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Bobby2

Bobby2

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2007

Delayed in order to meet ANet's high standards

[MaSS]

W/E

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Originally Posted by Stealth Bomberman View Post
ffs, whats the point of playin this game if everything you need is on 1 page of info..
There's running a good build. Then there's running a good build with skill. Fail statement...
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Originally Posted by Stealth Bomberman View Post
I wouldnt be surprised if u all choose [mending] over something new for a change. lol, QQ moar

Tyla

Emo Goth Italics

Join Date: Sep 2006

Creativity for the sake of creativity is dumb. A lot of the time creativity is for the sake of creativity.

Try and make it compare to the efficiency first.

X Cytherea X

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2006

A/Mo

creativity isnt autofail; it can sometimes produce good results.

Super Igor

Banned

Join Date: Mar 2008

why should you kno? Oo

A/W

creativity for the sake of it is fail

Shadowmere

Shadowmere

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2007

The Grim Squeakers [REAP]

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oook well...umm being that this is PvE we're talking about here I'll put up this one, not exactly "deadly arts based" but it uses a DA elite for some fun.

[golden fox strike][wild strike][repeating strike][twisting fangs][way of the empty palm][critical agility][optional][optional]
It's no MS/DB but it's decent and fun for some giggles. I've nicknamed it the "Break-Dance Fighter" due to repeating's animation.

As it is it dosen't use many DA skills but there's lots of room to modify it, the only thing to it is setting up to use repeating constantly while WoteP is up.

Shadowmere

Shadowmere

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2007

The Grim Squeakers [REAP]

N/

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Originally Posted by Stealth Bomberman View Post
[repeating strike] in pve??? if ur blinded or blocked ur no use and might as well back up and /sit till the fight is over. its a horrible skill anyways. kills what sins are good at..spiking/shutdown. Thank you for the constructive cirtique, I always appreciate thoughtful comments like this...

Maybe I didn't stress the fact that I never claimed it to be and end all awsome shutdown/spike build, I even said it wouldn't stand up to MS/DB. It's a build for fun. Read fun not designed to be super effective but designed to use something non-standard for giggles.

And honestly if you look at it from a purely damage standpoint it's not too bad at all, the damage dealt is comprable to an average warrrior attack chain (DSlash notwithstanding). The reason it's not that great is because assassins simply have better options.

And to comment on your "gripes" with the build the things you listed pretty much shut down most physical damage dealers not just specific to this build. Also blind really isn't very common in pve and most of the blocking comes from ranger stances and last time I checked Wild Strike removes stances. But if you do keep getting hit with that pesky blind, I found this neat little skill when I was over in Kamadan; [assassin's remedy].

X Cytherea X

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2006

A/Mo

[repeating strike] has the coolest dagger animation ever