Maelstrom and Master Inquiry

Stormshadowonesixty · January 2019

quick question
Can i use the Cruel Flurry set and the stinging slashes set like this?

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HA-Flurry-Swap- Rending slashes
would the bonus from the cruel flurry set carry over when I switch to my stinging slashes set?

TheYKcid · January 2019

It does carry-over.

Cruel Flurry places a unique 10 second buff on you, which will then affect the next relevant ability regardless of which bar you're on.

Do note that you need to channel Flurry to completion, or you will not gain the buff.

Seenoevil · January 2019

If you can resist using poison injection( this is a known bug it swallows the buff) run toxic barrage as your ulti... not even funny how powerful that thing is.... quiet disgusting actually

John_Falstaff · January 2019

@Seenoevil , the bug with only first tick of PI buffed by Cruel Flurry was fixed in Summerset update, I believe. Same with other similar bugs (where it was consumed by bleed ticks from TBaB and poisons, or generally non-abilities).

I think that by now, the only bug Cruel Flurry has is that Rearming Trap's second half (after rearm) isn't buffed.

Seenoevil · January 2019

John_Falstaff wrote: »

@Seenoevil , the bug with only first tick of PI buffed by Cruel Flurry was fixed in Summerset update, I believe. Same with other similar bugs (where it was consumed by bleed ticks from TBaB and poisons, or generally non-abilities).

I think that by now, the only bug Cruel Flurry has is that Rearming Trap's second half (after rearm) isn't buffed.

Honestly I had no idea this was fixed.... I set up a build on a nb before running maelstrom Dw on the back bar, 5 pcs marksman and 5 pcs morag tong on the front with skorias, the hate mail I received wasn't worth running the build after a while lethal arrow>barswap>LA>flurry>barswap> toxic barrage, stupidly disgusting

John_Falstaff · January 2019

Seenoevil wrote: »

Honestly I had no idea this was fixed.... I set up a build on a nb before running maelstrom Dw on the back bar, 5 pcs marksman and 5 pcs morag tong on the front with skorias, the hate mail I received wasn't worth running the build after a while lethal arrow>barswap>LA>flurry>barswap> toxic barrage, stupidly disgusting

I guess it's handy for buffing PI as well now. ^^ But yes, from Summerset patch notes:

PC/Mac Patch Notes v4.0.5 - Summerset & Update 18 wrote:

Item Sets
Cruel Flurry: This item set now only works on damage over time abilities you cast from your bar, and not damage over time procs such as Twin Blade and Blunt.

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Cruel Flurry: Fixed an issue where this item set’s bonus was being consumed by the Poison Injection morph but was not actually benefiting from it.

Apparently it's also good to run in PvE on front bar now, at least Xynode's Infused DK build uses it (without monster set) for good results. I do have couple of vMA DW sets lying around and do intend on trying out.

Stormshadowonesixty · January 2019

So if i used cruel flurry
Would that buff my rending slashes on my other bar using Stinging slashes?
So i would have cruel flurry on one bar and then stinging slashes on the other bar?
And I can stack the cruel flurry buff with my rending slashes and then have my stinging slashes buff my rending slashes as well?
So can i have both weapon set DVSA and VMA buff stack on my rending slashes? That is my real question here...

BadShogun · January 2019

Stormshadowonesixty wrote: »

So if i used cruel flurry
Would that buff my rending slashes on my other bar using Stinging slashes?
So i would have cruel flurry on one bar and then stinging slashes on the other bar?
And I can stack the cruel flurry buff with my rending slashes and then have my stinging slashes buff my rending slashes as well?
So can i have both weapon set DVSA and VMA buff stack on my rending slashes? That is my real question here...

Yes.

Seenoevil · January 2019

Stormshadowonesixty wrote: »

So if i used cruel flurry
Would that buff my rending slashes on my other bar using Stinging slashes?
So i would have cruel flurry on one bar and then stinging slashes on the other bar?
And I can stack the cruel flurry buff with my rending slashes and then have my stinging slashes buff my rending slashes as well?
So can i have both weapon set DVSA and VMA buff stack on my rending slashes? That is my real question here...

Assuming your plan is to back barmaster axes and front bar the maelstrom Dw??

Could run that with 5 pcs bloodrinker for 1 hell of a bleed tick tooltip probably reach around a 30k+ rending..could even throw in skorias(procs off flurry

) agility jewellery throw in some double dot poisons that would be a very universal build and stupidly powerful khajit nightblade would be best imo stack a load of cp into crit damage and befoul run thief or shadow,
Simple rotation as well...

Buff up, Ambush, LA, flurry, barswap, rend, barswap, LA, incap, followed by more flurrys or you flavour of execute
Pressure from poisons, skorias, rending, twin blade and blunt, would be a nightmare to deal with especially if you get the magic and everything hits and everything procs the extra 20% damage would just be overkill

Just realised I need to make this build and try it out for myself lol

Romilly · September 2019

Sorry to Necro this thread - I just got Stinging Slashes and had Cruel Flurry already. I was thinking the same thing Blooddrinker, Agility, Monster Helm of some kind. However, I think putting them on a DK would be best, as you can also slot Noxious Breathe and Venomous Claw, + (Barbed Trap and Soul Trap). That 5 dots to be buffed by 2 x cruel flurry rotations? There's also Pillar o Nirn that'd add a bleed, but hard to tell if Skoria or something would be better.

Is there a class with more bleeds?

Joosef_Kivikilpi · September 2019

Blooddrinker and Deadly Strike, no monster set, Master and Maelstrom dual wield. Necromancer for 10% dot damage. Nightblade for 20% damage buff ult. DK for Standard 15% damage increase. You can do nasty stuff with any class.