Talk:Locust's Fury

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Because of the fear me nerf this elite skill has become clearly inferiour to other sin elites.I suppose you can solve it by making it work with all melee weapons. 81.244.114.207 16:54, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

how can other weapons double-strike? —Zerpha

The Improver 08:19, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

How can a human shoot fire out of his frkn hands ? how can a monk survive getting 10 arrows in his heart ?.I was just suggesting something as it would rly help build up adrenaline and add a lot of damage.In return lower duration so that non assassins cant use it effectivly.81.244.5.211 10:53, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes but no other weapons are supposed to dual-strike according to game mechanics, thatá aomething different. Dark Morphon(contribs) 10:55, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

they could just change its functionality..like what they did to wail of doom

I don't know about all weapons, I think a better buff would be to give you either energy or bonus damage everytime you do double strike. Barkingllama 01:38, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Useless

since double strike dosnt work with attack skills, which is basacly your 4 sec spike or less unless you planning on auto attacking i dot see this getting used The Golden Arrow10:38, 24 March 2008 (UTC) (yes i know i mimiced my sig cus i forgot to log on)

[edit] Double Hit's being overrated

Even if it granted a 100% chance and if it could be used with any weapon this skill'd useless most of the time. Only against AL 60 a double hit may compede with the additional damage from attack skills. The fact that you can accumulate adrenaline and energy faster with Locust's Fury can't justify its existence when it's inferior to almost any other strategy (Critical Barrage, Critical Scythe/Axe or simply Attack Chains).Noctarch 17:23, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

I have an Idea. What about using it defensively rather then offensively? I know in pvp its useless no mater how you look at it and using it in pve for offense is also usless. but what about combining it with "Save Yourselves!", Critical Agility, and "For Great Justice!" for some constant +100 armor to your party?--Yozuk 06:44, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

[edit] One of the best PvE Elites

For all the nice people who diss this Elite, I can gurantee you the double strike can live up to it's name if buffed correctly. Sure, when you deal 20+ dmg *2 you can consider this skill nothing else but useless, but what happens when you raise your basic damage? Try to think out of the box, you don't need attack skills, Double strike sync only with your base damage, raise your base damage = get a davastating dps. The high adrenal build + 100% full Energy allows you to use high ene skills with np and certain adrenals that can change the outcome of battle. Attack Skills can be interrupted / diverted / blocked / missed, which will waste your ene and force you to keep dealing low basic damage to the enemy until they recharge.

Methinks, the Fury's also susceptible to Diversion, your attacks can also be interrupted, if Blurred you are also worthless, blinded even more. Armor of Sanctity, Armor of Earth, Kinetic Armor and so on are your death where they aren't for skills (especially not for Shattering Assault or Death Blossom). And ever thought about the frightening Empathy? Well-placed, single but hard-hitting skills are worth the damage.. a simple double strike ain't. Raising your base damage neglects the fact that better armored foes will just laugh 'bout that, you have to split over at least three attributes. Noctarch 00:26, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

I use this Elite and finished with my team all the elite areas with ease, NM/HM.

So locust's fury + "I am the strongest" + Conjure Lightning = t43 win? Not convinced. I'll have to try it out to see damage output. --Eyekwah 16:28, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Disadvantage of having to use Shock Daggers (Rangers and so on), lacking Vampiric or Zealous modifications, having to protect yet another vital enchantment. I am the Strongest is rather bad for Locust's Fury for you try to attack much often in a small time -> the shout ends very early.Noctarch 00:26, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Then I fail to see what you mean by buffing base damage, much less buffs which aren't enchantments and don't ever end. --Eyekwah 13:37, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

I bet this knocks down a lot with that dwarf weapon spell. - Elder Angelus 19:31, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Dodge This and Ebon Battle Standard of Honor would seem to be good to buff 'base damage' for this. 76.10.137.224 10:04, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

I'll start with the hexes / enemies buff. Kinetic armor is rarely ever used, so far I remember only the forgotten use it at Crystal Desert, also my build invloves Knock Down, so at some maps I take lift enchantment along, and not just for Kinetic, also for Critical defences, Life Bond and the various armors/blocking enchantments. About Divertion, just don't use anything for 6 seconds, not a biggy, Empathy or SS are rarely used in PvE as well. About the Buffs, I use 3 elemental daggers, 20% ench and 15% while ench on each. I use two extra damage buffs, and I can gurantee you that moebius + blossum might be stronger in numbers but also req energy, not messing up the combo (or Pheonix Strike for the lazy ones) to reach blossum and overall all you do is simply dealing damage period.

I use two buffs on me, making base damage 40+ and critical 50+ and at times even 60+ per a hit, enemies can't run away from me as I shut them down while attacking and I renew my critical agility / defences in less than a second even while the enemy blocks.

To sum it up, besides it's high dps, this build is very flexible, energy is never a problem, meaning you can use high energy skills with ease (Mark of Rodgort's + conjure flame). high adrenal buildup, constant KD + blocking + Fast attack and high health regen making this build very deadly. Horheristo 19:44, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

The synergy with other team member skills like Mark of Pain/Barbs etc make this undeniably useful :D

Ooo.. nice idea. I'll have to think about that a bit. --Eyekwah 10:15, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Possible PVE bonuses;

1) Great Dwarf Weapon (+20, 40% KD) [Must be on *other* human party member's bar]

2) [Barbs (+12), Mark of Pain (+34/other), Order of Pain (13) and Vampiric (+5)] *or* Conjure Flame (+17)

3) Ebon Battle Standard of Honor (+15)

4) "I Am Unstoppable!" (+20, 8 hits)

5) "Dodge This!" (+20)

Total bonus for single hit: 20+(13+12+5)+15+20+20 = 95

That being said, Dodge This probably will only affect 1 of the 2 double strike hits (Not sure on this, but its what I expect)

So it would be total bonus of 95+75 = 180

That sound about right? ^^ 76.10.137.224 11:03, 5 July 2008 (UTC)