Originally Posted by
Ryme
In the majority of cases, these are some really cool abilities, but they're not balanced at all.
In tier one: Shuriken Toss sucks, Energy Focus will be irritating to use and Hidden Knife is beyond all of them due to it having no energy cost. I get what you were going with, it's a Shadow Word: Death style ability, which is nice, but we don't need it - Assassination has it's own execute as well, it doesn't need two.
Tier two: Whipcoil needs a 1 minute cooldown, think about arena, having no CD on that ability let's you stun without impunity two of the three players and do an unstoppable peel. It's devastatingly op and this is not helped with the caveat that it replaces Cheap Shot.
Hostage is freaking wonderful though, I'm actually sad now we don't have it!
Tier 3: Hunger for Blood needs the passive removed, with it, it's a clear cut winner which also makes us a liability in PvE, I'd say that Deadly throw needs to be baselines with the interrupt requiring 4 or 5 combo points since it's horrible to see as a talent. Paralytic is fine.
Tier 4: Seems fine, like it.
Tier 5: Ghostly Strike! Bring that thing back! However, with the new feint, it's OP in your iteration - have increase your chance to dodge and I'm happy there.
Tier 6: We'll get to sha form in a minute, for now, Poison Bomb. It's a poor DPS CD that gives dual benefit to both AoE and single target, something that should always be avoided.
It pales in comparison to the other two, you should change it to something that modifies itself based upon your currently used non-lethal poision.
Anticipation, great as ever, nothing to be said here - it's always needed serious competition.
Sha Form - OK, it's OP. Not just slightly, but... Holy fuck it would beat every other talent on that board with ease. You've basically given the rogue:
- Huge spamable AoE
- Mass Dispel
- Big AoE Knockback and heal
That said, I love it's interaction with posions. Perhaps you could tune down the active side of the talent and emphasise the passive side of things, poisons have been too boring for too long. Shiv helped greatly with this and I would love if someone expanded upon it.