Mortys Ultimate Assassin Guide (Lvl 1-30)

NOTICE:
I am now playing on Lost City, under the Name - Mortyy

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This Guide Is For All You Assassins Out There! In This Guide I Will Cover
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*Introduction
*The Basics
*Surviving
*Skills
*Spirit (Handling Skills)
*Money
*Gear
*PvE
*PvP

So Lets Get Started.

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-Introduction-
I'm Morty. And I've always been an Assassin or Archer in most mmo games. So I do have somewhat a lot of experience. Archers and Assassins are very alike, but drift apart from there use of skills and weapons. By the end of the guide, I hope you learn a lot from me, and about yourself and the way of the Assassin. So welcome to our world.
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-The Basics-
Ahh, The Assassin. Many memories come into mind with the name. Who would of thought the most undergound character, will become so notorious. Striking fear in the hearts of anyone. The first lesson to learn is that 'You don't play the Assassin, The Assassin plays you'. As an Assassin, you will be fast and agile, wearing light armor equipped with your fast daggers. Remember you are not a tank, you will be swift in taking out targets, unharmed by skills and evasion.
Stats:
Each Level. +1 Strength / +4 Dex.
Please don't do your stats any other way, your assassin won't reach his full potential. Adding points into vit don't make you last longer, you hit less, making the fight last longer = you take same amount of damage, except you cant dish out as much as you would. Also you will be worse in PvP.

Some people think its easy being an Assassin, but its just as hard as any other class, maybe harder. But only time will help you learn the way of the Assassin.
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-Surviving-
Ok well as said before this class is not a tank. So don't try to make it one by wearing heavy armor, or wasting stats into vit. This is an Assassin, its all about speed. Grinding/Questing from levels 1~10 will be simple. You will get the hang of the class well, and even better after level 15. The leveling from 20-30 will be long and hard. You will get hit hard, and as your evasion is still low with your level, you can't do anything. So you will be relying on potion a lot, and charms etc to help along the way. Once you get your level29 skills, and your Dex caps over 150, The Assassin will shine baby, and the long road will all be worth while. Because it can only get better. Don't be afraid to use a pot before attacking, to keep your HP ticking up this will help. And your skill 'Deep Sting' will save your *** more than you know, so learn it well. Personally I don't like meditating, I use non-stop Pots. Here's a few tactics if you ever feel like your about to fall;

*Deep Sting.
This skill has a 80%+ chance to put the target to sleep. Meaning the target will become completely useless. But re-hitting the target will make it active again. Using this skill automatically makes your character stop attacking. Use this skill and you will have 5 seconds to decide whether to run, use a pot to re-heal, even meditate.
*Windpush
This skill speeds you up more than double your characters movement. Now I know some people like to windpush up to mobs, then unleash skills, which is awesome. But this is another skill, along with Deep Sting that will save you. If your about to die and a pot is not the answer, and you can't use deep sting, use this skill and flee in the opposite direction, don't wait to late though, as if the mob is about to hit you, even if your logged out or at Taco Bell, they will still hit you. So use this skill well.
*Tackiling Slash
This is a must skill, for PvE or PvP. This skill becomes your best friend in PvP. Deals decent damage, plus immobolize the target, meaning they can still attack and use spells, but can't move. Shadowjump + tackiling slash is great against wizards, psychics etc. Or if your in trouble you could just use this along with shadow escape to escape from bad times.

These will be your 3 main lifesaver skills, and your evasion hasn't kicked in yet, so use them right and you will be fine. Already, your learning the class well and you will learn from your own perspective and have your own way with the Assassin.
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-Skills-

Key
Don't Max.
Optional.
Max.
Max out, but no rush.

Twin Strike
Range Melee
Mana 2
Channel 0.1 seconds
Cast 0.9 seconds
Cooldown 3.0 seconds
Weapon Daggers

Requisite Cultivation Spiritual Initiate
A stabbing thrust with both daggers.
Deals base physical damage plus 9.8.
Don't level. Its a useless skill, you start killing faster with normal attacks after level 5 anyway.

Slipstream Strike
Range Melee
Mana 10.1
Channel 0.2 seconds
Cast 1.9 seconds
Cooldown 6.0 seconds
Weapon Daggers

Requisite Cultivation Spiritual Initiate
A powerful strike with the full force of the arm.
Deals base physical damage plus
55% of weapon damage plus 223.5.
It does deal decent damage. It is still useful as its powerful enough to be considered good at high level, But its your choice.

Tide Form
Mana 20
Channel Instant
Cooldown 15.0 seconds
Weapon Daggers

Requisite Cultivation Spiritual Adept
Transform into a fish.
Increases your Defense Level by 5.5
and your Swim speed by 26%.

Only available in water.
Very helpful skill whenever in water, while in tideform you can also attack. your defense is also increased so its pretty cool becoming an underwater tank, leveling it is up to you.

Puncture Wound
Range 4.5 Meters
Mana 3.4
Channel 0.2 seconds
Cast 1.8 seconds
Cooldown 8.0 seconds
Weapon Daggers

Requisite Cultivation Spiritual Initiate
Deals base physical damage plus 55% of weapon damage.
Causes the target to bleed for 168.6 physical damage over 9 seconds.
This skill deals damage plus damage over time. Its a great skill to use on those hard mobs, and would help on bosses. Using this as an opening skill, a long with your fast attacks, the Mobs life will tick down pretty fast.

Ravaging Slash
Range Melee
Mana 12.6
Channel 0.1 seconds
Cast 1.5 seconds
Cooldown 8.0 seconds
Weapon Daggers

Requisite Cultivation Spiritual Adept
Deals a damage equals to your basic attack plus
199.4 physical damage.
Increases own movement speed by 32%. Lasts for 3 seconds.
The skill is ****. I've tested it in PvP to see if the speed boost can help with kiting, from the speed boost, but its really not worth it.

Windpush
Mana 15
Channel Instant
Cooldown 60.0 seconds
Weapon Daggers

Requisite Cultivation Spiritual Adept
Increases own movement speed by 55%,
Lasts for 10 seconds.
Great Skill. Speeds your character up long enough to get out of them nast situations, in PvP or PvE.

Shadow Walk
Mana 20
Channel 0.7 seconds
Cast 2.8 seconds
Cooldown 6.0 seconds
Weapon Daggers

Requisite Cultivation Spiritual Adept
Enter stealth mode.
Enemies with an Awareness Level lower than your Stealth Level can not see you.
Costs 24 mana per second.
Only usable when out of combat.
Great skill. What the Assassin is all about. You become Inivisble to any mob and player (That isn't higher than your "Cat Like tread" skill). This skill is great for sneaking past mobs, or hunting down your target in PvP.

Wolf Emblen
Mana 26.5
Channel Instant
Cooldown 60.0 seconds
Weapon Daggers

Requisite Cultivation Spiritual Adept
Increases your critical strike damage by 12%.
Lasts 30 seconds.
A self buff that increases your "Critical" hit damage. Not your Chance of hitting it, as some sins mistake it for. For Example, I hit a crit on a mob my level (50) I deal 4.5k using Rib Strike. With Wolf Emblen Active, I now hit 5.8k. You should keep this self buffed all the time, and it helps alot even though you don't notice. And as you level and your Critical hit rises, you do a lot more damage just because of this.

Deep Sting
Range Melee
Mana 31.9
Channel 0.4 seconds
Cast 0.8 seconds
Cooldown 15.0 seconds
Weapon Daggers

Requisite Cultivation Aware of Principle
Deals a damage equals to your basic attack plus
153.5 physical damage.
Has a 86% chance to bring target to sleep for 5 seconds.
Using this skill on a target will put them to sleep. meaning they are totally helpless. If you hit then during this however, they wake back up and the effect is gone. Note: Using Puncture Wound then Deep Sting, The damage dealt from over time won't wake the target back up. this skill is very helpful in PvP and PvE, use it well.

Focused Mind
Mana 63
Channel 0.4 seconds
Cast 1.6 seconds
Weapon Daggers

Requisite Cultivation Aware of Principle
Increases your chance to evade enemy skills by 11.5%,
Lasts for 33 seconds.

Focused Mind shares a 90 second cooldown with Tidal Protection.
this skill is helpfull against magic mobs, and helps while dueling or pking mage classes. As there ain't much magic mobs at low level, and PvP ain't really relevant, its no rush with this skill. But it becomes extremely important when the time is right.

Knife throw
Range 21.5 Meters
Mana 15
Channel 0.1 seconds
Cast 1.0 seconds
Cooldown 15.0 seconds
Weapon Daggers

Requisite Cultivation Aware of Principle
Throw your dagger at the target.
Deals base physical damage plus 140.7.
Has a 43% chance to interrupt channeling.
Very good skill. It don't deal the best damage, but its long range, and has a decent chance to interupt target spell casting, this along with focused mind is a great combo mages should watch out for, learn to use it at the right times.

Sharp Observer
Passive Effect

Requisite Cultivation Aware of Harmony
Increases your Awareness Level by 2.
the higher this level, as long as this + your level is above an Assassin who is invis, you can see him. Personally I don't see the point in maxing this. If an Assassin is invis and about to attack you, you have many skills to reverse it.

Cat-like tread
Passive Effect

Requisite Cultivation Aware of Harmony
Increases your Stealth level by 2.
If you love to PvP, you have to level this. Whats the use in stalking, or escaping from your target if they can see you anyway? Just level this up as you go a long.

Rip Strike
Range Melee
Mana 105.6
Channel 0.3 seconds
Cast 1.9 seconds
Cooldown 8.0 seconds
Weapon Daggers

Requisite Cultivation Aware of Harmony
Stab up under the enemy's ribs.
Deals base physical damage plus
55% of weapon damage plus 1216.4.
Reduce target's attack speed by 27.5% for 30 seconds.
One of your best skills. Deals good damage and slow the attack speed of anything it connects with. It will help a lot in PvE giving you mroe time, and forcing others in PvP to use constant skills as there attack rate + your evasion is to much for them.

Shadow Escape
Mana 100
Channel 0.7 seconds
Cast 2.8 seconds
Cooldown 90.0 seconds
Weapon Daggers

Requisite Cultivation Aware of Harmony
Force yourself into stealth. Dispel all negative status.
Enemies with an Awareness Level lower than your Stealth Level can not see you.
Costs 24 Mana per second.

A successful cast will increase one Spark.
This skill, forces you into stealth instantly, making you become invisible to anything (Depending your "Cat Like tread" skill is same level or above as mob/Player). this skill has saved my *** more than I can remember, and it will save yours to.

Bloodpaint
Mana 91
Channel 1.8 seconds
Cast 2.4 seconds
Cooldown 15.0 seconds
Weapon Daggers

Requisite Cultivation Aware of Harmony
Make all friendly units within 10 Meters can absorb HP equals to
2% of damage it dealt each physical melee attack.
Lasts for 165 seconds.

Only available for Blademaster, Barbarian, and Assassin.
Only available for melee attacks.
A very helpful skill. Each attack including skill your are slightly healed or you "Bloodsuck" HP from the target. Plus your crits will help. Reason I say not to max it, it only increases the duration, not the amount of HP sucked. It maybe changed in the future as the "2%" is in blue, which means it increases, but don't hold your breath.

Tackling Slash
Range 4.5 Meters
Mana 40.6
Channel 0.1 seconds
Cast 1.5 seconds
Cooldown 15.0 seconds
Weapon Daggers

Requisite Cultivation Aware of Harmony
Deals a damage equals to your basic physical attack plus
762.6 physical damage.
Immobilize target for 6.0 seconds,and increases own Chi by 50.
This skill becomes your best friend in PvP. Deals decent damage, plus immobolize the target, meaning they can still attack and use spells, but can't move. Shadowjump + tackiling slash is great against wizards, psychics etc. Or if your in trouble you could just use this along with shadow escape to escape from bad times.

Shadow Jump
Range 16.5 Meters
Mana 40
Channel Instant
Cooldown 28.5 seconds
Weapon Daggers

Requisite Cultivation Aware of Harmony
Instantly move to the target's location.

Costs 20 Chi
Awesome skill. Instantly appear at your target is always a suprise. this will become useful in PvP, even helping out those who are being chased by a mob. The higher level the longer its range. the only reason this is optional, you get another one that does the same thing, except stuns at the same time at higher level.

Dagger Devotion
Passive Effect

Requisite Cultivation Aware of Harmony
Increases damage dealt by daggers by 6%.
Permantly increase damage dealt by daggers, when maxed it becomes 60%. Obviously a must skill.


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-Spirit-
Ok Assassin don't have as many skills as some other classes (Which is nothing bad by the way, because few of there skills are never used, while all of ours are usefull except twin strike/Raviging slash).

Because we have less skills, this means it costs a bundle at a low level, you won't have enough to keep everything maxed as you level. Like other classes is gradually rises but there level 50 are like our level 30. So it can be tough, but its no rush so don't go out your way to get gold because of it, we Assassins need patiance.

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-Money-
Money making can be done in many different ways. Grinding with the Assassin at these levels will be quite hard as there low evasion/defense and you will be spending a lot on potions etc. But at the same time Assassins kill fast, so it balances out. Just pick up everything after level 20, during the time you pick up you will regenrate HP and you can keep fighting, and the drops will be more than enough to pay for potions. Repeat this step on every mob and you can continuous fight while making the gold you need. Anything to do with Dragon Quest items personally Don't do it, just merch the items the gold will come in handy.

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-Gear-
The good thing about the Tideborns is there masters give them good gear through the levels including weapons. So you won't have to worry about buying this or making that, only if you choose to. At about level 17ish, you will get your specific Assassin armor. And this armor is good enough all the way up till level 30. It also looks pretty sick. Also you don't get the wrist pads in a later quest, in the sky temple. not at the nightfire altar, so don't worry you ain't missing something. At level 30 you will get your rank 1 armor which of course is even better. They are all light armor, which gives good defense as well as a decent magic, so its all round.

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-PvE-
The Assassin is a great solo class. Packed with skills for survival, damage, stealth and buffs they are a very good solo class. They can also work well in parties, they have a great buff for all Melee characters, and there skills of damage, along with death over times will work well together along with others. Your role is to deal direct damage And DoT, Fast attacks and stun/sleep the target if Necessary.

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-PvP-
The Assassin. PvP. This is wear the Assassin shines. All there skills come together, behind a good player will almost be invincible. They have countless stealths, Long range attacks, stuns, sleeps, You name it. The thing is, I cannot teach you to learn PvP. Like I said, 'The Assassin Plays You'. So whether you like to stay in stealth and attack repeat and play with your target, or just unleash the skills after coming out of invis not knowing what hit them, you will learn this for yourself. You will become the hunter of Perfect World. You will stalk your prey, as they carry on not knowing your 2 steps behind them. People may even pay you to Pk. What ever the road of the Assassin takes you, only you can decide.

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Enter The Way Of The Assassin.