Slippery Attacks -- This ability makes it more difficult for opponents to reposte your offhand attacks. Each rank increases the chance that your opponent will fail to reposte by 20%.
If I were to duel wield and eat rage with a trophy or cup in the primary, I would not take any extra damage. I do it all the time on raids. Now I can't say for sure if Slippery Attacks is a strike thru, but I do know I get a strike thru message when Slippery Attacks triggers. However, if it is just a strike than the claim that strike thru doesn't avoid damage is false.
Since Slippery Attacks cancels reposte there is no reason not to use fast weapons in secondary. Fast weapons are great. With Sinister Strikes you get some damage bonus. I haven't gone into it myself but there is claim that damage bonus is 1/3rd the delay of the weapon.
I can tell you right now without even looking that 2.0 in primary and swiftcleave will out dps and out aggro the BBoB and 2.0. The BBoB is primary hand only. Because of this the better weapon (2.0) ends up in secondary. The ratio of Swiftcleave is far better than BBoB. So much so that the much envied Anger proc doesn't matter.
Edited, May 25th 2008 4:44am by basicxp