Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-98.169.177.45-20160811143326/@comment-26166027-20161202162803

There's a reason why I call Ichor a "rusher crusher". Almost every rusher or sub-rusher I have ever encountered post-mastery as Ichor I have defeated. It's all about getting in close with impact fist, making contact with the impact fist to stagger them, then using fury hit to destroy their already-weak defenses.

After that, if possible, blood bind could be used, and essentially this is what you do for a while. With rushers however, you'll probably have your HP drained quite quickly, so this is where punishing blow comes into play.

I use punishing blow as an equalizer. If you get down to below 50 health left, and have above 50 blood, maybe even 70, a punishing blow would absolutely devastate the enemy, bringing their possibly-high health down to your level.

Not only that, but if you still have punishing blow left over from the spar and are low on HP with high blood (since you didnt get to use it), you can use punishing blow as a vulture deterrant by equalizing the vulture's HP and forcing it down to your level, making it an equal fight that you can win if you play smart.

Those are my thoughts on this.