Those of you saying ritualists are weak have no idea what you are talking about. I've been using this build myself for awhile, but more and more people are starting to find out about it. On top of all this, the link to the video has been posted somewhere on the forum. This is an extremely devastating build, that can deal more DPS than just about anything else in the game. I've used this combo to gank kill dervish thinking they are god with avatar of balthazar and even outganked other sins. The damage is downright insane and can one shot anything with 120 AL and in one stroke. This build goes to Lyrthos, who posted the original YouTube vid.
~Spirtual Assassin~
Rt/A
Dagger Master: 12
Communing: 7 (6+1 minor)
Spawning Power: 15 (11+4 sup and headgear)
Weapon: Zealous Daggers of Enchanting
Skills:
Golden Pheonix Strike
Horns of the Ox
Falling Spider
Blades of Steel
Spirits Strength (E)
Vital Weapon
Sight Beyond Sight
Rez
Use:
Start the battle by casting Spirits Stength and Vital Weapon. Choose a target to gank, mainly a monk or overextender you can reach by surprise. When there are no enemy allies around the target, rush in and strike with golden pheonix, horns to KD, then falling, and blades of steel. They will die instantly and wonder wtf just haxxor pwned them. If a blinding surge/flash ele decides to flashbot on you, sight beyond sight will stop the effect and you will still tear him apart like a box of ho-hos at a jenny craig convention. Sight Beyond Sight also acts as a nice cover enchantment incase someone tries to strip your Spirit's Strength.
The best part about this combo is that it recharges fairly quick and the zealous dagger mod powers your next combo. This combo can kill tanks as well and can be used to punish an overextending warrior who thinks high armor and healing signet can save him.
The entire chain when used on the Isle of the Nameless dummies will strike down the 100AL target in ONE COMBO. See for yourself, the damage is plain crazy.
For utility if you have a competent conditions remover on your team, you may swap out Sight Beyond Sight for Death's Charge or Dash for a quicker gank and to stop kiters.
If you ever see a Rt/A with knives, run like hell. This build is no joke.
Heres the insane video to show you the supreme ganking powers of this build:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0BOL7CtVDo
Turbo Gank: Spiritual Assassin Insanity, can gank avatar of balth/wars in one combo!
Lordhelmos
Saphatorael
Known the build for 2 weeks, but only seen it in action once before...
Too bad you don't have any IAS, and no shadow stepping, it's basically giving the spike away... but it's still quite sweet to deal so much damage ^^
Too bad you don't have any IAS, and no shadow stepping, it's basically giving the spike away... but it's still quite sweet to deal so much damage ^^
Lordhelmos
Swap sight out for the shadowstep, with the combo you dont need an IAS to kill. It deals that much.
jesh
Without an IAS, it's not much of a spike. Guardian ftw? Even a decent warrior with Distracting Blow could ruin your combo, but I can see how this could destroy people in AB. But then again in AB.. you can destroy people with just about anything.
Redfeather1975
You should also include that Ghost Forge Insignias should be used as that is what the person who posted the video is using on all their armour.
It's the +15AL while under a weapon spell.
It's the +15AL while under a weapon spell.
vespertine
well.. this build got a good amount of dmg, BUT not the smallest bit of self defense, and it's extremely easy to take out..
like jesh said.. like many defective-by-design builds just usable in BAs..
like jesh said.. like many defective-by-design builds just usable in BAs..
Carth`
Quote:
Originally Posted by jesh
Without an IAS, it's not much of a spike. Guardian ftw? Even a decent warrior with Distracting Blow could ruin your combo, but I can see how this could destroy people in AB. But then again in AB.. you can destroy people with just about anything.
Exactly. I tried this build. No speed increase, no IAS, no shadow step, no self defence. Under ideal conditions I could kill people easily. So if you like to kill the suits of armour on Isle of the Nameless, this is the build for you. In real situations it is not a problem because you see it coming a mile off, simple pre-kiting before it reaches you makes it useless. Just about any monk could counter it as well, even with only Healing Breeze.
Muk Utep
I tried this build for a while in RA. It does indeed deal crazy damage, 1-combo-killing all but the most durable warriors. There are, however, some problems that make this build viable only for RA, and still only in certain situations:
Any kind of cripple, weakness, energy denial, enchant removal, damage prevention, tank stances or anything else that messes with the combo will cause it to fail.
It's very energy-intensive. The combo alone costs 25 energy, and you need to keep 2-3 enchantments up at all times, and the build only has 30-35ish energy. I very often had to stand around and wait for energy before I could combo someone, and then it wouldn't always result in a kill.
You're extremely vulnerable. Relatively low hp, low armor, no healing or defensive skills whatsoever, and no speed increase to escape with. You'll need a healer on your team for this build to be optimal, and that's not common in RA.
Your target must be alone. If they're standing next to any kind of ally then it'll fail. This means that anyone who knows the build can completely counter it by simply standing next to someone from their team.
The video makes it look a lot better than it is. Sure you can kill people with one combo if all the conditions are in your favor, which they rarely are. If the video had shown all the times it failed compared to the few times it worked, it would have done a better job at showing how the build worked, rather than just display a few kills.
Any kind of cripple, weakness, energy denial, enchant removal, damage prevention, tank stances or anything else that messes with the combo will cause it to fail.
It's very energy-intensive. The combo alone costs 25 energy, and you need to keep 2-3 enchantments up at all times, and the build only has 30-35ish energy. I very often had to stand around and wait for energy before I could combo someone, and then it wouldn't always result in a kill.
You're extremely vulnerable. Relatively low hp, low armor, no healing or defensive skills whatsoever, and no speed increase to escape with. You'll need a healer on your team for this build to be optimal, and that's not common in RA.
Your target must be alone. If they're standing next to any kind of ally then it'll fail. This means that anyone who knows the build can completely counter it by simply standing next to someone from their team.
The video makes it look a lot better than it is. Sure you can kill people with one combo if all the conditions are in your favor, which they rarely are. If the video had shown all the times it failed compared to the few times it worked, it would have done a better job at showing how the build worked, rather than just display a few kills.
Swift Thief
I've tried this RA, and now, it is probably my favorite RA build. It does enourmous damage and even though if the other team has two monks. I can take a warrior down with the combo and the monks won't even heal him.