My Experimental Build

marasala · January 2012

I was seriously considering starting an assassin, but had no idea where to start. After reading through all the information I could about them in this forum I began to realise just how difficult this class may turn to be to use. In the past I have definitely been mostly a melee kind of girl so working with an assassin will be somewhat different and challenging (I love a challenge). I thought back to the one and only assassin character I had every attempted to play in Diablo 2. She rocked until the later levels but I knew where I went wrong with that character also.

However, after going all the information, forums and conversation about assassins and their builds I came up with this theory for a build. Hopefully this build might be a little more balanced. I guess we will see when I start my assassin. The build is as follows:

Level 1-6: All points on Vit (30 points)
Level 7-20: 1 Str, 4 Dex
Level 21-30: 4 Str, 1 Dex
Level 31-38: All points on Dex (40 points)
Level 39+: 1 Str, 4 Dex

The theory behind it: Early game you should get all the Vit you will need to survive the 2X levels later on that some people struggle with. Altering your Str and Dex from level 20 onwards should give you the capability of wearing some of the heavier armours for a little extra defence and protection because assassins are squishy.

Pump the difference back in Dex at level 30 onward to get back the lovely Str and Dex equilibrium and start kicking some monster ***. From level 39 upwards continue your Dex build to keep raising your damage ratio and critical rate. Don

Salari - Raging Tide · January 2012

Interesting build, but having vit will not give any extra atvantage at such low levels and you are sacrificing not only dmg, but heals you recieve from bp later in the game. You only need enough str for gear, unless you are going ha. 1 str every level then ajust as you near gear levels, mainly TT and NIV, 60,70,80,90,99 then finaly 100. 104 is max str with gear you want at end game if you are not going to use a warsoul helm, which I believe is 117 give or take. I am not knocking your thoughts, just I never had any problems with a pure dex build, and still pure dex now.. maxed out at 501 dex at level 100. The extra vit will give you a bit more suvivability, 300hp give or take.. which is not that much at end game.

truekossy · January 2012

In theory, it's a decent idea but you run into the following problems.

Level 1-6: In terms of armor, you'll survive but when it comes to weapon, you'll literally be unable to equip anything beter than the default daggers you're given... which will make killing anything above level.... 4 or so a tad annoying. Puncture Wound will help mitigate this a bit but the point still stands.

Level 7-20: You're still unable to use a weapon for your level until you reach level 15. You'll also find yourself unable to use light armor your level at 20, so to try and get extra str for heavy armor in the 20s at this point would be a rather bad idea.

Level 21-30: Again, you're unable to equip a weapon for your level. On top of that, you'd be nowhere near the stats you need for the level 2X heavy armor set until you hit 30... and by then it'd already be too late to try and bother with that. In essence, all this would do is make you hurt your character by having no real offensive or defensive capabilities.

Level 31-38: The good news? At level 30 you'll finally be able to use daggers for the 20s. The bad news? You're still behind on weapon (though, able to use up-to-date armors at last) so you'll be killing slower, taking more damage as a result of killing slower, and healing for even less via bloodpaint (even at that level, the heals from bloodpaint do help). Plus if you're still trying to use the level 20s Heavy armor you've just become able to wear, you'll be in for a nasty surprise when the mobs are no longer almost complete melee and you realize many of them are casters now too.

Level 39+: At this point, you'll have exactly (and I do mean exactly) enough base dex for your weapons at level 43. From that point on you'll be doing better. You'll also have 21 str that will be doing absolutely nothing for you. Now if you were planning on an early Helmet of Lion Spirit or the like, it would make a bit more sense but as it stands, you wouldn't have enough str to equip that helm at the level it's available anyways.... and unless you're purposefully not taking restats and +str bonuses from gear later on into consideration, you'd have a rather excess amount of str for the highest str using item most assassins would use.

Basically, if you're concerned about early survivability, do 1 str, 1 vit, 3 dex until level 25 (same result as your level 1-6 and 7-20 in terms of vit but without gimping yourself on weapon or armor) and then switch to 1 str 4 dex from then on (same result as the rest but without the extra str being wasted and, like before, allowing you to keep up-to-date on weapon/armor at all times).

Better yet, however, is that you could use 1 str 4 dex from the start (Nothing will be a real challenge to you pre-20s as long as you can use appropriate armor/weapon), and farm Nectars and Golden Herbs to make Life Powders. 15 Nectars and 10 Golden Herbs will get you 5 of those and that will result in, in essence, 50 minutes (assuming consecutive use even though you won't always need them) of what amounts to godmode during the 20s and lower 30s. As you level your Apothecary skills, you'll also get access to better items and will find yourself relying on them much less as time goes on.

Sakubatou - Sanctuary · January 2012

Ultimately I'm opposed to vitality on sins. Yes, level 20-50 can be rough because we are a melee class but a squishy one until our damage develops. For me, adding to vitality will help for those levels but hurt you after level 50 and you become squishier because you added to vit (as weird as it sounds). Dex will help you survive more than vit.

But... If you have to. I'd suggest capping vit at 28 to save a few coin when you restat it out endgame (I'm assuming adjusting vitality and strength 25 points with a reset all note).

marasala · January 2012

Thank you so much guys for reading my thoughts on an assassin and helping me out with it. What you are suggesting makes a lot more sense to me now that I have has time to think about it and understand it. All too often I have found it difficult to understand what some people are trying to say on forums. However, your thoughts and suggests are clear and precise b:pleased.

I can see that my build is in definite need of adjustment based on what you are telling me, it is not as solid I had hoped. Not to worry, no harm done and getting advise is never a silly thing to do. All I need to do is make a slight adjustment and I'm off and assassinating, b:chuckle. Thank you again, I will definitely take what you have posted in to consideration.

I'm curious to find out what other builds some people have used on their assassins that have worked for them. So don't be shy, please share your thoughts and insights so we can all have fun with Perfect World because cos it rocks! b:victory

Stressedout - Dreamweaver · January 2012

<Not a pro sin by any means, but for what it's worth.....

My GF & I both made sins awhile back. She went pure dex, I added vit. until I reached 40 base. Overall even at low levels her survivability was far better being pure dex because she just plain killed that much faster. After hitting mid game with BP, forget about it, her pure dex build was hands down better than my hybrid using vit.

I support people using whatever build they enjoy, but I have to warn what you are proposing sounds to me like it will hurt you more than help. Remember what the class excels at: damage = )

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