So, on a playthrough, you’re ignoring what I would consider 2 of the best crowd control spells for PvM in the game and then complaining about survivability. I’m 100% sure your playthrough wouldn’t have been as painful if you would’ve used either or both of these spells before engaging atleast certain packs. The conversion from Mind Blast essentially gives you free tanks and you don’t even get focused anymore so you can freely build stacks, DPS etc. When I read this, I just saw this red line going through the events of your playthrough. You just weren’t utilizing the Assassins toolkit.