Talk:Rending Crane/@comment-206.167.243.1-20150416182259/@comment-25096985-20150429132111

what loss

lets take into mind what you stated: if you land a headshot, and a crit, then you will also get a headcrit multiplier

now add tempo royal into that, then you have the exact same chance to land a headshot, with the same chance to crit and receive a headcrit multipler, but with the added bonus of a 5x multiplier of bold reprise

now on to a different approach, the overhead chops are a vertical slash, meaning you're more than likely only going to hit 1 enemy, 2 if you're lucky, while cleaving whirlwind produces horizontal slashes which can hit more enemies in 1 hit than a vertical slash, with the infamous broken bull spins being nothing but horizontal slashes with an effective 8x multiplier(2 hits per 1 spin)

so while rending crane can yield good damage, it is simply inferior to what the other 2 stances can offer