Skill Reveal - Lacerate

I dont see the blast rain comparison...

whats the best way to make melee viable? make it ranged melee, of course!

lol.

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Wazz72 wrote:

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gickul wrote:

At least give the skill some bleed effect , like 20% .
That's what lacerating means ( pained; wounded; tortured ) :)))
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/lacerated

My thought exactly when I read the skill's name! Should apply some bleed/chance to bleed ...

+1

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DrazyHaze wrote:

Pretty cool skill. So, am I getting this right, new patch is coming tomorrow?

Nop, it's only the announcement/spoiler of the next league.

WTB Whirling blades MTX $$$$$$$$$

What's the point of releasing a new skill when it's not different enough from older skills?

I mean, you could have just reworked double strike -> since nobody uses it and the theme is the EXACT SAME.

Just seems stupid to have a skill called double strike: you hit twice.
And then have a skill called lacerate: you hit twice. But, wait wait, it has abit of AoE now.

Mind = blown

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sephrinx wrote:

The sound effect is very weird to me.

It should have a "slashy" kinda sound, rather than a "thump." But thats jsut my opinion. Looks neat

Agree it sounds weird

If you'e going to call it Lacerate then maybe give it some sort of bleed chance? -looks at other posts- Yup, several other people seem to be having the same thought.

That would make it at least a little more distinct from Cleave and Reave. Not much, but something to build around a bit especially considering the bleed stuff in Duelist.


Speaking of, does GGG have any news on making bleeds more interesting? Obviously having them stack like poisons do would be a very bad idea until the double-dipping can be fixed, but what about something like having a melee attack instantly add one of the bleed's damage ticks to it then lower the bleed's time itself by that tick?

HOw is this a lacerate? I was totally expecting some sort of bleeding mechanic, not a wind slash. WHy not call it wind slash?

So why would anyone want to use this when Blast Rain can do the same thing, only better, from far away?