05-05-2025, 06:48 PM
Kensei has gotten a lot of buffs in the past and I acknowledge that it is in a pretty good spot overall, whilst Ghost is a lot more popular, Kensei is really not far behind it, it could use a main class benefit on the same tier as Wraithguard allows to Ghost, and I think it should be offensively inclined given than this class should in theory be an offensive powerhouse.
Kensei's skills line up with having high SWA more than high crit damage, this is fine, but even with high SWA you won't get the edge out on an optimized basic attack, even with swords that normally have lower critical damage they just simply won't compare, pair this with Kensei having so many critical buffs that you are often more encouraged to build STR GUI instead of STR LUC, and you have some glaring holes in why skills like Kagekiri, Toiken and Rajinken just aren't very useful comparatively.
I think Kensei should obtain a main class passive that allows these skills to critically hit for 25% more damage, this would in most cases put them on par with critical hits while having the same counterplay to them, to put up an example of a build that can achieve very similar numbers:
![[Image: EDfUCMa.png]](https://i.imgur.com/EDfUCMa.png)
This is a Tarnada with 151 SWA, I have 21 GUI as well and Combination Strike from Martial Artist applying here as well, the Kagekiri is spirited which is abnormal sure but it helps juice up Kagekiri even more.
even with all my bonuses skewed towards powering up Kagekiri compared to Wazabane, it still falls behind in damage overall. If it had a 25% boost here it'd do more damage, which is great, but without combination strike it'd only just barely do more damage than Wazabane, and I feel thats where Kensei should sit at when it comes to their specials.
I don't want to be too long winded about it but I think this is a seriously considerable argument for why Kensei skills should be allowed to critically hit, it not only fits the Katana centric class but it'd also make their gameplay loop just make sense from a DPS perspective.
Thanks for reading.
Kensei's skills line up with having high SWA more than high crit damage, this is fine, but even with high SWA you won't get the edge out on an optimized basic attack, even with swords that normally have lower critical damage they just simply won't compare, pair this with Kensei having so many critical buffs that you are often more encouraged to build STR GUI instead of STR LUC, and you have some glaring holes in why skills like Kagekiri, Toiken and Rajinken just aren't very useful comparatively.
I think Kensei should obtain a main class passive that allows these skills to critically hit for 25% more damage, this would in most cases put them on par with critical hits while having the same counterplay to them, to put up an example of a build that can achieve very similar numbers:
This is a Tarnada with 151 SWA, I have 21 GUI as well and Combination Strike from Martial Artist applying here as well, the Kagekiri is spirited which is abnormal sure but it helps juice up Kagekiri even more.
even with all my bonuses skewed towards powering up Kagekiri compared to Wazabane, it still falls behind in damage overall. If it had a 25% boost here it'd do more damage, which is great, but without combination strike it'd only just barely do more damage than Wazabane, and I feel thats where Kensei should sit at when it comes to their specials.
I don't want to be too long winded about it but I think this is a seriously considerable argument for why Kensei skills should be allowed to critically hit, it not only fits the Katana centric class but it'd also make their gameplay loop just make sense from a DPS perspective.
Thanks for reading.
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