Talk:Xinrae's Weapon

Trouble on the horizon for any spell-based spike... --Shattered Self 22:26, 22 September 2006 (CDT)
 * Yeah, but why spend an elite spot to delay a spell-based spike for 13 seconds out of 30? Good vs bloodspike, but so is Infuse Health. --Kiiron 05:17, 23 September 2006 (CDT)
 * the target has to have the weapon already (well, some use could be made with very good reflexes). and this is costly, has a slower recharge than the delay, and doesn't last long. but after all those pains, only 13/30.. i consider this weak as a nonelite.. am I missing something?

As I understand it, it would utterly destroy a spell spiker team if it can be pulled off. Remember how disabling works: If a skill is disabled while it is activating, it won't resolve! This means, the first spell to hit Xinraes Weapon will also be last, because all others that follow won't even resolve because they're already disabled. The only interesting question is how this interacts with lag. For a good spike, all spikers should synchronize as well as possible. How large then, in milliseconds, is the window of opportunity for the 2nd and following spells? If 2 identical spells are activated with 2 milliseconds apart, will the 2nd one be disabled in time to not resolve? RolandOfGilead 11:44, 26 September 2006 (CDT)
 * An ADDITIONAL 13 seconds, mind you. Against a 10 second recharge spike, that's now 23/30, which while still not good enough, *is* still a bit better than 1/3 spikes ruined.  --Crazytreeboy 17:08, 9 December 2006 (CST)
 * I would guess that even if the spells landed in the same nanosecond, the first would disable the second, fizzling it. But the issue you didn't address - what happens 25 seconds after the first thwarted spike, when the weapon that is difficult to empoy at best is not yet recharged, but the spike team is ready to go at it again? Even if an AI hero were intelligently in charge of this spell, you could have a pretty good chance of limiting one spike - depending on how sloppy it is. But the cost, duration, and the recast are still just horrible. There are better reasons to switch from mono spell spike to rainbow spike than the minimal threat presented by this paltry elite.


 * The point of running a spike team is to take your opponents off guard by a spike of damage on an unpredictable target in order to kill it. If you could accurately predict a spike enough to use this skill then you would be better off as the infuser to heal the target so he doesn't die from the spike. [[Image:Chuiu Me Icon.png]] (T/C) 20:43, 26 September 2006 (CDT)


 * It doesn't matter anymore now, BS is nerved because of 6 man in Heroes' Ascent. I didn't see any BS groups in GvG before, so guess it won't be needed to take with you(UnexistNL 14:03, 8 October 2006 (CDT))

actually, shutting down any spike completely with one move is pretty darn good, except for that this is spells only. -Anooneemiss 00:04, 1 November 2006 (CST)


 * This definitely needs testing in scrimmage. It might work lik Spell Breaker or it might work like Diversion. -- Gordon Ecker 20:11, 13 November 2006 (CST)


 * Hi Searing Flames Heroway, bye Searing Flames Heroway. --IxI Raiden IxI 19:34, 18 November 2006 (CST)

I don't see this as a useful skill, even as a non-elite. Yeah, it can help in a few very rare situations, but the pathetic duration and absurd cost makes it useless to pre-prot, excepting in a situation like HA where you know the ghoslty is a target. It simply costs too much for too little coverage; if you had great reflexes it could prevent part of a spike, or catch the secondary spike skills (follow-up stuff), so it is of some use against caster non-rainbow spike, but really that's a pretty limited use. In PvE it could be handy against AI, as often a mob will all have the same skills, but even then it is limited in application. --Epinephrine 17:02, 9 December 2006 (CST)

Are NPC enemies in PvE considered all in one giant party? if this is true, does this weapon affect all enemy teams in HA?


 * My personal bet (just found out about this skill and the next time I log on will be capping this and Defiant Was Xinrae) is that each mob count as allies, but not between mobs. However, for certain areas (Domain of Pain/Fear), this seems ideal, since you have a group with 5 casters all casting the same spell. Mbourgon 01:37, 25 February 2007 (CST)

function
it works like diversion for the person who first casts on it- but consider that all of that foes allies have the spell disabled as well

perhaps this could see useage in DoA
I've heard people complaining about lots of spikes in DoA, perhaps xinraes could find some limited useage here?


 * It does have some use, ever put it on the ghost vs searing flames and thumpers? :D &mdash; Skuld 05:46, 3 December 2006 (CST)


 * searing flames sure, but thumpers? thought it only worked on spells Thefez

It's useless everywhere
Stop over thinking things. The skill is currently absolutely garbage. There's virtually no way the skill has any practical use at all. The skill just needs to be buffed drastically. Any or all of: Lower cost to 15e, reduce recharge, double disabling time, remove elite.--Xapti 01:32, 26 February 2007 (CST)


 * It's useful against Discord Hero teams :) But I agree with you Buzzer 03:21, 27 February 2007 (CST)
 * With the HA metagame, this skil is 1337. Really. The metagame is SF/Icy veins, which shuts down both of them, basicly stopping the spike and giving you about 12 secs time to kill them(which is usually enough for Icy Veins). Really, don't underestamate this. UnexistNL
 * Exactly what Unexist said, but this on a rit with a two monk backline, and the SF/Icy teams are crying hax because their Icy Veins just took 21 seconds to recharge. Turk Nagona 22:47, 7 April 2007 (CDT)
 * What about Hard Mode.... considering the pve mobs have increased spiking ablitity, i think this may be useful to use on a tank to disable the first initial burst of dmg, no testing yet though--Idiot 22:20, 4 May 2007 (CDT)
 * I don't think SF or IV is that common, but anyways, this skill is too conditional to fit an elite slot, imo, compared to like a 3rd monk which is always useful, whereas this is very useful only some of the time. M s4 22:28, 4 May 2007 (CDT)
 * Well, i'm just trying to justify this skill's existance by providing a very hypothetical situation that is improbable to occur. truly the only reason i see fit to even cap this skill is if your going for the skill title track--Idiot 22:38, 4 May 2007 (CDT)
 * Well since this is way too conditional for pvp use, i bet theres a place where this skill would be useful. I don't know pve very well though. M s4 22:45, 4 May 2007 (CDT)


 * Agreed. It's pretty bad.  Simply put it's overcosted, provides inadequate coverage and so on.  After all, a Protective Spirit can be thrwon on multiple people pre-emptively, or can catch a spike, while this is elite and offers less functionality.  Virtually pointless to try to pre-prot with, ludicrously expensive, can't keep up with spike frequency anyway etc... --[[image:Epinephrine.jpg]] ~ Epinephrine 14:14, 5 May 2007 (CDT)

Underworld
This skill might prove very useful within the Chaos Planes of Underworld.

Is it really a Weapon Spell?
Is it just me or is this skill not even supposed to be a "Weapon Spell"? In other words, weapon spells are supposed to be weapon enhancements, like Splinter or Nightmare Weapon, not defensive bonuses (i.e. disable foes spells if THEY hit you). Logically it shouldn't; however, Rts cast it and Rts dont cast enchantments on allies. Plus, if it were an enchant, it'd be prone to Shatter Enchantment et al so it's probably better this way (alternative would probably be making "Armor spells" or converting this to Ashes of Xinrae). Bad call from ANet for making a real sucky skill, according to the above opinions, and also creating a somewhat 'logical fallacy'. I have a Rt and I'm almost certain there are no defensive weapons spells. Feel free to criticize. Gabe 07:36, 3 June 2007 (CDT)


 * Weapon of warding, vital weapon.. Weapon spell is just another enchantment. &mdash; Skuld 07:44, 3 June 2007 (CDT)


 * If you look at the list, close to 50% of weapon spells are defensive. --Buzzer 00:09, 4 June 2007 (CDT)