Power Extraction for stamblade?

SinisterG · April 2018

to my stamblade friends, do you guys use power extraction in any of your setups? if so. what are the best scenarios to use it, and if not, were do you get your major brutality from?

Apache_Kid · April 2018

I do not use it on my stamblade. I get Major Brutality from pots in PvE or Rally in PvP.

kylewwefan · April 2018

Good for pugging random normals using trash pots.

For vet stuff, essence of weapon power.

No good in PvP cause have to hit something to buff up,

JerryAlder · April 2018

Hi sinister!

In pve you get major brutality from the weapon power potions which you should use in all content except like random pledges and such. In these scenarios you can use power extraction to gain major brutality but you will lose a skill in the front bar and as you are not using potions you also need to slot evil hunter (no morph needed) which gives you passively major savagery.

So basically what I do when I run non-dlc pledges and don't want to spend money my front bar has Suprise attack/Power extraction/evil hunter/Relentless focus/killers blade

This will drastically lose you dps as you lose the skills and you need to cast this unefficient skill. In my experience you lose some 10k dps with this setup but with that said if you are a good player damage is still very good for easy and not try hard stuff.

In pvp you get brutality from two handed skill rally (momentum morph) and power extraction has no use. Maybe if u run some weird build without 2h. dunno.

Hope this answers your question!

//JerryAlder

Lightspeedflashb14_ESO · April 2018

I use it over steel tornado, it is cheaper, both in stam and the fact you don't need to use expensive pots.

In terms of damage, the max steel tornado I have seen on my build is ~20k, the max power extraction is around 16k.

usmcjdking · April 2018

It only really shines with 2H stambalde in PVE IMO. Followup + Power Extraction is really solid damage.

Sparr0w · April 2018

Just use it for non-serious content where you'll be using trash pots over weap power pots. Can also use it for an AoE I guess but it's not as strong as steel nado.

I suppose hidden blade is a better alternative than this as you can cast it from a distance and still get the buff (if you're just using it for the buff).

Jeezye · April 2018

theres a huge thread discussing how to change power extraction to make it more viable, check it out

Kelces · April 2018

I always viewed it as an alternative to steel tornado, when running a weapon combo without dual wield.

NyassaV · April 2018

Power Extraction is literaly the worst AoE damage skill in the game. I don't count pulsar as the worst because it has Destro passives

Koensol · April 2018

Kelces wrote: »

I always viewed it as an alternative to steel tornado, when running a weapon combo without dual wield.

I used to use it on my 2h stamblade, but once I got the master 2h and used brawler for my AoE spammable, I never looked back. The AoE from that is insane.