Dual Blades on Tankers in Issue 28.

[SableShrike]

Was messing with my Will/DB as I’m on vacation for a bit and did a respec for the hell of it.

 

I love DB on Tankers, but the damage has always felt a bit anemic.  Mainly this is due to it having the slow Vengeful Slice as its “big hit” for singletarget.  (Stalkers get AS to get around this problem).

 

I know you can do crazy Pylon damage proc builds that avoid any combos, but I wanted a team Tanker who would actually use the set.  I went straight for maximum AoE to leverage the Tanker target bonuses (this is what sets Tanks apart from other melee boys and girls.)

 

I wound up with: Blinding Feint > Sweeping Strike  > Sweep Combo: (1k Cuts + Power Slice + Typhoon’s Edge) > repeat.  It is way more effective than I was expecting, even not fully built.  Sweep has proven to be the most-damaging combo against max targets.

 

Very easy to get the Recharge needed to make this seamless with even Uncommon IOs.  90% native on powers with about 50% Global is more than enough.  This lets you chase other set bonuses like MaxHP, +Defense, and +Resist.

 

Absolute blender on S/L farm maps; you’re pretty much constantly throwing out AoE.  It’s not as bursty as other attack sets, but the sustained AoE dps is hard to beat.  There is no DPS bell-curve, just sustained attacks.  The less-clicky armor sets are nice for this as they don’t get in the way.

Edited September 23 by SableShrike

[Warshades]

6 hours ago, SableShrike said:

I wound up with: Blinding Feint > Sweeping Strike  > Sweep Combo: (1k Cuts + Power Slice + Typhoon’s Edge) > repeat.  It is way more effective than I was expecting, even not fully built.  Sweep has proven to be the most-damaging combo against max targets.

 

Interesting, it's been a long time since I played DB so may have to give this rotation a try. My bigger complaint is less about Vengeful Slice and more that 1k Cuts takes 3.3 seconds to animate, really wish this would get reduced by a bit.