Post-nerf SF.

Make sure you dont attack the axxte because they have deadly riptose and zealous daggers is almost a must now I see, thanks for reminding. So silver SF perma for UW and I can keep farming with assassin. I'm glad that's cleared since this has been bugging me since the nerf.

After the nerf to the SF, I been getting told it's impossible for a assassin primary to maintain SF anymore You've been lied to, and probably by people who perma sf farm things. SF is still maintainable, but only on A/E with 16 shadow arts, the three skills, and a +20% enchanting mod. It's just 1) harder to maintain (only 3 or so seconds to recast) and 2) more energy consuming due to the smaller maintaining length.

If you use the dagger perma sf build you will want this for your daggers:

Zealous
I have the Power! (+5 energy)
of Enchanting

If you use a non-dagger build, then you can use the above minus the Zealous mod, or use a Staff to be 20/30/20 - that is Adept Staff head, Of Enchanting, with an "Don't Think Twice" inscription (20/40/20 won't be helpful as you mainly need it for Shadow Form, which doesn't have an attributed weapon) - or max energy (Insightful Head, of Enchanting, and Have Faith inscription, which gives +20 energy, +20% enchanting, and 20% HSR on the staff.

Go for max energy runes as well due to energy issues. Should with the pre-nerf version, but still, a reminder.

Will do 19 if you max your Vanguard rank and use ebsoh. And even more if you max dwarven and throw in "by urals hammer" too. But watch your energy.

And, yes, agro as much as possible for maximum dmg/sec. I assume you are doing uw so take the clear the chamber quest before attacking aatxes so the graspings can add to your dmg (sliver will target aatxes first and leave the weaker grasping darknesses for last).

What my question boils down to is how do i kill an aatxe that probably has more armor and health? Does asuran scan add to the damage? I'm pretty new to this as you've probably figured out. Any tips would be much appreciated! asuran scan doesnt increase the damage output of sliver armor.

You've been lied to, and probably by people who perma sf farm things. SF is still maintainable, but only on A/E with 16 shadow arts, the three skills, and a +20% enchanting mod. It's just 1) harder to maintain (only 3 or so seconds to recast) and 2) more energy consuming due to the smaller maintaining length.

If you use the dagger perma sf build you will want this for your daggers:

Zealous
I have the Power! (+5 energy)
of Enchanting

If you use a non-dagger build, then you can use the above minus the Zealous mod, or use a Staff to be 20/30/20 - that is Adept Staff head, Of Enchanting, with an "Don't Think Twice" inscription (20/40/20 won't be helpful as you mainly need it for Shadow Form, which doesn't have an attributed weapon) - or max energy (Insightful Head, of Enchanting, and Have Faith inscription, which gives +20 energy, +20% enchanting, and 20% HSR on the staff.

Go for max energy runes as well due to energy issues. Should with the pre-nerf version, but still, a reminder. Thank you for the detailed tips.


I heard the buff to [hundred blades] makes [shadow form] useless so the first build I posted doesn't work at FoW correct?


Going to try this build that I found at PvX at FoW beach later.


[build prof=A/D name="Death Blossom Farmer" dag=11+1 cri=10+1+2 earthp=8 shadow=6+1][Golden Phoenix Strike][Critical Strike][Moebius Strike][Death Blossom][Critical Defenses][Critical Agility][Mystic Regeneration][Way of Perfection][/build]