Whirlwind Breakpoints

[Brista]

It seems to me that Hammerman has clearly stated that you get both attacks at the delay 4 and delay 8 when dual wielding

When dual weilding, the game will switch between default weapon each attack. so the first delay will be based on the weapon in the left hand (from the players perspective), second delay based on weapon in right hand, etc. And you will ofcourse attack with both weapons each attack

(Hammerman, above)

So as long as you can keep tight on the monsters so that no attacks fail for being out of weapon range dual wielding slow high damage weapons should beat other methods. In fact it is not clear that colossus blades (easier to hit the breakpoints) beat colossus swords (slower, higher damage, lower stat requirements). It would depend on an as yet unknown factor: how far into the whirlwind does the first whirlwind stop and a new whirlwind take over?

What's more it may be possible to deliberately "break" a whirlwind so that you reset it

Now does anyone have any thoughts on whether a back and forward "zigzag" whirl pattern might interrupt your whirls, making you start new ones more often than a classic "dance of death" circle round the monster?

I suppose if someone's noticed that one particular technique is rather mana-hungry then that is the technique that can optimise damage (attractive since the mana hungriness becomes a non-issue at higher levels with better gear)

Do any testers feel like trying a 10000 mana, no mana leech Barb through different patterns and timing how long it takes to run out? :)