Lance SA

hmm tried search and nothing although I'm sure this has been discussed before...

What is a better SA for a lance (b grade): long blow or critical stun?

Critical stun seems nice - but it only works on 13% or crits :confused: - so I'm thinking of going long blow cause this is for my sws and he doesnt have pole masteries.

(I have full SE buffs and will be attacking 4 mobs at a time - more than 4 and ill die with the little hp i have :o )

I suggest critical stun or anger for a SwS.
Wait, at first I just don't recommend a pole for a SwS :) but Long Blow will be kinda useless for trains of 4 mobs.
Maybe crit stun will be better, with your good DEX and song of hunter.

Im sure 90% of all lances have CS. and I like CS better as well.

sws does well with a pole, i party with one a lot, he can pull well, thanks to song of wind, and his def buffs help, plus crit is always nice. i would go crit stun, long blow don't seem worth it.

crit stun is a really low land rate
first you need to crit
then you need it to trigger
then it needs to land
if you pole properly you shouldnt need wide blow but since there is no haste on lance just get crit stun :/

kool - thank you all for your replies - i guess Ill go crit stun then

:cool:

I don't like CritStun so much, my WL uses Long Blow and he likes it. No use for CritStun when you don't have a great DEX and already have a skill to stun.

I would go with crit stun, as you are a SWS and can dance so you crit more, thus more of a stun chance...since you can only hit a cerain number of mobs without the pole masteries, the less hitting back the better.

And maybe a Zubei light set + song of water and hunt light blue mobs :)

i have a +6 Lance with Stun and i can tell it dont works realy good. U can take Wide Blow. Stun did not realy work on it

Hmm, i have had both lance and halberd with stun, and most pulls it fires a few times, enough to be noticable anyway, and thats on a dorf, so all stats are low....
Maybe you need to try it on bigger trains?

considering you are hitting a lot of mobs at the same time, one mob is almost always stunned. have 7 mobs hitting you, and hit 8 mobs yourself, with VR, that makes a great difference for your healer.

Group with another pole with crit stun if possible(or a warlord with a crit stun pole and thunderstorm). I have been in groups with 2-3 poles that can keep almsot entire pulls of 15-20 mobs stunned the entire time they are being killed. Without using thunderstorm it came to about 10/15 or so, but its a huge difference(sws in group makes you stun more, as you crit more.)