Fragility Assassin

Guardian of the Light

Guardian of the Light

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Radicals Against Tyrants

W/

During the preview event I tested a powerful build that combined the assassin's ability to deal conditions and fragility.

Black Mantis Thrust
Temple Strike
Twisted Fangs
Fragility
Inspired Hex
Illusion of Weakness
Ether Feast
Ressurection Signet

Dagger Mastery: 16 (12+3+1)
Critical Strikes: 9 (8+1)
Illision Magic: 8
Inspiration Magic: 7

Any thoughts?

Mr Fizzle

Mr Fizzle

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2005

W/E

What'd you do for energy after the first combo?If your using zealous your still going have to hit the enemy for a while,to actully muster up anymore energy for another combo.Plus staying in the front line as a primary assasain in GvG,Arenas, doesn't seem to nice.Usasully you shadow step out and get ready to unleash another combo shortly after but it looks like you drain your 30 something energy pool out quickly.

With a few mod's this build I imagine could work quite well though.

Sidra

Sidra

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

CT

NITE

R/

Why do people keep putting in Res signets, if you get auto rezzed in Factions pvp anyway? and i think he put the ether fest in for e-management, but that still doesn't solve the get in-get out factor, or the fact that that build doesn't seem to be doing too much damage. care to post the damage levels? because i'd love to be proven wrong here :-). Also, if you replace the rezzy with a vipers defence, and the illusion of weakness with a vipers or a dash, then you should be all set to get in, lay hexes, sap some energy, let combo, run out. Any idea how much time in total that would take?

Guardian of the Light

Guardian of the Light

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Radicals Against Tyrants

W/

Sorry I forgot a tiny detail. You need full +Energy armor.

Myodato

Myodato

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

WOR

Mo/

I tried fragility sin briefly during the FPE, and simply felt that the amount of points needed in Illusion to make Fragility worthwhile was too high a cost to pay.

This doesn't mean abandon the idea, but I'd definitely think of it more in terms of teams builds than individual builds. A 16 Illusion mes would make this a lot more appetising.

NatalieD

NatalieD

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sidra
Why do people keep putting in Res signets, if you get auto rezzed in Factions pvp anyway? Why do people keep assuming that every assassin build is for 12v12?

Sidra

Sidra

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

CT

NITE

R/

Well, assassins are mainly Factions characters, and thus being true, it will normally be taken for granted that they will be participating in the missions/pvp that auto-rez you?

Hella Good

Hella Good

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

None, free and clear

Frags got nerfed so bad, it's not any good anymore... whatsoever. I tried running Frags awhile ago, for the sake of bringing back to good old Frag spike days... And it sucked... horribly.

Yukito Kunisaki

Yukito Kunisaki

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2005

Chicago, IL

W/N

Frag has been done to death now so it's understandable people will resist it more readily...

If you're running frag, get a cover hex, if not, you're not doing much...

Spoony

Spoony

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Just chillin', Playing Gw

Rurik Is A Suicidal Maniac [ftw] - Recruiting people for HA

I agree with others, get a cover hex. And one more thing, this builds kind of high energy requirement, Its a bit too much, even for an assasin.