So nobody tested that or did some research on Spines ? 
Dark armor lover.
The Claws/DA Scrapper guide.
using only spines attacks:
Ripper>lunge>impale>lunge
If you're using all 3 purple damage procs with this chain, my calculations show it's slightly better then using the epic attacks due to redraw issues. I'm not sure I'm using the correct redraw animation time, but it's really close in damage output anyway. Adding your 2 damage auras helps too.
I gotta make pain. I gotta make things right. I gotta stop what's comin'. 'Least I gotta try.
Hi there,
I'm a bit rusted after a 6+ months break and i'm enjoying again my spines/dark (thanks power customization !). She currently has an old build that i'm going to respec so i'm trying to work on a new build, however as i've been away for a while i forgot some of the stuff i need for that.
Anyway, i think i have some ok builds using either body mastery or blaze mastery. I remember trying briefly blaze mastery on test server for i16 open beta, and i was not really impressed. I don't think i *need* fireball considering i already have enough AOE and i don't like the redraw. On the other hand, blaze mastery looked like a solid improvment for single target dps.
Considering the lack of ST damage (for boss heavy fights, AVs, TFs...) has always been the problem on my spines/dark, i'd like to know if any of you has some numbers for ST attack chains without blaze mastery and including blaze mastery, and of course the redraw on them. Is there any decent improvment using the fire ST attacks, or does the redraw cancel any benefit of the faster animations ? I'm terrible with maths and calculating attack chains so i'll happily take any info on that.
If anyone has some data on this i would love it, including procs and stuff too, what would be the absolute best ST attack chain for spines/dark, using any epic pool, proc, IO or power available ? If there's a way to come up with a satisfying attack chain that wouldn't feel like i'm an anemic scrapper against a single target, that would make my spines/dark the perfect candidate to be my "main" character for a while. Right now i'm still stuck between her and the claws/dark that is a lot more effective on tfs and random stuff thanks to the better ST damage.
Thanks in advance
Dark armor lover.
The Claws/DA Scrapper guide.