Basic Guide to playing Assassins

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Although its been the hot topic over the weekend, I think an update with the new a/e perma shadowform build is worth mentioning. Any PvE assassin can make great use of it for farming, and grinding rep, or even shadowform tanking in groups. I'd advise a link to the a/e swiftness of sliver farming build thread in the farming section also for a more indepth discussion.

yeah agreed, mentioning perma SF is a must now tbh, and ways to mantain it well, e.g.

[deadly paradox] + [arcane echo] + [shadow form] which is still in use for farming, primerely with [cry of pain] + [ether nightmare], used often in UW to farm chaos plain.

and very commonly used atm [glyph of swiftness] + [deadly paradox] + [shadow form] used alongside elementalist fire nukes to blow up certain mobs like Raptors on Hm at once or [sliver armor] buffed by various skill such as [ebon battle standard of honor], [intensity] and [glyph of elemental power].

General build include:
[build name="A/Me Permaformer" box build prof=A/Me shadow arts=12+1+3][deadly paradox][arcane echo][shadow form][/build]

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[build name="A/E Permaformer" box build prof=A/E shadow arts=12+1+3][glyph of swiftness][deadly paradox][shadow form][/build]

gah fine make me do work ><

added the a/e template talked about the a/me one ty for the templates igor

Just a quick note, although its not vital to the A/Me shadowform build, the skill [skill]Auspicious Incantation[/skill] cast before [skill]Arcane Echo[/skill] basically eliminates any energy problems whatsoever, given a decent investment into Inspiration.

Prior to the SF buff, all my various A/Me SF builds included this skill, and despite the obvious advantages to going /E for damage, A/Me is stillv ery competitive damage wise, better e-management with the only downside being the careful management of the AE-SF chain.

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I actually use both Auspicious AND Spirit of Failure (for the hex needed on Cry of Pain) that way I cannot run out of energy ever lol.

I ditched Viper's Defense because quite often, especially when doing the second quest with the invulnerable aatxes, VD can land you in a corner behind them and then you're stuck. And poison only works on aatxes and terrorwebs, everything in the Chaos Plains are immune to it, so I'll either go with Ether NM or Radiation Field.

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No, [auspicious incantation] is not needed, because [channeling] and [spirit of failure] would not only do better job but also are enough.

Very Nice Guide (at least of what I read). I didn't read it all because I'm already a good sin user, I'll look through it all some other time to give me a few pointers on new builds (don't really like generic builds like Moebius Strike+Death Blossom)

I don't really care if you add it, but a build that I made for sins in PvE that works over a lot of places that I didn't see up there would be:
[build=OwBj0tf44SlZ+PHMDQ1gEQxZuMA]
(I have Daggers and Critical both at 13, with several types of armor, depending on the area, all have 20% Blind reduction. Health, energy, and additional armor depends on the set I use, and therefore the area).

Common varients for skills:
[Golden Fox Strike]: [Unsuspecting Strike] (high health foes)|[Sneak Attack] (for attackers)|[Jagged Strike] [rather weak foes (fast recharge, so easy to start the next chain when an enemy dies)]
[Wild Strike]: [Golden Fang Strike] (areas with little blocking)
[Death Blossom]:[Critical Strike] (I only use that when not using Zealous daggers)|[Twisting Fangs] (basically instant kill for most foes, even in HM)
[Shadow Refuge]:[Smoke Powder Defense] (for a little melee help)|[Viper's Defense](should be self-explanatory)|[Heart of Shadow](for non-regeneration health gain)|[Dash](to get to the back line fast)|[Death's Charge](to get to the backline faster)|[Ebon Escape](the only support a sin can really do without not being a sin)|[Signet of Infection](only when having [Jagged Strike] or [Twisting Fangs] on build or with a party member that has constant bleeding|[Shadow Sanctuary] (if you do need the regeneration and your Kurzick/Luxon title rank is high enough to be better, and you have blind removal)

Usually, Shadow Refuge is not needed, because with at least 13 critical strike and Way of the Assassin, you nearly always get +~30 health per strike, even more with Vampiric Daggers. And, not to mention, there are monks to help heal.

I will add the WotA build however i will also add that your build is every bit as generic as a MS/DB spammer really only difference between the two is the elite.

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I did a ctrl+f for "insignia" and didn't find anything in this thread.

Is Survivor unequivocally better than the +armor alternatives? The Nightstalker one looks pretty appealing.

For PvE, Nightstalker's a decent choice but quickly becomes less useful once you start facing degen and armor-ignoring damage. Survivor's is extra HP, which is good in every situation.

In PvP, you actually won't be attacking all the time so Nightstalker's becomes VERY situational, lessening it's usefulness even more.

Of course they are Teh Leetest when it comes to Dwarven Boxing.

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Oh hush Unreal, you don't want bear ninjas any more than I do

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