SW feedback 2026/7/23 Patch Nite

[FeelFreeToDie]

We lose the previous no positional requirement on Brutal Assault given by VoN, AND the armor bonus... I guess in real combat position, Brutal assault will not connect so easily against high parry targets, especially since facetanking is very easy...

The inconvenient with this patch is 3s CD is "too short" to be used considering the amount of debuffs and DoTs aSW need to place within a 10s rotation window :
- Crosscut
- Draw Blood
- Grim Slash (if you play with Wrist slash) every 20s
- Shadow Sting
- Now Opportunistic Strike

So trying to spam Brutal assault because it's 3s cd under VoN will lock you out of 1.Possible debuffs/DoTs refresh and 2.hit windows because you cannot use BA from front now, leading into not so useful cd reduction.

I honestly prefered the old "no positional" under VoN because you could at least connect 2-3 hits of brutal assault into a 15s window, instead of trying to hit from facetanking enemy and losing a ton of seconds trying to make BA work.

Draw blood, shadow sting, grim slash and crosscut(after patch) should be used before you use VoN. Opportunistic strike should be used after kd, then ba, then swift strikes and after that another ba(with snare from new kd and movespeed from swift strikes you can easily get your opponent back)

Why would i do that rotation ? If i can deal with everything with rotation on the video.

I didn't watch it because i can't right now :> whats in there?you hitting a target dummy or person who stand still without turning his toon or detaunt your burst? I was talking about real fight tests, but dont get me wrong, im not trying to teach you or something. Its just whats work for me. You do you :> Whats your aSW name at Live btw ? :>