RDM's move set is partially based on real-life fencing, and in fencing the Fleche technique requires you to rush your opponent with your foil thrust out in front of you for a quick and surprising hit. Like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfGaUf7e3GQ
Currently Fleche is oGCD ranged physical damage that does not move the player. Corps-a-corps on the other hand does exactly what Fleche does in real fencing.
I'm proposing that the names of both abilities be swapped, possibly with Corps-a-corps being renamed altogether. Fleche would have 2 charges and rush the target, while Corps-a-corps would be oGCD ranged damage. I understand this would require a lot to do, but the names of these abilities have always irritated me and I have wanted to make this suggestion for a while.
Swap names of Fleche and Corps-a-corps for RDM
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04-29-2023, 06:48 AMRygentSwap names of Fleche and Corps-a-corps for RDM
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04-29-2023, 03:23 PMRongwayBut is marking your target with a laser and then lunging at them more surprising than a bunch of magic swords flying out from behind them and stabbing you from multiple directions?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rygent
Joking aside, it's called "Fleche" because it's a Magic Missile spell.
RDM's gap closer is not a flèche. Refering back to the same video you linked, notice that in a flèche the non-sword foot is forward. Also, the initial motions of a flèche extend the sword arm forward and the non-sword arm back. While it's true that RDM begins Corps-a-corps by putting the non-sword foot forward, the sword arm drops back as the non-sword arm lasers the target.
https://i.imgur.com/Ls5TzQe.png
Also, the final position of the Corps-a-corps movement has the sword foot forward.
https://i.imgur.com/pVlWwk8.png
If anything, Flunge (flying lunge) may be the most appropriate name for RDM's gap closer, as it is literally a flying maneuver that ends in a lunge.