Talk:Dragon Nikana/@comment-10719468-20140412151424

Lets talk about builds because I am very confused about how to build this weapon. I'm losing a lot of damage output because I'm using a bunch of new mods which are frigging amazing, but it makes me wonder.

At the moment I basically have:

Life Strike & Second Wind   - These two mods are a must for me. I'm using a Quick Thinking + Rage + Vitality + Equilibrium + Energy Syphon build on my Nova, which means I need to have my Life Strike to complement that build, and Second Wind means that I can kill enemies while channeling and then recover enough stamina to do fancy maneuvers like dodge, run, or block/parry, which makes it very useful for fluid melee combat.

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Then I have :

Pressure Point, Jagged Edge, Fury, Berserker, Killing Blow and Spoiled Strike.

I am wondering if I should get rid of fury and berserker or spoiled strike, do I HAVE to use elemental? There's also that new True Punishment mod that gives you crit chance while channeling, that mod and True Steel would give me 24% chance to crit while not channeling and 30% chance to crit while channeling, or maybe I should use Organ Shatter for crit damage instead?

Also, I don't have have the Tranquil Cleave stance yet, but when I do get it, won't having fury + berserker and thus fast attackspeed make it harder to combo?

Regardless, with my current build I can more or less use channeling to kill things in one hit up until 20 minutes on the survival timer in Earth's Cambria.... but I'm worried about the void. I do like the idea of being able to combo enemies, and honestly, right now, if I actually get multiple hits and get a combo and combo damage multipliers, then I see bigger numbers. Though lower damage + faster swings means that I get Life Steal more often, it gives me smaller quantities and it means I have to use more energy to eventually kill an enemy and get that Stamina back, so I'm not exactly sure which to go with, speed or power.... What do you all think?