harharharhar wrote on Nov 19
th, 2017 at 7:34pm:
Yeah that set bonus is awesome for sure. ALTHOUGH that belt is fucking horrible. I mean, blurry? Barf. Quality Dodge? Ok whatever. Deathblock? Again, WTF. and then 1 goddamn green Augment slot. Pretty painful. Maybe Diversion is important for someone but if you're a thrower worth a shit you are only going to be shedding aggro with (Improved)/Deception and Sniper, or blinds.
The necklace is tolerable because of the nice Wisdom Score and two slots but honestly the Wisdom score is really only relevant to 10k and over a slavers it's only 3RP. I haven't looked at gear in a long time, especially since the AA nerf, so I could be wrong, but you might be able to gear stronger than a wasted belt slot and +20 Wisdom, versus any other top gear Belt and Necklace combo (eGG is more DPS than both of these items on it's own).
However, obviously that 20% Artifact Double shot is juicy. But the question is if it's worth the trade off. If you're sitting at 90 Dex end game on a thrower, and let's say 53% Doubleshot (3xEPL, 10 Feat, 20% DWS, 12 Gear) + 35% Average from 70% in 10k, =88% Doubleshot.
1+.9+.9+.88=3.68 Shuriken's per throw. If you add that 20% Artifact, you're increasing your total DPS/throwrate by about 5.4% (.2/3.68). So if you we're going to gear without the set bonus, that's what you have to make up. The increased SA damage from Imp Deception on Golden Guile might come close on it's own. -61% threat gen is nice I guess from the set and the Belt, but it's not the same as Improved Deception. I guess you could argue for Raids it's worth it but probably not while solo'ing.
Honestly, they did a decent job of making this probably best in slot, but not necessarily. Color me impressed.
there is also the goggles and a robe that offers the set bonus.
Van Richten's Spectacles
Goggles
Silent Avenger Set***
Dexterity +20
Reflex Saves +16
Doubleshot +12
Magical Sheltering +52
Blue Augment Slot
Green Augment Slot
Patience Through Peril
Clothing
Silent Avenger Set***
Deathblock
Ghostly
Physical Sheltering +52
Profane Well Rounded
Blue Augment Slot
Green Augment Slot
So it has to be eye slot, which is dope as fuck and the neck slot. equip the neck with insightful wisdom 2 augment and it's 22 wisdom. same as a 15/7 item.
improved deception and ghostly are hard to slot. prolly end up using the new trinket :
Echo of Ravenkind
Trinket
Herald of Dawn Set
Eternal Holy Burst While you are wearing this item, your melee, ranged, and unarmed attacks gain the Holy Burst ability. (This weapon is holy. The weapon deals an additional 1 to 6 good damage each hit. In addition, critical hits deal an additional 1 to 10 good damage for weapons with a x2 critical multiplier, 2 to 20 for a x3 critical multiplier and 3 to 30 for a x4 multiplier.)
True Seeing
Constitution +20
Improved Deception
Yellow Augment Slot
Green Augment Slot
If the ring stays unnerfed then it's also a bis item. so is the profane and q deadly ring. we could just also give up the belt slot instead of the neck. take the quality dodge and not have to fuck around slotting ghostly and improved deception items. keep the EGG slam the belt and goggles on and work from there? Or neck + goggles + new trinket + ghostly item somewhere ( or man up and take the feat while spamming Shadow Veil).