Fyona: Hammer Blow

[xdesperado]

Been playing with Fyona a lot lately and wondering if anyone makes regular use of her Hammer Blow talent.

Yes it is a cheap empowered attack, but with all her other cursing and buffing attacks, SP Drain and possible combinations with other heroes talents to reduce enemies Parry/Dodge and increase parties Accuracy it seems a bit lackluster at this point. Maybe if it got better +damage especially at low levels it would be more appealing? No bonus damage at first level and having Zealous Strikes 1 from start which has higher Accuracy, +2 damage and buffs for +1 Accuracy and +6 holy damage for only 1 more SP makes it rather pointless for early stages of game in my opinion.

Considering that some of her other talents are likely to get the trains early on Hammer Blow looks to be a sort of orphan talent. If I don't need the extra damage from Zealous Strikes or I've already gotten buffed by it then I can switch to her basic unempowered attack to save on SP.

[En1gma]

It's just like Lunge, something only really useful once you have everything else you could spend points on. If you want a cheap attack, it's good at level one just for the better accuracy, but other than that...

[xdesperado]

Apr 20, 2016 22:44:52 GMT -5 En1gma said:

It's just like Lunge, something only really useful once you have everything else you could spend points on. If you want a cheap attack, it's good at level one just for the better accuracy, but other than that...

Major difference is that at least Lunge gives +4Dmg at level 1 so will give slightly more damage on average than Kincaid's unempowered attack. Makes it more useful immediately and helps keep it a useful option even later on when every little bit of extra damage for negligible SP cost becomes important.
With Fyona the 3SP cost of Zealous Strikes is cheap enough to fill that same roll if you decide not to invest in it early.

[richard]

I use it alot as a cheap attach after a high level Zealous Strike

Normally, it is left at level 1 and late in the game it is leveled up to level 3 when other talents and max out.