Quote Originally Posted by CThruTheEgo View Post
The additional skills on an int based won't really make a difference. Int based gets so many skills that they end up taking useless ones. A dex based can still get all the essential skills and then some.

With the changes to acrobat you just posted, there is no way that int based will beat dex based in dps. While int based gets know the angles, dex based can go 31 points in acrobat to get 20% doublestrike for 12 seconds after tumbling. That's huge and will beat whatever you would get from know the angles. With 60 int, an int based gets 25 additional damage from know the angles. If a dex based assassin does go for cartwheel charge, all assassin tier 5s, and the assassin capstone, that's 74 AP total. Which means a dex based can get the first rank of know the angles, which is expensive sp wise, but would make for some nice burst dps. But that 74 AP would get you a lot more dps than going full into harper as an int based, including 9 melee power and full ranks of know the angles.
^This^ DEX based will completely abandon Harper tree and will get a huge boost from acrobat enhancements (No Mercy and Cartwheel Charge). Not to mention, that you'll get +1 DC for 12 seconds after tumbling which has the same timer as Assassinate's cooldown. Add more survivability from Improved Defensive Roll, more MDB/DEX/dodge from Shadow Dodge and there is completely no contest. Oh, and a free feat.