ok, its obvious that assasins suck at taking damage, no arguments here and i have an assasin with max armor. Aside from when i was on pre-island as a new assasin when factions first came out, and when im running with henchies to get rewards outside of towns, i barely die. I have a very specific build and weapons set that helps me own in any level, including gayla hatchery, unwaking waters, the last two missions, and even in vizunah square. the skills i have are all available at senji's corner, and my elite is available at vizunah square and dragons throat.
I use two combos of 3 moves each in my skill bar
combo#1:unsuspecting strike(+27dmg+30dmg if foe was above 90%hp), fox fangs(cannot be blocked or evaded +18dmg), death blossom(+35dmg and +35dmg to each adjacent enemy)
total dmg:+115 or +145 depending on if enemy was above or below 90%hp
combo#2: leaping mantis sting(+19dmg and criples foe for 13 seconds), jungle strike(+18dmg and +25dmg if foe is crippled), 9 tail strike(+35dmg and cannot be blocked or evaded)
total damage:+132dmg on top of whatever you're hits normaly would do
i use these combos alone, i dont try and mix them up when im in battle. they are set to do more dmg than any other combe that assasins have without useing the elite offhand mobeus strike.
for my other two skills i use recall, at the start of a mission/quest i cast it on a monk. this is an enchantment spell that lasts until i end it. when i end it i teleport back to the person i cast it on, the monk. that way when im running low on hp i can end it, and be right at the monk, which if its a good monk will be close enough to heal, but far away enough to not take damage. this way monks dont have to deal with rezing me every 10 seconds like most assasins(i also have a monk and i know what it is like to rez assasins constantly)
for my last skill i use shadow form. this skill is an elite and can be gotten in vizunah square from The Afflicted Soon Kim, or dragons throat from The Afflicted Huu. For 17 seconds, all hostile Spells that target you fail and all attacks against you miss. When Shadow Form ends, lose all but 41 Health. when that spell is about to end i stop my enchantment spell and im teleported right to a monk, who can either heal me right away, or let me back up and get away from battle for a minute. that way the monks dont have to keep rezing me or healing me and wasting needed energy
My weapon set consists of 3 main weapons. I have a pair of ceremonial daggers for the 15^50 zealous mod and hp+30, they are max req9 dagger mast. second is shiros blades for the life stealing mod. third is one of my favorites against killing monks, lous karambits, +15%(stance) 20/20 armor pen, hp+30. This allows for me to do maximum damage with my weapons. these can be expensive to come by, so if you cannot get them a pair of max daggers with a 15^50 mod will work fine.
my attributes are set as so:
dagger mastery 12
deadly arts 1
shadow arts 12
critical strikes 10
I have a minor rune for each stat except critical strikes, cant find one and wont pay someone camping at rune trader 5k for one.
i also have a mask with +1dagger mast that stacks
armor:(everything is max al 70)
bladed seitung mask of minor dagger mastery
dagger mast +2
infiltrators seitung guise of major vigor
en+5
hp+41
armor +15vs peircing attacks
sabuterus setung gloves
reduces bleeding duration by 20%
armor+15vs slashing attacks
valkyries seitung leggings of minor deadly arts
deadly arts +1 non stacking
en regen +1
hp+10
valkyries seitung shoes of minor shadow arts
shadow arts +1 non stacking
en regen +1
hp+5
with any one of my daggers my energy is 25 with 4 pips regen, and hp is 566
i have tested this build many times, and monks have been surprised that they havent had to rez me. times when i die are when i cannot control it, like when the monk is not doing a good job staying out of mobs, and when i recall to them i am in the middle of another mob. other than that this build works spectacularly for me and my groups.
edit: each combo of mine costs 20 energy total, so even without a zealos weapon any assasin with even a plain whit weapon with no mods can accomplish either of thise combos.
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