Assassin and PvE

You can get Zealous Daggers from some collectors Uh Tyrael.... collector weapons don't come with prefixes. You need a green or gold with a zealous tang.

As for my stats: I have 10 in Critical Strike, 8 in Dagger Mastery, and 5 in Shadow arts. Also, I notice I don't have [Critical Strike]. I have in replace of that on my skill bar is [Twisting Fangs]. sorry for the wrong info.

And yes I do have energy management problems. I guess I don't want to miss any thing in the game that could improve my assassin. As I keep with the story, I learning what my guy can do and can't do. But with all your input you provided, it show's I still have a lot to learn. If you are low on energy, keep autoattacking (as long as you are not being damaged), don't run away. That way you will get some criticals to replenish energy.

Try to swap critical strikes and dagger mastery around (10 DM, 8 critical strikes.) point in Weapon mastery gives more criticals than point in critical strikes.

[Twisting Fangs] is too costly and has too high recharge even if deep wound effect is great. Use [Death Blossom], it is cheap, quickly recharging and does lots of damage, not only to your target. Generally look for cheap, fast recharging skills in lead and offhand category as well even if they seem a bit lacking. Your goal should be to use your dual as often as possible, because its where your best damage is.

Did anyone of you end up spending the gold + a 1 skill point and purchasing from a skill trainer? @ now Level 15 (almost L16), I was hoping I get more training or quest with more Assassin skill as rewards. I only have GW Factions and will get the other expansion after I finish this one. I did do the quest that gave extra skill points so wondering if i should just use those and purchase the skills that was mention on this trend? Honestly, I rather keep questing and earn my skill. But it seems I am just using the most expensive skill (energy wise) and that is why I feel I having a hard time. Yes, you will eventually have to buy skills with gold. But since you only ever need 8 skills, it should not trouble you that much.

If you have done all the "insignia" quests as starter assassin quest chain, you will not gain any more skills from quests in factions, except for two signets of capture (which you can use to get skills from dead bosses. you can use it to get normal skills, but you should use it to get elite skill).

If you get Prophecies, you can get quite a lot skills for prophecies classes from quests there. since you are /E then you will be getting elementalist skills. You can later switch your secondary profession to get other class skills instead - I would suggest warrior skills, because some of them will work with daggers and some do not cost energy at all (not really highly recommended, but getter than fireballs you can't afford to cast).

If you get Nightfall, you will be able to get limited selection of assassin skills for free from hero skill trainers (for hero skill points which are in turn gotten by collecting faction points which are gotten from quests.) Situation is similar in EoTN where you can get hero skill trainer skills and obtain hero skill points and also get non-class skills directly as quest rewards.

So you have several options before you have to spend money

Gah... I forgot Chthon... It's been awhile since I went to a collector for much of anything, and I must have gotten a quest reward and collector reward mixed up... By the time I decided to fool with the Assassin profession, I already had a few pairs of modded out daggers from drops while on my other characters...

My mistake...

Must remember not to post when tired or under the influence of my job... ugh... Actually, there are collectors that give perfect, fully modded daggers: endgame rewards.

But that is useless for OP anyway as he is far, far from that point.

Yes, you will eventually have to buy skills with gold. But since you only ever need 8 skills, it should not trouble you that much.

If you have done all the "insignia" quests as starter assassin quest chain, you will not gain any more skills from quests in factions, except for two signets of capture (which you can use to get skills from dead bosses. you can use it to get normal skills, but you should use it to get elite skill).

If you get Prophecies, you can get quite a lot skills for prophecies classes from quests there. since you are /E then you will be getting elementalist skills. You can later switch your secondary profession to get other class skills instead - I would suggest warrior skills, because some of them will work with daggers and some do not cost energy at all (not really highly recommended, but getter than fireballs you can't afford to cast).

If you get Nightfall, you will be able to get limited selection of assassin skills for free from hero skill trainers (for hero skill points which are in turn gotten by collecting faction points which are gotten from quests.) Situation is similar in EoTN where you can get hero skill trainer skills and obtain hero skill points and also get non-class skills directly as quest rewards.

So you have several options before you have to spend money
Thanks for the detailed info. And I will take to account all the info you have given me as well as everyone in this thread about skills and weapons to look for. I'm 100% agree that I using very expensive energy skills, thus preventing my Assassin from staying alive and doing damage. I will look closely though this forum and websites of the most used and efficient skills used by players for PvE.

I just left the island and now in the mainland doing the Primary Quest chain. and wooooh!! Level 20 mobs! ahyah!
good thing I still have some secondary quest in Cantha to test out my skills.