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Now that posture down is on a timer and dizzy is harder to stick and hold, do the Area Attack specials have much use? Can you still hit with Area Attack 3 to posture down and dizzy and keep them down by reapplying dizzy from Area Attack 2?

I'm working my way up the Swordsman tree and need to know where to go first. I mostly solo, use Spin Attack, and stim myself up as needed.

The only difference I have noticed is that I can no longer spam Area2 to keep mobs kneeling. I can do it once with the first Area2, thus saving me from a round of attacks. But most mobs get back up to standing beforeI finish them off and I can't make them kneel again. The damage is still applied in all cases, it's just the positional changes that are one time only. Thus I still use Area2 but have been using the spin attacks more than I used to.

I meant to say use Area Attack 3 to reapply dizzy. Dizzy doesn't last very long now, but can it be reapplied before it wears off to keep the mobs down?

I'm sure it can, but the Dizzy effect does not keep them down. It doesn't help much (or enough) imo to even bother using. I switched to bleeds and head hits after they ruined our area attacks.