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I meant mourning gloves. The ones you get from a Caed Nua Adventure.

Mournful gloves? It is an after-kill effect though if i remember correctly.

Right, Reach is something I didn't think of. Thank you for reminding me. Sanguine Plate requires receiving a critical hit. After which I can't see the exact health anymore. Not something I would like to do on a regular basis with the (relatively) squishy cipher. Outlander's Frenzy on the other hand should work fine until it's made a bit redundant by time parasite, while Sanguine Plate could just be swapped with a different armor. Oh, so many things to ponder... But I am derailing your thread, sorry. Anyway, your build had a certain elegance most alternatives lack: It worked well without many talents, didn't require durgan to get effective, not much micro-management, could tank a bit... It was nice while it lasted.

As far as I can tell, Soul Whip does not affect retaliation. Also retaliation does not work with carnage. At least not in my savegame. (High) Might on the other hand still seems to raise damage of retaliation. But I guess this is not enough to argue for retaliation in a build - no matter the class. I am wondering right now what I'll respec my retaliation cypher to. Quickswitching seems like a bad fit as he is a pale elf and not an Island Aumaua, Stormcaller is bound to Sagani. :-/ Maybe dualwield Spelltongue and Sword of Daenysis to get to 0 recovery and extend the durations of Borrowed Instinct, Body Attunement and the like at the same time with spelltongue? Time parasite might even get 0 recovery with Spelltongue and a shield. But by the time "time parasite" is accessible the game is basically over. Hmm...

I tested with version 3.02 with a savegame made in 3.01: Retaliate and Flame Shield can crit but no longer generate focus in my game.