I've got a Thief-Acrobat, 13r/6m/1f build, and as my second Rogue class feat I took crippling strike.  Over the last few weeks I can't say that it has really made a difference, and i'm looking for info on the other options.

In groups, trash mobs die too fast for the -2 str to matter, and bosses are mostly immune to stat damage.  So my other other options are Defensive roll, slippery mind, and +1 skills.

Does defensive roll actually WAI, and what is the % of that?  As it is written, I kinda assume that it rolls you backwards, mob swings 1 more time and you die.

I'm about 6 mats from getting my RadII weapon, is crippling strike the best option once I get it?

Crippling strike is the shit since even (correct me somoen if Im wrong) even red names can take up to 10 stat damage and that more damage you are preventing, either way dropping somthings str basically igves you more ac (which that really dosen't fucking matter) but reduces damage incoming, so its all good.

Besides that, imp evasion, slippery mind (to save vs nat 1s), and skill mastery are where its at :p

Rogue level 10=crippling strike.
+1 (icy burst) W/E rapier/scimitar(depending on spec)=3 str damage per hit, plus 1d6 every so often.

With icy burst, it just DESTROYS stuff.

cl2012 wrote on Aug 30^th, 2010 at 1:00pm:


0 str=auto crit and auto SA damage for everyone.

Mmm, auto crits

so far no traps (save 2 in cabal elite) require skill mastery to be disabled. also slippery mind rocks

Thanks for the input guys.  Since I only get 2 with this build, i'll stick it out with crippling strike for now.  I was unaware that I could take str off Harry, and every little bit helps.