Harm Burst

Ok dudes this one FUCKS - the HARM BURST In all seriousness the harm burst is arguably the most efficient, lethal, and diverse combo in the game A well executed harm burst can easily do 60 - 70 damage for only 12 mana Yeah, you read that right. Its incredibly strong and you should be using this regularly while on offense.

Philosophy

First thing to understand about harm bursting is we can use harm for its DAMAGE, not just for an interrupt. Harm does around 10 damage for only 6 mana, casts very fast, and the damage is near instant. That's strong It's so strong in fact, that spamming harm can actually deliver a ton of damage and be winning in certain spots The problem is, you can only interrupt with harm once every 5 seconds. To keep the enemy interrupted while harm bursting, you must land weapon swings between the harms. Which is perfect because the weapon swings also add a ton of damage, while interrupting So put those together, you are clobbering your opponent with weapon swings while letting some harms fly for 10 damage a pop, all while keeping them interrupted. Its super deadly, efficient, and fun as hell Alright before I break it down in detail, lets see it in action in its simplest form

Yeah so look at that shit lol Right when you drop the harm, you reload harm. This isn’t for the interrupt. You are attempting to kill them with that 2nd harm if your weapon hits lands. If your opponents under 30% hp and ghealing, you effectively have a 50% chance of ending the duel on the spot. Take that all day You should be doing this basically every time the opponent gheals while under 30% hp So lets break it down The opponent is at 26% hp casting gheal I harm his gheal, and immediately load another harm The opponent is now in mortal danger. He's at 19% hp and I have a viking sword ready, a harm loaded and I'm ITCHING to send him to the shadow realm. I run in and land the viking sword for 14 dmg then send the harm for the kill It's really that simple, use the 2nd harm purely for damage. That combo can easily dish out over 30 damage for 12 mana just using the viking sword. Imagine using the hally or axe instead, with hally this simple combo can dish out over 50 dmg. Well, you don't have to imagine it. The video below shows the same harm burst finisher, except I use a hally and use an interrupt cycle to lead the opponent into the harm burst finisher.

Yeah so this is what I meant when I said that interrupt cycles should be used as conduits for your burst damage attempts. The opponent was spamming gheals, I used interrupts to get him low, then I ended the duel with a harm burst I mean this shit ain't rocket science capitalize on the opponents mistake (spamming gheal), and convert it into a kill Let's see another similar example

Alright so now you see how to use harm burst as a finisher. That is just the tip of the iceberg - just you wait and see Next, lets see how to execute a harm burst effectively on an opponent with full health.

This was in the finals during a tournament against a strong dueler, anyone is susceptible to the harm burst.

This video shows what a classic harm burst looks like. So as you can see, starting your attack with a harm burst is lethal as fuck Classic harm burst breakdown Opponent is at 86% thinking he is safe I run in and hally smack him in the face with harm already loaded. He gheals I drop my harm at towards the end of his gheal cast in order to stall long enough that my bigger weapon timers are ready. The moment I drop harm, I reload another harm and swing the highest weapon currently available, in this case a viking sword. The MOMENT the viking sword lands, I drop harm IMMEDATELY, and load Magic Arrow as fast as possible. Loading the Magic Arrow as fast as possible is critical since the opponent will most likely gheal after you drop the 2nd harm Now, after a hally, harm, viking sword, harm, I have a Magic Arrow loaded and the opponent is at 20% hp ghealing AGAIN (lol noob) So, I send the Magic Arrow, load a Lightning, and send it for the kill Congrats, you just dealt around 80 damage using only 27 mana and won the duel Even had another weapon swing ready after the lightning, didn't even need it. Note - This combo works especially well against people who gheal spam too much.

Alright ya that's some juice for sure, but wanna know what can take this combo to the next level? Merging the MA EB sneak from the previous section with a harm burst. yep, now we are getting to the good stuff. Trade out the lightning for an EB, now you have a harm burst into an MA EB sneak Same principles from both burst tactics, just woven together. First, let see it in action

And in the example above, if your second swing misses? Just cancel the harm and load MA. Boom u keep them interruptted, used 6 mana, and still have them on the ropes, and you attempted a burst kill. Where’s the downside?