personally i'd ditch the /dark one, having res on a stalker doesnt really fit in (my personal opinion), as you say having a non-def set does make things a bit harder, allthough harder can mean more fun too 
but as said, personally i'd ditch the /dark and keep the /nin if those where the choices.
the stalkers i have are both /sr (took /sr bc of the more complete mezz def and Quickness), /nin on the other hand has the in-set heal wich is a very nice bonus and the lack of KB protection can ba taken care off with Acrobatics if its found to be a big issue, another "bonus" /nin has is that it only has 2 Def toggles with the same Defs as /SRs 3 toggles... not to speak of the prettier colours in /nin
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Its a byebye for my /Dark, gained quite some influence from selling all SO's 
I so love the assasin strike with blade, how i love standing in front of a mob trying to wack me while i go back into hide. Never knew why i picked /dark in the first place
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IMO, /Dark is not good for a stalker. A stalker (IMO again) must be defence based or have heal to use if he take much damage. /Dark has a heal yes, but it requires a target. Plus it can miss.In pvp its not working that great. Ninjitsu got great tricks and if you go for pvp, you will realise thats is very good if you practice on how to use it. Smoke bomb is like placate but if i am right it can get accuracy enhancements. (It does NOT hide you though, just remove the target of enemy from you). Blinding powder from the other side has a change to confuse, mainly it blinds the enemy afaik. And dont forget the caltrops which can unhide other stalkers too.
Now for primaries, Martial arts has Disorient effects, is fast and it has some good damage. Mine is level 49 atm and i love it, specially at pvp. Now for ninja blade, i dont really know. My first ever CoV toon was nin/nin stalker but i dont like it now. It has only lethal damage (MA is smash) and not a type of MEz like stun,disorient etc which is usefull to stop an enemy from attacking for a while.It has some KnockUp effects from soaring dragon, a great +Defence power (Divine Avalanche), a great extreme attack, and some moderates.
*Both Sets (MA and Ninja blade) can critical out of hide sometimes, though i have seen MA double Critical.
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Its a byebye for my /Dark, gained quite some influence from selling all SO's I so love the assasin strike with blade, how i love standing in front of a mob trying to wack me while i go back into hide. Never knew why i picked /dark in the first place
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pfft sin, reroll as none stalker : done, kkthxbaibai
I'm running out of character slots! As i trying to make each AT at least once, i need to clear out 1 of these 2.
Although my MA/dark is already 22, i noticed the lack of defence (instead resist) makes going back into hide quite difficult. Other hand has /dark some great tricks in its set, MA is overall pretty nice and doesnt have the 'redraw syndrom'.
Other one is a lowbie blade/nin, i just love the blade, i love the AS move. /nin has some nice tricks too, heal and great defence based. minor issue is the redraw, but i get used to that due my katana/regen scrapper.
But 1 of them has to go, i dont mind re-lvling again, as long its worth the shot. I hardly have seen any high lvl /dark stalkers, the /dark scrappers are end-hogs and have no serious panic button. Any thoughts?
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