Duality

[Ryaz]

Been leveling my ninja and I'm just about to pick up Duality, but I'm bit confused on how it works exactly. After some quick searches on the net, I've seen mixed opinions.

I know it only applies to weapon skills. And judging from the tooltip, it applies the extra combo bonus on just the first attack, meaning that the extra damage amounts to 100 potency on most skills and 150 for Spinning Edge, either no chance of a crit? If so, the ability seems a bit lackluster, especially given its somewhat long cooldown. How is it in practice?

[Starkbeaumont]

addional effects like slashing debuff oder armor crush extending huton won't apply, combo bonus still works. in the end it's just extra damage. nothing special

[Alaltus]

I macro'd it into Aeolian Edge, not sure that is the best thing to do but not really any space for it on my cross hot bar.

[Ryaz]

Ok, thanks. It definitely seems like just another button to press for some minor burst damage. I suppose it's more useful in PvP than PvE.

[DarkerOrange]

Duality doubles the damage from the next single target weapon skill you use it with. Say Aeolian Edge does 2000 damage on a normal hit, when used with duality it will now do 2000 damage twice, for a total of 4000. It is an amazing skill.

[Ilan]

Duality has only one use and thats Aeolian Edge. For any other skill it is just a waste. And please don't play Ninja with macros. <.<

[Malicewolf]

It's nothing super special by any means, but it's a good amount of extra damage if you have your buffs up and positional's correct. You should really only be using it with aeolian edge. I usually pop it while the vuln is in effect with trick attack. You can't get crits with it, but the base damage is still pretty good.

[ThirdChild_ZKI]

I macro'd it into Aeolian Edge, not sure that is the best thing to do but not really any space for it on my cross hot bar.

I did the very same. And as it was said that's the only thing it's really useful with, macroing it is fine. Don't buy into the "macros are bad and you're bad if you use them" bit. It beats trying to sacrifice other useful skills on a hotbar, or creating an overly complicated setup.

[DarkerOrange]

No. DPS macros are bad, and you are bad if you use them. It is commonly said for a reason.

[MagiusNecros]

No. DPS macros are bad, and you are bad if you use them. It is commonly said for a reason.

I have macro's for AM(BLM Teleport) and Shukuchi. I must be bad. Not to mention combining Jug, Mug, and DWaD all into one button since they line up together well.

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That said, Duality is pretty much the Bard's Barrage skill with no trait. A shame that it isn't a 10 second buff to let all ST WS hit twice within that duration. But since it isn't it's kinda crappy IMO. It's okay but definitely just a copy paste skill.