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Corsair question: Dust Devil

Class and Rank Swordsman
#1

Hello! I’m currently building my first character this way:

I was wondering something about Dust Devil, how effective is it as a CC? I don’t expect it to be kino levels of CC but much like barb’s stuns, is it a good option to take a breath? And how about the damage?

I was thinking that maybe Dust Devil was only worth it at level 1 for the crowd control aspect, and that I could either save the points for much later whe rank 8 hits and I see where I wanna go or I could pump points into Iron Hook for off tank CC (in random queues)/futur PVP.

What do you guys think about Dust Devil?

#2

It is a sort of a mediocre CC. It makes your target spin and prevents him from attacking you back. But it does so for for a short duration, close to a second, and sometimes it feels glitchy and allows the target to move away all the same. Deals 300% physical damage total plus a few neglectable ammount of flat damage, Slash type. I would say it is useful for a little bit of crowd control PvE wise and not that much useful in PvP. Any sort of hard CC like a stun or immobilize is vastly superior. It comes down to preference really, try and watch a few videos on Corsair to get an idea of how it works.

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#3

If you want more PVP focus then lv1 is good enough because you’ll want as many points in Iron Hook as possible. The CC is around 1 second which is enough to land a full Hexen Dropper.

If more PVE focus then the damage is quite decent at lv10 with some attributes.

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#4

Since my build is pve focused to begin with (no sw3 for restrain) I should probably go for max dust devil. But I was thinking that since swordies are awful dps wise in pve endgame but that corsair is okay in pvp, I should get at least one good tool in case I end up wanting to pvp more than pve.

I’m not even sure if barb’s future cleave buff would matter much for this decision about Dust Devil lol.

#5

I wouldn’t level Dust Devil past Lv. 1 unless you really really don’t know where else to spend points, to be honest. Enhance attributes, criticals and all that stuff aren’t really going to offer a decent increase in such a mediocre scaling per level. It is not awful since it’s that scaling x 3 but even then you would be better off with Jolly Roger, Iron Hook, Hexen Dropper and DWA. If you really like Dust Devil go ahead though but until you reach Corsair C2 it really won’t make any difference.

#6

I made this in tos cb2, the immoblize effect is either really short or doesn’t work at all.

@0:11 of the video I told my friend to move around while I preform dust devil, he was still able to move any where he wants, of course while spinning like a ice skater

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#7

Lv1 DWA is more than enough IMO for what ends up just being a filler skill. The extra 8 secs don’t make much of a difference later on. JR10 and HD5 are a given so it should come down to IH or DD where you’ll put leftover points. At least until a buff happens for DWA to make it worth using over some skills.