Make a REAL Assassin

1)forget about shadowsteps because they're terribad in pve. with crit agility you have armor comparable to a hammer war anyway, without running armor insigs.
2)get in there and spam DB.
3)???
4)PROFIT

He's right. Need low recharge (nothing over 10) dagger skills with tons of combo options, short recharge shadowsteps/stances for movement purposes. Only problem is balancing it for pvp.

AP
Shadow Fang
YMLAD
Falling Lotus
Trampling Ox
Falling Spider
Blades of Steel
Scan

Be the snowflake

http://pvx.wikia.com/wiki/Build:A/an...Promise_Spiker

My only beef with that build is the lack of an IAS

http://pvx.wikia.com/wiki/User:That_Unknown_guy/Sandbox

found this a while ago on youtube.. decided to put on my userpage on pvxwiki during schooltime.

besides the hex, it's virtually impossible for the monk to see the spike coming, and unless he got some stance (or shield bash) to dave itself, it's pretty much done for.


1) Must be able to rush into a group (Wastrels)

2) Secure a target (Knocklocks)

3) Remove that target from existence (Twisting Fangs + Blades of Steel = L33T

4.1) Get out quickly in case of danger (optional, dash - Heart of Shadow, Return etc.)

4.2) Be able to quickly dispatch another target if not in danger (got 20 seconds downtime, )

5) Repeat the process with as little downtime as possible (20 seconds downtime)


made it for pvp anyways, could work in pve as well.

but for the assassin, you'll mostly get cookiecutter Assassin's Promise Spike builds, as AP recharges the skills, and thus makes almost all skills good/usable.

Let's see... What was that one I had a while back....
It's total shat in hindsight, but it worked when I needed it to. :]
I blitzed Tihark Orchard wih this build.
I did fairly well minimal stopping between the three groups.
I wouldn't use this outside low population areas or in PvP at all though. >__o

Dark Prison
Black Mantis Thrust
Golden Fox Strike
Horns of the Ox
Aftershock
Shockwave
Viper's Defense
Way of the Lotus

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Agree with Perfect Shadow , if you consider those builds to "scream" a spike , the one with mark of instability is like sending a postcard with Subject : spike shortly .

guardian can be maintained, if he balanced stances you on BB then your still useless for like 15-18 seconds. the YAA assassin works just as bad in RA as a horns of th Ox assassin, most monks will see your spike after your first try to kill them ( or after their first res) and then try to stay with allies.
Palm Strike has a 7 second recharge, Dismiss Condition has a recharge of 3 seconds.

Shield Bash > BB sin. as soon as your on the floor, pop it, and it breaks the chain. (well you could still go falling lotus -> Twisting Fangs, but that's a lame spike tbh.

I know that the build has a huge counter to it, the mark of instability, however..

without the mark you lose your Twisting Fangs + BoS combo to a Horns of the Ox + Twisting Fangs combo, which deals less damage

(BoS @ full damage = 2x +60 damage )

also, cooldown sucks on my build, however, because most builds use Twisting Fangs it's downtime is only 5 seconds longer than the other spike builds.

I'll end this post by saying that a well time Balanced Stance > All Assassin builds, and that Shield Bash > all assassin builds


the most common at least, rigor mortis sins have come and gone but never really did the trick.

@ All You "____ skill screams spike damage" Guys:

This is a PvE bar. Ain't no monk enemies going to think "oh crud, I'm going to die" in PvE because they're AI. They have an algorithm that dictates what skill to use when based on whatever input they receive, and can't extrapolate beyond that. Sure, the info's useful for people who want to end up PvPing effectively, but that's not the point of the thread.

Soon as I get my assassin off of Shing Jea I'll be testing some of these builds myself. Lookin' forward to it, actually. =P

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