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How To Unsheathe for Dummies, a Cypherian Guide.

Discussion in 'Dual Wield' started by Cypherian, Oct 8, 2017.

  1. Cypherian

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    What's up guys, Cypherian here, back with another guide.

    This time I'll be talking about Unsheathe.
    As some of you may know, Unsheathe was formally introduced to the game after the Dual Sword was released and until now, most players do not understand what Unsheathe is, what it does, and how we can use it.

    First of, Unsheathe is a stat in the game similar to Short Range Damage, Long Range Damage and Whack, which are all Final Damage Modifiers, (I won't be going in-depth about Range Modifiers)
    Final Damage modifiers are stats that directly increase your Final Damage.
    Final Damage modifiers proc only on a condition, being Short Range if you cast a skill that has a cast range of 7m or less, Long Range for skills with cast range of 8m or more, Whack having a percent change to proc, and Unsheathe which only works on Evasion Attacks, First Attacks, Charging Slash and the Auto Attack after Shadow Step.

    So for Example:
    • Without any Final Damage Modifier xtals and equips like Pillar Golem, Twilight Dragon, Cerberus, Goovua, Yelb, Ancient Empress, etc
    For example, your normal Twin Slash does 50k (50,000) damage on crit, which is the number that pops up when you attack or use a skill.​
    • But equipping something like Pillar Golem which increases Short Range Damage by 3%, you gain a Final Damage Modifier of 3% for Short Range Skills and auto attacks.
    So with 3% Short Range Damage, your 50k Twin Slash will become, 51.5k. Which is a direct increase in damage from the 50k which is your Final Damage.​

    Final Damage Modifiers are Stats you can only get from Equips, Xtals and Avatar Enchants, and of course some skills.
    Contrary to popular belief, AGI DOES NOT INCREASE Unsheathe. This goes from the notion that the skill Godspeed which gives AGI and Unsheathe, which most believed to go the same for increasing AGI gives more Unsheathe, which it does not.
    Now, I know what you're thinking, "But Unsheathe can increase in Flat Values like Unsheathe Attack +30 from Unsheathe Bangle", yes this is true, and it works the same as the percent values which directly increase the Final Damage.
    But calculation is a bit different, the Flat Values add up after the Percent values are added on to the Base.
    Meaning:
    (Final Damage * %Unsheathe) + Flat Unsheathe.
    Which is the same calculation for getting total CDMG, total Crit Rate and Max HP and alot more stats.
    Number two, Unsheathe works with certain attack mechanics like Evasion Attacks, First Attacks, Charging Slash and the Auto Attack after Shadow Step.
    This does not include skills used after Shadow Step or Skills used after Evasion Attacks.
    The blast from Flash Blast does not count as Unsheathe, Flash Blast only Increases Unsheathe Attack by 10% when active.

    Number three, "How do I effectively utilize the Unsheathe Attack Stat then?", you may ask.
    First, you either build Evasion for more Evasion Attacks,
    Level Up Shadow Step to 10 and build more Ampr so you can spam Shadow Step alot instead of auto attacking normally.
    Use Charging Slash as a Primary DPS Skill and work around the disengage mechanic it has.
    Lastly, you don't.
    (But my auto attacks don't do high damage), Personally my auto attacks range from 8k to 22k now, which is all thanks to Tri-Stat Build I use which i make to balance out damage between my Main hand an Sub hand. Others over look this strength of a DW because they don't see the value and how strong it can be.
    Unlike, other Final Damage Modifiers, Unsheathe Attack has a lot conditions that needs to be satisfied in order for it to be used efficiently. In this meta and state of the game right now, players don't do much, like auto attacking, evasion, stacking Final Damage Modifiers instead of stacking ATK% Stat.​

    Number four, Building Unsheathe is useless if you don't use it.
    Some players run around saying they are using an Unsheathe Build, but if you look at their build only a few of them really build Unsheathe and the majority of them are just building Evasion and using Flash Blast and Charging Slash. Which is a typical build for a DW, not even using Unsheathe Bangle and Goovua or Twilight Dragon or Cerberus, some even disregarding Godspeed so they can get Impact. Which shows that they are building DPS, instead of stacking Unsheathe.

    Some players build Unsheathe thinking that every DW Skill is Unsheathe, focusing on Phantom Slash, Twin Slash, disregarding Charging Slash because "It takes to long and the animation sucks." Charging Slash is the only Skill that is increased by Unsheathe Attack. so every bit of Unsheathe Attack is worth stacking if you can get to as high as 70k per slash, I can personally do 65k per slash.
    That's it for now guys, I will be back for more info regarding Unsheathe.
     
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  2. PauPauPau

    PauPauPau Well-Known Member

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    2 bar filled ampr with a single unsheathe (without 2 slot gears) possible?

    so I can spam shadowstep all day and people will still love me for proration on auto...
     
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  3. Cypherian

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    I can do 300mp in two autos, 200 is possible since i achieved it without buffs. but damage isnt good.
     
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    Thanks
     
  5. Eliahzrel

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    So STR DEX is the most that fit....? Since agi wont give any benefit for a Unsheathe build...?
     
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    STR/AGI is still the better option for maximized damage. It's just that Unsheathe stats are unrelated to the main stats.
     
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    since this is mostly about Dual Swords, this addition might not be important,
    but there is one more trigger condition for Unsheathe Attacks ;)

    just like Evasion, Guard will also trigger the Unsheathe Attack, but the activation condition (for both) is that it triggers during an auto-attack.
    if it does, the following auto-attack will become an Unsheathe Attack.
    it will not be triggered if Evasion or Guard activates during a skill or during the cooldown time in between auto-attacks.

    since Evasion oriented builds usually have higher attack speed, the trigger condition is more likely to be met than for the slower attacking Guard oriented builds.
    that's why Evasion is considered more reliable for using Unsheathe Attacks, but it's not impossible to use with Guard either ;)
    of course the Unsheathe Attack follows immediately after the trigger and cannot be delayed. that means if you move or tap any attack or skill button after the trigger, you will "miss the timing" and the Unsheathe Attack is forfeit.

    an exception to this is the Evasion Attack, which is exclusive to Daggers.
    the Evasion Attack only triggers on Evasion and replaces the Unsheathe Attack. (it is still counted as Unsheathe Attack for the damage bonus)
    the Evasion animation is altered to make your character slide backwards and a dagger is thrown at the same time.
    since it activates immediately, it can never "miss the timing".
    the Dagger's weapon atk is used in the damage calculation for this attack and you can double the damage with the skill Double Stab.

    =(^.^)=
     
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    does the next skill you use after shadow step counts as unsheathe attack? :confused:
     
  9. TheXIIIthGuy

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    No, only skills categorized as Unsheathe (Charging Slash for now) can benefit from the Unsheathe boosts, regardless of whether Shadowstep was used.
     
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    spin slash also counts as unsheathe attack, no?
     
  11. Eliahzrel

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    Charging slash does not increase its damage from agi.. As said from above.. But your main atk do affect unsheathe, since DEX gives gives higher atk pts than agi.. Should it be wise to use DEX instead of AGI?? atkspd can be aid by giga pots thou..
     
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    Correction: AGI does not increase Unsheathe Attack stats. However, AGI increases Charging Slash damage because it increases main ATK, sub ATK and sub stability, all of which are used for DW skills' damage calculations.
    Nope. Currently Charging is the only skill that is counted as an Unsheathe skill (but that might change when Katana comes out).
     
  13. Azin.

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    heres the lil explanation why agi is better than dex (damage wise)
    dex gives+2atk on main hand and 0 for subhand while agi gives +1 mainhand and +3 on subhand.. :) agi is better than dex
     
  14. Cypherian

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    Yes its counted as Unsheathe Attack
     
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    isnt the attack after shadowstep is counted as unsheathe not the skill after it?...
     
  16. Cypherian

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    wait i just woke up, i read it wrong

    the next auto attack after shadow step that is not cancelled. meaning the auto attack with the evasion animation is an unsheathe
    the next skill after it is not unsheathe
     
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    so its just the same if i do :
    … > shadowstep > phantom
    … > shadowstep > buff > phantom ?
     
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    yep.. u can even use impact between shadowstep/phantom
     
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    Yep, Phantom will just get some extra crit rate, and non attacking skills don't remove the buff.
     
  20. Eliahzrel

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    Have done this before but without the benefit of cerberus and bangle.. How bout we put it in a combo?? Any combo suggestion..?
     
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