PVE assassin guide by Yishuin
Yishuin - Sanctuary
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as ive promised in my previous guide (assassin guide from lvl 1 to 49), here comes a more completed guide and the lvl 59 skills of course 
. I took all the content of my previous guide and made some adjustment so you'll find a lot of things previously said in the previous guide. Enjoy reading.
What is an assassin?
Well its pretty simple. Assassin are melee damage dealers wich can be compared to archers for the build. I mean they wear light armors and their damage and weapons are based on the dexterity. That's all. Assassin are definitely not tank. Also You will need to spend a lot of money not only into skills but also into stuff and refining. Assassins are very bad in making money at the beginning. If you want to make money in the early lvl you are not in the right section. Try the venomancer forum
. I suggest you not to begin PWI with assassin if you are new to the game also. At the first 30-40 lvl lvling will be hard and long.
You will notice too that assassins have more mp than a bm. Its of course because you will have to use more skills than a bm.
The builds :
many builds were discussed in this forum. I will list here the main.
Daggers require lvlx3+2 dex so you have to put 3 dex each lvl to use the best daggers for your lvl.
Assassins wear light armors so its lvl+4 str required.
Pure dex build : like archers, 4 dex and 1 str each lvl.
Hybrid dex/vit : its each 2 lvl 7 dex 2 str 1 vit.
Vit build : Like archers also, 3 dex 1 str 1 vit each lvl.
HA build : each lvl 2 str 3 dex.
Choose the one you like the most. The pure dex build will allow you to play the most powerfull melee damage dealer in PWI while the hybrid and vit build will lower your damage but will increase a little bit your hp. The HA build will increase your defense ok but you will never be able to wear the most powerfull Heavy armor and its a sacrifice both in vit and damage dealing
After using a little bit my brain (not too much of course) i found something interesting between the pure dex build and the HA build for the first 30-40 lvl. A pure dex build is a 4dex/1str build each lvl while HA build seems to be 3dex/2str each lvl. Youll notice the not so big difference between those two.
What my mind have suggested to me is to lvl up with HA during the first 30 lvl (so 2 str every lvl) then at lvl 30 you are going to have more usefull skills. So STOP putting str and put only in dexterity until you reach the cap of str = lvl+1, then you start following a pure dex build. So if i calculate correctly with the 5 basic stats points, at lvl 30 you will have 63 str. So youll be putting all your 5 points in dexterity from lvl 31 to lvl 59. After that lvl, gogo again 1str/4dex. Of course between the lvl 30 and 59 your armors will change slowly from HA to LA. I think its a good way to learn how to play your assassin .
the stuff
As i said, assassin are wearing light armors and use daggers. While your damage directly increase your capacity of taking damage (bloodpaint) i suggest you to use the best daggers you can find (legendary ones from the weapon token quests are perfect of course). for the armors, always wear the best for your lvl (2 or 3* with some sockets or legendary if you can find/buy it).
what shards using? well every post ive read talk about citrines, citrines and always citrines. But you have bloodpaint to replenish your hp. therefore i tried to use garnet gems to increase my armor. Well its a choice. it allows me to be effective only with spark eruption and bloodpaint. The other side of it is that i dont have plenty of hp. Of course you can use citrines but you will have to use more pots.
I suggest you to find protections necklace and belt. If you can wear armors with 1% phys damage reduced it is a very good investissement.
How playing assassin?
Well as assassin are melee damage dealers and have not the HP of a BM you will have to kill your opponent as fast as possible with all your skills helping you. Unlike BM assassin are not very good at auto attack at the beginning of the game (from lvl 1 to lvl 50-55 i would say).
Your skills :
for details about skills please refair to your character or use http://www.ecatomb.net/skillpwi.php
Assassin have a lot of damage skills and buffs to help them in their purpose.
Twin strike. Its your beginning damage dealer skill and like most of the first skill you have there's no point in leveling it. Not good damages with the mp cost at lvl 10. Even if there is low cooldown and low chan and cast time.
Puncture wound. Interesting things begin. Its, as far as i know, the most powerfull bleeding effect in PWI. It Deals base physical damage plus 100% of weapon damage. Causes the target to bleed for 4210.5 physical damage over 9 seconds at lvl 10. And you will agree with me saying OMG this amount of damage in only 9 seconds. Just max it. It will be maybe one of your main skills against monsters.
Slipstream strike. Like Puncture wound its your other main damage dealing skill. Deals base physical damage plus 100% of weapon damage plus 2918.1 at lvl 10. Just max it. You will abuse of this skills in all situations : solo, boss and everything you can imagine.
Raving slash. Mmmh deal low damage and decreased the target speed. For me totally useless. Ive kept it at lvl1.
Shadow walk. What would be an assassin if he couldnt hide himself ? With this you can go to your opponent without being attacked. Increasing its lvl diminish the mana per seconds cost and your stealth lvl. Personally ive left it at lvl 4 just to see but if you're planning about PVP, TW then max it but only at high lvl (50+). Don't spend spirit on it at the beginning.
Knife throw. Your only far ranged skill. Very usefull to pull mobs or kill a mob wich is running far from you (like vipion and their lovely mana drain skill). Keep it at lvl 1. It also has a chance to interrupt your opponent's cast. Well maybe usefull in TW and PVP but forget it for PVE.
Wolf emblem. increase your damage from crit but last only 30 sec for 1 min cooldown. As you're a dex based class you will have a very good crit rate somewhere around lvl 60 (15-16% something like that as pure dex build). Wait for this moment to lvl it to the max you can. You will use it against boss and solo.
Windpush. A simple increasing speed buff. Leave it at lvl 1.
Deep sting. Ah your first controlling skill. Has a high chance to make your target sleeping for 5 seconds and does reasonable damage. Very good skill for oppening battle with a caster mob or to let puncture wound doing his effect (the bleeding effect doesn't break the sleep effect). Lvl it slowly only if you have some spirit left.
Focused mind. A defense buff. When it triggers you will see a beautiful "1" above your head. Totally useless at the beginning but its 25% At lvl 10. Lvl it like deep sting, it will only be usefull past 20%. MY advice is to have it at lvl 10 past lvl 70.
Rib strike. One of your another main skill. It does very high damage AND it reduces the attack speed of your opponent (50% at lvl10). Keep it up to date. In battle don't spam it as it costs plenty of mp. Just use it to keep the debuff on your target.
Shadow escape. Same as Shadow walk but can be used in fight and it gives you also one free spark. Its one of your emergency skill (like a bad aggro). Keep it at lvl 1 unless you want to do TW or PVP (lvling it reduces the mana cost per second like shadow walk and your stealth lvl).
Bloodpaint. On this skill i say only one thing : I LOVE IT. Its a buff wich can be applied on BM and barbs. It drains 2% of the damage you makes and adds it to your life (if you hit 1000 you will gain 20 hp). Very good buff but keep it at lvl 1. Lvling it only increases its duration. As assassin are a little bit squishy this hp drain is a grace. The lvl 1 lasts 990 seconds, its efficient like this.
Tackling slash. Does honorable damage, freeze the target for a long time (haha i pown you archers) and most of all gives you 50 chi free. like Deep string lvl it when you have free spirit.
Shadow jump. Simply teleport you on your target. This skill will help you a lot at the lvl 60+ to go quickly to your target as there will be a lot of caster mobs. Lvling it increase its range and decrease its cooldown. Lvl it only after your main skills.
Throatcut. Mmh lets see : long cast time compared to your others skills but deals high damage and silence your target. Very good skill to finish a mob while puncture wound is on him. Lvl it only if you don't have anymore priority (like puncture wound, slipstream or rib strike).
Deaden nerves. Another life saving buff. You are totally unkillable during the time you have this buff. Even a hit from a world boss cannot kill you (but it will kill you at the next hit ^^). Leave it at lvl 1. Lvling it only decreased the cooldown.
Chill of the deep. A very good buff increasing your attack lvl (1% more damage each attack lvl you have) but decreased your attack rate. Very good buff against mobs you want to kill fast. ive kept it at lvl 1 for the beginning. Lvl all your main skills before this one.
Maze steps. no comment. cost one spark. good for pvp.
Earthen rift. your first aoe skill. What? assassin are not good in aoe? ah yes
. Well keep it at lvl 1. Maybe usefull in Rebirth if you have to DD but you will never be a BM or an archer in doing aoe .
Rising dragon strike. OMFG after tackling slash and its 50 chi bonus here comes Rising dragon strike. Doing massive damage and gives you 150 extra chi. Think im not going to talk too much about this you will see its utility while using it. MAX IIIIIIT.
Dagger devotion. Like bm, foxform venomancers, barbs and archers, you have your skill wich increases your damages with your favorite weapon. Max it.
Sharp observer. increase your awareness. I will talk about it later.
Cat-like tread. same as Sharp Observer.
Subsea strike. Mmmh cost two sparks and its an addition with heaven's flame. Seems to be a good skills but its an aoe and as i said before with Earthen rift, sins are not good at aoe. I suggest you to lvl it up very slowly or even not at all if you don't like this skill. Its a matter of choice.
Headhunt. AAAH an assassin without stuns would be awfull. At least you have one. Costs two sparks but deals a huge amount of damage (maybe your most powerfull damage dealer skill). lvl it when you have no more priority left.
Power dash. Mmmh a skill wich does honorable damage and increase your critical hit rate for 8 seconds. Yes i know the skill description talks about rage damage wich should be the damage from your critical hits but its wrong. The skill gives you a buff "increase critical hit rate". So its better than the wrong description. ive tried it before saying this. Thx to Lusca for the info. Well now is the problem : lvl it or not lvl it? As ive seen while using it, its benefit is not as good as the advanced spark eruption. I suggest you to lvl it only after all your skills.
Tidal protection. Good for pvp. with this you can avoid negative status like slowed (maybe stun? freeze?).
Inner harmony. Lets see. For gaining chi we have tackling slash and rising dragon strike. OK here's one another skill. Usable out of fight. Gives 200 chi (2 sparks) at lvl 10. Lvl it like others lvl 59 skills. Now don't tell me you are out of chi its totally impossible.
Shadow teleport. A joke for pve. Usefull every 3 minutes only in pvp. You want to pvp? ok buy it. You want pve? don't waste money and spirit into it. I even didnt buy the lvl 1.
Tide form. Nice im a mermaid. Nice i swim faster. urgl i cannot use skill while in this from. Keep it at lvl 1.
The awareness. What is this damn thing?
Well simple, the more your stealth lvl is the higher lvl must your opponent be to see you. The more your awareness lvl is, the higher lvl must be your opponent in order not to be seen.
To increase your stealth lvl you can lvl up both of your stealth skills and Cat-Like Tread. If there are all at lvl 10 your opponent must be lvl "your lvl + 30".
Your awareness can be lvl up with Sharp observer. At lvl 10, your opponent must be lvl "your lvl +20" in order not to be seen by you.
How to play with all of these skills?
As i said before you will have to kill your opponent as fast as possible while preventing him doing damage to you.
For this purpose you will be a perfect killer against pure melee mobs. Tackling slash, puncture wound, rising dragon strike and Headhunt are all 4.5 ranged strikes. Hello mob you can see me but you cannot hit me. Of course use tackling slash to freeze your opponent then puncture wound then if available rising dragon strike. If during casting Tackling slash, your target has moved to you. Walk a little bit from him of course.
Use some combos like puncture wound + deep sting. you will see your opponent losing its life while you will be dancing/eating/laughing/taking a pot/anything else you want.
Never attack without Bloodpaint on you. The hp you gain from this skills are so important for a squishy class like you are.
Against a melee mob if the ranged skills are not enough, use Rib strike to help you finishing your target. Maybe you will take one hit from it but that's all.
Chill of the Deep is very good while questing or against particular mobs (expecially pure melee mobs) and in pvp as you will almost 3 shots your target (if its an arcane). However in fb or against boss, don't use it. Yhe auto attack is very powerfull against these monsters (used with some skills of course such as slipstream strike, puncture wound, rising dragon strike, tackling slash... u know im gonna say spark eruption)
Use deep sting as your first skill against casters monsters. Then use some combos like headhunt to stun it then puncture wound and throatcut. I think it will be enough for this mob
.
Abuse of Knife Throw to pull your target from his friends. An assassin is good and 1v1 not 1vX.
And the most important!!!! abuse of your spark eruption AND spark burst. you have chi. A lot of chi! too much chi. So use it. Against a boss in fb 59 i can be everytime in spark burst with all the skills increasing your chi.
The most of the time your targets will hit you one or two times at most. Not more. If it hits you 3 times well something is not good in your gameplay.
Always use tackling slash, rising dragon strike and inner harmony to maintain your chi at the max.
A little tip for grinding time. Don't look for mobs with same lvls than you or 1-2 lvl less than you. If you wanna do efficient grind, find some mobs with 5-6 even 7 or 8 lvl less than you. They will do less damage enough for your bloodpoint to replenish your hp so no hp pots cost = efficient grind . But you will say me : "but with low lvl mobs i drop less items so less money" BIIIP wrong answer!!! You are an assassin so you kill fast... very fast... TOO FAST. So your ability to kill fast compensates the low lvl of the mobs youre killing. This will work fine from lvl 1 to lvl 59-60. After lvl 60 with all your skills, crit rate, damage, etc... you can grind mobs of your lvl pretty easily without using too much pots.
Also for grinding, if you find some archer-like mobs gogo grind on them. Just walk just near them, freeze them with tackling slash and finish them with auto attack. They will do only half of their damage since you are at melee range and bloodpaint will maintain you always full life.
end
Well it was my first complete guide. I hope you will find your joy while reading it. I will continue to complete it as i lvl up and increase my knowledge of this great class.
To motivate you i will say that at lvl 61 i can grind non aggressive supreme foxwing (lvl 60) near etherblade without using hp pots and using only auto attacks, bloodpaint and spark burst and sometimes Focused mind.
note : assassin are a pain to play at the beginning : low hp, low defense. Don't worry. Keep playing you will see your char will improve with the lvl.
Bye and see you in sanctuary
. I took all the content of my previous guide and made some adjustment so you'll find a lot of things previously said in the previous guide. Enjoy reading.What is an assassin?
Well its pretty simple. Assassin are melee damage dealers wich can be compared to archers for the build. I mean they wear light armors and their damage and weapons are based on the dexterity. That's all. Assassin are definitely not tank. Also You will need to spend a lot of money not only into skills but also into stuff and refining. Assassins are very bad in making money at the beginning. If you want to make money in the early lvl you are not in the right section. Try the venomancer forum
. I suggest you not to begin PWI with assassin if you are new to the game also. At the first 30-40 lvl lvling will be hard and long.You will notice too that assassins have more mp than a bm. Its of course because you will have to use more skills than a bm.
The builds :
many builds were discussed in this forum. I will list here the main.
Daggers require lvlx3+2 dex so you have to put 3 dex each lvl to use the best daggers for your lvl.
Assassins wear light armors so its lvl+4 str required.
Pure dex build : like archers, 4 dex and 1 str each lvl.
Hybrid dex/vit : its each 2 lvl 7 dex 2 str 1 vit.
Vit build : Like archers also, 3 dex 1 str 1 vit each lvl.
HA build : each lvl 2 str 3 dex.
Choose the one you like the most. The pure dex build will allow you to play the most powerfull melee damage dealer in PWI while the hybrid and vit build will lower your damage but will increase a little bit your hp. The HA build will increase your defense ok but you will never be able to wear the most powerfull Heavy armor and its a sacrifice both in vit and damage dealing
After using a little bit my brain (not too much of course
) i found something interesting between the pure dex build and the HA build for the first 30-40 lvl. A pure dex build is a 4dex/1str build each lvl while HA build seems to be 3dex/2str each lvl. Youll notice the not so big difference between those two.What my mind have suggested to me is to lvl up with HA during the first 30 lvl (so 2 str every lvl) then at lvl 30 you are going to have more usefull skills. So STOP putting str and put only in dexterity until you reach the cap of str = lvl+1, then you start following a pure dex build. So if i calculate correctly with the 5 basic stats points, at lvl 30 you will have 63 str. So youll be putting all your 5 points in dexterity from lvl 31 to lvl 59. After that lvl, gogo again 1str/4dex. Of course between the lvl 30 and 59 your armors will change slowly from HA to LA
. I think its a good way to learn how to play your assassin .the stuff
As i said, assassin are wearing light armors and use daggers. While your damage directly increase your capacity of taking damage (bloodpaint) i suggest you to use the best daggers you can find (legendary ones from the weapon token quests are perfect of course). for the armors, always wear the best for your lvl (2 or 3* with some sockets or legendary if you can find/buy it).
what shards using? well every post ive read talk about citrines, citrines and always citrines. But you have bloodpaint to replenish your hp. therefore i tried to use garnet gems to increase my armor. Well its a choice. it allows me to be effective only with spark eruption and bloodpaint. The other side of it is that i dont have plenty of hp. Of course you can use citrines but you will have to use more pots.
I suggest you to find protections necklace and belt. If you can wear armors with 1% phys damage reduced it is a very good investissement
.How playing assassin?
Well as assassin are melee damage dealers and have not the HP of a BM you will have to kill your opponent as fast as possible with all your skills helping you. Unlike BM assassin are not very good at auto attack at the beginning of the game (from lvl 1 to lvl 50-55 i would say).
Your skills :
for details about skills please refair to your character or use http://www.ecatomb.net/skillpwi.php
Assassin have a lot of damage skills and buffs to help them in their purpose.
Twin strike. Its your beginning damage dealer skill and like most of the first skill you have there's no point in leveling it. Not good damages with the mp cost at lvl 10. Even if there is low cooldown and low chan and cast time.
Puncture wound. Interesting things begin. Its, as far as i know, the most powerfull bleeding effect in PWI. It Deals base physical damage plus 100% of weapon damage. Causes the target to bleed for 4210.5 physical damage over 9 seconds at lvl 10. And you will agree with me saying OMG this amount of damage in only 9 seconds. Just max it. It will be maybe one of your main skills against monsters.
Slipstream strike. Like Puncture wound its your other main damage dealing skill. Deals base physical damage plus 100% of weapon damage plus 2918.1 at lvl 10. Just max it. You will abuse of this skills in all situations : solo, boss and everything you can imagine.
Raving slash. Mmmh deal low damage and decreased the target speed. For me totally useless. Ive kept it at lvl1.
Shadow walk. What would be an assassin if he couldnt hide himself ? With this you can go to your opponent without being attacked. Increasing its lvl diminish the mana per seconds cost and your stealth lvl. Personally ive left it at lvl 4 just to see but if you're planning about PVP, TW then max it but only at high lvl (50+). Don't spend spirit on it at the beginning.
Knife throw. Your only far ranged skill. Very usefull to pull mobs or kill a mob wich is running far from you (like vipion and their lovely mana drain skill). Keep it at lvl 1. It also has a chance to interrupt your opponent's cast. Well maybe usefull in TW and PVP but forget it for PVE.
Wolf emblem. increase your damage from crit but last only 30 sec for 1 min cooldown. As you're a dex based class you will have a very good crit rate somewhere around lvl 60 (15-16% something like that as pure dex build). Wait for this moment to lvl it to the max you can. You will use it against boss and solo.
Windpush. A simple increasing speed buff. Leave it at lvl 1.
Deep sting. Ah your first controlling skill. Has a high chance to make your target sleeping for 5 seconds and does reasonable damage. Very good skill for oppening battle with a caster mob or to let puncture wound doing his effect (the bleeding effect doesn't break the sleep effect). Lvl it slowly only if you have some spirit left.
Focused mind. A defense buff. When it triggers you will see a beautiful "1" above your head. Totally useless at the beginning but its 25% At lvl 10. Lvl it like deep sting, it will only be usefull past 20%. MY advice is to have it at lvl 10 past lvl 70.
Rib strike. One of your another main skill. It does very high damage AND it reduces the attack speed of your opponent (50% at lvl10). Keep it up to date. In battle don't spam it as it costs plenty of mp. Just use it to keep the debuff on your target.
Shadow escape. Same as Shadow walk but can be used in fight and it gives you also one free spark. Its one of your emergency skill (like a bad aggro). Keep it at lvl 1 unless you want to do TW or PVP (lvling it reduces the mana cost per second like shadow walk and your stealth lvl).
Bloodpaint. On this skill i say only one thing : I LOVE IT. Its a buff wich can be applied on BM and barbs. It drains 2% of the damage you makes and adds it to your life (if you hit 1000 you will gain 20 hp). Very good buff but keep it at lvl 1. Lvling it only increases its duration. As assassin are a little bit squishy this hp drain is a grace
. The lvl 1 lasts 990 seconds, its efficient like this.Tackling slash. Does honorable damage, freeze the target for a long time (haha i pown you archers) and most of all gives you 50 chi free. like Deep string lvl it when you have free spirit.
Shadow jump. Simply teleport you on your target. This skill will help you a lot at the lvl 60+ to go quickly to your target as there will be a lot of caster mobs. Lvling it increase its range and decrease its cooldown. Lvl it only after your main skills.
Throatcut. Mmh lets see : long cast time compared to your others skills but deals high damage and silence your target. Very good skill to finish a mob while puncture wound is on him. Lvl it only if you don't have anymore priority (like puncture wound, slipstream or rib strike).
Deaden nerves. Another life saving buff. You are totally unkillable during the time you have this buff. Even a hit from a world boss cannot kill you (but it will kill you at the next hit ^^). Leave it at lvl 1. Lvling it only decreased the cooldown.
Chill of the deep. A very good buff increasing your attack lvl (1% more damage each attack lvl you have) but decreased your attack rate. Very good buff against mobs you want to kill fast. ive kept it at lvl 1 for the beginning. Lvl all your main skills before this one
.Maze steps. no comment. cost one spark. good for pvp.
Earthen rift. your first aoe skill. What? assassin are not good in aoe? ah yes
. Well keep it at lvl 1. Maybe usefull in Rebirth if you have to DD but you will never be a BM or an archer in doing aoe .Rising dragon strike. OMFG after tackling slash and its 50 chi bonus here comes Rising dragon strike. Doing massive damage and gives you 150 extra chi. Think im not going to talk too much about this you will see its utility while using it. MAX IIIIIIT.
Dagger devotion. Like bm, foxform venomancers, barbs and archers, you have your skill wich increases your damages with your favorite weapon. Max it
.Sharp observer. increase your awareness. I will talk about it later.
Cat-like tread. same as Sharp Observer.
Subsea strike. Mmmh cost two sparks and its an addition with heaven's flame. Seems to be a good skills but its an aoe and as i said before with Earthen rift, sins are not good at aoe. I suggest you to lvl it up very slowly or even not at all if you don't like this skill. Its a matter of choice.
Headhunt. AAAH an assassin without stuns would be awfull. At least you have one
. Costs two sparks but deals a huge amount of damage (maybe your most powerfull damage dealer skill). lvl it when you have no more priority left.Power dash. Mmmh a skill wich does honorable damage and increase your critical hit rate for 8 seconds. Yes i know the skill description talks about rage damage wich should be the damage from your critical hits but its wrong. The skill gives you a buff "increase critical hit rate". So its better than the wrong description
. ive tried it before saying this. Thx to Lusca for the info. Well now is the problem : lvl it or not lvl it? As ive seen while using it, its benefit is not as good as the advanced spark eruption. I suggest you to lvl it only after all your skills.Tidal protection. Good for pvp. with this you can avoid negative status like slowed (maybe stun? freeze?).
Inner harmony. Lets see. For gaining chi we have tackling slash and rising dragon strike. OK here's one another skill. Usable out of fight. Gives 200 chi (2 sparks) at lvl 10. Lvl it like others lvl 59 skills. Now don't tell me you are out of chi its totally impossible.
Shadow teleport. A joke for pve. Usefull every 3 minutes only in pvp. You want to pvp? ok buy it. You want pve? don't waste money and spirit into it. I even didnt buy the lvl 1.
Tide form. Nice im a mermaid. Nice i swim faster. urgl i cannot use skill while in this from. Keep it at lvl 1
.The awareness. What is this damn thing?
Well simple, the more your stealth lvl is the higher lvl must your opponent be to see you. The more your awareness lvl is, the higher lvl must be your opponent in order not to be seen
.To increase your stealth lvl you can lvl up both of your stealth skills and Cat-Like Tread. If there are all at lvl 10 your opponent must be lvl "your lvl + 30".
Your awareness can be lvl up with Sharp observer. At lvl 10, your opponent must be lvl "your lvl +20" in order not to be seen by you
.How to play with all of these skills?
As i said before you will have to kill your opponent as fast as possible while preventing him doing damage to you.
For this purpose you will be a perfect killer against pure melee mobs. Tackling slash, puncture wound, rising dragon strike and Headhunt are all 4.5 ranged strikes. Hello mob you can see me but you cannot hit me. Of course use tackling slash to freeze your opponent then puncture wound then if available rising dragon strike. If during casting Tackling slash, your target has moved to you. Walk a little bit from him of course
.Use some combos like puncture wound + deep sting. you will see your opponent losing its life while you will be dancing/eating/laughing/taking a pot/anything else you want.
Never attack without Bloodpaint on you. The hp you gain from this skills are so important for a squishy class like you are
.Against a melee mob if the ranged skills are not enough, use Rib strike to help you finishing your target. Maybe you will take one hit from it but that's all.
Chill of the Deep is very good while questing or against particular mobs (expecially pure melee mobs) and in pvp as you will almost 3 shots your target (if its an arcane). However in fb or against boss, don't use it. Yhe auto attack is very powerfull against these monsters (used with some skills of course such as slipstream strike, puncture wound, rising dragon strike, tackling slash... u know im gonna say spark eruption
)Use deep sting as your first skill against casters monsters. Then use some combos like headhunt to stun it then puncture wound and throatcut. I think it will be enough for this mob
.Abuse of Knife Throw to pull your target from his friends. An assassin is good and 1v1 not 1vX.
And the most important!!!! abuse of your spark eruption AND spark burst. you have chi. A lot of chi! too much chi. So use it. Against a boss in fb 59 i can be everytime in spark burst with all the skills increasing your chi.
The most of the time your targets will hit you one or two times at most. Not more. If it hits you 3 times well something is not good in your gameplay.
Always use tackling slash, rising dragon strike and inner harmony to maintain your chi at the max.
A little tip for grinding time
. Don't look for mobs with same lvls than you or 1-2 lvl less than you. If you wanna do efficient grind, find some mobs with 5-6 even 7 or 8 lvl less than you. They will do less damage enough for your bloodpoint to replenish your hp so no hp pots cost = efficient grind . But you will say me : "but with low lvl mobs i drop less items so less money" BIIIP wrong answer!!! You are an assassin so you kill fast... very fast... TOO FAST. So your ability to kill fast compensates the low lvl of the mobs youre killing. This will work fine from lvl 1 to lvl 59-60. After lvl 60 with all your skills, crit rate, damage, etc... you can grind mobs of your lvl pretty easily without using too much pots.Also for grinding, if you find some archer-like mobs gogo grind on them. Just walk just near them, freeze them with tackling slash and finish them with auto attack. They will do only half of their damage since you are at melee range and bloodpaint will maintain you always full life.
end
Well it was my first complete guide. I hope you will find your joy while reading it. I will continue to complete it as i lvl up and increase my knowledge of this great class.
To motivate you i will say that at lvl 61 i can grind non aggressive supreme foxwing (lvl 60) near etherblade without using hp pots and using only auto attacks, bloodpaint and spark burst and sometimes Focused mind.
note : assassin are a pain to play at the beginning : low hp, low defense. Don't worry. Keep playing you will see your char will improve with the lvl.
Bye and see you in sanctuary
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very good guide and it covers everything u need to know(i'd say) tho now at lvl 50 i sue skills only vs ranged mobs to prevent them from running. mellee mobs are killed by normal attack(+bloodpaint +stash daggers). not sure bout ur suggestion of using HA build did pure dex from the start tho it might work.0
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I noticed a few gram mistakes but as long as you can understand it,its cool b:victory
Nice guide,not too complicated,not too shabby b:pleased0 -
sorry english is not my first language. Hope it will not disturb to many people . 0
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Yishuin - Sanctuary wrote: »A little tip for grinding time. Don't look for mobs with same lvls than you or 1-2 lvl less than you. If you wanna do efficient grind, find some mobs with 5-6 even 7 or 8 lvl less than you. They will do less damage enough for your bloodpoint to replenish your hp so no hp pots cost = efficient grind . But you will say me : "but with low lvl mobs i drop less items so less money" BIIIP wrong answer!!! You are an assassin so you kill fast... very fast... TOO FAST. So your ability to kill fast compensates the low lvl of the mobs youre killing. This will work fine from lvl 1 to lvl 59-60. After lvl 60 with all your skills, crit rate, damage, etc... you can grind mobs of your lvl pretty easily without using too much pots.
It might be nice with money but, what happens with exp?[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]0 -
Very nice guide. I was resorting to manufacturing life powders to do my grind. I still will for quest, but I will try your suggestion of killing lower level mobs quickly for non-quest based grinding.
Does bloodpaint work on basic attacks only or does it apply to skills as well?0 -
i just have a small issue with power dash
i am pretty sure it's crit rate not crit damage, and i was spamming it every 30 seconds for ages, i still use it more than my adv spark, because 3 crits in a row is just too much fun
but i am curious, what makes you think it is crit damage??0 -
Xirel - Harshlands wrote: »Does bloodpaint work on basic attacks only or does it apply to skills as well?
It works on any damage you do that is large enough to take 2% out of, including basic attacks. b:cute[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]0 -
Just one thing to note, leveling shadow jump lowers it's cd as well as increase it's distance, at level 10 shadow jump has a 15 second cd, I use it every other mob, especially while under water or in the air where your movement speed is reduced.0
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It might be nice with money but, what happens with exp?
Since you are killing mobs very fast xp is still quite good (like drops). its simple to see : 6 sec to kill one mob lvl x when you are lvl x+5/6 while it takes 12 sec to kill one mob of your lvl. So you kill 2 mobs low lvl when you kill only one of yours. Xp is not 1/2 at these lvl range.Does bloodpaint work on basic attacks only or does it apply to skills as well?
both. Bloodpaint works for all of your attacks.but i am curious, what makes you think it is crit damage??
The text of the skills says crit rate when you read it on your skill tree. However when you buy it it says rage damage. Rage damage is the damage from crits : base is 200% but you can improve it with wolf emblem and power dash. i think power dash gives you a buff. Watch your stats with and without this buff. you will notice your own crit rate is the same but the rage damage is increased.Just one thing to note, leveling shadow jump lowers it's cd as well as increase it's distance, at level 10 shadow jump has a 15 second cd, I use it every other mob, especially while under water or in the air where your movement speed is reduced.
Its not a priority to lvl it up though. But its a choice. 0 -
Yishuin - Sanctuary wrote: »The text of the skills says crit rate when you read it on your skill tree. However when you buy it it says rage damage. Rage damage is the damage from crits : base is 200% but you can improve it with wolf emblem and power dash. i think power dash gives you a buff. Watch your stats with and without this buff. you will notice your own crit rate is the same but the rage damage is increased.
x.x
have you even used it?
your rage damage stays the same when you cast power dash0 -
no i haven't used it. ive just read the description in game and its enough for me.
But if you want to say something about it go on. you are free.0 -
x.x you know when you make a guide, your suppose to put correct information in it0
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Lusca - Sanctuary wrote: »x.x you know when you make a guide, your suppose to put correct information in it
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Since you are killing mobs very fast xp is still quite good (like drops)
might be true but from my exp. it won'T be the same cause the time between the mobs is waste(running from one to another) the places which are crowded with mobs contain mostly aggro mobs and even at low lvl it could get dangerous and usually the mobs are far away.....but maybe its just me beeing at the wrong place^^0 -
eatwithspoons wrote: »Please try not to flame other users. If you feel something they have posted should be corrected, please post about it in a civil manner.
that was civil. . . ish =[
anyway
http://pwi-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=574971
i have still been spamming power dash every chance i get after i made that thread and i am positive it is crit rate
i have got 4 crits in a row while under power dash, and i have never made 4 crits in a row meleeing with my 14% crit rate without power dash
but under power dash i have hit 4 crits in a row several times0 -
BIackTyphoon grinding is about winning xp but also winning money if i'm right. If you want to use 1 hp pot every monster and 1 mp pots every 3 monsters you kill its your choice.
I made this guide with my own experience as assassin in PWI. Its not THE good way. Im not going to say like other "do that you will be good, don't do that you're a noob". Its just a way like another.
Ok Lusca im gonna try the skill then watch my damage from crits with and without power dash then i will say if you were right or not. However making 3-4 crits in a row with 14% crits is not so rare
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Anyway maybe you are right and don't blame if ive said a mistake. We are only human. 0 -
Yishuin - Sanctuary wrote: »I made this guide with my own experience as assassin in PWI.
then why do you have information in it about skills you haven't even used? lol0 -
Well thank goodness for this guide, well as all the others I wanted to try another character...I've already tried all the others and I find the archers the worst playable character!! I've only played one and lvled it to 10. But unlike clerics they can't sustain the mp consume of the wing at the start(sux big time balls!!)
I remembered going to archosaurus for something(I don't remember...I think it was some event or a big time sale offer) and I auto flied, then minimized the game screen, cause it takes long time between plume and arch (I had only enough money for that item) and when I maximized back the screen I found that I've been r.a.p.e.d by some mobs...
And I've a pure mag cleric, but it's like a cracker, a little punch in the weak spot and it will crumble...
But oddly even though Assassin is squishy too, I find it fun to play, not to mention the good starting environment and their place and not but least their stealth skills b:laugh
I mean squishy, but I think if one lvls up the shadow jump stuff/ walk (I don't quite remember the name yet) and all that, it can go invisible and run away(but can a person in a duel run away? it would be really nice) and a good mob kill stealer skill b:victory
I mean if the squad setting is turned to "you get only what you pick" then sneak 'n' last hit the mobs every time xD All the drops will be yours!!
But not if fb, the player that deals most dmg to the boss is the one who can take first, even if last hitted!! (don't blame me if you get black listed or anything)
Fyi: I've an Assassin on Heavens Tear, but only on lvl 10 so all this are just my thoughts, don't blame me if you do that!0 -
because i was just reading the description of the skills and usually the description is pretty correct and... oh damn i give up with you. You are the winner youhou please someone a medal quick for Lusca.0
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Lusca - Sanctuary wrote: »then why do you have information in it about skills you haven't even used? lol
Its called adding in the description, instead of leaving it blank, shut the hell up noob get over the fact Morty's better than you. If you wanna proove him wrong though you can also see him
p.s
I say this is a good guide, better than most what's already been written. good job.0 -
Yishuin - Sanctuary wrote: »because i was just reading the description of the skills and usually the description is pretty correct and... oh damn i give up with you. You are the winner youhou please someone a medal quick for Lusca.
if your going to write a guide you should put the correct info in it
not add bull **** about a skill you haven't even usedElveZero - Harshlands wrote: »Its called adding in the description, instead of leaving it blank, shut the hell up noob get over the fact Morty's better than you. If you wanna proove him wrong though you can also see him
p.s
I say this is a good guide, better than most what's already been written. good job.
oh yeah they only added the description. . .Power dash. Mmmh a skill wich does honorable damage and increase your rage (damage from crits). Stacks with wolf emblem. However you will see more utility to these 2 sparks. My view is to keep it at lvl one. You will increase it after being sage/demo
they could of added the skill description and then said they didn't have the skill yet and would comment about it after they got it
but telling people false information about a skill they don't even have? that is just stupid
and yeaps morty is soooooooooooooooo much better than me because he made his sin a few hours before me
i'm so jealous i didn't think that 9 dex 1 str each level was the best build =[0 -
Lusca - Sanctuary wrote: »and yeaps morty is soooooooooooooooo much better than me because he made his sin a few hours before me
i'm so jealous i didn't think that 9 dex 1 str each level was the best build =[
Actually he made it soon as the update was avaible I was with him, and he named it 'Sixx' But must of Liked the name 'Morty' better. And he even said the 9:1 was a typo. He has an Archer I think he knows what he is doing. Stop trying to over exagerate so much to try make it look like your post is valid, when its not.
Its okay to be jealous of Morty aka BeastHunter.0 -
ElveZero - Harshlands wrote: »Actually he made it soon as the update was avaible I was with him, and he named it 'Sixx' But must of Liked the name 'Morty' better. And he even said the 9:1 was a typo. He has an Archer I think he knows what he is doing. Stop trying to over exagerate so much to try make it look like your post is valid, when its not.
Its okay to be jealous of Morty.
a typo? lol
that is why there is an edit button
yeah so? he made it as soon as the update was up? that is still only a few hours before i made my assassin
and wow he has an archer so he knows how to play a sin? hey look i have an archer too, i must know everything about sins too0 -
Lusca - Sanctuary wrote: »a typo? lol
that is why there is an edit button
yeah so? he made it as soon as the update was up? that is still only a few hours before i made my assassin
and wow he has an archer so he knows how to play a sin? hey look i have an archer too, i must know everything about sins too
Yeah well i dunno why he didn't edit it I don't think he cares what little noobs like you that take everything to serious think anyway.
Don't matter how long he's still be playing longer than you
Since when has he said he knows everything? or said about just coz he has Archer he knows everything? And don't say btw he acts to, honestly you are so jealous of him its unbelivable. All you do is make assumptions, and over-exaggerate with your opinions.
Loser..lmao.0 -
ElveZero - Harshlands wrote: »Yeah well i dunno why he didn't edit it I don't think he cares what little noobs like you that take everything to serious think anyway.
Don't matter how long he's still be playing longer than you
Since when has he said he knows everything? or said about just coz he has Archer he knows everything? And don't say btw he acts to, honestly you are so jealous of him its unbelivable. All you do is make assumptions, and over-exaggerate with your opinions.
Loser..lmao.
yeaps i take everything so serious =[
i can't sleep at night because i QQ too much about stuff said on an online forum0 -
Lusca go read the description of power dash in my guide before posting again. ive tested it ig this time to make you happy. You see i can learn.
Now please don't act like a 13 years olded children. It's a game, A GAME youhouuuuu b:bye. its not because ive made a mistake (wich is corrected now) that you should act like its the end of the world.
Anyway if you are still not happy! here's a suggestion : make a guide on your own instead of whining on anothers.0 -
ElveZero - Harshlands wrote: »Its okay, at at least your being honest in yourself. It can't be helped though, your a poor noob.
qq moar.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SarcasmYishuin - Sanctuary wrote: »Lusca go read the description of power dash in my guide before posting again. ive tested it ig this time to make you happy. You see i can learn.
Now please don't act like a 13 years olded children. It's a game, A GAME youhouuuuu b:bye. its not because ive made a mistake (wich is corrected now) that you should act like its the end of the world.
Anyway if you are still not happy! here's a suggestion : make a guide on your own instead of whining on anothers.
lol i didn't see your edit here, and i did make a guide o.O?Yishuin - Sanctuary wrote: »Ok Lusca im gonna try the skill then watch my damage from crits with and without power dash then i will say if you were right or not. However making 3-4 crits in a row with 14% crits is not so rare.
Anyway maybe you are right and don't blame if ive said a mistake. We are only human.
but yes i am happy =P
and i have never gotten 4 crits in a row without power dash and i melee everything i kill now days =[ i feel unlucky now0 -
youhou crisis is over. b:victory.
Now lusca heres a suggestion : be more diplomatic with your posts.0 -
Lusca - Sanctuary wrote: »
LOL I was being Sarcastic to. Now don't use this as your excuse in a post, its all you ever do because you can't give straight answers, as seing as Morty can without giving a **** that again tells me he is better than you.
Have fun trolling around loser.0 -
Lusca - Sanctuary wrote: »i just have a small issue with power dash
i am pretty sure it's crit rate not crit damage, and i was spamming it every 30 seconds for ages, i still use it more than my adv spark, because 3 crits in a row is just too much fun
but i am curious, what makes you think it is crit damage??
pretty sure that's diplomatic enough =[
you didn't even say oh i don't actually have it but i will test it when i can
you just said you based it off the skill description
but you hadn't even used it and i had just said i have it and i use it a lot0
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