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A "stun lock" is when you time a series of skills that stun your opponent. It may or may not be always successful. You can't really appreciate stun locking until about lvl 29 when you get drake bash.

An example of stun locking is:

Roar of the Pride --> draw blood --> Aeolian Blade --> Tiger maw --> Drake bash --> draw blood --> Roar, etc.

This is assuming that all of the stuns connect. All moves (except for Drake bash, which is always 100% stun) have increased chances of stunning when you level them. I chose draw blood and tiger maw because they're very quick attacks that can fill in the gap between each move so you can damage your opponent while they are stunned.

Stunlocking is an art -

First thing you need to know is stunning does not stack, if you cast roar on someone who is already stunned, the stun will have no effect.

Which means you have -1 second to stun the opponenet as soon as your previous stun wares off.
Fan of flames should be used before roar/drakes bash due to it's exteremly fast casting time.

My personal stun lock goes like this:
Aeolian > 1 normal attack > Roar > highland cleave > drake sweep > drakes bash > drakes ray > any attack > smack > Aeolian > repeat.

Aeolian is only a 50% chance to stun, so don't rely on it too much. But I have killed 9x BMs who had 7khp with a stunlock whilst only taking about 1k dmg myself. If you need guaranteed stun, skip straight to roar/drakes bash

Switching in between fists and axes would be very inconvenient.

Roar - casting time + channeling time = 2.4 seconds
Id like to see how much damage you can do with fists in 3.6 seconds, also note that drakes bash has .4 seconds channeling.

So in other words,

Switch between weapons whilst doing damage in a time frame of 3.2 seconds

or find a nice pair of Zerk axes and stick with them, hm? and btw who starts with roar when there's drakes bash b:pleased

Occult ice is a 30% chance? you would need 40 str points just for the chance to match Aeolians.

Don't try to lop this into a demon BM stunlock, the OP asked about stunlocks in general. Sage drakes does not last 7.5 seconds.

Mythsoul - Heavens Tear wrote: »

Occult ice is a 30% chance? you would need 40 str points just for the chance to match Aeolians.

Don't try to lop this into a demon BM stunlock, the OP asked about stunlocks in general. Sage drakes does not last 7.5 seconds.

There are BMs with Occult Ice genies that don't have 100 or more str?

Mythsoul - Heavens Tear wrote: »

Switching in between fists and axes would be very inconvenient.

Roar - casting time + channeling time = 2.4 seconds
Id like to see how much damage you can do with fists in 3.6 seconds, also note that drakes bash has .4 seconds channeling.

So in other words,

Switch between weapons whilst doing damage in a time frame of 3.2 seconds

or find a nice pair of Zerk axes and stick with them, hm? and btw who starts with roar when there's drakes bash b:pleased

What? How long does it take you to switch weapons? You can even switch in the middle of a Drake Bash which is the only time you need to switch. I don't see what's so "inconvenient" about it. Also I can throw in about 10 punches in 3.2 seconds which is way more damage than multiple AoE skills.

Using fists also allows you to gain endless supply of chi to keep up the stunlock indefinitely. How long does your "stunlock" last with axes? Sure you can relax and let your opponent's HP run its course in duels but in PK environment, it will become a drag and you'll just keep wasting your chi trying to beat his charm.

I start with Roar so my target can't kite and demon version is a guaranteed stun. Roar -> AoE range, Drake Bash -> melee range.

I keep Occult for when I miss DB or when the target is about to die and don't want to let his charm tick by wasting time casting another stun, or just catching a kiting target. And yes Aeolian is unreliable in stunlock chain. I only use it when I have nothing else available or have no chi, which is rare.