Overall unique is very interesting. The only problem is - bosses.
To trigger effect - you actually have to kill something. And most bosses doesn’t even have adds. And those that have - not spawning all the time.
It also bit of a problem while dealing with elites. But with elites at least you can try kite one to next group, kill some trash, and then use buff to finish the elite.
And it’s not like you can do anything about it. Whole reason of this unique is to stack only crit damage, and no crit chance, due to mechanic of guaranty giving crits for very short time".
So to adjust it, please add additional effect to this axe: "Gain stealth for 2 seconds when killing enemies with Shred, or hitting boss 3 times with Shred. Breaking stealth with an attack grant Ambush which guarantees critical strikes for [1.0-2.5] seconds.
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But that would make pure shred more viable and slightly more independent, and we can’t have that.
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Well, problem is, without it such build is absolute pain on bosses. You goes shredding through trash and elites. And once you reach the boss… you just do so little damage. Because all your investment is in crit damage, and none in crit chance. And if you start investing in crit chance instead - whole build becomes pretty much pointless.
Plus, it’s not like shred with WG is something outrageously OP. Rogues without any uniques can outdo on both DPS and survivability.
And finally, game doesn’t have like alternative weapon set. That actually would be somewhat ok. Like i use WG to clear trash, and switch to another weapon set to kill the boss. And if normal dungeons you can just ignore the boss. In nightmare dungeons and Grim Favors dungeons - you have to complete dungeon. And more often than not meaning killing boss in the end.