2010-11-23, 04:36 PM
I gotta be honest, the difference I saw between Ground Smash and Slash Blast on my Tespia Page (which maxed both Improved Fundamentals and Ground Smash) was that Slash Blast generally cannot hit anything.
Ground Smash has a much, much, much larger range of attack, meaning you can actually target mobs with it. Both horizontally and vertically it is greatly superior.
In general, the difference between SB and GS is:
SB: hit 1 target, half the time (the other half you swing and miss, even though it's right in your face) - splash range brings it onto a second target if you're lucky.
GS: hit 3 targets, all the time
Once I got used to Ground Smash's range, I stopped using PS + SB - they're just not very good at killing mobs. Hell, I even used Ground Smash on bosses, cause they kept KBing me too far away for PS to hit them.
I traveled across most of Victoria Island, and I never saw a mob of 6 monsters. Four was the absolute max, and usually if I was attacking, that was quickly reduced to 1. Moving fast and being able to jump-attack (again which SB failed at because of its puny range) is much more important.
I guess the only spot I've seen Slash Blast actually hit 6 targets is in the Pyramid/Subway PQs, where massive mobs just keep respawning. There are no training maps like that.
Note: FA + SB is like in GMS - it splits damage (90 30 10 3 1 etc.). FA+GS just gives 1 target a 150% hit. I can't really judge which is better.
Ground Smash has a much, much, much larger range of attack, meaning you can actually target mobs with it. Both horizontally and vertically it is greatly superior.
In general, the difference between SB and GS is:
SB: hit 1 target, half the time (the other half you swing and miss, even though it's right in your face) - splash range brings it onto a second target if you're lucky.
GS: hit 3 targets, all the time
Once I got used to Ground Smash's range, I stopped using PS + SB - they're just not very good at killing mobs. Hell, I even used Ground Smash on bosses, cause they kept KBing me too far away for PS to hit them.
I traveled across most of Victoria Island, and I never saw a mob of 6 monsters. Four was the absolute max, and usually if I was attacking, that was quickly reduced to 1. Moving fast and being able to jump-attack (again which SB failed at because of its puny range) is much more important.
I guess the only spot I've seen Slash Blast actually hit 6 targets is in the Pyramid/Subway PQs, where massive mobs just keep respawning. There are no training maps like that.
Note: FA + SB is like in GMS - it splits damage (90 30 10 3 1 etc.). FA+GS just gives 1 target a 150% hit. I can't really judge which is better.