Need help improving my D-Slash build

I really have to recommend against sever artery + gash combo. The reason being that deep wound is capped at a max of -100 health, where as just using dragon slash twice will give about 80+ bonus damage and taking up 1 skill slot instead of 3. Using an extra 2 skill slots to apply bleeding and a removable -100 health (granted in pve you almost never worry about your conditions being removed, but still...) seems like a waste to me when you could be using stuff that will help far more. The importance of DW and Bleeding:

How many Dragon Slash's does it take to kill a 500 hp opponent? How many Dragon Slash's does it take to kill a 400 hp opponent?

How many seconds would that be for each with an IAS? How many seconds do you now have leftover with FGJ still up for each?

Does Gash have a +dmg bonus? Does this mean MORE THAN 100hps of dmg when you combine +dmg + DW = ?

Does Bleeding prevent a kiting player from receiving natural regen?


Does Sever + Gash do more or less total damage than Dragon Slash + Dragon Slash?
1) Weapon Dmg + Weapon Dmg + 21dmg + DW (100)
or
2) Weapon Dmg + 42 dmg + Weapon Dmg + 42 dmg

Let's say Weapon dmg = 20 (after AP and AL calculations)

1) 20 + 20 + 21 + 100 = 161 dmg in 2 attacks
or
2) 20 + 42 + 20 +42 = 124 dmg in 2 attacks

161 dmg > 124 dmg by 37 dmg.. almost a whole extra Dragon Slash worth of bonus dmg.



And Finally:

Does a normal +100 health heal remove conditions such as bleeding and deep wound? The question here is, which makes red bars go up farther, raw + heal spell, or one that also removes conditions?


Summary,

Dmg from conditions needs separate consideration by healers. In order to get that 100hps back, they have to remove the condition, not just heal it, or their buddy is still going to be at -100hps from their max. There are spells that remove conditions and heal you at the same time, but they don't heal for as much total as raw +health heals can, nor normally as quickly. As such, DW'd targets in the midst of a spike are harder to keep alive then those who aren't.

In PvP, kiting is a major problem, and many players will kite to take advantage of natural regen. Bleeding helps combat this. If they stop to remove it, you catch them. If they don't, they take degen and do not get natural regen.

In PvE, bleeding isn't really worth spit, and if swords had a way to apply DW without it like axes, sever would never be used.

The importance of DW and Bleeding:

How many Dragon Slash's does it take to kill a 500 hp opponent? How many Dragon Slash's does it take to kill a 400 hp opponent?

How many seconds would that be for each with an IAS? How many seconds do you now have leftover with FGJ still up for each?

Does Gash have a +dmg bonus? Does this mean MORE THAN 100hps of dmg when you combine +dmg + DW = ?

Does Bleeding prevent a kiting player from receiving natural regen?


Does Sever + Gash do more or less total damage than Dragon Slash + Dragon Slash?
1) Weapon Dmg + Weapon Dmg + 21dmg + DW (100)
or
2) Weapon Dmg + 42 dmg + Weapon Dmg + 42 dmg

Let's say Weapon dmg = 20 (after AP and AL calculations)

1) 20 + 20 + 21 + 100 = 161 dmg in 2 attacks
or
2) 20 + 42 + 20 +42 = 124 dmg in 2 attacks

161 dmg > 124 dmg by 37 dmg.. almost a whole extra Dragon Slash worth of bonus dmg.



And Finally:

Does a normal +100 health heal remove conditions such as bleeding and deep wound? The question here is, which makes red bars go up farther, raw + heal spell, or one that also removes conditions? no, ur figures are wrong, for a d-slash warrior(assuming ur good and havd FGJ) it goes more like this:

1) 42(d-slash)+20(sever)+20(gash)+DW figures

2) 42+42+42+42+42 (all d-slash)

d-slash is good because u can spam it so much with FGJ and flail. if ur taking all that time to do sever-gash, thats all time spent not spamming d-slash, wich severely damages ur dmg output. your best bet is the brawling headbutt steelfang one posted earlier. its so good, its scary :P

no, ur figures are wrong, for a d-slash warrior(assuming ur good and havd FGJ) it goes more like this:

1) 42(d-slash)+20(sever)+20(gash)+DW figures

2) 42+42+42+42+42 (all d-slash)

d-slash is good because u can spam it so much with FGJ and flail. if ur taking all that time to do sever-gash, thats all time spent not spamming d-slash, wich severely damages ur dmg output. your best bet is the brawling headbutt steelfang one posted earlier. its so good, its scary :P How do you get in 5 attacks in the time of 3? Just wondering....

And you forgot bonus damage on Gash.

Axe ftw. Go Dragon slash/silverwing/galrath/enraging, you'll always have a +40 damage skill available. (if still intent on sword) Galrath with D-Slash?

Weird.

[card]Dragon Slash[/card][skill]Brawling Headbutt[/skill][card]Steelfang Slash[/card][skill]"Save Yourselves!"[/skill][card]"For Great Justice!"[/card][card]Flail[/card][card]Enraging Charge[/card][card]Enduring Harmony[/card] This is probably your best choice. Nothing better then perma KD along with party wide +100 armor that can be kept up for the majority of the time.