Changes: Build:A/W Knocklock Palm Spiker

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This build has been designed for the following use:

Uses Palm Strike to start, resume, and (if necessary) finish a powerful, knocklocking chain. Provides a more powerful spike than Build:A/W Palm Strike Spiker, but with longer recharge.

Attributes and Skills

<pvxbig> [build prof=Assassin/Warrior dagger=12+1+1 crit=12+1][Palm Strike][Flurry][Trampling Ox][Falling Lotus][Horns of the Ox][Falling Spider][Twisting Fangs][Resurrection Signet][/build] </pvxbig>

Flail for Flurry.
Frenzy for Flurry in HB.
Dash for Res Sig in AB.

Equipment

Survivor's Insignias with Runes of Vitae/Vigor
Vampiric, Ebon, and Zealous 15^50 Daggers of Fortitude
Defensive shield/spear set

Usage

Spike 1->2->3->4->5->6->7->1
If necessary, Q-step before HotO to quarterknock.
Be clever with Palm Strike--the low recharge makes it easy to draw out defensive stances and Shield Bash, then use it again and spike when they expire.
Use Palm Strike as cripple-on-demand between spikes.
If the chain is interrupted (ie, HotO fails) use Palm Strike to resume.

Counters

Anti-melee.
Palm Strike being D-shotted or Diversioned

Notes

This build does NOT sacrifice damage to achieve Q-knock: if PS is used again after the chain, total damage with vampiric daggers will be just under 340 armor ignoring, DW, poison, bleeding, and 8x dagger attacks (albeit with flurry); even without a second PS, it is still one of the highest-damage sin-spikes on the wiki.

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 *Anti-melee.
 *Palm Strike being D-shotted or Diversioned
-*Any type and any amount of damage will be fatal to this build cause of lack of defence.
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