118 damage normal attack assassin :D

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It's proof and all 58 damage twice from double striking is 116.

I hope this is the right place for this.
I'm sure some things will change when factions comes out, but i don't see why they'd change the skills i used.

Anyways this assassin does 28-116 damage with normal attacks. It takes a 4 second preparation before attacking(use SoH in the begining, critical eye is instant, judges insight and locust's fury are 2 seconds each. Use longer enchants weapon most definantly)

I found it not rare to hit 116 damage 3 times in a row. I even noticed it happen 5 times in a row. So it's quite nice.

Major disadvantages would be if you are disenchanted you aren't doing much damage.

Stats:
Don't remember exactly what i had ;/ I know it was 16 daggers, probly 8 in smiting, rest in crit.
Skills(I know thesea ren't in that screenshot. I took the screen earlier then modified the build):
Resurection Signet
Strengh of Honor
Judge's Insight.
Locust's Fury.
Critical eye.
Something to make sure you aren't owned by blind.(mend condition for example. Don't worry about points in protection. There are many options.)
Unsuspecting strike(It's less damage than a best-case normal attack, but it's a reliable as it does at least 70, up to 110 or something. Might be a good idea to replace this with a cripple or interupt, though.)
Remaining go to whatever you want. Any off-hand attack is going to lower your average damage(I tried.. like in that screen you see them on bar.. i found normal attacks to be better)

This was a simple build to come up with knowing the game mechanics. A critical is 141% damage. Therefore, criticals is 282%. With how often you can critical(seems like 40% or so) and double strike(52% with locust's fury and 16 dagger's) this chance of 116 damage is quite high.

Put on orders and.. kill 1 person with an attack from 4 people that shadowstep right to them Instakills over and over. That's if you're lucky though, and misses/evades are going to become popular wiht there being 3 "attack" classes, especially with how annoying or destructive assassins can posibly be.

So enjoy when factions comes out, and stop saying warriors outdamage assassins.
Also to note: This build can die easy(Especially if you use a major critical rune to get critical eye have 6% and last 30 while maintaining higher smiting. Though pretty much true for any assassin unless they are using secondaries staying alive skills or shadow form). Hope you can relie on your monks and ritualists.

sorry to piss on your bongfire here but get a calculator :P 58 x 2 =116
but still not bad dmg at all

lol oops. edited to fix.

true also think about the armor that the charcter you are striking wears.. but 116 nonetheless

Against 100 armor it's still quite high, in comparison to non-armor ignoring you can do to them. :P
I forget exactly.

Oh and against necros iwth reduced holy armor you can hit for an insane ammount.

Now that would explain why I kept dieing so much in arenas with my necro that weekend..

Question: On double strikes do you see both numbers? Or how do you know if its a double strike? I just saw one number 58 there, so I'm a bit confused

yeah sorry i didn't get a screenshot of double striking.

When you doublestrike it's 2 numbers, one goes right after the other.
The single hit of 58 shows how a single hit can do 58, so a double woudl do 116, though.

Hey all! Sorry, but I did not get to play in the Factions demo weekend. So please tell me if you think this works for those who DID play.

I've been studying the Assasin build and how everyone said it's Overpowered and others say balanced?

Well, I think I found out a way to PAWN a warrior and other "defensive" caster builds...

Jobs:
Assassin / Necromancer

Dagger Mastery 12 (10 + 2Helm/Rune)
Blood Magic 12 ???
Critical Strikes = Rest ??? (+1 rune)

I was planning on killing Block/Evade Warriors and Rangers like this:
1) 10eng Lv1 CURSE (2sec cast) Rigor Mortis (8sec cannot block/evade)
2) 05eng DM LEAD Black Mantis Thrust (+17dmg & cripple 13sec if foe Hexed)
**) 05eng DM LEAD Desperate Strike (+41dmg if your HP below 61%)
3) 05eng DM OFFHAND Wild Strike (+17dmg & foe loes stance)
4) 05eng DM OFFHAND Repeating Strikes (+17dmg)
5) 05eng DM DUAL Death Blossom (+22dmg & adjacent foes)
6) 05eng DM DUAL Nine Tail Strike (+29dmg & all skill recharge if foe HP -50%)

...At this point, you have spent 35 Energy to deal +102 Damage over the period of 4-5 seconds.
...I'm pretty sure if that damage is not enough, high points into Critical Strike can cause even more damage. HECK...after hearing what Xia just said, you might even want to pop in Critical Eye if you want!

...If your foe is still alive with some health and you have a larger mana pool, you may also use this skill:

1) 10eng ELITE Life Transfer (11sec, 7HP degen on foe & +7HP regen on you)

PROS:
1) Well...basically...you have shut down any Warrior, Ranger, or Caster who might use a stance or spell to block/evade your attacks.
2) Whatever stance they had, you already disabled.
3) You alraedy Crippled them, so running is not an option.
4) Because they cannot block/evade without removing the Hex you put on them, they cannot cast another block stance.
5) If your enemy does NOT have a block/evade stance/skill, you can save another 10 energy.
6) If option5 is used, you can squeese in Deperate Strike as your 2nd Lead Attack if your HP is below 61%.

CONS:
1) You're fighting a Mesmer who can use Energy Drain skills like DOM Energy Burn (lose 4-9eng & take 8dmg/pt lost) and ILL Sympathetic Visage (lose all adrenaline & 3eng per attack) so you cannot do your massive attack runs.
2) You are hit with Blind and you cannot continue with your attack run.

...If this happens, you may sacrifice your Extra Lead Attack skill for the Necromancer's Plague Touch (transfer negative condition to foe) costs 5 energy.

I say there is not much of a CON, because Mesmer's are not too strong, you should be able to pull off 2-4 of your attack blows, then smack your enemy with normal melee attacks while he cripples away.
If he takes off cripple, you always have the option to use Life Transfer, so keep at least 10 Energy available at all times when fighting Mesmer classes.

That's all I have to say!

If you have other ways of defeating this build...PLEASE tell me! I'd love to know
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By the way, just exactly how much damage do you think this will do against a Warrior? I know total of +102 dmg doesn't seem much against 100+ armor, but I really don't know enough to say for sure.

Please give your opinoins on this build please?

By the way....would you really use Double Strike??? I thought maybe Life Transfer would be more useful in most cases...especial those who run.