Pure kensai is one of the most overrated kits in the game, you can't get your AC lower than -2 or -3 with ring and cloak +2 and you can't take the frontline beating. That's why they're only useful when they're buffed up, which makes them perfect as commando-type quick attack fighters. A kensai toe to toe against a berserker or a cavalier will get his ass grassed anytime as the kensai will do max damage vs the berserker or cav for the first couple of rounds but if the berserker or cav is still standing after that which they will be as their hps will be high the kensai's low AC won't be able to take the steady pounding.
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