Ninjitsu Question

Hello everyone,

I've recently rolled up a Dark melee/Ninjitsu stalker, and I have a quick question for those that are familiar with the ninjitsu set.

Which do you prefer in a battle, Smoke flash or Blinding powder?

I mainly PvE, if that helps any.

Thanks for your time!

-Doc-

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2 completely different powers.

Smoke Flash is an AoE placate.

Blinding powder is -perception, low mag sleep, low mag confuse and -tohit.

Any answers you get will be based on playstyle.

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Which do you prefer in a battle, Smoke flash or Blinding powder?

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Caltrops.

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Any answers you get will be based on playstyle.

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Yep, I use Blinding Powder as an opener (well, pre-opener since it doesn't cause aggro). If I'm lucky, a few will be confused... then I can enter the fight with a lower chance of being hit, and maybe several of the enemies out of the battle for a bit.

Smoke Flash, on the other hand... I generally never use... it's basically just a panic button, but with, iirc, 2 second cast time makes it hard to use effectively... and doesn't set you up for a critical, really. It does have its uses, but IMO Blinding Powder is a lot more useful.

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I would say blinding powder is more useful then smoke flash, smoke flash as an escape power could be effective, but its thwarted by itself due to its animation.

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Also thwarted by itself in the form of Placate bug, if you've attacked with Dark Melee and connected your Smoke Flash does not work. I honestly use neither but my toon doesnt ever get hit anyway

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Blinding Powder. Very versatile for slotting. I don't use it as a primary combat power but I do use it often.

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Also thwarted by itself in the form of Placate bug, if you've attacked with Dark Melee and connected your Smoke Flash does not work. I honestly use neither but my toon doesnt ever get hit anyway

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This isn't true in PvE, unless you're electric melee.

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Hello everyone,

I've recently rolled up a Dark melee/Ninjitsu stalker, and I have a quick question for those that are familiar with the ninjitsu set.

Which do you prefer in a battle, Smoke flash or Blinding powder?

I mainly PvE, if that helps any.

Thanks for your time!

-Doc-

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Blinding Powder. Very versatile for slotting. I don't use it as a primary combat power but I do use it often.

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Smoke Flash looks like a cool batman maneuver, but it's pretty much useless from what I had experienced before I got rid of it.

They should make Smoke Bomb invention recipe drops or something to do what flash does.

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