Heavy Strike
Bump for Knockback removal. I usually don't stuck enemies inside wall ( not as often as frost wall do ) but my real dps is far less than the 10k of tooltip because of the hit-knockback-walk-hit vicious cycle...
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remove knockback
IGN: IgnitedWafflez
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Any word on if this skill will be getting reworked or adjusted in any way?
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:( I was hoping for some changes to this skill with the new release. Looks like there still aren't any. Bummer. Oh well. I was hoping for a tweak with the knockback especially, as do many others it seems. GGG, please do something about this! For science!
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" +1. And it leads to massive desync. If a mechanic is broken, why would you keep it in the game? 3.5 build: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2299519
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I will also join the chorus asking for Knockback to be removed.
I like this skill, I really do. I have a two-handed mace-wielding, Stun-emphasising Marauder and this is the best single-target skill for the job. Heck, it is a good skill for any melee build, but particularly attractive to me ;) The Knockback is a really jarring mechanic, however. Knockback is not a good mechanic on melee attacks. Look at Sacred Underworld. Combat Kick was widely regarded as a terrible combat art, because melee knockback was just not useful. The skill has Reduced Stun Threshold, so is already has a hard control element to it. A soft control element, like Knockback, is even more useless in this situation. All it does is force me chase a mob up and down a room until they die, which is not fun. If it has to have any kind of additional effect (and, honestly, I do not think it does) why not something unique to the skill? For example, Puncture provides the fairly unique bleed mechanic, for a Physical DoT. How about Heavy Strike degrades armour, has a percentage of the damage penetrate energy shield, or some other mechanic that complements the skill? While I appreciate the concept of a skill that hits so hard it knocks the mob backward, it detracts from what is otherwise a great skill. |
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I'm reasonably certain without knowback it'd either have 140% damage efficiency, tops, or no stun bonus.
Knockback seems like a mechanic to reduce the skills efficiency. Zaanus:
Global chat: Mechanics for A work one way, B for another, C for a third but also with A, B uses C but not A, and D uses A&B but not C ___ Isn't a "no" better than an ignore? |
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Yeah, knockback should be removed, or turned into quality bonus. Those, who want knockback, will use use quality gem, who dont - nonquality. It's like Lightning Strike & pierce. Some want pierce, other dont (using chain & Mjolner, for example).
IGN: MortalKombat
Molten Strike build guide: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1346504 There is no knowledge That is not power |
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Keep knockback. Do not boof.
The skill is interesting with knockback. Removing it would therefore be a worse design. [1] And sure as hell would render all the other melee attacks into relative doo-doo. [1] Sure as hell nothing is quite as satisfying as setting a boss against a wall and pounding the guy brutally with stun lock. It really makes you feel like a monster. Last edited by LimitedRooster on Nov 23, 2014, 6:04:58 PM
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I agree with everybody saying it must be reworked. How about replacing knockback with a long-range splash so it will hit all mobs in a line in front of you?
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