Nukes should be buffed! It should kill everything except the tougher Elite Bosses and Archvillians
Including any players dumb enough to be in the AOE
Oh Yeah .. and possibly the player of course.
I never use assasin's anything from hide. TOO slow.
I just use my best normal attack for the situation.
Assassin's strike always gets the return to hide ATO ..
If the reason the Ouros are recruiting you is that you native time predates their Menders' allowing you to travel back further...
Than this can't be an age old question.
See why I hate time travel stories ....
I imagine at 40 you haven't build a lot of added defense or resistance into the build yet,
And you don't have the levels of recharge you need to just smash them with a debuffed secondary.
So I'd expect it to get better.
Shadow Meld can really help here as can Strength of Will.
Well you don't get whirling hands I suppose.
Of course rhe Stalker version gets Assasins strike, so you don't have to use that lame barrage animation
Course the Assasin strike animation for EM is kinda bad too. But at least it hits way harder than anything other than TF or ET, let's see a Scrapper do that.
Eng aura is better on Stalker
Combine the general low threat level of stalkers, a stun aura vs slow aura, and a constant 20% recharge buff even out of combat vs a varible 5% per enemy within 8 ft.
Plus it's the easiest of the Stalker sets to see during hide for the player. The glow effect giving you a sort of silhouette nimbus. This is great if you are in your 50s and can't actually see where your character is.