[Shujin]

And you keep ignoriing the fact that it´s not only Kensei silence thats completly shut down, nor the fact that there are like 3 valid and easy accesable silence counters that atleast have some sort of counterplay. Aka, heron feather is exactly what you say sucks for mages. It completly shuts down counterplay. for only an accesory slot.

Ghost, Nightflower users, black bubble and that one boxer punch that caused silence are all equally effected. Not only AF from Kensei. black bubble when used on hexer atleast has the curse to help.

Also you got it backwards. A melee shouldn´t be the one to kite. The damage dealer mage should be the one who needs to think about kiting, if anything...Cause you know, they kinda have the range for that.