Stalker Crit Proliferation

[wildifire1]

So...if tomax.cohtitan.com, the legacy site, is to be trusted...Broadsword actually does not have increased crit chance on any of its attacks when switching to stalker.  They're all 10% chance when solo as stated by the formula which gives it a native crit chance of 7% and a 3% for each team member with you being included making it 10%...

 

Martial Arts however does have indeed get the higher crit chance, but on anything stronger than a pet or minion it's the same crit chance as a scrapper's without having the 33% crit chance bonus effect from eagle's claw.  

 

Again, if the data from this site is still accurate.  But if it is the same values, that's...disappointing. 

 

On a positive note, it tells you the exact chance of each attack to get a stack of Assassin's Focus which all but 2 of Broadsword's attack has a 100% chance.  So any primary set attack with a 10 second cooldown will always get a stack of Focus.

1. Every skill starts with a 50% chance base at 0 seconds of cooldown and gains 5% per added second.  Example: Soaring Dragon - 95% chance/9 sec CD, Sting of the Wasp - 75% chance/5 sec CD.  L

2. Low cooldown powersets are worse if you focus on 3 stack Assassin's Strikes i.e. Savage, Kinetic, StJ.  Martial Arts is great for using Assassin Strike because it has long cooldowns, but short animation times.  This is relevant as every set has a different animation time for in-combat AS. (Broadsword and Katana's are slowwww)

Stalker Martial Arts

[Frosticus]

2. All three of these examples have unique mechanics that offset this aspect in some way or another. 

- savage has blood which adds +rech and +end discount. Additionally, hidden hemorrhage is something  else all together. Hidden hemorrhage vaporizes high hp targets. Savage is probably the best aoe set as well. 

- stj has combo points that turn crushing  uppercut into an unreal one shot wonder. Additionally, you can put two -res procs into your attack chain.

- km has insta buildup recharge. This one may be of questionable value but I'm sure someone has a crazy build out there. 

 

MAs DPA values for its heavy hitters are consistently  middle of the road. But it does build focus well if you exclude a mandatory power pick and like you say it has a good fast AS. At the cost of all aoe unfortunately.

 

[wildifire1]

I have a 41 km/inv and it is fun as heck.  On a ST, its faster than any other powerset ive ever played except for stj.   Savage is great too esp with shield, amazing aoe and ST.  Just takes time to build up dmg.  Fire is underrated too, solid aoe.  I just ignore greater fire sword because of how slow it is.