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The combos is whats messing me up. Doing a full combo in reg. play is awesome, but when it comes to pvp, you dont have the time or hps to stand there and deal out a full combo. Its hard enough just to get AS off on anyone in pvp alone, so whatever you take practice hitting and running...
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In PvP, you'll basically just be using the "Empower" combo, which isn't exactly all that hard to pull off in the first place. It's the basic Stalker combo anyways. BU+AS+Placate(empower)+Vengeful Slice isn't all that bad in damage actually, even in pvp, since "damage type" hardly matters there anymore, and thanks to the "+20% Dmg" from Empower, Vengeful Slice hits a tad bit harder than with just Build Up.
If you're feeling "lucky" you can follow that combo up with 1KC. You can BU+AS+Placate(empower)+1KC, which (50% of the time) if hidden will crit and then do almost as much damage as a "[u]fully critting[u]" Thunderstrike, only in DoT. So that's one thing to at least "consider" if you've gone the Dual Blades route already and you're looking for better PvP performance. Don't forget, that 1KC also has a 10ft range on it, which makes the "follow-up" attack after Placate just a "tad" bit easier, since you don't have to get quite as close as other Stalkers would.
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Dual Blades might be the second least used at least. It doesn't seem to be underpowered, just different, and no two people can agree on what the best build for it is.
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I don't feel Dual Blade is underpowered at all. Some combos suck on Stalker DB but you don't need those to perform well. Just a simple Build Up + 1K Cuts + Critical is good aoe damage.
I think Dual Blade is a good mix between aoe and ST.
Marital Arts has ZERO aoe...
What's left is to normalize all Assassin Strikes and improve Stalker's old sets (Claw, MA and EM)! You don't need to bring back the missing PbAoE attack. You just need to make the existing ones better! For example, make Slice a WIDER and LONGER cone.
Ive got a DB stalker, she was hard to build. Its took many trys to come up with a build, and Im still not totally happy with it. The combos is whats messing me up. Doing a full combo in reg. play is awesome, but when it comes to pvp, you dont have the time or hps to stand there and deal out a full combo. Its hard enough just to get AS off on anyone in pvp alone, so whatever you take practice hitting and running...
@SinfulD - So many 50's, and still going!