>My last several have been hide/camo, but the air shifter in
>the fortress when I was playing Tac (hand/hour) was a
>non-factor. I didn't kill him, and stun certainly helped, but
>if I wasn't an outlander (with no second spec) I'm pretty sure
>that's a battle that ends with him flying away at least 75% of
>the time, and he was decent.

But all that being said, how many times did you kill him?

>Yes, and successfully. They hit hard and dodge like rocks,
>one good malediction, and you can outdamage them because all
>of a sudden they are much easier to parry, and aren't throwing
>as many attacks your way.

I'm pretty sure your standard maledictions don't to #### to the number of attacks. Ease of parrying, damage... sure, but I've still seen an awful lot of people try to impale an offensive or water shifter and die in the impale lag.

>>Out dodge a mongoose?
>
>An assassin can outtank a mongoose even without preps or
>maledicting.

That's not true in the general sense.