yea u might be right
same problem i have on my wrestle/ninja eval/scribe mage actually.
he can stay alive just fine...between dog form, ep+pots, apples, etc...but when it comes to actually killing ...
He gets kills but most of em come from stun punch w/ a precasted efield...
or in ganks w/ my guildies.
Problem is really no way to fit hci on that temp...and relying on disarm/stun off a no-dex mage w/o hci can be tricky...lol.

why im usually on my gimp dexer...or my wrestle/ep nox/necro for chokes.