Smite Shield 12/21/2015 09:19 AM CST
Really love being able to slam with an arm-worn shield. Thanks again! Semi-relevant... Just want to show my appreciation for a great change.

On the topic of smite, can it be expanded to work with shields as well as weapons, held or arm-worn, perhaps with a greater bonus for the former? Alternatively, I can see it working like an attack with both weapon and shield for normal attack RT or 1 second over. There's something I really enjoy about being able to attack with shields in games where sword-and-board is an option.

Smite still really needs a buff. It's still really weak for a special ability. Most of the time, it doesn't even result in different hit messaging over a slice. I'd rather have something that does a higher level or two damage messaging on average (e.g., a hard hit instead of a good hit slice) on a usage timer so someone doesn't just smite, smite, smite.
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Re: Smite Shield 12/21/2015 10:17 AM CST
Would be nice to make smite a called attack. Like smite slice, or smite draw... That way you could really get it in where you wanted it.

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Re: Smite Shield 12/21/2015 10:20 AM CST
The problem with Smite, IIRC, is that it's mostly an accuracy boost with a small damage boost. PC's don't typically need accuracy buffs so Smite comes off as largely useless compared to pre-3.0.
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Re: Smite Shield 12/21/2015 11:49 AM CST
That’s true, but even at the edge of my skill for a particular weapon, it’s a mediocre "special" attack. It’s typically worse than a draw. Let me capture a few hits to show it in action against something I rarely hit with a slice using a polearm, if you guys’ll pardon the length of this post…

< Moving poorly, you slice a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake evades, barely twisting out of harm's reach.
[You're tired, nimbly balanced with no advantage.]
[Roundtime 4 sec.]

< Moving poorly, you slice a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake dodges, barely leaning out of harm's reach.
[You're tired, nimbly balanced with no advantage.]
[Roundtime 4 sec.]

< Attacking poorly, you slice a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake barely blocks with its stony hide.
[You're tired, nimbly balanced and have slight advantage.]
[Roundtime 4 sec.]

< You slice a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake barely blocks with its stony hide.
[You're tired, nimbly balanced and in good position.]
[Roundtime 4 sec.]

< You slice a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake evades, leaning to one side with no room to spare.
[You're tired, nimbly balanced and in good position.]
[Roundtime 4 sec.]

< You slice a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake barely blocks with its stony hide.
[You're tired, nimbly balanced and in strong position.]
[Roundtime 5 sec.]

You get the idea… It’s a whole lot of this with slice. Let’s try draw now.

< Moving well, you draw a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake badly fails to block with its fiery claws.
The ava lands a light hit to the drake's right leg.
[You're winded, nimbly balanced and have slight advantage.]
[Roundtime 3 sec.]

< You draw a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake evades, just managing to get out of a tight spot.
[You're winded, nimbly balanced and in good position.]
[Roundtime 3 sec.]

< You draw a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake barely blocks with its stony hide.
[You're winded, adeptly balanced and in superior position.]
[Roundtime 3 sec.]

< Moving with great skill, you draw a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake fails to evade.
The ava lands a good strike to the drake's left leg.
[You're tired, incredibly balanced and in dominating position.]
[Roundtime 3 sec.]

< Attacking forcefully, you draw a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake fails to dodge.
The ava lands a good strike to the drake's right arm.
[You're tired, incredibly balanced and in dominating position.]
[Roundtime 3 sec.]

< Moving strongly, you draw a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake badly fails to parry with its fiery claws.
The ava lands a good strike to the drake's left arm.
[You're tired, incredibly balanced and overwhelming opponent.]
[Roundtime 3 sec.]

< With skill, you draw a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake barely fails to block with stony hide.
The ava lands a solid hit to the drake's left arm.
[You're tired, incredibly balanced and overwhelming opponent.]
[Roundtime 3 sec.]

< With strength, you draw a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake barely fails to block with stony hide.
The ava lands a solid hit to the drake's abdomen.
[You're tired, incredibly balanced and overwhelming opponent.]
[Roundtime 3 sec.]

< Moving skillfully, you draw a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake fails to evade.
The ava lands a good strike to the drake's left arm.
[You're tired, incredibly balanced and overwhelming opponent.]
[Roundtime 3 sec.]

< With great skill, you draw a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake attempts to dodge.
The ava lands a solid hit that scratches the left elbow.
[You're tired, incredibly balanced and overwhelming opponent.]
[Roundtime 3 sec.]

< With great skill, you draw a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake barely fails to block with stony hide.
The ava lands a solid hit to the drake's right hand.
[You're tired, incredibly balanced and overwhelming opponent.]
[Roundtime 3 sec.]

< With great skill, you draw a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake barely fails to block with stony hide.
The ava lands a solid hit to the drake's chest.
[You're tired, incredibly balanced and overwhelming opponent.]
[Roundtime 3 sec.]

< You draw a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake evades, barely twisting out of harm's reach.
[You're tired, incredibly balanced and overwhelming opponent.]
[Roundtime 3 sec.]

< With great skill, you draw a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake attempts to evade.
The ava lands a solid hit to the drake's neck.
[You're tired, incredibly balanced and overwhelming opponent.]
[Roundtime 3 sec.]

< Skillfully, you draw a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake badly fails to parry with its fiery claws.
The ava lands a solid hit that barely punctures the skin on the upper chest causing a slight welt.
[You're tired, incredibly balanced and overwhelming opponent.]
[Roundtime 3 sec.]

< You draw a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake barely blocks with its stony hide.
[You're fatigued, incredibly balanced and overwhelming opponent.]
[Roundtime 3 sec.]

< With strength, you draw a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake hefting the weapon with ease. A lava drake attempts to dodge.
The ava lands a solid hit that pricks the drake's back (Get your needle work out!), lightly stunning it.
[You're fatigued, incredibly balanced and overwhelming opponent.]
[Roundtime 3 sec.]

< Moving fluidly, you draw a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake attempts to evade.
The ava lands a hard hit that scratches the right hamstring in a light blow barely worth mentioning.
[You're fatigued, incredibly balanced and overwhelming opponent.]
[Roundtime 3 sec.]

< You draw a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake counters little of the ava with its fiery claws.
[You're fatigued, incredibly balanced and overwhelming opponent.]
[Roundtime 3 sec.]

< Ineptly, you draw a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake attempts to evade.
The ava lands a hard hit that tears a small cut on the back of the drake's right hand.
[You're fatigued, incredibly balanced and overwhelming opponent.]
[Roundtime 3 sec.]

< You draw a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake deflects little of the ava with its fiery claws.
[You're fatigued, incredibly balanced and overwhelming opponent.]
[Roundtime 3 sec.]

< You draw a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake barely blocks with its stony hide.
[You're fatigued, incredibly balanced and overwhelming opponent.]
[Roundtime 3 sec.]

< Moving skillfully, you draw a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake barely fails to block with stony hide.
The ava lands a heavy strike that rips into the skin of the left arm in a strong swipe.
A lava drake jacknifes a few times, then grows still, its body rapidly cooling until it is little more than a smoldering pile of rocks.
[You're incredibly balanced]
[Roundtime 3 sec.]

Now smite until I’m out of smite juice. My paladin has 70 charisma.

You chant a brief litany and draw back with a divinely inspired strike!
< Attacking well, you thrust a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake barely fails to block with stony hide.
The ava lands a light (2/23) hit that pokes the tip of the awgravet ava into a nerve on the drake's left arm (Yeowch!).
[You're winded, nimbly balanced and in better position.]
[Roundtime 4 sec.]
R>
You chant a brief litany and draw back with a divinely inspired strike!
< Moving well, you thrust a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake barely fails to block with stony hide.
The ava lands a good (4/23) strike to the drake's neck.
[You're winded, solidly balanced and have slight advantage.]
[Roundtime 4 sec.]

You chant a brief litany and draw back with a divinely inspired strike!
< You thrust a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake dodges, barely stepping to one side.
[You're winded, nimbly balanced and in good position.]
[Roundtime 4 sec.]

You chant a brief litany and draw back with a divinely inspired strike!
< Moving with grace, you thrust a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake badly fails to block with its fiery claws.
The ava lands a good (4/23) hit to the drake's chest.
[You're winded, nimbly balanced and in better position.]
[Roundtime 4 sec.]

You chant a brief litany and draw back with a divinely inspired strike!
< Moving well, you thrust a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake fails to dodge.
The ava lands a good (4/23) strike that scratches the left elbow.
[You're winded, nimbly balanced and in good position.]
[Roundtime 4 sec.]

You chant a brief litany and draw back with a divinely inspired strike!
< You thrust a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake evades, just stepping out of harm's way.
[You're winded, nimbly balanced and in strong position.]
[Roundtime 4 sec.]

You chant a brief litany and draw back with a divinely inspired strike!
< You thrust a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake fends off little of the ava with its fiery claws.
[You're winded, nimbly balanced and in good position.]
[Roundtime 4 sec.]

You chant a brief litany and draw back with a divinely inspired strike!
< You thrust a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake evades, barely managing to get out of the way.
[You're winded, nimbly balanced and in good position.]
[Roundtime 4 sec.]

You chant a brief litany and draw back with a divinely inspired strike!
< With strength, you thrust a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake attempts to dodge.
The ava lands a good (4/23) strike to the drake's chest.
[You're winded, nimbly balanced and in strong position.]
[Roundtime 4 sec.]

You chant a brief litany and draw back with a divinely inspired strike!
< Moving strongly, you thrust a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake badly fails to parry with its fiery claws.
The ava lands a good (4/23) strike that tears a small piece of skin from the left calf.
[You're winded, nimbly balanced and in good position.]
[Roundtime 4 sec.]

You chant a brief litany and draw back with a divinely inspired strike!
< You thrust a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake barely blocks with its stony hide.
[You're winded, nimbly balanced and in good position.]
[Roundtime 4 sec.]

You chant a brief litany and draw back with a divinely inspired strike!
< Moving strongly, you thrust a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake badly fails to parry with its fiery claws.
The ava lands a good (4/23) strike that lightly cuts the drake's forearm, lightly stunning it.
[You're winded, nimbly balanced and in dominating position.]
[Roundtime 4 sec.]

You chant a brief litany and draw back with a divinely inspired strike!
< You thrust a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake repulses little of the ava with its fiery claws.
[You're winded, nimbly balanced and in dominating position.]
[Roundtime 4 sec.]

You chant a brief litany and draw back with a divinely inspired strike!
< Moving skillfully, you thrust a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake badly fails to block with its fiery claws.
The ava lands a solid (5/23) hit that lightly cuts the drake's forearm.
[You're winded, nimbly balanced and in very strong position.]
[Roundtime 4 sec.]

You chant a brief litany and draw back with a divinely inspired strike!
< You thrust a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake barely blocks with its stony hide.
[You're winded, nimbly balanced and in very strong position.]
[Roundtime 4 sec.]

You chant a brief litany and draw back with a divinely inspired strike!
< With great skill, you thrust a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake badly fails to block with its fiery claws.
The ava lands a solid (5/23) hit that barely punctures the skin on the upper chest causing a slight welt.
[You're winded, nimbly balanced and in dominating position.]
[Roundtime 4 sec.]

You chant a brief litany and draw back with a divinely inspired strike!
< You thrust a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake deflects little of the ava with its fiery claws.
[You're winded, nimbly balanced and in superior position.]
[Roundtime 4 sec.]

You chant a brief litany and draw back with a divinely inspired strike!
< You thrust a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake slaps away little of the ava with its fiery claws.
[You're winded, nimbly balanced and in dominating position.]
[Roundtime 4 sec.]

You chant a brief litany and draw back with a divinely inspired strike!
< You thrust a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake barely blocks with its stony hide.
[You're winded, nimbly balanced and in dominating position.]
[Roundtime 4 sec.]

You chant a brief litany and draw back with a divinely inspired strike!
< You thrust a haralun awgravet ava at a lava drake. A lava drake barely blocks with its stony hide.
[You're winded, nimbly balanced and in very strong position.]
[Roundtime 4 sec.]

R> smite
You chant a brief litany, but realize you can not muster a smite so soon after your last.

100 to 0 smite juice couldn’t even kill 1 drake. :(
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Re: Smite Shield 12/21/2015 12:04 PM CST
>>It’s typically worse than a draw.

I find I get more milage using Draw until I'm overwhelming someone and using Chop, then ever using Smite. Which is really too bad.

Samsaren
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Re: Smite Shield 12/21/2015 11:21 PM CST
Called smite would be awesome. I find myself rarely using smite because it sucks for what it is. Being able to Smite draw or Smite slice wound spice up smite nicely I think. Smiting with a shield slam or Smiting with a offhand would be cool too.
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Re: Smite Shield 12/21/2015 11:25 PM CST
Offhand is already so clunky

>>Smite beavis left hand slice

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Re: Smite Shield 12/22/2015 04:55 PM CST
>>Offhand is already so clunky

Naw it wouldn't be that bad, more like

Smite draw left (body part if applicable) (person if applicable)
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Re: Smite Shield 12/22/2015 04:58 PM CST


So...

>smite draw left right eye necrobob

Sounds about right.
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Re: Smite Shield 12/22/2015 09:44 PM CST
As someone who uses targeted ambushes, and backstabs left handed IG... it's clunky. lol There's not really a better way to do it, but it's a mess.

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