SHOULD I LEARN THE CHAIN SPEAR TIGER (HEUKSAL 3 HIT COMBO)?

hwiggy · Post by **hwiggy** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 7:11 pm

I AM LVL 23 GLAVIE WITH FIRE EMBUE AND IM WONDERING IF I SHOULD UP TO THE 3 HITS COMBO (BY THE WAY IM PURE STR)....
HELP ME FAST!!! TY

SHOULD I STICK TO THE SOUL SPEAR MOVE AND THE GHOST SPEAR??

SuicideGrl · Post by **SuicideGrl** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 7:23 pm

i love soul and ghost spears. i used to use my combo like mad, but i actually just delvled it. but i'm an int hybrid, and it doesnt do the dmg i need at the lvl i had it at.

however, as a pure str user, your final combo move (at least the last one that's released at this point, i think 7 hits or something) is pretty goddamned devastating. it all depends on your style of play.

Kew · Post by **Kew** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 8:13 pm

chain tiger is doing more dmg then soul spear. great skill for pve
against giants i use an 'imbue-soul-chain-soul-ghost' combo. eats my mana but deals great dmg

Xenogrant · Post by **Xenogrant** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 9:55 pm

I thought that Str glaives were about slower big hits, rather than faster weaker ones. I've dismissed the chain series as for imbue spear users. How wrong was I?

SuicideGrl · Post by **SuicideGrl** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 11:13 pm

chain does more dmg in book one. sould PWNTS it in book2.

Kew · Post by **Kew** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 5:30 pm

the first book of chain tiger is a 3 hit combo. its doing dmg like 75-100-200 (random numbers). it costs you the same ammount of mana then the lvl9 soul spear and its doing a bit more dmg (they are same level skills).
since it hits 3 times and its doing this fast, its a good way to get the mob affected by your imbue

woutR · Post by **woutR** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 5:59 pm

I got it but I don't use it anymore

Black_Mamba · Post by **Black_Mamba** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 6:08 pm

I kill my monsters with spear throw/fire and then chain tiger, the 2nd soul spear book has a slow recovery so it's best to save that as your finishing move, it's good for the giants though.

Ricco · Post by **Ricco** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 6:45 pm

Wow, i think u should remove the caps button..
That chain spear tiger skill is a must imo.
I used it all the time.. The 2nd and 3rd booking are really nice

Demarthl · Post by **Demarthl** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 7:00 pm

Sui is right, at lower levels chain spear is great, but once you get to 40+ it just doesn't cop it.

my combo of spear attacks is usually;

soul spear book 2
soul spear book 1
soul spear book 2

yes you can use them liek that, and without lagging you can fit three into one book, it kapwns the socks off orange mobs xP

Moogie · Post by **Moogie** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 11:43 am

I made a point to level Chain Spear fully as I grew in strength, but gradually began neglecting it as its damage started to dip below my other, more powerful skills. However, I underestimated its value. I shall try to explain.

This skill is 3 consecutive hits combined into a single skill. The damage done is something like 125% 100% 75% standard attack power respectively. While it is weaker than many other skills of the same level, the great advantage of this skill is its speed and recovery time. Using the chain gives you an immediate hit right after you finish the last attack, which faster than using two other skills one after another.

To take Demarthl's example, Book 2 of Soul Spear is the one where you jump up and slam the spear down, and obviously Book 1 is the big sweeping hit. Both take rather long, and when used in sequence, you will be hitting once every every 2 seconds or so.

But if you were to use Chain Tiger, you get three hits (remember that each hit has a normal chance to critical individually) which total to around 80% the damage done by the Soul Spear book 2. Follow that up with a Ghost-Spear spin that does instant damage and you've done around 75-80% of the damage a Soul Spear combo does, approximately one second faster.

Doesn't sound much, does it. But when you're out grinding and doing the same combo over and over, those little seconds add up. Or if you're wailing on a Unique, or fighting for your life against another player, a second may mean the difference between getting your name up on the server and surviving your PvP encounter.

jace · Post by **jace** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 1:35 am

my question will fit in nicley here,
how about a full int user?
worth the combo moves, or should jsut stop spearmanship lvling at 20 and focus on nukes?

Black_Mamba · Post by **Black_Mamba** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 7:33 am

soul spear book 2
soul spear book 1
soul spear book 2

Don't you find the recovery time to be a bit slow on book 2 though, to me it seems more like a finishing move for taking down the last 1/3 off them.

yes you can use them like that, and without lagging you can fit three into one book,

I didn't really understand that bit, what does it mean? Do you mean one book as in the line of skills at the bottom of the screen?