Smoke Powder Defense

[Nanashi]

Yeah it should be lengthened up to at least 8 seconds at rank 10.

[Kendel]

Did you ever think that maybe its for use on a caster? If your having to rely on Smoke Powder defence on a Sin then your doing something wrong (such as going too close to the melee alot). Gives a caster in low level PvP plenty of time to avoid some melee or break a sins chain.

[HomelessBob]

At level 12 shadow mastery you blind an attacker for 5 seconds. The recharge on this skill is 20 seconds.

Poof!

Ahhh me eyes!

Ha ha you can't hit me!

5...4...3..2..1

I'm Dead!
I'm Dead!
I'm Dead!

Totally worthless skill.

[yuurei]

Did you ever think that maybe its for use on a caster? If your having to rely on Smoke Powder defence on a Sin then your doing something wrong (such as going too close to the melee alot).

Go figure, skills that are more useful as a secondary, than for the primary.

What's up with the thread o.O

You broke it!

[Zero]

You broke it!

Fixed it

Certainley a caster skill though I doubt I'd ever put it on any of mine...

[Akirai Annuvil]

Go figure, skills that are more useful as a secondary, than for the primary.

Do they exist? No!

Oh and buff to recharge/make skill instead of stance. Anybody knows if it triggers on Wild Blow?

[RadaArashi]

I use Sneak Attack for my blinding needs. The only times I can say I'd need smoke powder defense is when I'm overwhelmed by a bunch of melee attackers...

...Which is usually when someone screwed up and everybody is dead and the guys with Rebirth are fleeing.

[Kendel]

No thats when you should've brought Epidemic to go with your Sneak Attack :p

[David Holtzman]

Eh, smoke powder is ok but not good. For just shutting down people on you it's not as good as shield bash, and for escaping melee it's nowhere close to return. A buff to the blinding wouldn't really change either of those. If you really wanted to make the skill viable you'd add in a controlled tele. I still don't know that I'd run it over return though.

[Zero]

Eh, smoke powder is ok but not good. For just shutting down people on you it's not as good as shield bash, and for escaping melee it's nowhere close to return. A buff to the blinding wouldn't really change either of those. If you really wanted to make the skill viable you'd add in a controlled tele. I still don't know that I'd run it over return though.

Agree'd even if it was changed to "all nearby foes are blinded. shadowstep to target ally." I doubt it'd see use over Return, the cripples too useful compared to blind when your already out of range..