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I started a swordsman about 2 weeks ago. I get really confused when I read a skill that says "wounds mind" and find out when I use it that it actually bleeds the mind.. Which is a nice surprise =).In another thread somebody mentioned stacking bleeds. Did he mean using the same bleed or using a different bleed? Also does stacking the same or different bleeds compliment eachother? I got the mind wounding attack (forget name mindhit maybe?) and it rocks, I score some nice DOTs, but I want to start hunting bigger game so I can get that empty 3rd finess box (woohoo) so I'm guna need to know as much about bleeds and how they work as possible, like is it better tobleed with a damage sliced hammer then switch to sword or hit with a speed sliced hammer over and overand which bleeds. Thanks in advance for all your help.

Typhus <EPIC> -Shadowfire server.

Heavy Swordsman 0/2/1/2

Medic 4/4/2/4

Creature Handler 2/2/1/2

Not only do we have mind bleed, but i believe its the best bleed there is. Stacking a bleed means using mindhit1 and mindhit 2. Try this on some real big game, use your pet to tank stack these bleeds and let him have it with the headhit2 or 3 or whatever u have, kills very fast.

We get a, mind hit or "mind bleed" as its commonly called and a "head hit" which hits the mind bar as well.You are correct the mind bleed is a DoT (Damage over Time for you newer players) and thehead hit isa once and done shot.

As for stacking mind bleeds- you getmind bleed1 & 2 on your climbup the finese skill tree. There is nothing in expert finese box and the developers say they are looking into this. You can use both of these once you have them. Its quite lethal and perhaps the reason for being a swordsman. Most players don't have large minds (yes you can read into that as much as you like :smileyvery-happy and if they do its so they can heal whichmeans in a long PvPbattles its usually drained. Attacking this weak spot gives 2Hers a rare advantage.

This works quiet well on NPCs. On my "newer" server my mind bleed 1 with a Power Hammer does 400-1000 damage and mind bleed 2 does 1000-2200 so when you stack or use both of them consecutivelythey will continue to do the intial damge every 5 seconds. I only mention that its newer because our Power Hammers aren't as powerful as the older servers. (I've yet to see one over 599max.) On very high mobs we astually can kite them by hitting with those and running off. Thats not my style but soloing Spell Weavers and Dark Jedi Masters requires more evasive maneuvers.

As for the 2 hand curved, cleaver and Power Hammer there have been many great discussions on these weapons and you might look back a few pages as its quite involved. "Comments on Cleavers" is a good article. I didn't use a PH till I achieved Master which gives extra speed.

-hope that helps