New assasin.

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If the guy decides to make a sin, it's his own choice.

Didn't say he couldn't. Just letting him know what to expect and the consequences when he makes one this late in the game :/ It's a very steep uphill battle.

A/Mo, use retribution and concentrate on Assassin skills only (Critical Strike attribute, Dagger Mastery attribute, and Shadow Skills attribute).

Healing Prayers is a no, no. It makes you want to tank, so don't bother with it. Retribution gives small damage to anyone who attacks you with non-spells. There are attacks that give you more energy or does more damage if you are enchanted (and equip a set of daggers that also do more damage when you are enchanted). You also get mend ailment (removes blindness) and Resurrect or Resurrection Chant.

A/Rit, weapon spells, spirit summoning (can use a teleport spell to teleport you to that spirit - away from the fray), hard rez (lively was Naomei or Flesh of my Flesh, etc.), little heal (like Mend over body, weapon of warding, etc.)

A/W, gives you more defense (watch yourself, bonetti's defense, etc.), again, don't stay in the fight too long.

A/R, critical barrager build, summon spirit, removes blindness (disease and poison).

A/E, increases defense (earth magic), blinds (blinding flash)

A/Me, condition spreader

A/N, transfers some conditions to foes (plague touch, plague sending, etc.), increases damage (curses), weakens foes (curses), etc.

Tyria is not a ghost town. Canthas will not be a ghost town either. Tyrians in Tyria love assassins (due to the fact not everyone knows the weakness of the assassin and the fact that assassins can do very well vs monsters in Tyria). You can go buy Nightfall and try the Assassin there as well.

Remember, there are some skills that do well when enemies are hexed (necromancer, mesmer, elementalist) so you can consider them for that too.

Hope this helps.

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A/N with plague touch and or mark of pain or SS is nice for the aoe dmg buffing + in pve it become a slight issue from aoe trigger.
or conditions with virulance can stack up to -17 degen as a A/N while being energy effective.

A/RT with resilient weapon or weapon of warding + weilders boon.

A/W watch yourself + bonetti for healing cover. ( not reccommended )

A/R Barrage + tigers fury. YAY your a critical barrager. ( Got Pet )

A/E KD Shock build ( PvP ) maybe bring ward against melee and create your own ward in PvE.

A/ME again a PvP build either echo shadow form or a faragility condition spiker. Not bad but an advanced build.

A/? look up mobious chain.

My Favorite......
A/MO....... Wanna play like a noob and survive?.....LIFE SHEATH.
........... Wanna be a more active w/o burdening your monk?..LIFE SHEATH.
.......... Wanna increase the effectivness of your spike managment?..LIFE SHEATH.
......... Wanna use something other then the typical AoD or Mobious chain assassins are cookie cuttered to due to design flaw?.....LIFE SHEATH!!!!

Sin is flawed but played right can be a good single target spiker and monk defense. Just be smart and realize your a 70 AL melee class that dmges like a 60 AL caster.

Enjoy kid.

PS dont mind the ego flames around here... They are just making themselves feel better about what they lack in life.

lol pick me i think we were typing at the same time.lol

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PvE secondaries for sin:

Monk- HARD RES, specifically Rebirth (res from range, res ally out of aggro. People say you lose all energy on use so it's a bad skill, but you shouldn't be ressing in combat unless it's with a res sig anyway.)

Necro- Primarily for Plague Touch (condition removal). You could also get away with something like Barbs for added melee damage or maybe a Well spell (something I'll go a tad more in-depth into for pvp).

Mesmer- I guess for PvE I would use it for Distortion so that I would have something to use if I had to defend against a ranged attacker or other that did enough damage that it would kill me before I could kill it. Could also be used for energy gaining (inspiration) and interrupts (domination/inspiration).

Ritualist- Probably Brutal Weapon mainly, Flesh of my Flesh is another decent res that is easily re-usable (don't need Lively Was Naomei, you're not in a HoH EoE bomb).

Warrior- Stances/Shouts to help your defense. Make sure that you only use these for defense *IN COMBAT* or when you really need them, don't go A/W and try to be a tank.

Ranger- Pets are always interesting and can be used to aid in the DPS department if needed or even for tanking purposes in order to keep aggro off of the Assassin.

Elementalist- Maybe a Conjure skill to increase your dps against select targets or the occassional AoE for a wide-area dps increase.

For PvP purposes:

Ranger- The most that I could see anyone making great use of from a Ranger secondary in PvP is probably Dust/Barbed Trap for choke points in HoH/GvG (and even then, rarely to the point where they would give you more than 10 seconds of extra time), and using Beast Mastery for Ferocious Strike {e} or Disrupting Lunge. There are definitely a few other skills that could be employed from the ranger line, but they are few and far between.

Necro- Primarily Plague Touch for much-needed condition removal (in GvG you won't always have your monk within range, and with condition removal you can hunt down npc's), or even corpse control. As for Wells, the primary use of them for PvP would be Well of the Profane. That will let you take all enchantments off of opponents that pass through it (which will utterly own dervishes when Nightfall comes out).

Warrior- Maybe Wild Blow and "Shield's Up" for stance removal and a way to easily counter a Ranger Spike.

Ritualist- I would lean towards the more subtle spirits here, like Disenchant and Life to support your team through pressuring opposing monks and providing the occassional unexpected spike of healing (if you take Life I would reccomend also having a means to destroy the spirit with).

Mesmer- Epidemic for multiplying conditions and making it that much harder for the opposing monk to keep up with the pressure, and maybe Fragility for extra spiking ability. As stated in PvE, distortion is great for avoiding damage (you only need 3pts in illusion for it to only deduct 3 energy per dodge) from spiking, things like IWAY, and lowering pressure on your monk's energy or your own hp. Also, never forget the wonderful Blackout.

Monk- I would use this with an AoD build for Contemplation of Purity. You pop CoP and it removes AoD, teleporting you to safety and instantly cures you of 1 hex, 1 condition, and gives you ~20pts of healing.

Elementalist- For team support in GvG, maybe Ward Against Melee. Water Magic slows such as Shard Storm are also viable in pvp as they can slow down your target to make it easier for you to catch up and finish them off. Also, Star Burst {e} is an easily viable skill to add spike dps. I've used Star Burst in many different builds and have found that it's one of those skills that's just perfect for pushing a pressured monk over the edge for the kill.


For PvE, my personal preferences are /monk and /necro, for the above reasons. For PvP, I prefer /elly, /monk, /necro, and /mesmer for the above reasons.

Good Luck and Happy Assassinating.

-Blade

I have to say The A/Mo life sheath was a good way to manage dmg spikes but with the new updates, utilizing critical strikes for energy to fuel healing has layed lifesheath to rest. I currently run this build switching dash and shadow of haste in and out for application. I prefer not to run critical defense as it is very vulnerable to blind leaving you defenseless.

I lik the A/N most, because of Plague Touch.

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I usually stick to all assassin skills, but have had a lot of fun at times using weaken armor and spinal shivers on my A/N.

I usually have 15 in Dagger Mastery 13 in Critical and then switch the rest around to whatever, sometimes Deadly to beef up Siphon Speed if I am in that kind of mood.

Although I never really found secondaries to be much help, apart from of course CoP , Healing Breeze etc. Nothing else was really viable, or at best was situational.

However I think having situational skills in pvp isnt the best idea, I just have a combo some defense (Critcal Defenses) and Healing. This way im decent in all aspects of the unpredictabilty that is pvp.

In pve tho, secondaries help, tho it really is a matter of testing it out for yourself, as we can say, yes do this , this and this, yet it just may not fall into your play style.

My advice, get a rough idea for a build, and go test it in Isle of the Nameless. Refine it, take as long as you need, then go trial it in pve/pvp. Test it again.

I have chosen a new path with my pvp build, I have gone from spiking to completely shutting down an enemy , rendering them useless.

Interrupting Strike
Temple Strike
Exhausting Assault
Jagged Strike
Wild Strike
Deaths Charge
Shadow Refuge
Dash

Full Shrouded Obsidian Armour & +5 Energy Zelous Dragon Scythes of Fortitude. Total of 450 Health +37 Energy.

Works a Treat!

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