harharharhar wrote on Apr 5
th, 2017 at 11:07am:
DoRayEgon wrote on Apr 5
th, 2017 at 9:25am:
That I disagree with as I don't like giving up 10k which you need 6 Monk for....
All the fighter active shots work with shuriken.
Racial AA + Kensai crit + Assasin's Trick is quite strong.
Tier 5 in Kensai is functional for Fury (x4 crit w/ A Good Death), but doesn't allow you to swap to bows with the active shots as it only works with chosen foucs.
Tier 5 NS + Kensai crit +Mech and Assasin wrecks shit in Shadowdancer.
T5 in Kensei was great on trash in my experience, and brutally slow on red names. YMMV.
If you want to run in Fury and don't take Sniper Shot...I'm sorry but you don't know what you're doing or you're a casual. Ditto losing Slayer Arrow.
The SA damage build you mention is strong'ish, and very good for consistent DPS output. It totally lacks the burst of a proper Fury build IMO. It would have something like a 50-60 second red kobold time, I would guess. 5Foot may have tested something similar, and will probably claim 38 seconds or something.
10ks is definitely sweet, but I don't consider it a "core" requirement for a shuri build. You can run a perfectly viable shuri build without 10ks. Hard to build one that's not junk without ANT and shuriken expertise though.
It's good to know that the Kensai stuff is all working with shurikens now. May have to tinker with that at some point.
While Assassin's Trick is decent, I could take or leave it and don't really think it's worth splashing 6 rogue. For mobs that are 100% immune to SA without Assassin's Trick, that's what Adrenalined Sniper Shots are for.
I ran a SA focused shuri build in Shadowdancer. It was really good at killing trash, but sucked at bosses and burst damage. FotW shuri builds may be less trash DPS but they're still more than enough plus they wreck red nameds unlike Shadowdancers.
I agree with Jak that giving up Sniper Shot is a really bad choice. Sniper Shot is a baby Slaying Arrow every 6s. I'd give up Slaying Arrow before Sniper Shot, hands down.
I ran a 12 ranger, 6 monk, 2 fighter T5 DWS shuri without Slaying Arrow for a while and it was really, really good. The crit threat range from the lvl 12 DWS core made up a bit of the difference versus Slaying Arrow. Head Shot + Merciful Shot was also a really nice combo.