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Bladestorm/sweeping strikes
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Kyojen
I've never actually payed attention... but no, I don't think Sweeping Strikes affects Bladestorm, since Sweeping Strikes was designed for single target attacks or melee swings, with the exception of Rend.
I prefer to save it for after Bladestorm anyways, since 80% of the time, Sudden Death will have procced during Bladestorm.
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kemikalkadet
If you're bladestorming one target it won't use up the sweeping strikes charges, so no it's useless say vs. a boss. It does work if there's 2 or more opponents though. Each hit of bldestorm will cause a sweeping strikes hit against the other mob/player effectively for double damage.
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Malekith
I know you were asking about PvE DPS, but they both definately work together. Nicely, at that. Especially in PvP. That burst (if you gather two opponents together) can help a hell of a lot in arena as well, as it can leave you time to switch targets and cause confusion for the opposing healer.
In PvE though, it does incredible damage against two or more targets, and in AoE packs as well. In AoE packs however, Sweeping Strikes will only have the effect for one spin and one swing from the next spin - as people have stated above, each number caused by Bladestorm consumes a charge of Sweeping Strikes.
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Timmeh
In this thread: clueless people.
You should NOT combine sweeping strikes and bladestorm in PvE, even on multi-mob pulls. It works, but not as you may think it would. Imagine you had one charge of bladestorm left (for simplicity with this example). You hit bladestorm against 4 mobs named A - D. Each mob is hit for 4000 damage. Mob B then takes an additional hit of 4000 based on the damage you did to mob A. So the final damage would look like:
A = 4000
B = 8000
C = 4000
D = 4000
If you do it, it'll eat your charges in seconds and do very little damage compared to if you used it just during your normal rotation (preferably when your ArP trinket procs).
Post by
Olthoi
In 2s, get MS on both enemies, pop sweeping strikes, bladestorm.
15 hits in 5 seconds = win.
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SignupSucks
If it eats up your charges faster, that means you're doing more damage faster. Isn't that the definition of increasing dps? I agree, however, that you should try to use it when your ArP trinket procs.
Not really, because you still only get X number of extra hits per use of Sweeping Strikes. You spike higher, but overall damage output remains the same, as long as every activation of Sweeping Strikes consumes all charges. There is some variance through multiplication factors when dealing with short term buffs like trinket procs, but the premise is overall true.
Personally, for the cost, Sweeping Strikes is pretty pansy. I'd like to see it do one of the following: increase haste (like the rogue Blade Fury talent, possibly as a second effect as otherwise the haste will fade when all charges are consumed); fixed duration (e.g. no charges) but no haste component; or maintain charges and no haste bonus, but have it strike all viable targets instead of just one.
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