Which finishing move is best for a melee assassin?

[Blamazon]

Which finishing move is best for a melee assassin?

I'm making a martial arts melee dmg assassin.

My skills are going to be:
20 claw mastery
20 tiger strike
20 venom

What's the best finishing move for this?

I was thinking of either going with Dragon Claw or Dragon Tail.

Dragon Tail seems good because it's AE damage...

but Dragon Claw is higher single target damage.

Also, dragon claw makes you have to use two claws, which seems dumb with Tiger Strike which only uses your main hand.

 

[Darkflight]

I would suggest Dragon Tail, the AOE damage is just amazing.

I would also suggest getting Death Sentry for the Corpse Explosion effect, as this will most likely at last double your killing speed.

20 in Claw Mastery will not increase your damage noticably much unless you have some insane rare claw.

For more tips, read the TS/DT build in the stickies.

 

[madmage]

as above, Claw Mastery is not so great.

Think about DCalw - gives u an extreme attack rating (much better than Tail) so even without charge-ups you can successfully deliver venom into foes body system

tiger is good with Dtail thou.

i suggest reading on builds. this will give you some hints on where to go..

madmage

 

[GOO Archangel]

I'm a huge fan of dragon claw (with ts), my fully charged finished move delivers 14k dmg over my two claws, enough to set most people in their place. That's my recommendation personally.

 

[neumein]

I'm a huge fan of dragon claw (with ts), my fully charged finished move delivers 14k dmg over my two claws, enough to set most people in their place. That's my recommendation personally.

Unfortunately, charge ups such as TS only get applied to the first claw, not both, as the character screen suggests.

 

[GOO Archangel]

Unfortunately, charge ups such as TS only get applied to the first claw, not both, as the character screen suggests.

Before charges:

http://img483.imageshack.us/img483/8923/screenshot033mv7.jpg

After 3 ts charges:

http://img483.imageshack.us/img483/7357/screenshot032db2.jpg

Does it not actually do that dmg or... ? (not trying to be a jerk or anything, just wondering if the numbers aren't really what kind of dmg i'm doing)

 

[JoeJTang]

Before charges:

http://img483.imageshack.us/img483/8923/screenshot033mv7.jpg

After 3 ts charges:

http://img483.imageshack.us/img483/7357/screenshot032db2.jpg

Does it not actually do that dmg or... ? (not trying to be a jerk or anything, just wondering if the numbers aren't really what kind of dmg i'm doing)

Charges are only applied to the first claw that hits the target. If your first claw hits,the charges are dispelled and the second claw does not gain any damage modifiers. If the first claw misses, your second claw has the chance to use up the charges to gain the damage modifiers.

 

[GOO Archangel]

Charges are only applied to the first claw that hits the target. If your first claw hits,the charges are dispelled and the second claw does not gain any damage modifiers. If the first claw misses, your second claw has the chance to use up the charges to gain the damage modifiers.

That makes a ridiculous amount of sense, thanks for the clarification.