Random Factoid

I think they did give us Subtle Blow IV at some point based on some tests I did tonight in Battalia on DNC/BST.

TP fed with 10 hits and no gear: 40
TP fed with 10 hits and +35 Subtle Blow: 25

25/.5 = 50 Subtle Blow
40/.8 = 50 Subtle Blow

So I guess I have 20 Subtle Blow in the first case.


Best hybrid Evasion set I can think of for soloing:
Twashtar/Kila +2/____/Charis
AF3+2/Torero/Suppa/Brutal
AF3+2/Dusk+1/Heed/Rajas
Blur/Twilight/AF3+2/Ballerines

Capped Subtle Blow, capped Haste

why blur over boxers?

In practice parrying skill is going to do absolutely nothing for your parry rate on anything worth a damn. Might as well take the -enemy critrate and AGI for reduced TP feed since they at least have the potential to be useful.

evasion skill alone would be more benificial evasion wise than the evasion and agi wouldnt it?

To hide the bludge?

Also a more thorough test would be to see if using +40 changed anything. Just in case rounding or something.

Anyways some agi might be good if you don't have all the abyssites of furtherance or GH

I've seen no evidence that Evasion skill is better than Evasion, just a bunch of poorly controlled tests with inconclusive results. I'd say Evasion = Evasion Skill = 2 AGI. My ideal test is to let 3 EM Fear Deargs beat on my back while I solo Sand Sweepers with Evasion Skill vs. Evasion sets, but I haven't done it yet.

Also, I woke up this morning with an "Ah! That's what I should have done!" moment and re-did the test with 30 Subtle Blow. Still 25 TP fed, so we definitely have 20 Subtle Blow native.

ITT: 2009