Basic Guide to playing Assassins

I liek your last sentence.

But really no, the problem with flatbows is their huge arc and low accuracy, so some of your atacks may miss unless the mob is well stuck nehind the minion wall or snared or whatever, I also dont like taking FA spirit for some unknown reason, maybe because it takes some time to cast but it defo would have some sinergy with N/Rts MBaS. Spirits should be taken by all Rangers (primary or secondary) in a Barrage/Pet team. Missing shouldn't be happening if aggro is allowed to settle properly, whether in a Barrage/Pet team or in a normal, somewhat balanced, PvE team, and that's regardless of what bow you are using.

In a pug, were nobdy would give mobs any chance of setling I would use longbow>flatbow, spirit is helful unless you move fast thru the mobs and go out of its range before the spirit recharges. Forget Barrage/Pet with PUG's lol. I'll take a guild team that knows what they're doing anyday.

I've always had fun with this build. Maybe add it to your AP Section?


[build=Deadly Arts Promise; OwBk0pe8nMikNpCDCji4bWNIuzCE]

for PvE, precast CA, then AP, DC, and 1-5. 230 unmitigated damage is very nasty.

If you want it playable by heroes, just replace [skill]You Move Like a Dwarf[/skill] with [skill]Iron Palm[/skill], and [skill]Critical Agility[/skill] with [skill]Tiger Stance[/skill] I believe a similar concept is in the guide already. Better off using Lightning Reflexes though as it gives you an IAS and blocking (as I pointed out already) that is recharged by AP ready to use again, and Dark Prison to cover Assassins Promise because if AP is removed (hex removal does happen) it will mess up your builds energy managment and skill recharge.

I believe a similar concept is in the guide already. Better off using Lightning Reflexes though as it gives you an IAS and blocking (as I pointed out already) that is recharged by AP ready to use again, and Dark Prison to cover Assassins Promise because if AP is removed (hex removal does happen) it will mess up your builds energy managment and skill recharge. I used [skill]Dark Prison[/skill] before, but found it a bit too energy intensive with [skill]Lightning Reflexes[/skill]. My opener was [skill]Iron Palm[/skill] for the KD. By then, you'd have to replace [skill]Falling Spider[/skill] with [skill]Falling Lotus Strike[/skill] but you'd lose damage from [skill]Signet of Deadly Corruption[/skill]. Besides, there aren't many areas where a cover hex is needed because of lack of hex removal from mobs. Usually, its in the form of [skill]Expel Hexes[/skill] from mesmers. As for LR, I do like [skill]Critical Agility[/skill] since its for pve. The good thing is, an IAS isn't necessary because of the 2 signets at the end of the spike. CA is just icing.

The build in the guide uses the Trampling Ox chain, but this one provided is based on Deadly Arts, so you have a longer AP, or if you choose, a slightly longer Dark Prison. What makes this spike good IMO is the armor ignoring damage.

I used [skill]Dark Prison[/skill] before, but found it a bit too energy intensive with [skill]Lightning Reflexes[/skill]. My opener was [skill]Iron Palm[/skill] for the KD. By then, you'd have to replace [skill]Falling Spider[/skill] with [skill]Falling Lotus Strike[/skill] but you'd lose damage from [skill]Signet of Deadly Corruption[/skill]. Besides, there aren't many areas where a cover hex is needed because of lack of hex removal from mobs. Usually, its in the form of Expel Hexes from mesmers. As for LR, I do like [skill]Critical Agility[/skill] since its for pve.

The build in the guild uses the Trample Ox Dagger chain, but this one is based on Deadly Arts, so you have a longer AP, or if you choose, a slightly longer Dark Prison with armor ignoring damage. To be honest, looking at the build closer you could probably drop the IAS and just take a utility skill like Disrupting Dagger etc. You probably don't need the IAS for just two dagger skills anyway. I guess this is the love (and pain) of GW. So much that can be done with so many skills to throw on your bar!

Keep it up and maybe it'll help make the sin community less horribad :P hope so......eeeee.

For common builds, you might want to list the basic set of skills needed, and then have like 3 optional slots with recommended skills. That way people don't feel as constrained to take all 8 of those skills, and gives them a choice instead of randomly replacing a "vital" skill with a completely crap one. You can take a look at what I did in the monk guide, where I have "vital" skills, "choose one" skills, and "optional" skills.

It's always better to give basic templates with good skills and then optional slots as opposed to a highly specific template, since people don't like "wiki builds."

P.S. Stickied. Great job. Keep it up and maybe it'll help make the sin community less horribad :P will do

thank you

Although Deadly Arts is more of a PvP line, it is still worth covering since some skills can be utilized effectively in PvE. Until you get [skill]moebius strike[/skill], Deadly Arts rules PvE:
[skill]dancing daggers[/skill] (easily your greatest source of -decent- spammable damage early-game)
[skill]assassin's promise[/skill] (Teh Othar Pee Vee Ee Eliet)