So, that Reverse Slice.....

HoloYoitsu

ESO Live wrote:

One of the changes we have planned for the next update is increasing the effectiveness of the Two Handed execute Reverse Slice against groups.

Patch Notes wrote:

Reverse Slice (Reverse Slash morph): Increased the splash damage percentage from this morph to 59/61/63/65% at Ranks I/II/III/IV from 41/42/43/44%.

I am disappoint.

KenaPKK

Wow, that's their big zergbuster change for Reverse Slice? That's anticlimactic... No one uses the skill now, and no one will use it after the patch goes live.

frozywozy

The new Steel tornado is Cleave, not that thing. lol

Forestd16b14_ESO

Uh well on my PTS the splash damage is 96% of the damage. How ever the radius is 5 meters kinda small.

Astanphaeus

Forestd16b14_ESO wrote: »

Uh well on my PTS the splash damage is 96% of the damage. How ever the radius is 5 meters kinda small.

5 meters is the same radius as Vicious Death.

Kas

Tbh I will give it a shot. depending on the mechanics, this may actually be strong (or trash).
will mitigations double dip into that (primary target and secondary)? or only one of them? Can the AoE component be dodged?
What about crits? Only one? Which one? Or is double dipping possible?

A bash/block cancelled execute gets it's damage in REALLY fast and can surprise people. Depending on the situation I even think execute sprees are possible. Personally, I'll try to play a stam DK that stays on S+B with heroic slash, HAs and bash cancelling but uses a 2h bar to apply the psn dots and to execute low targets. If reverse slice turns out well, I can really see this become a viable way to 1vX against unaware targets. If an enemy is on 75% life while his buddy gets into execute range, he might find himself eating the AoE and then a second slice to die from

On the other hand, it might still be trash if the mechanics I don't know about don't work out in a favourable way.

Junipus

Given the removal of knock back from WB, reverse slice will be the best morph with the current root/snare meta. Gonna be respeccing when DB drops

Kas

dap_robertb16_ESO wrote: »

Given the removal of knock back from WB, reverse slice will be the best morph with the current root/snare meta. Gonna be respeccing when DB drops

WB still has knockback+stun (but only with the other morph which most people will probably take outside PvE). In essence, the empower is gone. Still a fairly big deal but well-deserved, imho.

frozywozy

Kas wrote: »

Tbh I will give it a shot. depending on the mechanics, this may actually be strong (or trash).
will mitigations double dip into that (primary target and secondary)? or only one of them? Can the AoE component be dodged?
What about crits? Only one? Which one? Or is double dipping possible?

A bash/block cancelled execute gets it's damage in REALLY fast and can surprise people. Depending on the situation I even think execute sprees are possible. Personally, I'll try to play a stam DK that stays on S+B with heroic slash, HAs and bash cancelling but uses a 2h bar to apply the psn dots and to execute low targets. If reverse slice turns out well, I can really see this become a viable way to 1vX against unaware targets. If an enemy is on 75% life while his buddy gets into execute range, he might find himself eating the AoE and then a second slice to die from

On the other hand, it might still be trash if the mechanics I don't know about don't work out in a favourable way.

This is exactly what I had in mind aswell.

CP5

On pts my tooltip said it did 79% damage to nearby enemies. And 5m radius to me seems like a lie, from all the time i've used it the skill feels like it has a much larger aoe than that.

Junipus

Kas wrote: »

dap_robertb16_ESO wrote: »

Given the removal of knock back from WB, reverse slice will be the best morph with the current root/snare meta. Gonna be respeccing when DB drops

WB still has knockback+stun (but only with the other morph which most people will probably take outside PvE). In essence, the empower is gone. Still a fairly big deal but well-deserved, imho.

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

• Uppercut: This ability and the Wrecking Blow morph no longer knockback and stun enemies hit.

kadar

dap_robertb16_ESO wrote: »

Kas wrote: »

dap_robertb16_ESO wrote: »

Given the removal of knock back from WB, reverse slice will be the best morph with the current root/snare meta. Gonna be respeccing when DB drops

WB still has knockback+stun (but only with the other morph which most people will probably take outside PvE). In essence, the empower is gone. Still a fairly big deal but well-deserved, imho.

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

• Uppercut: This ability and the Wrecking Blow morph no longer knockback and stun enemies hit.

He means everyone will just switch the Dizzying Swing Morph. Which still has the knock back and stun. So essentially the only PVP change is a lack of empower on the desired morph.

Bfish22090

i thought you quit

Luigi_Vampa

I haven't got to use it on a zerg yet, but it feels like an AoE execute in PvE. It seems pretty strong.

Mojomonkeyman

Kas wrote: »

Tbh I will give it a shot. depending on the mechanics, this may actually be strong (or trash).
will mitigations double dip into that (primary target and secondary)? or only one of them? Can the AoE component be dodged?
What about crits? Only one? Which one? Or is double dipping possible?

A bash/block cancelled execute gets it's damage in REALLY fast and can surprise people. Depending on the situation I even think execute sprees are possible. Personally, I'll try to play a stam DK that stays on S+B with heroic slash, HAs and bash cancelling but uses a 2h bar to apply the psn dots and to execute low targets. If reverse slice turns out well, I can really see this become a viable way to 1vX against unaware targets. If an enemy is on 75% life while his buddy gets into execute range, he might find himself eating the AoE and then a second slice to die from

On the other hand, it might still be trash if the mechanics I don't know about don't work out in a favourable way.

I play that setup already since months on my stam sorc and its more than viable already, will only get better.