>>96391787

Their character is a shadow (Caustic Alchemy) with the Rapid-Fire kit. They have I Work Better Alone, Shadowstrike (a double attack), and a Chilling II weapon. This character has gotten lucky with their d3 insight rolls, and we started our first combat at 3 Victories (because I ran a negotiation and a hard montage first).

Another PC in the party is a conduit with the War domain, whose level 4 domain feature gives the shadow a +3 bonus to rolled damage. This conduit also has Corruption's Curse, which implants damage weakness 5: very useful for a shadow who can hop right in with Hesitation is Weakness, and then Shadowstrike for a double attack. The shadow's Chilling II weapon effect is also a separate damage instance, pinging the Corruption's Curse damage weakness again.

Another PC is a talent. Their Flashback heroic ability allows the shadow to use Shadowstrike yet again. Since a talent can drop to negative Heroic Resources as a class feature, this talent has, on separate occasions, performed a double Flashback to hand the shadow two Shadowstrikes.

So the shadow has simply been spamming Shadowstrike with either Two Shot or I Work Better Alone. They attack lots, their damage is amplified through multiple avenues, their surge expenditures are efficient due to the Trained Assassin class feature, and they kill enemies. It is repetitive, but effective. I can see why this player is both satisfied and mildly miffed by this calcified routine.

https://steelcompendium.io/compendium/main/Rules/Kits/Rapid%20Fire/
https://steelcompendium.io/compendium/main/Rules/Classes/Shadow/#i-work-better-alone
https://steelcompendium.io/compendium/main/Rules/Classes/Shadow/#shadowstrike-5-insight
https://steelcompendium.io/compendium/main/Rules/Chapters/Downtime%20Projects/#5th-level-weapon-enhancement
https://steelcompendium.io/compendium/main/Rules/Classes/Conduit/#improved-sanctified-weapon
https://steelcompendium.io/compendium/main/Rules/Classes/Talent/#flashback-5-clarity