Khlora wrote:I guess I just prefer the faster attacks. I was using Dust Storm Blast on my first sword around levels 22-30 and it just seems like a weaker Lightning Slash but maybe it is good for AOE Mobbing which I guess is really strong when grinding levels.
I ran Yakumo Temple Solo at least 160~ times (all the bosses in it are at about 185 kills) while leveling and getting money for my weapons since I wasn't partying with anyone from about level 45-50 and Lunge step being able to go 9.5~M makes fighting 1 on 1 a lot easier.
You can even use it to run away fast to heal or restore mana. Only problem I have with it is the same problem with any Multi-use/Combo Skill where sometimes using all 4 hits uses 60 mana initially, and then the next 180 mana the next time my mana regen kicks in, so sometimes I will be walking up to an enemy thinking I have mana just for it to drain later.
Trust me, I thought Lunge Step was god-like initially also... in fact, I'm the one who suggested taking a low level sword and getting a high rank lunge step on it to clear Yakumo a while back. Once you get past Kyoto though, Lunge Step becomes irrelevant. Even more so once you know what you're doing and have reached "end game". You're going to want to be able to kill mobs in one hit even if it's one by one and lunge step doesn't do it efficiently anymore once you're in Kaga. Lunge step has good initial damage but it doesn't have the scaling other skills provide.
As for Dust being a slow skill... it's actually not. It's ~.75 seconds start-up time from my estimate. The animation is just awkward. Once you use it to the point it has leveled up 20 or 30 times, you don't notice the start-up at all. It, along with Lightning Slash, are your two big one shot skills.