My build...


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Any feedback apreciated...

Ninja Sword/Ninjitsu Stalker:

Lvl) Choice
1) Sting of the wasp & Hide
2) Flashing Steel
4) Ninja Reflexes
6) Assassin's Strike
8) Hasten
10) Build Up
12) Placate
14) Super Speed
16) Stealth

Any syggestions for the future? I reckon I need stamina... Cant make up my minda bout anything else.


 

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Stamina is very useful, especially if you are going to run a second toggle and are finding yourself scrapping much.

Divine Avalanche, for when you get caught in a scrap perhaps.

I got Build Up later ( at 24 ) but I think I was relying on a slightly scrappier play-style. I got stamina at 20.

I get the impression Stealth is only useful for PvP. For PvE you are going to be more than completely invisible with Stealth + SS + Hide. I find Hide is almost always enough.


@Unthing ... Mostly on Union.

 

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*double post, see below*


 

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I did get stealth primarily for PvP, but I find It's useful in PvE as well, as even in combat it gives me quite a good Def(all) boost as I dont lose the whole buff when I become visible again. Of course I have to pay for it in endurance.


 

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The defence buff for stealth is tiny, around 2.5% defence. However given that you have a defence orientated set ( Ninjitsu ) it will stack and might become significant.


@Unthing ... Mostly on Union.

 

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Don't play a stalker myself but my partner does and our thinking was that stealth has a good defence bonus before you're discovered and only gets reduced when you're spotted. Is this true? Idea was to be able to last long enough in an enemy PBAoE (such as NPC scrappers running quills) to be able to get an assassin strike in.

Also, certain mobs like Longbow Riflemen (I think) kept seeing through hide so I think it'll be useful in PvE as well.


 

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For PBAoEs the best defence you have is Hide, which unsupressed gives a defence in the 30s. When slotted with 3 SOs you should be able to cap the AoE component of defence out for minions and possibly Lts.

I don't think stealth has more than a 5% defence bonus unsupressed.

As far as perceptive enemies are concerned superspeed is as good for hiding as stealth in PvE IIRC.


@Unthing ... Mostly on Union.

 

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For a lvl 16 I'm uber defended then... Ninja Reflexes, Superspeed and Stealth