Resolute technique

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Birdulon wrote:

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SaitoAOG wrote:

its in the least accuracy/crit heavy place of the tree, meaning the losses from that stat are highly non existant. getting resolute technique pretty much removes any and all need for dex, as str's arent known for their huge massing of evasion as well.

seriously this is like if dex could obtain a 100% crit but lose all energy shield/hp boosting nodes.

Actually, I think it's more like CI (or at least what CI wants to be, but that argument belongs in other threads) which removes the need for STR on INT-heavy builds, although CI actually has some heavy drawbacks and I would consider it far less desirable in most builds than RT.

I'd say the closest DEX analogue at the moment would be Acrobatics, though that's only because it also removes half of one stat's utility (come to think of it STR also have Blood Magic and Unwavering Stance). I think this is more like a (theoretical) keystone that uses evasion entropy to pay mana costs for skills, or perhaps one that makes DEX points give IPD but removes the Melee IPD from STR (not that that would be as extreme as you still need to stack life).

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FamousTrip wrote:

CI doesn't "remove the need for life."

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Birdulon wrote:

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FamousTrip wrote:

CI doesn't "remove the need for life."

It removes the need to stack life to survive chaos damage, and effectively takes one of the primary stats out of your build, just like BM or RT & US. I'm surprised CI was nerfed while they were left untouched, as CI was never as good as them, but I guess GGG are just on a Witchhunt because of how most of the Closed Beta ladders turned out.