Talk:Soaring Stone/@comment-94.140.84.108-20131027174756/@comment-94.140.84.108-20131029161109

more testing... here are differences

1. Leaping stone is quite a lot higher and does more damage when stringed into Brain Splitter (unless diff.nr.2) especially against unarmored large enemies like gorecyclops

2. Soaring stone unlike Leaping kicks smaller enemies in the air providing you with full time shreading with Brain Splitter (up to giant skeleton or poisoned undead). but, kickoff bad side is that you sometimes kick it out of pawns reach while they attack on ground

3. Soaring stone seems not to work against death while Leaping does (needs more testing). whenever i try Soaring stone i simply pass trough. Leaping works 100% and 1 jump is more than enough to make death disappear

4. Leaping stone is always perfectly vertical (unless Double Vault) while Soaring can e slightly directional, making Soaring better for Living armor shield jumping

5. doesn't knock out block. but, upside is that stronger Brain Splitter does. different effect, same result

6. Leaping stone is better against dragonkin in the air. you jump higher and reach heart sooner. more or less is just leaping off the tail->double vault->jump->grab. Soarin requires way more time

so, which one is better? both have upsides and downsides. but, for my taste... Soaring stone is a no go. unless it is a solo run where kicking smaller enemies in the air is really worth it