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Combos, how do they work?!!?

Angelxman81

By Angelxman81,
Posted on: 2011-01-08 22:38 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion

 

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they are nothing like magnets
Of course not, they're pretzels/crackers with cheesy filling.

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I'm fine with taking all the powers in both sets, there's not much else I really want, except CJ and probably some day a travel power. inv/db looks fun, and if some of the powers aren't super rewarding, well, eventually I'll underslot them or something.

 

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Invuln/DB has a lot of potential. Built properly it could conceivably solo a few AVs.

I suggest the following: Get an Achille's Heel:Chance for -Resistance proc into Ablating Strike as soon as possible (I put a level 10 one in it at level 7)

Make your attack chain Nimble Slash-Blinding Feint-Ablating Strike-Vengeful Slice-Sweeping Strike (the last 3 attacks are the Attack Vitals combo, which deals extra DoT damage to anything hit by Sweping Strike) It requires no global recharge, and you will be automatically applying 20% -res to one target, with a chance to apply 20% more. Due to the resistance debuff in Nimble Slash, and the chance to debuff in Ablating Strike that is probably one of the better chains a tank can run with Dual Blades, while also being the most economical. (unfortunately it doesn't apply to the other ATs, because only tankers get the automatic debuff in Nimble Slash)

Should be a fun ride. Have fun with it.

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Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect View Post
Invuln/DB has a lot of potential. Built properly it could conceivably solo a few AVs.

I suggest the following: Get an Achille's Heel:Chance for -Resistance proc into Ablating Strike as soon as possible (I put a level 10 one in it at level 7)

Make your attack chain Nimble Slash-Blinding Feint-Ablating Strike-Vengeful Slice-Sweeping Strike (the last 3 attacks are the Attack Vitals combo, which deals extra DoT damage to anything hit by Sweping Strike) It requires no global recharge, and you will be automatically applying 20% -res to one target, with a chance to apply 20% more. Due to the resistance debuff in Nimble Slash, and the chance to debuff in Ablating Strike that is probably one of the better chains a tank can run with Dual Blades, while also being the most economical. (unfortunately it doesn't apply to the other ATs, because only tankers get the automatic debuff in Nimble Slash)

Should be a fun ride. Have fun with it.
And getting the 2nd -Resist Proc into Sweeping Strikes, that's a chance at debuffing a target's Resistance to -60%.

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Originally Posted by seebs View Post
Okay. So... Trying again to get this:

DB, if you don't use combos, is a decent set which is within the broad range of effectiveness of CoH melee attack sets.
DB, if you use combos, is a decent set which is within the broad range of effectiveness of CoH melee attack sets.
Also, in using the combos you are occasionally giving up something. You might be giving up a little damage to do a secondary effect. Or you may be completing a combo by using a single target attack instead of the pbaoe that might be more useful in the current situation. In a close enough for horseshoes sort of way the set is balanced within itself for with combo vs no combo, so it's not as hard for it to also be balanced externally with other sets.