D-Talon Questions

[JanusJones]

D-Talon Questions

Hey all. Was poking about and noticed that D-Talon could have you hitting 2 fps attacks, which got me thinking. First, a couple of questions:

Is D-Talon affected by the same bug as Fend? In other words, can your kicks be interrupted by hit-recovery animation, stalling the attack?

Enigma for the extra strength (always good for a kicker) or Fortitude (ED)?

I was thinking about Last Wish for the Might, Crushing Blow, and Life Tap. However, the Fade on hit would override the BoS - annoying. Anyhoo, other suggestions?

As far as gloves, IK belt/gloves for the IAS and Strength/Dexterity bonuses or Soul Drainer for the minus to enemy defense? Trang Oul's for the extra Venom bonus? Whaddaya think?

Phoenix Shield . . . worth it for the extra defense?

Skill placement: 20 D-Tail, 20 Dragon Flight, 20 Mental Blast (I'm thinking PvP, case you hadn't guessed :lol: ), 20 Venom . . . any other suggestions?

 

[ilkori]

Actually, you can't. It's a 3-frame attack. The 2-frame info is old and wrong. Try reading Speederlander's guide to the kick/ww/stun/trap/lotsofnames PvP guide. It expects you to understand the basics, but once you get your fingers on those, it is very effective. The Assassin FAQ and update page are the most valuable resources to date.

1) It can be interrupted. The bug with Fend is that the AS says it is uninterruptible, and in game it isn't coded that way. Otherwise, it works fine.

2) IMHO, Enigma, Duress, CoH, then Fortitude for order of being the best armors. Enigma is for Teleport more than anything else. That order is PvM. For PvP, I hear it goes Enigma, Enigma, Enigma, Enigma. If you are doing "melee only" rules, then it's more of a tossup between Bramble and Fortitude.

3) Death's Web comes to mind. Weapons with FCR are popular for cheap anti-caster builds (Um'd Wizardspike can be decent, or so I hear). This isn't my area, I'm just throwing out a few ideas.

4) Trang's gloves, hands down. The -100 moster defense works on monsters only.

5) You'll want Stormshield for the DR if this is a standard build.


Skills:
DTail? Are you nuts? Well, you'd be a pioneer if you got it to work. The skill with the follow-up kicks is Dragon Talon. Other suggestions:
1 Shadow Master (distraction/tank)
1 Wake of Fire (stunlock)
1 Lightning Sentry (secondary stunlock)

 

[JanusJones]

Woops! "D-Tail" was a goof - I did, of course, mean D-Talon. Thanks for the info - I'll think it all over!