need some feedback on a PvE build

I have it mostly down, but I dunno if there's anything better I can replace certian skills with, and I have noone to ask ingame about it.

so, here's my skills:

Jagged Strike
Fox Fangs
Death Blossom
Death's Charge
Heart of Shadow
(optional) - I typically used Critical Eye
Flashing Blades - Elite
(optional) - I use Dash.

Dagger mastery is 14, Shadow Arts in 8 and Critical Strike is 11

I just wanted to know if it was a sound build or if there was something I could improve on, as I nearing closer to the end of the game and ofc it's getting progressivly harder. I have Zealus dagger mods, btw.

I definitely like the chain, but i don't really see the point in Heart of Shadow. Also what campaigns do you have? The build could really benefit from PvE skills such as Asuran Scan, Critical agility and "Save Yourselves!". I'm also not a big fan of Flashing Blades - Way of the Assassin is a much better alternative in my opinion.

In short - keep chain, drop Flashing Blades for WoTA, drop Heart of shadow for one of said PvE skills (would recommend Asuran Scan, since your chain is so fast), drop either dash or Death's charge (or both), for one or both of said PvE skills too.

I agree with the previous post I like useign Locusts Fury instead of Flashing Blades and useing as my chain

Lostus Strike -> Fox Fangs -> Death Blossom -> Phoenix strike -> Blades of Steel.

And if your useing Critical Agility WoTA is kind of a wasted elite since you'd only be getting a crit bonus. Mobieous Strike is a good one and it'll allow you to spam Deaths Blossom giving a nice aoe effect as well

Looking at your build now, I think I see where the concept of your build came from. It looks like you are trying to go for a hit and run build. While that is a common stereotype concept for what an assassin should do, it's a concept that doesn't really work well in guild wars pve. With good heroes/henchies or even players there really shouldn't be a need to retreat from enemies so heart of shadows is practically redundent in pve. Instead, if you find you are finding surviving a bit challenging, switch it with the skill Critical Agility. Even with a low ss rank it can still be useful.

Dash is also rather a bit useless for general pve because you would only use it to go ahead of the group, or catch up to the group. Both of which shouldn't be happening. My suggestion would be to switch it for another pve skill such as asuran scan or save yourselves! However, from the tone of your post, I'm getting the feeling you might not have too high a rank in titles for either skills. If that's the case then maybe try unseen fury since you have a good enough shadow arts attribute for it.

For your optional, I agree with your choice of critical eye. It's a must have skill for most of my general pve builds. Your dagger chain attacks are also very good. Your elite skill also isn't bad. You can try switching however if you are having trouble coping with the increase in difficulty. Since you are already using death blosson, why not try Moebius Strike? When used together, you can achieve really high damage outputs and can decimate whole mobs if they are balled together nicely. Another one you could go for I guess is Way of the Assassin. Whilst it is not bad, I just don't normally use it because I always use Critical agility and using both together is a waste since their IAS won't stack as Critical Agility gives you the max ias you can have. If you don't use Critical Agility though, Wota is an option you can consider.

Another thing is if you want a shadow step, try ebon escape. I haven't used it much but it is the fastest recharging shadow step available to a player if I remember correctly, and it heals you and an ally and it doesn't send you into a random direction.

In summary, remove; Death's Charge, Heart of Shadow and Dash, and replace them with pve skills such as; Save yourselves, Asuran scan and Critical Agility. Though not necessary, you can also switch your elite for something like Moebius Strike or Way of the assassin.

Hope that helped

Not a fan of flashing blades except in farming builds. Try moebius, or wota. The unfortunate thing is that elites are pretty bad on assassins atm, as the most damage output can be done from the jagged/fox/db combo with a 33% ias that is attainable wihtout elite.

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