Quote Originally Posted by Bureda View Post
Hmm. After you use your burst or opener and you're building up for the next rotation you can throw one Raiton there and then there's a few seconds of dead wait time where you're waiting for Trick. Hide could be used in that window. The job is busy, but I think this is not the job that should have the option of here's one skill to use when you stand still and here's one to use that helps you position. Just feels awkward.
You shouldn't have any Raitons "left" for outside of TA unless you need to move some out of burst for the sake of uptime. You get 3 natural(non Kassatsu, non TCJ) Ninjutsu uses per minute, 2 of those end in TA and one is used outside of burst for Suiton in order to set up TA. I don't think there really is a need for more Ninjutsu outside TA. I like my blade play - it is fitting both to the rogue roots of the job and ninjas in general, it shouldn't all be just magic tricks - and we've already lost a lot of it with the 5.1 rework. What I'd prefer to add more variety in downtime would be giving us back the Shadowfang combo and maybe some more weaving (which could be the earlier mentioned extra Bhavas or some new, short ogcd).

I don't really feel any "awkwardness" with how Raijus work now - having a meaningful, situational choice between two skills with same damage and different utility feels pretty damn good actually. If anything, NIN is exactly the job that should have an option like this, since it gives that feeling of thinking on the fly and being able to improvise - both skills very important for any rogue, spy or assassin - and mechanically it enforces the flexibility NIN has been valued for in SHB.