Assassin "tank" with good damage

Any1 know build for it? I know but I am not sure is it good to put it here....i love play with my very good assasin,so I don't wanna any1 be like me.....but I wanna that people know that build,because this build is better than warrior,maybe this is the best build for assasin.
I am confuse.....what you think,that i put my assassin build or no?

tank assassins are worthless. if i want a tank, i'll go get a tank.

not tank......just hard to kill and with great damage

you will be harder to kill if teleport out of a fight heal yourself and go back in
btw Flashing Blades Elite is a nice skill to help you survive longer

i dont talk about teleport

"Maybe This is funny" build


Assasin/Monk


Palm strike-Horns of the Ox-Failling spider-Blades of steel-Expose defenses-Purge condition-Healing breeze-Vigorous spirit!


Healing Prayers: 10
Dagger Mastery: 13 ( 10+1+3)
Critical Strike: 13 (10+3)
Deadly Arts:8

You must have Superior rune of dagger mastery+cap,sup rune of Critical strikes and major rune of deadly arts.......and some superior vigorous rune ( +50 health)

This is for PvP,i didn't tried it in PvE

If you play with it you will see this build very good,just you need some practise!

You can kill Warrior and touch ranger with it!!

Just before you start fight cast Vigorous spirit,if they block your attacks- you have expose defense......if they blind you-you have purge condition.....if you have hex on you-cast healing breeze!

Good Luck with this build!!!


If you have question,ask

this is PVP BUILD,didnt tried pve

you math is wrong, 13 don't equal (10+1+3)
nice build, It will be great if it work, but Horn of Ox + Falling Spider don't work all the time because PvE caster often stand together or close enough to make Horn of Ox fail to knock down foe hence Falling Spider will fail too.
also NOT all foe bleed/ deep wound/ poison in PvE world

therefore, watch your environment to prepare your 4 hit combo, if you have to fight undead or no flesh foes,(maybe a few fleshy foe).

Unsuspected Strike --> Wild Strike--> Twisting Fang(for fleshy foe)--> Death Blosome (great AoE Damage) will work better. ( this is proven in Ring of Fire Chain Island)

Purge Condition may have overly long recharge time. Mend Illment probably better although it don't remove all condition at once. but it is situational

ok,i know......but this is for PvP and GvG......and for AB
it can be problem to cast horns of the ox,but only in 20% fights!
Dagger is 10+1+3,but only because you put 1 level in healing! my math is good if you look like that.

I will not go on your build,it is good only for pve,but for pvp this is the best combo i found.

Try your and mine,your is better for PvE and mine for PvP

I notice that my Combo is PvE, I sucks in PvP

This build warrior hate,believe me...they cant kill you 1 vs 1,no way.

Anyway, if they're good pvp warriors, they won't pack evade stances, and then assassins kill'm easy.

You are not right.......this is not only for warriors,this is for monks,rangers,mesmers etc.
How many times ranger evaded your attacks? How you fell than? angry?
Any if play team arenas or something like that and you need have res,you can choose what you wanna replaced with it

maybe the best is replaced res with healing breeze

If the ranger uses a stance, I just switch a target.

I don't bother with self heals, because it's too timeconsuming.

ZOMGWTFBBQ NO TANKING! Haven't we set this down in soooooooo man threads before? Geeze please read the board before you post. Reading ftw

oh and "hard to kill with greatdamage" thats aaaa TANK!We call that a Damage Tank or a Sword Tank!

Why i don't understand you?

Kijik...is odd. But he's right.

plz... sins are not tanks...

warr's makes better tanks, sins are for assassinating, creating spike of dmgs on a single target...

when sins are tanks, wammos can heal everyone with breeze...

sins aren't designed to take damage, they're designed to deal damage. Hopefully your chain wkill kill your target before it has the chance to retaliate, and then you can move onto your next or fall back and recover.

oh,you think this build dont do damage? you are wrong!
This is what this build do,it deal great damage,try it...you dont need tank,but this build is very good in pve,and better in pvp.
if you dont wanna,you dont need tank....i didn't said: Attack 4 of them

If you wanna,try it,and then see is this tank build or damage dealer build

This is none of the 2.


Take twisting fangs instead of Blades of Steel. Deep Wound = ftw.

The build seems fine, though I have different preferences that work well for me. It really just depends on what your are doing, and if you are comfortable with your selections. It sounds like you've done o.k. with this setup, and that's really all that matters I suppose.

Personally for skill point allocation, I'd rather up Dagger Mastery, reduce Critical Strikes slightly, eliminate Deadly Arts, and add a few to Shadow Arts. Then for offense, I like to use Golden Phoenix Strike, Horns of the Ox, Falling Spider, Death Blossom. The damage output is comparable per chain attack, but has slightly shorter recharge times than your setup. If I was going to keep higher Critical Strikes and use Palm Strike (E), then I'd probably take Twisting Fangs vice Death Blossom.

My only real gripes on your setup are the runes, and no speed buff or cripple. Two Superior runes, and one Major rune is -185hp, and that's a lot of HP to give away for free (even if you add a Superior Vigor). As to speed, if your target runs/kites, you've no way to slow them or catch them (unless you can time Horns perfectly). Also, you can't run/kite if you need to yourself. I suppose the speed isn't critical, but I've found it useful more often than not.