The Assassin Guide

A picture of what exactly?

OKAYYYYYYY someone needs to step in and correct most of you. SOOO I believe I will.


First off - Sins, are the most difficult class EVER.. They're the most squishiest class for PVE Since they have no Self healing skill at all.

Blood Paint - Level 1 and that is it, unless PW makes an increase, then your a fool to raise it past lvl 1.
Deaden Nerves - I suggest Keep level 1 until You basically have all your other Most Important Skills Maxed. Both these skill heal you, yes.. but blood paint only saves maybe a FEW HP pots...? it wont ever Save you tho. It does not heal enough, you will always, ALWAYS need hp POTS for PVE Unless you roll with a cleric all the time, unless you Cash shop and buy HP charms like a mother !@#!er but we're talking about "the people who play for free and legit"

I have leveled a Sin up to 60 Legit and as I read this whole guide I could not help but laugh.
When you pve you only need to use 1-2 skills per mob and that is it. Other wise you will spend Money like CRAZY not only on HP pots but on MP pots too. No matter how little the Mp cost is.. you will rank skills, and MP does go up. So do 1-2 skills then normal attack it from there, once your about? 45-50+ then maybe you would want to keep it at 2-3 skills a mob, but that depends on your playing preference.

There is no "best" combo to use for pve at all, just about anything works.. spamming skills to kill 1 mob you will find your self spending double the money for MP pots nearly, and then when its time for learning your skills, you will go !@#! me, I'm broke.

Something you never mention is.. Sins need about 90% of there skills, up to max. your looking at the most expensive class to play, besides Veno's. Veno is only considered really expensive is because of the legendary pets, Herc+Nix.

The skills you mentioned that from what I can tell, you say we should get as a Beginner..

Twin Strike - When Demon/Sage comes out, if they make a Huge increase from I think max is? 783 if it goes 2k + then I suggest you get it.. but TBH even then.. its not worth it. You will get better skills that are far stronger and more useful and in the end, its a waste of Coin and SP

Puncture Wound - ONLY GOOD FOR PVE! For boss killing.

Slipstream Strike - you said its a waste of MP and SP? ARE YOU HIGH ???? the dmg output is more than worth it.

Raving Slash - USELESS completely for PVE and PVP.. when you pvp and your opponent runs and gets away and you 60+ then your a FAIL **** SIN and you need to either fix your self, or play a more simple Class. For PVE.. Tackling Slash is all you need for kiting Mobs, Do it, do anther 1-2 skills and then by the time its about 70% dead.. they don't run anymore and.. tackling will of worn off by then unless your completely FAIL

MAYBE good for Bosses if they KITE.. but... waste of money + SP and your time.

Shadow Walk - it does cost a lot of at FIRST once u max it tho? its mp cost is not that bad, and more than worth it. for PVE good for sneaking up on Ranged Monsters, and for PVE heh.. u would fail at pvp without it. Also good for running through FB's and stuff.
Basically Scouting..

Wind Push - You said its not very Defensive,.. its very Defensive if you need to escape from Mobs that aggro all at once till you can shadow escape, OR escape from someone trying to PVP you.. it is a skill I suggest you get to at least lvl 5 any more is up to you.

Deep Sting - Can I slap u? the comments you wrote about this skill are so pathetic its sad. First off this is one of your most important skills, GREAT for escaping a Monster that is about to kill you, GREAT for nearly Stun Locking with a sin (which is nearly possible if you are any good, considering I lock anyone who try's to run from me, and I have not yet been owned by a BM who can stun lock, but cant stun me at all since I keep them locked from attacking or moving) "takes to much chi" you do realize with all our chi skills put together + maxed chi we literally have about 9 sparks? And this was was a sticky? LOL?? please, don't post info about skills unless you have them all MAXED and tested them out in every possible situation.

Focused Mind - Pvp only enough said. Oh, and this skill you wanna get after u get 60+ if you are gonna be mostly PVP considering SINS are PVP based class..

Knife Throw - Keep lvl 1 After you get ur most important skills, then I would get it like.. lvl 5? or if really be safe max it after 7x

Rib Strike - This skill is 50/50 PVP and PVE .. PVE because.. it mite cost a ton of mana, but its worth it to put on bosses, and some mobs.. for pvp.. you want this for SINS.. and BARBS.. and BMS but.. maxing it.. I wouldn't

Sharp Observer - Honestly.. Pointless here is why. Both shadow walk skills, +10 stealth + Cat-like trade +20 + current level soo
lets say...
lvl 70 +10 for shadow walk that's 80 + your passive catlike that's lvl 100.. so anyone under 100 cant see u besides sin's.. if they maxed awareness then Cat-like is canceled out, that's still +10 more stealth than your awareness soo lvl 1-79 cant see you.. if your lvl 70 (even tho u need to be lvl 74 to max both passives but, this is an example) Only use it has.. is.. seeing someone who is lower lvl but stealth would be over ur awareness lvl.. so lvl 90 sin would want it to see lvl 80 sin's or under.. but.. does it matter? 8x sin pwns a 9x sin, is not really that common unless you're a fail **** sin.

Tackling Slash - PVE + PVE max NO questions asked.

Throatcut - Pve.. has its uses pvp, not worth it, keep lvl 1.

Chill of the Deep - I cant tell you what level I would get this too, it needs to be tested TBH.. but.. ITS PVP only and PVP MUST THE MOST important skill if you ask me.

Maze Steps - MUST FOR PVP if u cant STOP their attack like there stun, use it so you cant be stunned, Keep lvl 1 not really worth it after that.

Earthen Rift - MUST if ur PVE

Rising Dragon Strike - PVP MUST MAX IT Good for Spark Spamming on bosses for PVE

Subsea Strike - PVE MUST! and MAX

Headhunt - PVE MUST AND MAX.. good dmg for PVE like boss DD

Power Dash - EHH not worh the money and SP .. don't get unless u just want it..

Inner Harmony + Shadow Teleport, Max both over time PVP MUST

I will POST more comments LATER.. but dude you need to rethink your guide.. and maybe some of my INFO will help you. you gotta realize.. the first 2 skills u can get are a waste..

lvl 1-20 - Is soo easy all you have to do is normal attacks or use Slipstream as an opened then Normal attacks to finish...

21-60 - You will die a lot, I wont lie, you will not have any money for skills, that u get from quests or grinding mobs, you will have to work 5x harder almost to keep up. I suggest just pick the skills u really need for PVE up to about 4-6 of them.. couple of them are a must.. and stick with them until you hit 60.. then worry about getting the other skills that you need. Save money for Pots later on build ur money for skills.

Go ahead and QQ about what I just said, I really don't care, just show's your truly a KID and this was a pointless guide due to its incorrect data. Maybe go read others guides for archers, mages, BMS, etc.. and pick up some Tips on how to put things in a better way.
for example, explain what the skill is used for mainly.. like boss killing PVE PVP AOE parties, etc.. not say "offensive, Defensive, Speed, etc.." <-- pointless does not help at all.

Johnny_Tide - Sanctuary wrote: »

We have to learn to appreciate efforts... this guide isnt perfect, but the mistakes and personifications will be found out and made by yourself during the lvling of your assasin.
This guide, is nice, but like all guides it shouldent be followed by 100%, its a game, u do whatever modification you want or you like, the criteria might be eaven becasue one skill looks cooler to you. You having fun with it is what's important.

Find out what build u want to do with your rogue, and then test and lvl the skills that you find most helpfull to you, and have fun.

For further tips, or point of views ask ingame to a higher lvl assasin in your server, i am s houre most of them will kindly reply to your questions ( unless it doesent get too much hehe).

Ty for spending time and effort for your assassin guide to help other young assassins ^^.

Yah but these Guides are usually meant to help new players and stuff, and if the INFO is wrong or not detailed enough, then why have it as a sticky and such?

devazox wrote: »

arff, thought i had pure build my assassin. now i see i have vit 26 str 51 mag 5 dex 153. im lvl 42. is this going to be tough when I have to go pvp eventually?

No, your build will be fine for PvP. All the builds have their advantages and disadvantages. You will have slightly less damage, but more survivability.

Trawne - Lost City wrote: »

I did read some and i'll agree on the priorities in this guide (and when to use them)are jacked. However, For PvE you need very little skills:

Level 1 Bloodpaint
Level 1 Deaden Nerves
Level as you go Focused Mind
Level as you go Tackling Slash
Level as you go Rib Strike

you need nothing else. keep rib maxed, keep tackling maxed, keep focused max. dont use CoD, swing away at your target. you wont need pots if your pure dex more than what you pick up off the ground from mobs. even non-cs sins wont have a hard time with this as they can find in the AH just about every legendary dagger someone else used and pimped out will be selling for cheap now.

nothing else - just like snorm03 say lv 21 to 60 is hell you need many pots, regen item like life powder, or heal from genie.
you wont need pots if your pure dex - because of pure dex before lv 60 sin many pots or healing
even non-cs wont have a hard time - -_- the chance to died much more bigger as non cash shopper since sin is squishy melee and before lv 60 sin can't depend on bloodpaint to sustain the hp

So before lv 60 pve as sin is pain full. (if solo without help, using cash shop, or making remedies)

why are all tideborn bold?

ArkToNE - Harshlands wrote: »

This is the best example of people who don't understand the concept of playing Assassin. As I've mentioned in the guide, this class is NOT a fighter but a specialist.

Well, either way. In order to get attack level 30, you lose 100% of your attack speed, meaning your attack speed will just shoot through the floor at no attacking at all. Thus this is where skill spamming is necessary. You can claim attack level 30 is baloney, but it's 30% more damage. Skill spamming will ALWAYS do more damage than normal attacks and it's damage actually optimizes even more when you get Chill of the Deep. Even at level 1, Chill of the deep shoots your attack rate from 1.25 to 0.80.

Also, you can avoid spamming a lot of pots, yes. Then again, if you wish to play defensively, Barbarian is the better choice.

It really doesn't matter i am level 46 and i do like 7k crit when i use slips like 50% of the time it depends on your fightinhg style. i normally put on chill of deep and go rib strike> puncture> slip> normal attack. It takes me like 4 seconds to kill any monster my level and 35% of the time the monster misses so saves pot and i grind with ease.

yay bump

lol nice guide

my assasisn lvl 33 got 30 vit 25 maq 115 dex 30 str ****ed up atributes do u guys think i can survive?

hi dude

First ; Nice guide . much info, long textes , very dettailed
But i disagree with the skill opinion

you don t need to lvl up your skills to max cause sins are fast-hitters (maybe just slipstream strike and puncture wound and rib strike and deep sting)
Because we are fast-hitters you don t need other skills because u will hit more and much then 1skill (example : ur charging for twin strike (isn t a good move) it wastes a lill' time but when u just hit him it go faster like on lvl 16 i was like twin strike hit = 489 but when i was normally hitting i cronometred that it took 3secs i hitted the double(maybe more)
so that's all i gotta say cause it's an awesome thing u wrote there

Cheers buddy b:victory

_Aeriali_
Lost City

I think he's doing
Watch the phrase : u gotta keep mag en str close

A-W-E-S-O-M-E guideb:thanksb:thanksb:thanksb:thanks

Assassin can kill in 1v1 quicker against mobs, Blademaster can do better AoE grinding.

I have a question...
I'm a lvl 2 assassin and accidentally put 4 points into mag instead of dex... Will that completely **** me up? Should I just continue on or start a new character since I'm such a low lvl?

Thanks I probably will just start over..