Fist of Lightning

Not sure if this has been mentioned but I'd like to propose a new temp stance which would somewhat medicate loss of GL stacks through phase change or other mechanics.

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Fists of Lightning:
Increases attack speed by 10%
Duration 10 seconds
Can only be used immediately after losing the effect of GL III

Fists of Lightning. Damage against snow +20%

I would like to add Fist of the North Star; protects from water damage and ignores skin.

Fist of Parkay: Smooth like butter, but less transfat

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Originally Posted by OPneedNerfs

Fists of Lightning. Damage against snow +20%

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I had to think about this for a second. The first thing that came into my mind was literally punching snow mounds. Both are pretty hilarious really.

In all seriousness, if they were to add another Fist technique to aid GL attacks, itd probably decrease attack by 50% to refresh the GL timer. Would be more fair as a non-toggleable skill, and last as long as a GL duration

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Originally Posted by MrDiezel

In all seriousness, if they were to add another Fist technique to aid GL attacks, itd probably decrease attack by 50% to refresh the GL timer.

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Not really following your thought process considering it would be used to make GL stack building faster.

edit: And why would a stance that reduced attack potency by 50% be viable at all?

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Originally Posted by OPneedNerfs

Fists of Lightning. Damage against snow +20%

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Originally Posted by Massterchef

Not really following your thought process considering it would be used to make GL stack building faster.

edit: And why would a stance that reduced attack potency by 50% be viable at all?

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Perfect example: Primal Jump phases. Use "Fists of Lightning" when your GL timer is about to run out if you have no targets to reset you combo. Youll have another 15 seconds added on to your current GL stacks so that you can maintain it through these phases.

I feel the -50% damage is fair since it'll only last for so long, and GL3 is still maintained

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Originally Posted by OPneedNerfs

Fists of Lightning. Damage against snow +20%

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Originally Posted by MrDiezel

Perfect example: Primal Jump phases. Use "Fists of Lightning" when your GL timer is about to run out if you have no targets to reset you combo. Youll have another 15 seconds added on to your current GL stacks so that you can maintain it through these phases.

I feel the -50% damage is fair since it'll only last for so long, and GL3 is still maintained

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-50% potency for all skills for 15s would yield lower dps than just having to rebuild stacks regularly which defeats the purpose of using the stance.

Why not Fists of Fury!? ;p

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Originally Posted by Massterchef

-50% potency for all skills for 15s would yield lower dps than just having to rebuild stacks regularly which defeats the purpose of using the stance.

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Sure, if you time the skill wrong. Use it wisely during a dead phase and you'll have maybe 5 seconds of the damage debuff. But this is different for every fight. Its not an "oh duh panic" skill, its strategic

Granted, 15 secs would be a bit long. (Cant edit on phone)

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Originally Posted by Massterchef

-50% potency for all skills for 15s would yield lower dps than just having to rebuild stacks regularly which defeats the purpose of using the stance.

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Sure, if you time the skill wrong. Use it wisely during a dead phase and you'll have maybe 5 seconds of the damage debuff. But this is different for every fight. Its not an "oh duh panic" skill, its strategic

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Originally Posted by MrDiezel

Sure, if you time the skill wrong. Use it wisely during a dead phase and you'll have maybe 5 seconds of the damage debuff. But this is different for every fight. Its not an "oh duh panic" skill, its strategic

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Popping a stance to have it sit idle for 10s isn't exactly what I'd consider a useful stance even if used strategically, and the only place it'd really be viable is during Twin. I'd rather build stacks on my own with an attack speed boost, than have a stance automatically put me at 3 stacks with no effort.