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Thread: what attack is most useful if you can just pick 1 : powerattack,Headhit or Critical Strike
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Yukiko
Wed May 11, 2005 3:08 pm
#1
hi im TKA and heard its possible to just pick 1 tree of Swordsman and have a more damaging attack.
So my question is which Tree to pick.....
the Tree with Powerstrike?
with Headhit?
with Critical Strike?
my question is not how much actioncost they have (read the sticky already) , but what those attack actually DO , i cant believe thats its all just "damage, damage and damage" , i guess there are some other effects coming along.
Heard that Critical Strike has % to hit a critical hit.
and whats with Headhit and PowerStrike? Are they idenditical?
Zodiac-B
Wed May 11, 2005 4:15 pm
#2
Yukiko wrote:
hi im TKA and heard its possible to just pick 1 tree of Swordsman and have a more damaging attack.
So my question is which Tree to pick.....
the Tree with Powerstrike?
with Headhit?
with Critical Strike?
my question is not how much actioncost they have (read the sticky already) , but what those attack actually DO , i cant believe thats its all just "damage, damage and damage" , i guess there are some other effects coming along.
Heard that Critical Strike has % to hit a critical hit.
and whats with Headhit and PowerStrike? Are they idenditical?
PowerStrike hits the hardest.Critical is very close behind it. Headhit is close behind that. The important thing to know, Power Strike has a warm up, the other two do not. If I had to pick, I'd take Critical because the damage is very close to Power, but without the warm up.
Mayor_Chuckles
Wed May 11, 2005 4:15 pm
#3
Head hit or crit strike is your best bet. Crit strike has an unholy action cost with more damage.
Iridescence
Wed May 11, 2005 10:10 pm
#4
Powerattack does consistantly high damage. If you get a critical hit with Critical Strike it will probably do more damage though. I say: use whatever you can while waiting for the other to cooldown.
Headhit is behind them both but still causes significant pain.
Crack_Paddle_Addict
Fri May 13, 2005 4:41 pm
#5
I have to agree with the critical or crutial I like to call it only if you are not worried about action cost thou It is the all around best armor break is great too thou.
SoloMek
Sat May 14, 2005 12:02 am
#7
The odds of landing a critical strike are approx. 1 in 7, at least in my experience. My hammer (460 DPS) deals around 2800 damage points on a critical hit. Although I've landed critical hits on lairs for more than 9000 points (probably a bug). The actions costs are uber though.
My power attack is always in the 1800 region. Good luck.
Jheron
Tue May 17, 2005 12:01 am
#9
Critical strike is great even when it doesn't land it still does good damage.
CarissaLeigh
Tue May 17, 2005 12:05 am
#10
Reminder: "Mind Hit" also reduces the targets regeneration rates.
XanKrieger
Tue May 17, 2005 12:11 am
#11
Power Stike does the most but uses alot of action and has a wind up so Critical Strikes ur best bet
Meplorium
Tue May 17, 2005 3:48 pm
#12
Headhit has a shorter cool down time, so it can be used more often. Respect and try each of them out for yourself to see which you like best.
Montmatre
Wed May 18, 2005 5:31 am
#13
I t depends on your management of your action pool. If you can take the drain from crit then go crit, elseI would go with Head hit. Power Attack is not really worth it, it takes a huge bite from the action pool and has a warmup.
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