IW uses

Mesmer in Need

Mesmer in Need

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2006

[ToA]

does IW work with a bow/daggers/spear/sythe?
if it works with a bow, does it team up with multishot skills to do extra damage?
also, with a warrior, does it do the same damage with flurry as regular attacks?

Yuki Yuichi

Yuki Yuichi

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jul 2006

Zaishen Highschool Dropouts[Dumb]

IW works with any mele weapon, so scyths, hammer, swords, daggers, and axes will work. As to flurry, it will not reduce the amount you do per hit.

Sciros Darkblade

Sciros Darkblade

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

Ohio

Archons Ascendant [Arch] - Leader

W/

Yeah the IW/Flurry combo is a classic for Me/W or W/Me. In PVE it works amazingly as long as there's no enchant removal.

NinjaKai

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2006

UK

Duality Of The Dragon

Me/W with a sythe works particularly well. In AB particularly.

Haggard

Haggard

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

Urmston, Manchester, UK

Greener Pastures [DVDF]

W/Rt

I can imagine the scythe thing working well - the huge reaping abilities must be nice. As to IW/Flurry It's even suggested in the original GW manual that IW combines with Flurry with:

Quote:
Originally Posted by Guild Wars Manual, Pg 51
For example, one skill may increase your attack speed but lower your base damage, and another skill might deal magical damage every time you attack. Used together, these skills allow you to exploit the magic attack and the speed increase while ignoring the effect of the base damage reduction for a better overall result than if you used either skill alone. Forward thinking, eh?

Soldat

Soldat

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

TX

Fashion Police [chic]

...and if you ordered the Nightfall pre-release pack, you can take advantage of the IW scythe thing already. I just bought the pack yesterday, and tried it in AB. Solo capping is much easier, as well as fighting multiple people, cuz its 42 aoe dmg every attack now while wielding the soulbreaker.

mrgoat

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2006

Problem with IW+flurry on a W/Me is that you can do much better damage, both DPS or in a spike, with other warrior skills. It does however, hit through blind, evade, block and won't be affected by weakness.

It still has it's use for a Me/W though, since you can stack up to 16 in illusion. I imagine it'll see a little more use on a Me/D with an IAS skill. It seems attractive to W/Me, but it's really not, as if it outdamages a straight W build, your W build is rather weak. But it has it's uses. Just, as was said, watch out for enchantment removal, which is *everywhere*.