The Ninja is back

[Crystalion]

I'm still looking for a way to deal with PI's in Hell.

About this Blade Fury needs AR "problem"... Since the AR isn't displayed research should be done, but the AR related bonuses on your weapon probably (v1.10 beta) helps, as everything else on your weapon helps that I've tested. In addition, if your weapon is a claw, I'd not be surprised if Claw Mastery helps the AR.

Piercing and other % ignore target defense will help against those not immune.

Finally "1 in 3" might not be an unacceptable hit/miss ratio if you're trying to transmit effects, rather than net damage, given that the skill spams well.


About the PIs in Hell... you should be able to CoS, MB (for converts/distraction), and spam BF carrying Prevent Monster Heal and Venom and elemental adders. If they themselves deal non-physical then the converts work especially well.

With poison often being of short duration these days (not to mention poison immunes) I think v1.10s increased monster HPs are really going to make PMH very popular. All ranged attacks that can hit multiple monsters with PMH in a short period of time thereby become useful preludes to many combats and greatly enhance the value of crowd control methods in general (as one of the main objections to crowd control is dispersion of targets unfortunately allowing monster regen).

Even if you generally prefer Dragon Talon, Blade Fury only needs 2 points (as Ice pointed out: prereq, one-point-wonder... but let me point out that the increased mana cost from more points seems to me a greater detriment than the weenie added damage [could someone check if it also adds AR or something else even though it doesn't display as such?]).

While you could continue to primarily use Dragon Talon, in those cases, like PIs, where the battle is going to stretch out because your damage output is crippled, you might as well shift gears to BF because you'll be safer while wearing them down (I suggest a weapon switch to dual claws for max. affixes: AR solution, elemental adders, crowd control).