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obsoletecaffeine#0142 wrote:

It does, Boneshatter sucks once you pick up Crushing Impacts. You can use any other skill instead though, and it will do stun build-up + heavy stun as long as it hits (which is most warrior skills). You can use Leap Slam which inherently does better damage, for instance.

Does it? Leap Slam gets 180% attack dmg, Primed Bone Shatter gets 410%.

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Caldeyr#6444 wrote:

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obsoletecaffeine#0142 wrote:

It does, Boneshatter sucks once you pick up Crushing Impacts. You can use any other skill instead though, and it will do stun build-up + heavy stun as long as it hits (which is most warrior skills). You can use Leap Slam which inherently does better damage, for instance.

Does it? Leap Slam gets 180% attack dmg, Primed Bone Shatter gets 410%.

How did you get 410%? I don't have anywhere near that number.

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obsoletecaffeine#0142 wrote:

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Caldeyr#6444 wrote:

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obsoletecaffeine#0142 wrote:

It does, Boneshatter sucks once you pick up Crushing Impacts. You can use any other skill instead though, and it will do stun build-up + heavy stun as long as it hits (which is most warrior skills). You can use Leap Slam which inherently does better damage, for instance.

Does it? Leap Slam gets 180% attack dmg, Primed Bone Shatter gets 410%.

How did you get 410%? I don't have anywhere near that number.

Are you checking the Shockwave? Initial Strike for Boneshatter is at 164% but Shockwave at 410%
Boneshatter is lvl 7

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Caldeyr#6444 wrote:

Are you checking the Shockwave? Initial Strike for Boneshatter is at 164% but Shockwave at 410%
Boneshatter is lvl 7

I was looking at the skill menu, not at the gem description, my bad. The shockwave's dps isn't as high as regular attacks, at least for me (boneshatter is lv 8) and I don't really feel like I need that much power for mob packs compared to how convenient it is to trigger heavy stun with any skill. I'll get rid of crushing impact and give boneshatter another try though.

I am having trouble running warrior against bosses at the moment. Even after getting good gear I seem to not do enough damage to bosses fast enough before they recover. Should I be using 2hand or 1hand and shield?

I unspecced Crushing Impacts because Boneshatter is my main source of clearing packs of enemies. It deals a ton of dmg, has a good aoe and can be rapidly used. Usually I use leap slam or simply a basic attack to get one enemy primed for stun and then Boneshatter to (usually) clear the whole pack. If some survive I can often simply Boneshatter one of them too which clears the rest. It's super fast and fun.
Against bosses I simply use basic attack (using a two hander) until primed, then Boneshatter for the heavy stun, then Warcry and then a Perfect Strike. This absolutely deletes bosses.
Once I have the support gem that triggers explosions on heavy stun I will try to specc Crushing Impacts again and see how it goes.

I wish I could use Crushing Impacts together with Boneshatter. It feels really stupid that skilling stun stuff in the ascendancy removes one of your best skills...

Currently slowly phasing out Boneshatter with Perfect Strike for damage both group and single target.
Working well so far but hoping it will pop once I've made my way to Overheating Blow.

Everyone here is having good luck with leap slam but I cannot seem to figure it out. My leap seems to be consuming the stun, I prime them up with armor break, leap on them, and they tumble back with their stun bar draining. So I'm never seeing the stun primed marker.

I only seem to get the random proc primed for stuns that are based on hit damage. I do not have any ascendancy points yet, I do not have crushing blows.

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admo#2093 wrote:

Everyone here is having good luck with leap slam but I cannot seem to figure it out. My leap seems to be consuming the stun, I prime them up with armor break, leap on them, and they tumble back with their stun bar draining. So I'm never seeing the stun primed marker.

I only seem to get the random proc primed for stuns that are based on hit damage. I do not have any ascendancy points yet, I do not have crushing blows.

You might have too much stun build-up for the mobs you're fighting. Do you have overpower or something on your Leap?

Yeah I have some big supports in leap slam to try and enable boneshatter. If the result here is that any attack which fills the stun bar immediately consumes the stun then that seems not great. That would mean I can only use boneshatter on random procs of primed for stun and have to ignore trying to fill the bar?

edit: I also had the stun consume on leap occur on a boss, the kind where it takes multiple armor broken leap slams to stun them. On one of the three leaps they immediately got heavy stunned by the leap slam.