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Class
Weapons
Skullcrusher
Target receives 4 Stack(s) of +10% Damage if already Staggered. Lasts 5s.
Thunderstrike
Target receives 4 Stack(s) of +10% Impact if already Staggered. Lasts 5s.
Surgical
+10% Critical Chance for every 0.2 second while aiming. Stacks 10 times. Discharges all stacks upon firing.
Pierce
Special Attacks gain +25% Stagger and ignore Hit Mass Bonus from Armour.
Curios
+13-17% Toughness
+13-17% Toughness
+13-17% Toughness
Talent Tree
Description
Trying out something different here. Since shield pushes are much stronger and reach much farther, I was curious to the effects of adding Thunderstrike to the fray, and it looks like it worked relatively okay, though you still have to watch out when going against a crusher pack.
The primary combo to deal with armored elite packs is:
Heavy 1 -> Push -> Heavy 1
Single target combo is:
Push Attack -> Light -> Light -> Light -> Heavy
Push Attack -> Light -> Heavy
To deal with unarmored elite packs and mixed hordes:
Heavy 1 -> Push -> Heavy 1
To deal with pure hordes:
Light 1 -> Heavy 2
The light attacks of the shield are unfortnately too slow and weak to do anything.
The reason why the push is being used in the combo, especially against armored elite packs, it's because the push kind of "cleaves" through the whole gorup of enemies around you, including going past carapace. This ensures that you maintain the max stack uptime of Skullcrusher, Thunderstrike, and Brutish Strength, as well as keeping Hard Knocks and Soften Them Up up, all at the same time with just one combo. This means they're both weaker and easier to crowd control the whole time.
The video demonstrates what the primary Heavy 1 -> Push -> Heavy 1 combo.
Video
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