Really simple question.Follow

If you activate sweeping strikes and use the cleave ability, would it hit an extra target, since I would be dealing damage to 2 targets for a total of 4 targets who receive damage?

It only hits 3 targets right? I wanna know before I switch over from fury to arms.

Add sword spec into the equation!

You are right, it eats 2.

You cleave, hitting 2 targets. Sweeping Strikes activates and each hit triggers another one. If you're fighting 2 guys, each one gets hit twice. If you have more than that it's much more random where the damage goes.

If you Whirlwind and hit 4 guys, there goes nearly all your Sweeping as it will trigger off all 4 hits.

If you have Retaliation up, Sweeping triggers off every counter-attack.

What I meant to say was;

If your sword spec procs while cleaving and SSing, it'll ss the sword proc too. Hehehehehe... lotsa spike dps.

Each time SS is triggered and hits a target, or your regular swing occurs and you don't have a eligible target for SS; it consumes one of the SS's.


Whirlwind basically consumes all your SS's.

did they change it again?

originally, ss + ww + four targets would result in all four targets getting hit twice, but this was deemed too powerful in pvp, so it was nerfed so that only one of the targets would be hit twice. think about it... recklessness + sweeping + sword spec + whirlwind lol

then around 2.0, it was changed so that two of the targets would be hit twice, with two charges consumed.

can any of you guys post a screenshot of ss + ww hitting all four twice? after seeing one of it only hitting two twice, i confirmed it in game myself, because i also thought it was all four.


this was also changed at the same time the extra attack to ww + ss was added.

previously, if the additional target was not in execute range, they would only take normal attack damage.

Yeah, I'll screen shot it later. But I'm pretty sure that execute can hit both mobs even if the other target isn't eligible for execute. I was doing it all this morning.

I also am pretty sure WW + SS will hit all the targets twice. or two (of four) targets 4 times... or 1 target 3 times and 2 targets twice (of four targets)... depending on the exact mechanic.

I find that SS requires somewhat of a very near proximity, and the target has to be in the 180 degree arc in front. Kinda touchy at that. Maybe it's just server/client lag...

Edited, Apr 1st 2007 4:52pm by devioususer

360 degrees = circle

180 degrees arc = half circle

so the front half of your character model is the front 180 degree arc.

Where your normal white hits require the target to be. Not behind your character.

Trigonometry not necessary, but geometry and algebra are really useful.