Blade Vortex doesn't apply curse on hit

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Xfing wrote:

That's better IMO than waiting to take 1000+ damage that CWDT requires.

Level 1 CwDT triggers every 528 damage.

But Vengeance could still be better if you are an Attack-based build. Damaging enemies for some small amount is quite helpful.

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adghar wrote:

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Xfing wrote:

That's better IMO than waiting to take 1000+ damage that CWDT requires.

Level 1 CwDT triggers every 528 damage.

But Vengeance could still be better if you are an Attack-based build. Damaging enemies for some small amount is quite helpful.

Yeah, I'm heavy strike so I get all up in there. I experimented with punishment as a curse and it was quite cool, but those endurance charges and lowered stun threshold will probably be even more helpful against bosses, not to mention they help with immortal call if there's a boss that has minions.

For minionless bosses punishment would probably be better though, it grants a rather sick damage bonus. I'm 2h so there is no block, so it would trigger all the time. I wonder if vulnerability would be worth a try too.

Punishment is...not good.

As for Warlord's Mark, one other thing to consider is simply removing the CWDT link from Blade Vortex. Go Vortex > Inc. AoE > CoH > Warlord's Mark, then just manually cast Vortex from time to time. The improved area coverage will be nice, and you don't have to fiddle with multiple triggers. Back in the days before Grinding gear fucked the skill into nigh obsolescence, I used to use a secondary CoH Blade Vortex set-up with all my attempted BV characters. Was super nice as a sort of reservation-free Blasphemy.