I am a 2/31/8 deception sin, Most warzones i clear 300k damage without a healer, somewhere around 450k+ with healers with MAYBE 1 or 2 deaths, deception is phenomenal for php but you have to play right, you must pick and choose your fights, running into the middle of a pack of people as deception and expecting to live... just isn't going to happen. Deception is patients based plain and simple.