Nub Sin

>.>.....*puts on flame shield*
(watches for Ensoriki haters) Were it coherent enough to flame, I would.

Absolutely no reason to run Jagged Strike. Golden Fox Strike is far better in PvE as you should always have Crit Agility on anyway.

And seriously... Shadow Meld?

Were it coherent enough to flame, I would.

Absolutely no reason to run Jagged Strike. Golden Fox Strike is far better in PvE as you should always have Crit Agility on anyway.

And seriously... Shadow Meld? Thanks for that^.^, Oh there is a reason for jagged and Shadow Meld

In Pve...[card]Jagged Strike[/card] is a [card]Plague touch[/card] with [card]Epidemic[/card] and [card]Shadow Meld[/card] allows that [card]Dark Escape[/card] with [card]Vigorous Spirit[/card] so you can
[card]Death's Charge[/card]again into battle and shout [card]Fear Me[/card] with all your breath.

CWUTIDIDTHAR

Anyways, Shadow Meld like AOD, when you remove it will put you to where you CAST IT(or to the spot you warped to..I cant remember), you can precast Shadow meld in pve go cap a shrine/portal whatever in pve, then warp Right back not to bad if you have to defend a place on the fly.
Also you can warp to an ally when you need it most. Surrounded by enemies? Well Lets just Warp straight to the monk!

Thanks for that^.^, Oh there is a reason for jagged and Shadow Meld

In Pve...[card]Jagged Strike[/card] is a [card]Plague touch[/card] with [card]Epidemic[/card] and [card]Shadow Meld[/card] allows that [card]Dark Escape[/card] with [card]Vigorous Spirit[/card] so you can
[card]Death's Charge[/card]again into battle and shout [card]Fear Me[/card] with all your breath.

CWUTIDIDTHAR
Interesting way of writing a sentence.

Also for those who don't know modded paly build
it's
[skill]Mending[/skill][skill]Live vicariously[/skill][skill]Vigorous Spirit[/skill][skill]Flashing Blades[/skill] and critical agility
AND YOU GO PWN PWN PWN PWN AND TANK TANK TANK.

<_<>_>*runs*

E-Denial (although it's not that spectacular) You talking about Fear Me? That's one of the craziest e-denial skills in the game!

Infact it's so good one would build around it (think Flurry, Locust's Fury)

Generally I see many Assassins use builds like this in PvE, especially if they're trying to go for a mix between defense and offence:

[card]Golden Phoenix Strike[/card][card]Critical Strike[/card][card]Moebius Strike[/card][card]Death Blossom[/card][card]Critical Defenses[/card][card]Critical Agility[/card][card]Mystic Regeneration[/card]

with either [card]Way Of Perfection[/card] or [card]Dash[/card] or [card]Resurrection Signet[/card] as no.8

Generally the idea is too keep Mystic Regen up all the time, using Critical Agility and Critical Defenses right before you enter combat. If you have decent Crit Strikes you should be easily able to keep Critical Defenses up, sometimes this can take some getting used to. I've been using the moebius deathblossom to vanquish cantha with. With high ranks in critical agility and the +15 while attacking insignia - this build has perma +10 regen, 110 armor, 75% block, and spamms armor ignoring damage. Heavy enchant stripping and heavy blocking will shutdown the build. For heavy blocking, just switch targets - the death blossom will still kill the blockers.

Some other assassin builds that are a TON of fun in my opinion for PvE:

Critical Barrage assassin (A/R with barrage, critical eye, way of master, critical agility & have a teammate cast Great Dwarf Weapon to put this build into overdrive - your attacks do extra damage and up to 40% chance of knockdown per hit)

Critical interupt assassin (A/R critical agility, disrupting accuracy, critical eye, way of the assassin = 80% interupts)

Critical Holy Damage Scythe Assassin
Assassin/Dervish - Take this guy down into Temple of the Damned - 300+ damage per swing with higher ranks in Kurzick - and hits multiple enemies. Versus necro hordes - it's the sickest thing I've seen.
Level: 20
[card]Eremite's Attack[/card][card]Mystic Sweep[/card] [card]Way of the Assassin[/card][card]Aura of Holy Might[/card] [card]Way of the Master[/card] [card]Critical Eye[/card] [card]Critical Agility[/card][card]Critical Defenses[/card]

Of course, I often switch out Critical Eye for another utility skill. For a weapon, I usually use a vampiric 20% longer enchant 15% while ench scythe.

Something I toyed with for a while - but went back to Moebius Blossom:
A/W Critical Axe - Cyclone Axe, Whirlwind Attack, "Save Yourselves", Critical Agility, Way of Master, Critical Defenses, Way of Perfection, Way of the Assassin. I used a q5 tactics shield, and then just spammed AOE. Almost everything is critical. In HM, I think the death blossom works better, but this was a pretty tough build for an assassin. Axe was 15% while ench, 20% longer ench, Furious mod.


One of the great things about the assassin is the ability to use most weapons and to be pretty good at it. That, and the specialized abilities of the assassin through shadowstepping and shadowform make them great for running and for farming as well.

I am surprised no one has mentioned sp sins yet :\ So far it's mainly been a PvE discussion. Besides, no-one wants the guy to get AIDS.

So far it's mainly been a PvE discussion. Besides, no-one wants the guy to get AIDS. Playing SP gives people AIDS? I don't understand.

As you know Sins have multiple hexes eg [skill]Expose defenses[/skill] and if you combine it with the skill [skill]Rending sweep[/skill] you could add a lot of monk pressure. getting rid of thigswhich are commonly used like [skill]Guardian[/skill] and [skill]Shield of regeneration[/skill]. Wow, great idea! Next time I run a SP sin, I'm gonna take rending sweep!