Talk:Kensai/@comment-45026531-20200217155039/@comment-8506165-20200219020041

I believe Alesia also had a Jester run where the hit-and-run with sling didn't work for some reason so she ended up mashing down Amelyssan in melee with Tenser's and Absolute Immunity, which you might consider more "legitimate". Either way, it's subjective. You consider Shield of Reflection "unfair", but I know some people consider Robe of Vecna pure cheese. Comes down to player preference! Some people consider Spike Trap spam unfair, others say it's a legitimate strength of the kits that have them.

Either way, we've kind of derailed a bit. Long story short: Kensage is a strong build for sure and better than a lot of them out there, but I personally think Zerkage has the edge (and definitely a less painful run through BG) and Fighter/Mage multi edges out both in super-late game. And pure Kensai is more fun than Kensage in my opinion because you really get to see the strength of the class in those big weapon damage numbers rather than it just being some small bonuses on a gish.