Talk:Crimson Dervish/@comment-64.128.201.49-20140412230237

Just tried it out.

If I had to compare this to Iron Phoenix, I would go for the former.

The attack speed  on Dervish is SLOOOW and It your forward movement is minimal during any of your combos. The trade off for this is that the damage from these combos are HUUUUUGGEEE. 99% of the time overkill however. The attack arcs are wide as well.

For general purposes though  IMO, Iron Phoenix is better. The base combo is much faster and feel signifcantly more fluid. Dervish rewards more skill for more damage and will have an edge against infested. But if you try to attack a retreating enemy with a Dervish combo, you'll likely miss. At that point you'll have to rely on slide attacks for pursuits.

Regardless of performance, Dervish wins soo much on style points. It's fun as hell.