effective pvp sin theory

in pvp, it is a must that an assassin inflicts alot of damage and conditions before their target has time to react and heal themselves. the real spike damage from a sin comes from their dual attacks. my theory is that in pvp, an assassin should try not to use lead attacks in their skill combos if they want to be more effective.an assassin that is using a lead attack combo, such as leaping mantis sting-wild strike-twisting fangs wouldnt be as effective as something such as shadow prision-black spider strike-twisting fangs-black lotus strike-death blossom. my idea is that you want to get to the dual attack as soon as possible by not spending extra time using a lead attack. using a lead attack will give your target more time to figure out what your doing....just wondering if anyone else feels this way.

It makes sense to me, and it has been tried since sins came out; people were mostly adept to aura of displacement to kick away the lead attack and go straight to the offhand. What you say is mostly true because many of the dual attacks are really powerfull, with a few exceptions. Some builds revolve around moebius strike with different dual attacks just because you need to trigger an offhand and dual, then moebius and repeat wichway you like the most, and until you energy allows you to. Lead attacks are also really weak, most of them.

Just as a side note, I'm not sure if this qualifies as only a pvp theory, I guess it can be applied in any clever setup.

I've been using hex-bls-dual attack since release now...

Most lead attacks are garbage. And like yanman i also have been using hex-bls-dual build. its all the rage now

Unsuspecting Strike and Desperate Strike.

Desperate in PvP? No thx.

Ummm...well thanks for pointing out the obvious, everyone sin knows this unless they've been living in a rock for the past two years.

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I think he was referring to me.

Well it's both obvious. Of course having 2 attacks takes less time than 3 attacks. Of course a 4 attacks do more dmg than 3 attacks.