Quote Originally Posted by Shurrikhan View Post
Personally, I usually just Corps-a-Corps and Displacement on CD for the free oGCD damage, and try to ensure they've just been used before Manafication's refresh to each, so they've never really struck me as necessary book-ends to the melee combo. The main oddity to me is just that it feels like it might as well all just be Flare or any other ranged finisher, except that we're spending 1.8 GCDs prior via instant melee range skills prior. As both resource generation and spenders, especially, are so one-dimensional, nothing about it feels different or even like it needs the sword, even when slashing people with it. It just feels ornamental.
Yeah, I was just using the Corps-a-corps as a sort of 'simplistic short hand' for a combo that I figured we all understood. Although Displacement into the Ver-finisher just feels sooooo gooood.

I do see what you mean there, but there's only so many ways you can do 'damage' before they become redundant. Having a melee combo powered by ranged spell slinging is at least somewhat unique. Also take a look at my other comment to Firestar, I do mention in there why I think the melee combo is so linear and simplistic.