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The broths are the best ninjutsu skills(so far), but not one stat/attribute improves them?

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^^title.

The spirit bonus(75+ jutsu) doesnt make a difference, nor the dex stat that improves jitsu power increases the broths effectiveness, dmg, or stun length for example. To be sure i tested the magic scalers too, but as expected no effect.

The useless skills do benefit though, like shuriken and darts.

Either im wrong, or keep it in mind when planning a spirit build ;)

Posted Jan 22, 2017, 4:32 PM UTC

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SeIfRighteous•

Hmmm, haven't tried the broths myself. They look interesting though. I'll give the stun broth a try then, but don't downplay Fire Shurikens. They're REALLY good, but you need to upgrade them a lot (we can only put one level in it for now), unless TeamNinja nerfed it, but it still looks like it functions the same. Smoke Ball isn't bad either, but I haven't found much of a use for it. Good for beginners who need breathing room.

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dust2only•

Smoke bombs + damage from behind attribute on armor/weapons was godlike in the last beta sadly they nerfed them

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SeIfRighteous•

Yeah, Smoke Ball is really good in enclosed spaces (especially on the rooftops of the first boss). It helps when there's a lot of mobs.

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HappierShibe•

I don't know about the scaling, but I don't think they are anything like the best ninjutsu skill. I have gotten far more use out of the iga style explosives jutsus than the poisons. The first level ones take care of amrita fiends safely, and deals with tengu effectively (a burning tengu is a dead tengu). Other solid choices include:
-Sneak attack.
-Composure.
-Tiger scrolls.
-All the ammo capacity upgrades.
-Power Pill (it stacks with ki pulse damage bonuses, 5 digit damage anyone?)
-Antidotes will probably be really useful in the actual game.

There's a metric ton of utility, and a few really good situational items in the ninjutsu skill tree, and plenty of builds will wind up with gigantic piles of ninja points as a side affect of stacking dex for other reasons.

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