ‘foe defeat’ buffs last for 30 sec.
6. Scarlet Pin (ST 9ft rng, moderate lethal dmg, mag 3 immobilize, -res vs lethal)
Stab at the foe’s feet, impaling their feet to the floor as well as making them vulnerable to follow up attacks from your spear.
7. Iron Stitch (ST 9ft rng, high lethal dmg, mag 2 immobilize)
A strong and heavy downward strike plus a thrust to keep the foe from moving while you impale them on your blade.
8. Vampiric Thrust (ST 12ft rng, superior lethal DoT, -res vs lethal)
Thrust the foe violently and continuously with your hungry weapon to quench its thirst for blood.
9. Rain of Spears (self teleport, 15ft PBAoE, superior lethal dmg, foe knockdown, mag 2 immobilize)
Leap up and fall down with a strong spear attack that strikes all within range, pinning them to the ground for a time as well as putting them on the floor.

Stalker:
1. Red Gash
2. Blood Stroke
3. Crimson Sky
4. Assassin’s Point
5. Blood Sacrifice
6. Placate
7. Iron Stitch (ST 12ft rng, moderate lethal dmg, mag 3 immobilize)
8. Vampiric Thrust (ST 15ft rng, high lethal DoT, -res vs lethal)
9. Rain of Spears

Blood Offering effect = for every foe you defeat with one of the Blood Spear attacks, you get a 30 sec ‘Blood Offering’ buff that can stack 3 times. The Blood Offering effect adds a stacking effect for your 4 –res attacks. Similar to Domination stacking additional mez mag/duration, Blood Offering will multiply the –res effect by 1x the number of blood offerings on top of stacking with the other –res attacks.

Blaster –res on sonic attacks are -13% to all with a duration that allows around 3-4 stacked effects. Blood Spear will be something in the realm of -5% to only lethal. With full blood offerings, it’d offer -20% res to lethal only with each attack with similarly long durations for 3-4 stacked effects. So that’s a possible 60-80% -res *if* you defeated 3 foes. With no or 1 foe, it’s 20-40% -res to lethal.

Combos = Pierce Through (turns the last attack in the combo into a cone which damages and duplicates its secondary effect to all that it hits)
Scrapper/Tanker/Brute combos
-Red Gash > Scarlet Pin > Iron Stitch (end with a 9ft 45 degree cone that immobilizes)
-Blood Stroke > Scarlet Pin > Crimson Sky (end with a 9ft 90 degree cone that knocks up)
-Red Gash > Blood Stroke > Vampiric Thrust (ends with a 12ft 90 degree cone that does the most dmg of the combos and debuffs resistance to lethal)

Stalker combos
-Assassin’s Point > Red Gash > Iron Stitch (end with 12ft 45 degree cone that immobilizes)
-Blood Stroke > Placate > Crimson Sky (ends with a 9ft 90 degree cone that knocks up with a 50% chance to AoE crit)
-Red Gash > Blood Stroke > Vampiric Thrust (ends with a 15ft 90 degree cone that does the highest dmg of the combos and debuffs resistance to lethal)

The set would be the king of cones, capable of striking out at a group of foes and keeping them lined up for the kill. It’s weak point is, for sets like Invulnerability and Willpower who need foes around them within 8ft, this set’s strength is at odds with that, capable of keeping foes away and striking at them outside that range.

Any thoughts on how such a set would stack up against other melee sets?

Originally Posted by Ironblade

Yes. Did you miss the memo?

Originally Posted by Ignatz

Good post.

Originally Posted by Tidbit

Finally! Something on test I am actually going to be off from work for the day!

Originally Posted by Fulmens

I took a quick look at a couple of my "old standards" (Numina level 50 healing for instance) and they still seemed to have a 5-10 million inf profit margin. This was heroside.

Originally Posted by Fulmens

Every once in a while ya screw up and eat a big chunk of inf. At least I do.

Hopefully you have enough other schemes going that one big ouch won't wipe you out.