Spiral Knights - Final Flourish or Barbarous Thorn Blade for Trojans

Final Flourish or Barbarous Thorn Blade for Trojans

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Fri, 09/02/2011 - 21:22

Redmania

Hello,

There are a few topics on this but none of them provide me the answer I am looking for.
My question is whether it is possible to line up all 8 of the projectiles from the Barbarous Thorn Blade into a Trojan for massive damage.
If not 8, at least a majority of them (6+).

If I have a final flourish, what is the ideal position to kill a Trojan with a charge. I find that being too close causes the knight to go to move from the back of the trojan to the sides during the charge sequence.

If there are youtube videos demonstrating these attacks ON TROJANS or you feel creative and want to make one, please send me the link.

Therefore, which is better?

Thanks!

Sat, 09/03/2011 - 07:32

Bladestorm5

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Final Flourish has the best

Final Flourish has the best damage for the charge, but it's slower so the Trojan sometimes turns around when you start attacking. Barbarous is faster and does faster damage. It's possible to get all 8 hits in, which makes the charge even better.

With the Final Flourish, the charge is best when the Trojan's not aggroing you.

Sat, 09/03/2011 - 17:48

culture

Legacy Username

Both work great for taking

Both work great for taking down Trojans but each has its shortcomings.

For all 8 hits of Barb to connect you need to be right on top of the Trojan when you release. Because of the proximity you might get shocked. FF isn't as susceptible to this since you can release a space away and still connect all its hits.

Barb will do more overall damage if you get all 8 to hit. It is easy to get at least the middle 6 to connect, but then the damage is similar to FF. You can miss with FF too if for some reason the aim is off or they move when you are in the middle of the charge attack, I rarely miss with FF though.

Matter of preference I think.

Sat, 09/24/2011 - 00:35

Sol-Xii

BTB is best

Although Final Flourish is best for killing big targets like trojans, the BTB is used because of its projectile charge attack, it can hit multiple enemies (And also because it's red and black: cool) making BTB like a gun.

Sol XII

Sat, 09/24/2011 - 01:03

Zealousd

If you're specifically

If you're specifically looking for a good weapon to kill Trojans with, Blitz Needle is the best one for the job. A single charge will kill T3 trojans if you're solo, and even with 4 people you're only looking at maybe two. It also doubles as pretty much the best weapon for FSC.

Sat, 09/24/2011 - 14:55

Rigwald

Also note that the Barbarous

Also note that the Barbarous Thorn Blade has a much less damaging charge attack than the Dark Thorn Blade (it's 4* little brother), as each spike does about half as much damage (though the sword swipe / snarby chomp deal more damage, as expected).

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Final Flourish or Barbarous Thorn Blade for Trojans