Skullcrusher into a single-target power

chaosdrgnz43

This power looks funny as hell to use. The animation is great for those who want a smash rather than a swing or stab, and you can MOVE while you charge it.

Case in point, what if Skullcrusher can be on par with Annihilate and Skewer? Boost its base dmg for removing its aoe component. Make "Put em Down" a 2pt adv and +30% all dmg boost to Disoriented targets. Or keep the adv as is since Skewer has two 1pt adv. It could be a neat alternative to those who don't want a fire/bleed HW char.

Plus, HW already has a handful of AoEs anyway.(e.g. Arc of Ruin, Cleave, Eruption, Brimstone, Earth Splitter).

bluhman

I'm a fan considering that Skullcrusher has always had one of the best animations and basically no niche in the set whatsoever because of how grossly Skewer and Arc of Ruin outclass it.

avianos

Even after the small HW revamp, I feel that Skullcrusher is still underwelming damage wise

I really want this power to be buffed, I'm fan of the animation as well (except when it gets funny when you dont face the target) but the dps is a joke​​

spinnytop

Yeah cause HW needs even more primary nuke powers while most sets still only have 1 o3o

avianos

spinnytop wrote: »

Yeah cause HW needs even more primary nuke powers while most sets still only have 1 o3o

Well Schüt friend, what's the point of having cool heavy weapon powers with cool animation when they hit like a wet noodle?

currently you are better with Cleave and Brimstone for AoE Dps

I wanted to use Skullcrusher on both tank and dps characters but the dps made me change my mind​​

lezard21

+1

Also add a proper no weapon Might version of Skullcrusher like wrestling's double axe handle attack.



Imaginary weapon still has the FX tinting the invisible weapon.

legendarylycan

i'd definitely like skullcrusher to be a viable choice next to cleave and brimstone, as it's the only attack in the set that suits maces and hammers rather than swords and axes​​

bluhman

It's a shame it has one of the more fiery hit effects, because then otherwise I'd suggest making it a pure crushing/disorient-focused single-target attack to mirror the more fire-based Annihilate.

avianos

I would be perfectly OK if Skullcrasher became singlet target and Counterpart of Annihilate, I want to use it as primary offense power in the first place, HW already has many AoEs, so give more single target options for people who don't like Annihilate

It's not really good AoE anyway​​

spinnytop

I think it would be neat if they kept it aoe and then gave it a Stun on full charge. Would be fun to run through crowds spamming stuns on things with it, and it works with the theme since you're bopping things on the head.

chaosdrgnz43

I so hope the the devs (@kaizerin) will consider this when they revamp Might set. I know Skullcrusher is HW but Might also has Disorient-related powers.

Annihilate doesn't really look great for axe/hammers. It also doesn't help when the weapon clips through the ground.

spinnytop

Pinging them isn't gonna make them any more likely to do it dude u3u

chaosdrgnz43

spinnytop said:

Pinging them isn't gonna make them any more likely to do it dude u3u

Maybe so, but if they could see the suggestion a new power might come similar to it. Like when I suggested a rupture power for Bestial. There's always a chance~

avianos

Skullcrusher hasn't been updated when HW got "revamped", didn't it?
I remember Arona's comments about how low DPS the power still was

spinnytop wrote: »

Pinging them isn't gonna make them any more likely to do it dude u3u

The power is Weak and a lot of people agree that it needs to be buffed
I think it's only fair for the DEVs to notice this​​

spinnytop

avianos said:

I think it's only fair for the DEVs to notice this​​

Yeah, we should ping them on every suggestion that we think is important. So, go ahead and ping them on every suggestion more important than this. Which would be a lot since there's really no reason this would be important. Hell you'll probably have forgotten about it a week or two from now.

avianos

That's the spirit C:

spinnytop wrote: »

Which would be a lot since there's really no reason this would be important. Hell you'll probably have forgotten about it a week or two from now.

I haven't forgotten about Skullcrusher 2 years now
3 out of 4 of my HW characters are using Annihilate when 2 of them were suppose to use Skullcrusher for their HAMMER

So no, I won't forget it, Don't make me come back 2 weeks later and bump the thread

Another thing, it's DEVs' duty to balance powers and make them viable.
What did they do with Skullcrusher back then? Nothing. They ignored it. It's not good AoE neither good "single target" power and gets overshadowed by everything else in the set
This is not good balance for the HW powerframe
the power goes wasted despite having a pretty cool animation (IF ONLY we had more hammers for HW skins to take usage of it)​​

legendarylycan

and maces...of which we don't even have ONE design - hammers at least have a few​​

avianos

shadowfang240 wrote: »

and maces...of which we don't even have ONE design - hammers at least have a few

oh yes, definitely maces as well

I keep thinking about the concept art which was posted years ago for HW

You see those 3 hammers? that's the stuff. I want to use the one with Cross for my Paladin along Skullcrush

We got the Guitar and the Mountain one so far, I hope DEVs will revisit them like they did with the Claw Weapon set​​

legendarylycan

well, for a mace, i want a design similar to this - not EXACTLY like it, obviously, because i'm sure blizzard has that specific design copywritten

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spinnytop

avianos said:

I haven't forgotten about Skullcrusher 2 years now

Haven't seen much from you about the topic the past 2 years though. Hell, you didn't even start this thread. Slacker.

chaosdrgnz43

spinnytop said:

avianos said:

I haven't forgotten about Skullcrusher 2 years now

Haven't seen much from you about the topic the past 2 years though. Hell, you didn't even start this thread. Slacker.

Please keep the sass to a minimum. Don't really want mods closing this thread because of something trivial.

avianos said:

I keep thinking about the concept art which was posted years ago for HW



You see those 3 hammers? that's the stuff. I want to use the one with Cross for my Paladin along Skullcrush



We got the Guitar and the Mountain one so far, I hope DEVs will revisist them like they did with the Claw Weapon set​​

Oh wow. I'd love to have the 4, 5 and 6th heavy weapons. Would be great if there could be axes similar to those designs.