Aggressor execution 1 when burning moot?

[Gal Kraft]

I noticed the Aggressor path for Crusader has 2 skills with "Execution 1 when burning". If the attack brings the target down to 0 health, and they had 1 death armor, they're gonna die on their turn anyway. DoTs are basically already a "soft" execution point. It is difficult to think of rare situations where an immediate kill is better than dead-at-the-start-of-their-turn (and I can easily counterpoint with a number of situations that make attrition kills better than immediate kills).

Perhaps change up what Smite and Reap do in the Aggressor path? Am I missing the usefulness of the Execution aspect of these aggressor skills?

[The Darkest DeDeDank]

The execution 2 for smite+ is a lot more relevant than the execute 1, but in the unlikely chance you're in a fight where the enemies can get healed then i suppose the execute 1 can be useful. The only high priority enemies with 1 death armor where that's likely Chiurgeon with regen and Collector with collected vestal

[Gal Kraft]

Originally posted by The Darkest DeDeDank:

The execution 2 for smite+ is a lot more relevant than the execute 1, but in the unlikely chance you're in a fight where the enemies can get healed then i suppose the execute 1 can be useful. The only high priority enemies with 1 death armor where that's likely Chiurgeon with regen and Collector with collected vestal

And cultists with regen. There are instances that marginally help, sure, but not a reason to choose a path over.

I suppose it's really only meant to reward Crusader with a stress heal or Strength on kill, but "close enough" if they have 1 death armor and burning?

[The Darkest DeDeDank]

And cultists with regen. There are instances that marginally help, sure, but not a reason to choose a path over.

I suppose it's really only meant to reward Crusader with a stress heal or Strength on kill, but "close enough" if they have 1 death armor and burning?

After playing more Aggressor it seems that the execution is mainly just to get the on kill effect and to encourage the player to use the tenacity buff, which heals you when you hit a burning enemy.

I found a lot of success with this team. I had temptation on Crusader so I could freely set up tenacity. That, paired with Runaway's Dragonfly, let me get the most out of the path and occasionally stun combo-ed enemies

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