I have Lunge,Assassin's , Impale and Ripper at lvl 50.
And i play sigle target (i'm pvp oriented).. i don't understand what do u exactly mean.
If you don't mind the redraw pick up Air Superiority or Jump Kick. Barb Swipe really is pretty bad, I'd rather have a pool power fill in than take it. Not much else you can do. Once you get Ripper slotted up you can do fairly well with just Lunge, Impale, and Ripper. The longish animations on Impale and Ripper mean that with some recharge slotting you can keep pretty busy. I realize that doesn't help with your pre-25 requirement. There was a discussion on basically this subject a while back and the best suggestion I saw was to take a pool power attack on the way, then once you get Ripper slotted, either respec or just switch to your secondary build to drop the pool power.
Of course if you really like it you could just keep it, but with Stalker builds being as tight as they are that's often a luxury that's difficult to afford.
Cool, thanks for the info, guys.
Can I get some data on the options? I also just rolled a Spines/...a Spines/SR and I was wondering how much damage will kick from the fighting pool do at 50 compared to Barb Swipe at 50?
I also have the two vet powers Sands of Mu and Black Wand.
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Can I get some data on the options? I also just rolled a Spines/...a Spines/SR and I was wondering how much damage will kick from the fighting pool do at 50 compared to Barb Swipe at 50?
I also have the two vet powers Sands of Mu and Black Wand.
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Here's a quick rundown I did on DPSA on some of the options using CoD. I used Arcanatime to modify the cast times so it should be accurate as long as I used the right damage values.
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Barb Swipe 14.74
Boxing 32.01
Kick 23.59
Air Superiority 32.41
Jump Kick 32.41
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I believe Boxing also has re-draw, which makes it on even level with Air Superiority for me. The added mitigation factor of AS is what wins for me. With enough dmg and recharge I could fight to lvl 15 without depending much on my secondary to keep me alive.
(but Boxing has the bonus of a nice cheap purple set slotting if you are also into that!)
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and air supiriority has the bonus of a very nice set of bonuses that can be had much cheaper than purps, the kin crash set would also give kb protection if your secondary is lacking in it...i could be wrong though, halfway through typing this i blanked as to whether kb sets can be slotted into Air Sup.
Last I checked Air Superiority did not take KB sets. Also Air Superiority pays for its mitigation with a higher endurance cost. That may or may not make it less valuable as a low-level filler attack depending on your playstyle. Jump Kick does the same DPA, has a lower end cost, and recharges faster. The only thing it lacks is 100% KU (20% for Jump Kick).
so the basic consensus is drop barb swipe and take Jumpkick for now...
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Okay, so I've got a possible idea for a Spines/ but I could also go with Claws/ or Nin/ for concept. My question is, it's obvious AOE is spines' specialty, but is it possible to have a respectable single-target chain before 25, and if so, what would it be? I mean, lunge and impale are obvious, but it seems like my only other single targets are assassin's strike and barb swipe, and barb swipe has always seemed a bit lackluster to me...