Whips - Useful ?

[coobe]

Hey, i just wanted some opinions on whips. Do you use one of those regulary or at all ? maybe the rat tail for boosting the fear ? how much does it boost ? any infos on whips and usage are welcome

[llamabeast]

[ano]

Whip of Command is good for boosting normal leadership for mages. I used them heavily along with Scepters of Authority and Crowns of Command to make my Starspawns able to lead and teleport huge hordes of chaff.
Some unique items are good for this purpose too (O'al Khan Sceptre and Twin Spears come to mind)

[Edratman]

I also only use the whip of command. I'm sure there is a good niche use for the others, but I haven't found it and I stay in the forging rut that I'm comfortable with.

[Revolution]

What I do on my personal time is no business of yours!






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but seriously no, never use em

[Dedas]

The whip of command is used all the time in our home - but not by me unfortunately.

[Baalz]

rat tail whip gives animal awe, which is a good way to stop elephants. It's also a good way to scare off a raiding thug while you cut off his retreat.

[Ironhawk]

I was wondering recently if the Demon Whip was a particularly good chaff killer. It gets small area fire, of course, but whips all have length 6 - so it would get repels on basically every weapon... except pikes and lances I think? Which would work out pretty well if you are just fighting the masses. Havent tested it tho.

[thejeff]

Is the small area fire from the whip also capped at 1 damage?

[Baalz]

thejeff said:
Is the small area fire from the whip also capped at 1 damage?

Most definitely not.