venom doesnt require a point in weap block, just fade and venom. so its a 2 point sacrifice. that said, i think you cant skip weap block caus you *really* want shadow warrior, its amazing vs some matchups like chargers or v/t. i briefly tried shadow master and its tankier for sure, but it uses pepega skills. instead of casting traps & mind blast like warrior, it just runs in and punches with charge-up martial art skills. warrior mimics the skill on your rmb (if you leave lmb to normal atk). so if you chase/chain a bowzon, itll help you catch her by casting df/mb/wof and proc'ing their dodge animation. same story for sorcs, if you chase them with mind blast on your rmb, they can cast it randomly while you run at them, giving you an opportunity to jump on them and lock.
170 dmg, 1/6 pvp reduction, 1/4 at 75 res. thats 7 dmg to their hp pool x2 per 5 kicks like you said so 14 dmg.
my personal opinion is that these 2 points are better spent elsewhere, like in mind blast for an extra 0.4s stun duration (unless youve already maxed it). BoS is also a possibility for more frw.
what is your skill plan like, 20 dtalon, 1 df, 7 mind blast, 1 warrior, 1 wof, 1 ls?
an alternative is you just use a shitty +venom claw on your swap and use that to prebuff.
This post was edited by WereWolf12345 on Nov 6 2021 11:17pm