Dual Blades
Overview
Dual Blades is one of the powersets to come. It is a Scrapper primary power set and a Tanker secondary set in City of Heroes, and a Stalker and Brute primary powerset in City of Villains. It is set to come out with issue 11. The devs (Back Alley Brawler in particular) have confirmed that the set will be insanely quick.
A video of this set in action is available from the Official movie page!
Powers
Scrapper/Tanker/Brute
The Dual Blades powerset is available to Scrappers and Brutes as a primary powerset and to Tankers as a secondary powerset. The following table lists the powers in order, along with their levels for primary, then secondary.
| Power | Level | Effect |
|---|---|---|
 Nimble Slash
|
1,1 | Melee, Minor Damage (Lethal). Begins Empower and Weaken combos |
 Power Slice
|
1,2 | Melee, Moderate Damage(Lethal). Needed for Sweep combo |
 Ablating Strike
|
2,4 | Melee, Moderate Damage (Lethal), Foe -Defense. Needed for Empower and Weaken combos, begins Attack Vitals combo |
 Typhoon's Edge
|
6,10 | Point Blank Area of Effect Melee, Moderate Damage (Lethal). Finishes Weaken and Sweep combos |
 Blinding Feint
|
8,16 | Melee, Moderate Damage (Lethal). Finishes Empower combo |
 Confront
|
12,20 | Ranged, Foe Taunt |
 Vengeful Slice
|
18,28 | Melee, Moderate Damage(Lethal), Foe Knockdown. Needed for Attack Vitals combo |
 Sweeping Strike
|
26,35 | Melee, Moderate Damage (Lethal). Finishes Attack Vitals combo |
 One Thousand Cuts
|
32,38 | Melee, Superior Damage (Lethal). Begins Sweep combo |
Stalker
| Power | Level | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Nimble Slash
|
1 | Melee, Minor Damage (Lethal). Needed for Attack Vitals combos |
| Power Slice
|
1 | Melee, Moderate Damage(Lethal). Needed for Weaken combo |
| Ablating Strike
|
2 | Melee, Moderate Damage (Lethal), Foe -Defense. Begins Attack Vitals combo, finishes Sweep combo |
 Assassin's Blades
|
6 | Point Blank Area of Effect Melee, Moderate Damage (Lethal). Needed for Empower and Sweep combos |
| Build Up
|
8 | Melee, Moderate Damage (Lethal). Begins Empower and Sweep combos |
 Placate
|
12 | Ranged, Foe Placate. Finishes Empower combo |
 Vengeful Slice
|
18 | Melee, Moderate Damage(Lethal), Foe Knockdown. Finishes Attack Vitals combo |
| Sweeping Strike
|
26 | Melee, Moderate Damage (Lethal). Begins Weaken combo |
| One Thousand Cuts
|
32 | Melee, Superior Damage (Lethal). Finishes Weaken combo |
Combination Attacks
The highlight of the dual blades power set is its implementation of a "combo system." Most attacks lack a secondary effect (like Katana's -Def or Dark's -Acc) but the set makes up for this by adding the ability to chain attacks together to create an additional effect at the end.
Brute, Tanker, Scrapper
| Combo Name | Empower | Weaken | Attack Vitals | Sweep |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Effect | A build up like effect | Enemy -ToHit, -Def | Additional Damage Over Time | PBAoE Damage(Lethal), Knockdown |
| Open | 1. Nimble Slash | 1. Nimble Slash | 1. Ablating Strike | 1. One Thousand Cuts |
| Continue | 2. Ablating Strike | 2. Ablating Strike | 2. Vengeful Slice | 2. Power Slice |
| Finish | 3. Blinding Feint | 3. Typhoon's Edge | 3. Sweeping Strike | 3. Typhoon's Edge |
Stalker
| Combo Name | Empower | Weaken | Attack Vitals | Sweep |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Effect | A build up like effect | Enemy -ToHit, -Def | Additional Damage Over Time | PBAoE Damage(Lethal), Knockdown |
| Open | 1. Build Up | 1. Sweeping Strike | 1. Ablating Strike | 1. Build Up |
| Continue | 2. Assassin's Blades | 2. Power Slice | 2. Nimble Slash | 2. Assassin's Blades |
| Finish | 3. Placate | 3. One Thousand Cuts | 3. Vengeful Slice | 3. Ablating Slice |