Posted by Zepachu on November 5, 2000 at 21:27:39:
In Reply to: I'm going to have to disagree a bit here.. (text) posted by Chalupah on November 5, 2000 at 19:34:54:
The reason I would usually start with caltraps is because I found over time that the dexterity loss from caltraps would allow me to be more effective with kotegaeshi/kansetsuwaza. Probably just cooincedence though. :-) Caltraps/Kotegaeshi as my 1st/2nd attacks always, sometimes interchanged, especially against mace/axe specs. -Zepachu. > Especially with the bit about starting with caltraps.. > The best way, I would say, to get a weapon out of someone's hands is to lower their str enough that they can't use it - i.e. kote/kans.. caltraps does -dex and -dam.. which is nice - say they'll get hit more often, and do less damage. But wouldn't it be better if they got hit more often, and couldn't hit you? .. > As far as reliability.. I personally don't think that's a factor, but you have to decide for yourself.. > To the original question, about throw - I found that in fights, I would either be getting ripped apart by someone with a mace/axe, or else I was definitely winning the fight - in which case my opponents were trying to flee. Throw is nice because it does a fair amount of damage, and hitting a ground control for even more -dex/-str just sort of sweetens the deal.. Throw should be something that you use constantly, until you get into some of the higher leveled lagging kicks. > To Zepachu's point about nerve - I usually don't practice it, and never really find myself needing it unless i'm in a fight where I'm not tanking, and it'd be useful to wear down the stats of someone.. but otherwise, I found that there were so many other skills that I could use to knock of dex and str in larger chunks that the -2 at a time of nerve just wasn't *that* useful > Hmm yeah, that got long. Anyways, my two cents on assassins
> Usually the main strategy is to get weapons out of people's hands - since most people who want to be doing damage with weapons, I found, were using maces and axes.. except for sword specs, but if you get one sword out of their hands, to take out flourintine, you shouldn't have too much trouble..