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Grim focus most useless skill?
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rossk25✭✭✭It is definately a hard move to master, and is most effective when you LA weave with other skills. But it does heavy dmg. Once you get used to LA weaving, then it becomes second nature.
Another tactic I use is if the enemy is stunned, I run up to them and just LA until I proc it. Then I can just use it as another move.Bosmer Magicka Templar - Dest/Resto Staff [ex Stamina Templar - Bow/DW]
Dunmer Magicka DK - Dest/Resto staff
Breton Magicka NB - [Dest/DW PvE] [Dest/Resto PvP]
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Narvuntien✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Grim focus is basically one of the most powerful (non-ulti) skills in the game... Nightblades are basically built around it.0 -
If you can't land 4 Light Attacks then there is your problem.
I really don't understand why you think this skill is useless. You obviously have not tried it out enough . You may need to practice playing the game overall.
Here's a pro-tip:
You must have your cross-hair on or very near a player to target them. If you just swing your weapons at the ground you will not land any hits.
Try this.1 -
teladoy✭✭✭✭✭Tilleroeshi wrote: »If you can't land 4 Light Attacks then there is your problem.
I really don't understand why you think this skill is useless. You obviously have not tried it out enough . You may need to practice playing the game overall.
Here's a pro-tip:
You must have your cross-hair on or very near a player to target them. If you just swing your weapons at the ground you will not land any hits.
Try this.
Wow thanks for the tip lol
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The_Protagonist✭✭✭✭✭
✭how would it appear in a death recap?
I don't think I've ever seen: grim focus or assassin's will on a death recap...
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can be any enemy to proc, or, does it need to be a single target?
does it need to be 4 consecutive attacks - if not, does it automatically proc after any combination that includes 4 light/heavy attacks within a 20 second timeframe?
You have 20 seconds to use the skill. You used to have to recast the buff after you use the assasin't will proc, now you can use it as many times as you can get in 5 light attacks. They don't have to be consecutive either.
If you're on PC, I'd recommend using an addon called Action Duration Reminder. It also tracks how many "stacks" you have.
Thank you for sharing this addon, just installed it and will have a look at after work.0 -
Chelo✭✭✭✭✭
Who the hell will use it without insta-cast? Only newbies do that and they are usually easy to kill anyway...
Also in pvp, by the time someone land 1 Spectral Bow, a Sorc can already proc 2 CF just by luck...
Honestly 4 light attacks were the sweet spot for Merciless Resolve, not too much but neither too less. 5 light attacks is simply too much. Also 1 heavy attack with a Fire Staff count as 2 light attacks because it shot 2 fire balls, so you can do 2 heavy attacks and 1 light attack, it will count as 5 hits...1 -
Yamenstein✭✭✭✭✭I'm trying to play with my mageblade trying to use this skill in a similar way as I do with cristal fragments with my sorc, but it is damn difficult to trigger it.
Evasión, roll, hide, flee, etc, etc and etc. In comparison with cristal fragments that u only need to have some luck using any skill, land 5 autoattacks is a HELL.
I really don't know in which situation this skill is practical, but in pvp is waste of slot, even for the 8% more damage, since to use the skill is relatively something secondary expecting to use it.
Do you think it should be reworked?
Why are you rolling around ?
It actually procs when you perform 4 (5?) Light/heavy attacks.Crown Crates are a trap. Don't fall for the gamble! Balance? What Balance? Balance, smellance.
Necro for them RP feels.0 -
Olupajmibanan✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭I am not surprised that magblade isn't popular in PvE.
I like Grim Focus design, but that's because I have good internet connection and good PC.
First of all, Strife is so bad to weave with light attacks. I have all magicka characters and must say that Magblade is the hardest to play because it is based on how good your LA weaving is. Flame Lashes, Force Pulses even freaking Puncturing Sweeps are much easier to weave than Strife.
Secondly, even if you master LA weaving with Strife you can still fail because of bad internet connection or bad PC performance. This alone lowers yours dps by huge amount and on top of that you won't have many Assassin's Will procs to lower your dps even more.
As I said, I like Grim Focus design but anyways, I don't thing that spell based on how good your PC and internet connection is should not exist.Edited by Olupajmibanan on October 9, 2017 6:56AM0 -
Kalante✭✭✭✭✭
✭I'm trying to play with my mageblade trying to use this skill in a similar way as I do with cristal fragments with my sorc, but it is damn difficult to trigger it.
Evasión, roll, hide, flee, etc, etc and etc. In comparison with cristal fragments that u only need to have some luck using any skill, land 5 autoattacks is a HELL.
I really don't know in which situation this skill is practical, but in pvp is waste of slot, even for the 8% more damage, since to use the skill is relatively something secondary expecting to use it.
Do you think it should be reworked?
No. You are just bad.1 -
Mureel✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭Olupajmibanan wrote: »I am not surprised that magblade isn't popular in PvE.
I like Grim Focus design, but that's because I have good internet connection and good PC.
First of all, Strife is so bad to weave with light attacks. I have all magicka characters and must say that Magblade is the hardest to play because it is based on how good your LA weaving is. Flame Lashes, Force Pulses even freaking Puncturing Sweeps are much easier to weave than Strife.
Secondly, even if you master LA weaving with Strife you can still fail because of bad internet connection or bad PC performance. This alone lowers yours dps by huge amount and on top of that you won't have many Assassin's Will procs to lower your dps even more.
As I said, I like Grim Focus design but anyways, I don't thing that spell based on how good your PC and internet connection is should not exist.
So much this. Due to real life and the kids having many more school trips and expensive kit; I had to take a cheaper internet service. I've had to basically hang up my magblade for raiding. Ping and number of dropped packets is just too damn high.0
