Blade Flurry
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| Blade Flurry | |
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| Usable by | |
| Class | Rogue |
| Properties | |
| Type | Offensive |
| School | Physical |
| Cooldown | 2 min |
| Talents | |
| Talented | Yes |
| Talent tree | Combat |
| Other information | |
| Ranks | 1 |
| Related buff | |
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- A grip change on the handle, an extra burst of force, and you'll think this dagger can hit you from the other side of hell.
Blade Flurry is an ability available as a 5th rank talent in the Combat tree, requiring 20 points in Combat. It increases the rogue's attack speed for a short period of time, and all attacks (including white damage) strike an additional nearby opponent.
Limitations
- Breaks Stealth
- If the attack on the primary target deals a critical hit, the replicated damage on the secondary target is also a critical. However, the armor rating of the second target will mitigate the damage.
- Attacks like Gouge and Kidney Shot will deal damage to the second opponent, but without replicating the stun effect.
Improvements
Glyph of Blade Flurry reduces its Energy cost by 100%, allowing you to activate it without regard to how much Energy you have.
Tips and Tactics
Blade Flurry's damage advantage lies in the attack speed increase, which stacks with Slice and Dice and the Troll's racial ability Berserking.
In order to significantly increase your damage, use Blade Flurry as often as you can, and don't worry about needing another mob nearby to improve your DPS.
Not recommended for use in tight places where fragile crowd control is in effect (Saps, Polymorphs, etc).
Blade Flurry is no longer the only rogue ability to hit multiple targets, with the implantation of Fan of Knives, but it is still a useful skill to have. Also it should be said that Blade Flurry is the only rogue move before level 80 to hit multiple targets. (Note that Rogues can use AOE items such as explosives, Stratholme Holy Water for undead, and so on.) Even when there is not a second target in range, the increased attack speed can be a DPS booster in boss fights.
Use caution when popping Blade Flurry at the beginning of a combat, when there is another mob in range. You may easily overaggro this way. Often it's better to wait a few seconds before popping the Blade Flurry, so that Tanks can get some threat.
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