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    Destroyer of Worlds Octavius_Maximus's Avatar
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    Default Vlad 3, Flashing Blade and Side Step.

    So when can he use these combinations?

    Can you charge, make impact attacks, make first initial, cast Flashing blade, side step, second initial, flashing blade, sidestep?

    Or can you not make a flashing blade attack in between attacks and the side steps that are caused by them?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Octavius_Maximus View Post
    Or can you not make a flashing blade attack in between attacks and the side steps that are caused by them?
    This. Side Step is part of attack resolution.

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    but you CAN make a Flashing Blade before your next initial.

    Hmm thats a hard choice, since if you do that and kill all your enemies, you dont get another side step.

    Iiiiiinteresting.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Octavius_Maximus View Post
    but you CAN make a Flashing Blade before your next initial.

    Hmm thats a hard choice, since if you do that and kill all your enemies, you dont get another side step.

    Iiiiiinteresting.
    Something to keep in mind. Vlad3 has both a reach and non-reach weapon and Flashing Blade lets you choose a weapon to make the attacks. If you're careful about it, you can do a thresher with the mace and still keep something alive to kill with the spear to get the side step if necessary.

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    You can indeed cast spells between attacks, just not between hitting and side stepping. So, you could do the following:

    Cast flashing blade, charge, make impact attacks, complete movement, cast flashing blade, make first initial, side step, cast flashing blade, second initial, side step, cast flashing blade.

    Quote Originally Posted by LunarSol View Post
    Something to keep in mind. Vlad3 has both a reach and non-reach weapon and Flashing Blade lets you choose a weapon to make the attacks. If you're careful about it, you can do a thresher with the mace and still keep something alive to kill with the spear to get the side step if necessary.
    Or just keep a heavy in melee range, but that's tactics discussion.
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    Or you can Charge a model cast Flashing Blade, Initial Attack, Sidestep, Flashing Blade if you want, Second Initial Attack, Sidestep again, Flashing Blade once more for good measure.

    Its all the same so as you do not cast spells to interupt your movement or between rolling to hit and damage.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nazdrek View Post
    Or you can Charge a model cast Flashing Blade, Initial Attack, Sidestep, Flashing Blade if you want, Second Initial Attack, Sidestep again, Flashing Blade once more for good measure.
    Isn't that exactly what I said?
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    Getting a little into tactics here, so I'm locking. But yes, you can cast between attacks, but not between attack and side step triggered by that attack.
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