Dragon Claw vs. Tail with BoIce

[Dal]

So - I have a Blades of Ice / PS (synergy) maxed assassin and I've been using Dragon Clase so far as the finisher.

Then, I took a break to make a TS/Dtailer and was impressed with how much power the kick got - and liked the area of damage.

So - I'm now wondering... Should I go for Dragon Tail as my finisher? I saw one guide which recommended this, but it didn't compare that to Dragon Tail and it also was discussing the use of Tiger Strike - which at the moment, I don't have.

I'm don't have the best understanding of how the additive or multipliers work with these skills.

[stephan]

Dragon Tail is powerful together with TS because it adds a fire explosion based on physical damage (which gets enhanced by TS). Since BoI does not enhance physical damage, the physical damage of the kick (and therefor the fire damage) will be much lower.

I would use Dragon Claw with BoI. Although, you could consider a build where you have BoI, PS, TS and DTail maxed.