DW Rapid Strikes is considered a Melee Attack by Vipers Sting.

Avran_Sylt · August 2017

It procs off of Flurry (which can open a whole can of worms if it is considered a Melee attack)

Old (Concerning the implications of it being a Melee Attack):

Recently hit the ever loving shite outta a test dummy with only Rapid Strikes. Had skoria on (an 8% proc chance on DoT for comparison) and two axes (16% bleed chance). This is the results of 5 separate tests:

So it seems that the Twin Blade and Blunt Passive is still 'hand-crafted' code, and hasn't yet been updated. That or Rapid Strikes is bugged.

DocFrost72 · August 2017

Silly question, could the passive not work on DOTs, and is flurry and morphs acting as a dot?

Avran_Sylt · August 2017

No idea. But it will proc Viper, which is why I've raised the question. It also procs your main hand enchantment (so it must be considered some kind of attack, Twins slashes bleed and Rend will not proc your enchantments).

Flurry does act as a DoT, and a Channel.

Avran_Sylt · August 2017

Another interesting thing:

Rend is considered to be a melee attack by Viper's Sting, but not by weapon enchantments. (Casting Rend will not proc a weapon enchantment, but it will proc Viper's Sting)

Maryal · August 2017

I read somewhere, geeze, maybe a year ago, that it was considered a channeled attack. I'll try to figure out where I got the info from.

Maryal · August 2017

Okay, I think it was considered a channeled attack around the time it got a speed buff ... I wish I could remember when that was (sigh).

Maryal · August 2017

elderscrollsonline.wiki.fextralife.com/Dual+Wield+Skills

Look at the flurry/morphs 'cast time' column ... it says 'channel'

Avran_Sylt · August 2017

@Maryal

But it procs Viper's Sting... Which may be an entirely separate bug.

Yakidafi · August 2017

@Avran_Sylt
viper tool tip
(5 items) Your Melee Attacks deal 6720 Poison damage. This effect can occur once every 4 seconds.

flurry is a channeled melee attack. I don't see the bug here. Or am I missing something?

Brrrofski · August 2017

It is a melee attack. You're confusing melee with direct damage. Melee is anything under 8m radius I believe. Doen't matter if it's direct damage, or a channel. So flurry should proc it.