Talk:Deathtail/@comment-122.55.57.66-20160113010049/@comment-122.55.57.66-20160113053035

It's confirmed that Murasame doesn't life steal on crits already which is actually why I was commenting on Ephemera's 30% crit rate up being bad for the Murasame. It's also confirmed that it doesn't life steal on skills so how strong a character's skill may be is no longer a factor unless that character is Freya.

I was considering the Murasame (assuming the life steal stacks) precisely because she could life steal from a distance when she isn't doing crits by nature of being a runefencer which can help her survivability in a roundabout way. Otherwise, I would just give her the Deathtail mostly for aesthetic reasons and also because I could always pull her back and use her as a mage if it's too dangerous for her to stay on the frontline. And when she's being used as a mage rather than the fencer aspect of her, weapon defense isn't as big a priority anymore. Though that's not to say that weapon attack gives a particularly noticable boost.

Ultimately when weapon switching is implemented of course, every sword wielder worth using should have the Defender's Swordas an option.