Well its not that crit got phased out, its just that you really don't need a single point of luck to get near max crit on a katar sin.??Triple crit jur is a good starting katar on the way for crit, later try to pick up some of those +% when critting cards for all the various races so you can do more damage with your criticals.
Its definitely a very gimmicky build however on top of that, with grimtooth you can mob so much stuff and then kill it, and with crit, well, you are stuck to one vs one.
But if it means much, I can switch my sin I have from her str/agi/dex build to crit for some fun using these gears:
Eyeball Rings with Kobold: Eyeball ring gives +2 crit and 25 sp with each
Sunflower Hairpin: +5 crit upper headgear
+8 Triple Crit Jur: The obvious thing you need
And seriously, that's it, that'll get you a written 41 crit, which as katar sins doubles to 82.??I mean if you really care after that for more crit, you can always get some luck, or change to morri set for like two more crit heh.??Honestly, I don't think its worth the trouble of trying to buy the mant for the set since they hardly are ever on sale again lately.??
Anyway about the ice pick comment...not everyone has an ice pick here like they do on iRO.