i am using a blazebrand atm, it says that it have a chance to create up to 2 explosions.
personally iv never seen it. at best my blazebrand make only 1 explosion.
so i am thinking, is this line of sword been nerfed? or i am just that unlucky to been playing with the sword for 2 weeks, charging at least 100 times, with results of only 0 or 1 explosion.
also the sword have a tendency to switch elements, from elemental to normal at its own will. Is that normal?
i am very sure its a blazebrand, it has the 2 red lines marked near the tip of the sword
> also the sword have a tendency to switch elements, from elemental to normal at its own will. Is that normal?
The sword isn't really switching elements, it is just that the attack doesn't meet the criteria to show the bonus damage numbers. In split type weapons, the special portion of the attack doesn't increase past the first swing. So using the Blazebrand on a Construct as a hypothetical example...
Hit 1 & 2: 50 Normal Damage, 50 Elemental Damage (increased to 60 due to weak vs elemental)
Hit 3: 85 Normal Damage, 50 Elemental Damage (increased to 60 due to weak vs elemental)
At some depths, against some creatures you will get the bonus damage coloring on hit 1/2. But suddenly on hit 3 the sword won't be doing enough elemental damage to display the bonus colors. You are still getting a weak vs elemental bonus, it is just the coloring that is not reflecting this.
I'm not sure what the cutoff point is where one will stop getting the bonus coloring, but in repeated trials it is at least consistent.
Just as a sidenote, I think this actually happens with "pure" damage type weapons such as the Flourish too. For some reason it acts like a spilt damage weapon for the purposes of calculating subsequent hit magnitudes even though it receives a high pure damage bonus to the portion still considered special.
yup i pretty sure bout it skyblued.... im using it too n the same result came out no second explosions after the charge attack release..... is this a glitch?
Try performing it in front of your friends (or random people at the advanced training) and ask them to count the explosions.
I've been experiencing "disappearing" explosions (ex. on my alt's blizzbrand) and projectiles (ex. gun puppy missiles ARGH) when I lag. I can sometimes deduce that they are there though, since the other enemies get hit and it's less damage than the charged attack swing.
I've experienced quite a few times where my Boltbrand will not produce an explosion off a charged attack. So I don't agree with Shinko's post.
I never experienced any less than one explosion on my blazebrand, but now that it's a Combuster I tend to get 1-3. As someone said, perhaps the 1 explosion is just a visual error. I haven't really tried to test it extensively.
I can tell my silent night blade does two explosions because I get to see gremlins do backhand springs and miss the landing.
well im using my sword quite often still the same result for a 4 star sword but i will test if the same result came out with the combuster....
i own a glacius and have observed firebust users.On ALL brandishes the highest max explosion is RARE and on the wiki page the picture happens to show TWO explosions. Although once I got 3 explosions like 4 times in a row with my glacius while playing around, but that was luck. Also if your using the charge anywhere near a barrier, the explosions will be cut off. and every brandish has a chance to have no explosions,but for 5* its rare. And I remember having my Blizzbrand, 1 blast almost EVERY time, 2 very rarely, trust me 5* a ton more explosions.
3* makes 0 to 1 explosions
4* makes 1 to 2 explosions
5* makes 2 to 3 explosions
I party with 2 of my other friends. Together we each possess 1 of each star level for the fire line of the brandish sword. I have watched all their attacks and my own and confirmed those numbers (actually sometimes the 5* has made what looks like only 1 explosion, but that may be graphics it's pretty reliable on explosions). Maybe you have a fireburst brandish and not a blazebrand.