Assassin Skill chaining

Assassins have to chain skills right? Let's say you use an assassin attack that requires you to hit a KNOCKED DOWN foe. Let's say you used the attack anyway on a foe that wasn't knocked down. Can you still chain another attack after this attack?

The attack skill obviously failed, since the foe wasn't knocked down, but can you still chain attacks to this "failed" attack?

If you can, would it be theoretically possible to use Horns of the Ox, Falling Spider, Horns of the Ox again, Falling Spider again. (The first combo of Horns of the Ox and Falling spider didn't work since the foe wasn't knocked down, but could you chain another Horns and Falling Spider, since Horns requires a Off Hand attack, falling spider requires a knocked down foe.

So, in simpler terms, The first horns fails, because you don't have an offhand attack to chain it with. The falling spider fails because you don't have a knocked down foe. BUT SINCE falling spider IS a off hand attack, could you chain a SUCCESSFUL horns of the ox to it and then chain falling spider again?

no. But the cookie cutter build is

Golden Pheonix Stirke --> Horns of the Ox --> Falling Spider --> Twisting Fangs.


If it says it failed then that skill missed and it has to recharge and doesnt count as an offhand (etc.) attack. You have to wait till it recharges to try to make it hit.

Did that clear everything up?

Yes the attack must hit for you to able to continue the combo (Thats why blinds and stances are evil for sins!). If an attack misses it will still need to recharge.