After I left AtmasWail to die unattended, she will have her revenge, as AtmasRevenge.
AtmasWail was build to not play like a trap sin in that she only had a decent slvl of Death Sentry for corpse explosion wtih no other traps (other than pre-req) used, or pumped as synergy. AtmasRevenge started out as a trapper so she had maxed L/D Sentry thus she is a tad stronger than AtmasWail in the monster processing department. Still, I try to play AtmasRevenge with minimal DS.
The main difference with the two is AtmasWail pumped strength and dex to use a Voice of Reason conquest sword, and equiped with 4-6 chance to cast on striking effects and 75% to 100% crushing blow depending on the swap setup. And so AtmasRevenge (was a trapper at roughly the same lvl as AtmasWail when she died) had a mid-life crisis and followed that path in stat distribution, with more or less the same skills otherwise.
After defeating Mephy, I had to admit to myself crushing blow heavy build with a Blade Fury assassin, unless you have the best of the best items (even then, I doubt it), is ineffective. 4 slots wasted to get 100% CB leave little room for resists, and other vital attributes such as Dex, AR and HP, etc. And for what, a chance to take 1/8 of the monster's remaining HP? No Thanks ;p And only if it hits.... AtmasRevenge had 4 Steel GC, Raven Frost, lvl 10 Enchant (101% AR bonus) with 133 Dex but her CtH a normal monsters in here lvl range was only in the mid 50s.
Upon act 4, I ditched her Guillaume Face, Duress armor, Goblin Toes and the rest of her CB added weapons then slapped on the Natalya set dual wielding, with the Shadow Killer as the main weapon. Dual wielding is working out just fine, with 1 point in Claw Mastery and Weapon Block, I am doing more damage, and 50+ percent chance to block.
On the swap is a Tiamat Rebuked and an ethereal Nord's Tenderizer. I have also tried a few other weapons for the swap weapon, among them Heaven's Light, and Gimmershred. Although the Tenderizer may look good in the damage department, all these weapons kill more or less the same rate. The Tenderizer won the swap slot by having a high attack bonus. Gimmershred would have been my choice if I didnt also swap the Merc's weapon from an Insight to a Reapers Toll, so the decision was to do more physical damage than elemental damage at the moment. But, I know I will switch to Gimmershred once my clvl is a closer match to mlvl when things are easier to hit.
This setup gives me
More damage (heavier weapon => more than 1/8 of monsters hp per hit) and do more DPS by landing more hits.
No mana problem leave merc with better choice of weapons.
Decent blocking with just 1 point in Weapon Block
Maxed resist all without Fade (if I switch one ring and/or use up the 3 slots on Nat's armor, or simply, use a Jade Talon as a secondary claw and Natalya's Mark as the main weapon).
30%(set bonus) + Fade damage reduction.
High dual leech.
Walk/Run fast like a sin should.
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And, look at that defense rating! Chance a Burning Dead Archer (lvl80) will hit me = 20% according to the LCS
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And so AtmasRevenge quickly wrap up act 4, pulled Anya from the freezer and went straight for the 3 stoogies at lvl 79. She lvl'd to 81 with Lester just before Baal, and became the third Guardian in the line up
KoP
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Rbd7 ....will hold the game 
