Offhand sword with suggested abilities.

Offhand sword with suggested abilities.

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Posted by: Nyter.1270

Nyter.1270

Hey everyone, I’m a big fan of Swords on thieves, and I hope we get them in the upcoming expansion (maybe as part of the specialization).

Anyway I thought of some skills that could be used, and would love some feedback

Sword / Sword:

Skill #3 (Dual skill)
Name: Execute
Costs 6 Initiative, 1/2 second cast time.
Slash with both of your swords in front of you, simultaneously. Deals weapon damage + (0.45 x Power) on each hit. Deals 20% more damage against crippled or immobilzed targets.

Comment: A burst skill, very good after a follow up of infiltrators strike (#2 skill).
When you are using 2 ascended swords (950 – 1050 damage) and have ~2200 power, you should do on average 1000 + 990 × 2, with a 20% bonus when the condition is met.
This should do around 2400 × 2 = 4800 burst damage.
There’s a small cast time, where you are raising both of your swords to allow counterplay by dodging, blocking, interrupting etc.

Skill #4
Name: Whirling Strike
Costs 5 initiative, instant cast time, 1 second duration.
Spin both your weapons around you, attacking twice with each weapon, dealing weapon damage and inflicts bleeding on each succesful hit. Reflects projectiles for the duration.

Comment: A bit like caithe’s skill if you remember that. Melee range, short duration whirlwind thats good against a small group of (ranged) targets. Note that you do not get stability, so it’s possible to get interrupted during the spin. If you get a full duration and all attacks off, you will hit the enemy with your weapons 4 times total and inflict 4 stacks of bleeding.

Skill #5
Name: Shadow Assault
Costs 7 initiatve, 1/4 cast time, 2 second duration.
Fade into the mists, and strike your targeted opponent repeatedly from the shadows.
Jumps to the target, and follows the target unless the target moves more than 1000 units in 0.25 seconds.
Attack your opponent 4 times with your main hand weapon, and a shadowy clone will attack 4 times with your offhand weapon, dealing 50% of the damage.
After the duration, you return to your starting position.
Unblockable.

Comment: A duel skill, excelling in 1v1 situations where your opponent, PvE or PvP, is playing hard to catch. You transform into a mist form and surround the opponent, following him. All the attacks are guaranteed to hit, unless the opponent has a timely dodge or uses a blink/invisibilty skill. At 7 initiative this skill is quite costly tho.
The 1/4 second cast time is intentional, to catch fleeing opponents quickly.
Both mainhand and offhand attacks will make use of sigils, runes, traits etc.
If you use a pistol in your main hand, you will inflict the pistol autoattacks four times, a.k.a. you inflict 4 stacks of bleeding during the 2 second duration.

Let me know what you think!