Question about Devastate

lebatt · 11-19-2007, 05:17 PM

Ok I just received the skill yesterday.

I had a chance to try it once and then had to go to bed.
I had 2 mobs around me and i tried to use it, it said select mob. so i selected one of them and used it.
Only one was stunned and the other remained un hit. How come?
is there a special way to use it?

Please help elaborate on this.

Also did you invest any points into this skill?

Cooldown? buff time? dmg?

rokaraged · 11-19-2007, 05:48 PM

Devastate is a SEMI CIRCLE (half a circle) attack infront of you

Either
1. The monster was probably behind you which probably the most likely
2. the monster was too far off from the attack range...which is pretty unlikely

**Icy** · 11-19-2007, 07:14 PM

Originally Posted by lebatt

Also did you invest any points into this skill?

Cooldown? buff time? dmg?

Cooldown *tick*
Stun length *tick*
Comes very handy in PvP.

rokaraged · 11-19-2007, 08:16 PM

Damage is pretty good investment too..since the power of deva is not very far from powerhit..

**Icy** · 11-19-2007, 08:21 PM

Originally Posted by rokaraged

Damage is pretty good investment too..since the power of deva is not very far from powerhit..

Yep yep, this is probably the best skill to invest points in. The later 1vMany 'crowd control' Whirlwind has such a long cooldown timer =/ (Don't most of the later attack skills too

)

AngellicDiety · 11-19-2007, 09:41 PM

Originally Posted by Icy

Yep yep, this is probably the best skill to invest points in. The later 1vMany 'crowd control' Whirlwind has such a long cooldown timer =/ (Don't most of the later attack skills too

)

Powerhit is the best to invest points in. Power, Cooldown, and SP Consumption. It has a 6 second cooltime which is considerably better than devastate. At level 5 Power Hit its I believe 600~800 addition + 350ish for power enhancement. The power bonus increases as the levels progress so by level 80 you have a nice technique that you can use every 4.8 seconds with comparatively small sp-consumption that deals 1000 ~ 1300 damage base plus a very large power bonus.

Lackluster · 11-19-2007, 10:41 PM

Is devastate for 2h weapons only? D:

**Icy** · 11-19-2007, 11:32 PM

Originally Posted by AngellicDiety

Powerhit is the best to invest points in. Power, Cooldown, and SP Consumption. It has a 6 second cooltime which is considerably better than devastate. At level 5 Power Hit its I believe 600~800 addition + 350ish for power enhancement. The power bonus increases as the levels progress so by level 80 you have a nice technique that you can use every 4.8 seconds with comparatively small sp-consumption that deals 1000 ~ 1300 damage base plus a very large power bonus.

(Power hit can't stun. Power hit can't damage and stun more than one target. When you're tanking a group of mobs/clerics, what would you rather use.)