Quote Originally Posted by Stylin View Post
Now you're just splitting hairs, which is beside the point.
Its very relevant. Paralyga / Slowga wouldn't accomplish what Sleepga accomplishes. Your not just trying to strip shadows, your trying to buy yourself a few seconds to CC / lock them down. You must assume their going to be using poison pots and have a supply of echo's, so Sleep / Silence are short term solutions. But if you can control the situation and force them to use them when you want them to use them you can keep distance between them and work their HP / MP down. Which goes to another point, neither /WAR nor /NIN have access to Drain / Aspir which are critical to depleting their MP. Don't believe me then go PVP a BLU. Their tactics look about like this

Disseverment
Heat Butt
CA Efflux Q.Cont
T.Shift
G.Rush
Head butt (if its up otherwise Fry Pan)
Disseverment
Fry Pan (if you used head butt earlier, otherwise use headbutt)
H.Barrage / other spell
Your dead

They can do 2K+ damage so fast and keep you stunned and with a 18hp/tick poison effect on. Shadows mean nothing to them, all their spells will rip them off. Biggest weakness is that all their super spells and stun's are short range, usually slightly bigger then melee range. They also have a ranged bind, but it takes time to cast so you have a chance to run away.

So yeah go /WAR or /NIN and fight a BLU, watch the results.