Dual Blades

New to Dual Blades, any good guides out there? Anyone have a DB/FA build? or any super hot DB/whatever build?

Empower and weaken are pretty much useless. Attack vitals is probably the best combo followed by sweep.

There is a good DB/WP build for brutes in the brute how to section. As Helin said, empower is not a fave for brutes because we already have a superb +damage mechanic in fury. I personally use sweep first and attack vitals right after.

Some stay away from One Thousand Cuts because of the long animation time, but I find I like it just a bit more every time I do it. DB has great AoE and cones and you will love it. I just got my first db combo to 50 a few weeks ago, and i have been having a blast.

I doubt you will find a DB combo written with FA as a pairing, but I will say that sweep would be good for you in providing a bit of mitigation (in knockdown) to heal or whatever. Sounds like a hot combo.

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One bit of advice that's not immediately obvious to everyone: Before using either of your cones, let the previous animation end, step back (just a tiny bit), and then hit the cone. This only takes a half second once you get used to it, and has no significant impact on your combos or fury, but (for me at least) doubles the total damage of the cones, because more enemies are caught in them.

That is good advice, just make sure you still are near a mob. Otherwise, you have to start from scratch. The only part that is frustrating about DB is not finishing combos. If you miss an attack in the chain or the window closes before you use the next attack, you have to go back. I suppose it isn't that bad really, because you are still cutting your enemies into ribbons though.

Blinding Fient + Alabating Strike + Vengeful Slice + Sweeping Strike. Rinse and Repeat. If you don't wanna spend alot of Inf on globle recharge bonuses, you can throw in Power Slice between Sweeping Strike and Blinding Fient. This is a pretty easy continuos attack chain to do, you get the Vitals combo Xtra damage and the damage boost from Blinding Feint constantly. Great for single targets and if you use the Sweeping Strike cone right you can flatten entire mobs in seconds.

IMO you can't beat DB/WP. I have a DB/Fire and a DB/Elec also. They are fun, but my DB/Wp is out of this world. Good luck!

DB/SR is also a lot of fun. It has a real "swashbuckler" feel to it (mine has the requisite pencil mustache and goatee ) and Quickness is helpful for getting enough recharge for a good attack chain. Also, Weaken is very handy paired with /SR since it has a to-hit debuff... it really makes a difference in the pre-softcapped game.

Blinding Feint -> Attack Vitals doesn't take a ton of global recharge to pull off and is very good damage. You can also add a Sweep in for large groups... it's a fantastic combo for large crowds. There are better attack chains than BF -> AV, but they require obscene amounts of global recharge (something like over 200% counting Hasten) and they aren't that much better...

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Blinding Fient + Alabating Strike + Vengeful Slice + Sweeping Strike. Rinse and Repeat.

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This, getting the necessary recharge can be very easy if you're /sr or even /elec

Honestly, adding in Power Slice at the end of that chain, has a higher DPS and takes even less recharge. If I remember right you can do it just by slotting for max recharge and no globle recharge at all.

I have a DB/Inv that I break out every now and then myself. She is a real blast to play. Rock solid resists and respectable defense on that toon is just plain fun. Personally, I like the combo system. I only have sweep and attack vitals as I find empower to be pretty worthless as I am constantly empowered being a brute and all.

I personally cringe at the thought of malefactoring down, so that is something I never consider when respeccing or building a character.