Whirlwind attack question

Fox Reeveheart

Fox Reeveheart

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2005

Michigan

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In the wording of the sunspear skill whirlwind attack, when it says attack target and adjacent foes does it mean all foes adjacent to you or just foes adjacent to the target?

Basically, is it the lame elite of 100 blades or the coolness of the non-elite cyclone axe?

lennymon

lennymon

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Join Date: Nov 2005

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It's foes adjacent to the target. If you feel a non elite version of triple chop which is not limited to axe (think daggers/scythes and IW ) is lame, sorry for your loss.

Coridan

Coridan

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Join Date: Jun 2006

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it should hit like cyclone axe but can be used with any weapon...the major drawback is that it can't recharge itself due to the 1sec recharge

HawkofStorms

HawkofStorms

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Join Date: Aug 2005

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100 Blades is lame because it does no extra damage and is an elite, not because of the way the AoE damage hits foes. Triple chop for example works like 100 blades as well and is awesome because of the extra damage per attack that it does.

JeniM

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Join Date: May 2007

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I second the disadvantage its a shame i can't just use it 3-4 times in a row and kill whole mobs

Coridan

Coridan

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Join Date: Jun 2006

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I didn't say [skill]Whirlwind Attack[/skill] was a terrible skill because it can't recharge...i just said that it was a draw back....but it would go well with another type of AoE mele attack such as [skill]Cyclone Axe[/skill] or [skill]Triple Chop[/skill]..or one of the sword ones...even the terrible [skill]Hundred Blades[/skill]...but most likely the [skill]Dragon Slash[/skill]

But the nicest thing about it is that it doesn't Trigger [skill]Spiteful Spirit[/skill] more than once per use.

Xiaxhou of Trinity

Xiaxhou of Trinity

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Join Date: Dec 2005

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hundred blades, splash dmg and hits twice. why does everyone come down on it so hard? lol it's sun and moon slash but AoE of target. skill does not need to have dmg bonus to not be "lame" or "terrible".

AlienFromBeyond

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

Heros of Titans Realm [HotR]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Xiaxhou of Trinity
hundred blades, splash dmg and hits twice. why does everyone come down on it so hard? lol it's sun and moon slash but AoE of target. skill does not need to have dmg bonus to not be "lame" or "terrible".
Because each hit is affected by armor, while +damage is taken into account after it, making it essentially armor ignoring. You know that Hundred Blades used to be a non-elite right, and was made an elite purely so Mesmers would stop raping everything in sight with it and Illusionary Weaponry.

Milennin

Milennin

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Join Date: Sep 2006

Europe

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Quote:
Originally Posted by AlienFromBeyond
Because each hit is affected by armor, while +damage is taken into account after it, making it essentially armor ignoring. You know that Hundred Blades used to be a non-elite right, and was made an elite purely so Mesmers would stop raping everything in sight with it and Illusionary Weaponry.
I suppose that was before even Factions was out? That means that before they made it elite there was not 1 Sword Elite available...? That sucks.=P

HawkofStorms

HawkofStorms

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Join Date: Aug 2005

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Actualy Milennin, I think they did that in the beta. There were two hammer elites (devestating and backbreaker (I think, might be 3)), 2 axe (cleave and evisercate), and 1 sword (100 blades) during prophecies. Why do you think axe is still so popular to this day in PvP (force of habit since the best elite was evisercate)?