Assassin Discussion Thread

[MrSamuels]

Ok so i hit 49 today so the final grind continues, just thought i'd mention what i plan on going at 50 for the Stigma etc, and what i find works for me best etc, some of these i haven't tested yet because they aren't on the broker, but most of them are fairly obvious.

For a PVE Build i am going to go with something like; Aion Armory - Assassin Stigma Calculator - By Terhix

Most of these are fairly obvious choices for a PVE envrionment the only one i'm not really sure about at the moment is OAth of Accuracy, not sure how much if at all things at level 50 will resist/evade and even then it is on a 5 minute cooldown making it kind of meh. But i will test this one to see before

Still holding out on Bast Scar too, this skill looks really nice to replace with Sigil Strike but whether it is worth it to put in 1 crap Stigma for PVE i am not sure yet.

For PVP i am going to wit something that looks like this as a base;
Aion Armory - Assassin Stigma Calculator - By Terhix

For the Advanced Stigma slots, i am really struggling to think of what to put in there, those 5 are our key PVP moves imo, and anything else other then them is pretty meh, depending on how beast scar works from PVE testing i may just with that, as i have noticed everything in that chain knocks forward, but when someone is actually running away it knocks them back into you making, Ambush 4 chain move really effective.
If Beast Scar turns out to be crap for PVP, i think i will just go for Blinding Burst, Deadly Abandon for Casters and just leave a space for anything that gets changed etc.

What are other peoples plans for stigmas at 50 for PVE & PVP would be interesting to know others opinions.

[Kurp]

I'm going to try Rune Knife in PvP for sure for the range. Blinding Burst will probably get a slot.

[Trocian]

How potent is Blinding Burst? Haven't tried it myself.

[Meresgi]

How potent is Blinding Burst? Haven't tried it myself.

I've heard really good things, that sins using it can have 4+ mobs on them and wont get hit at all.

[MrSamuels]

Yeah Blinding Burst is pretty good, but it also has a pretty long cooldown of 10 minutes, so i don't know how useful that is for you in the long run.
As a side note, i managed to pick up Shadow Walk for 1m yesterday, and i can say it is fucking awesome having two stealths. I may just keep this for the spare slot just for being able to get through elite areas easy and basically being able to afk in hide in the abyss when i need to get food etc.

[Meresgi]

Yeah I got shadow walk last night in an Elyos instance XD. Cant wait to try it out.

[MrSamuels]

Has anyone tried Deadly Abandon by any chance? Does it work on skills or only white attacks etc, trying to find it on my servers broker but having no luck, and i know when it is on it will be up for a lot.

[Elesirdur]

Looking for a little advice on my rotation. I'm only lvl 22, and this seems to be working well, but I would appreaciate any comments or suggestions.

• Rune Carve > Sigil Strike;
• Swift Edge > Soul Slash > (Rune Slash);
• Rune Carve > Sigil Strike -> Fang Strike (Should have 4 runes carved);
• Pain Rune (Stunned);
• Surprise Attack and then just melee it down or use SE/SS/RS until it dies.

I tend to weave in between abilities, which I think helps add to the overall damage. So far it's been working okay, but I'm just not sure if I can be doing better.

[Koga]

Thats about the exact same thing I do and I'm 22 as well. Only difference is that sometimes I'll opt for a FS at the end if SE/SS is on CD since that will usually do more damage than waiting for swing timer or using RC.

[Theosis]

Has anyone tried Deadly Abandon by any chance? Does it work on skills or only white attacks etc, trying to find it on my servers broker but having no luck, and i know when it is on it will be up for a lot.

Works for both Skills and Normal Attacks.

[Olo401]

Can I just say that I fucking LOVE Assassination?

[Trocian]

Can I just say that I fucking LOVE Assassination?

No, it isn't very good.

[Theosis]

No, it isn't very good.

Then you're doing it wrong.

I love it, hits for about 1.5k for me when it crits.

[Koga]

Highest crit at 22 was 1586.... I can't wait to see the shit I can do at 50 with extendable daggers.

Plus, Hide = Sex.

[Trocian]

It does about the same as a round of attacks, and is about as fast. Woo?

[MrSamuels]

It also costs money for any Hero/legendary mob you fight then you have to hope they can be poisoned (not all can) for it to even do any damage and then when it does do damage you have to hope it does a crit. I don't have Assassination on my bars, not worth it unless it crits if it doesn't it does meh damage.

On a side not got Deadly Abandon and it is fucking sexy, 20% attack with a 60% uptime yes please, at times last night with chanter buffs was getting up to around 500 attack with it on not even socketing for attack. Got an 11k Vaizel Dirk on a PVE mob too, i love that move even though it has a 1 hour cooldown. Now i just need an attack speed weapon and im set.

[Kurp]

Assassination is similar to auto-attack damage, has requirements to use, and locks you into an attack animation. You can weave it with an auto-attack to finish someone off, though. So, it's only useless around 99% of the time.

[Meresgi]

Shadow Rage is garbage.

I heard Eye of wrath though is actually pretty decent. Apparently it's like Cold blood from WoW, where when its active it lowers your crit chance but the moment you use it for the 100% crit the negative effect goes away.

So you just Air bind > Eye of wrath > Killers Eye > throw shuriken....watch it do about 3k dmg.

[Olo401]

Assassination is similar to auto-attack damage, has requirements to use, and locks you into an attack animation. You can weave it with an auto-attack to finish someone off, though. So, it's only useless around 99% of the time.

I hope you're trying to woosh, because unless you're not playing the job correctly or you're insanely unlucky your target's gonna be both stunned AND poisoned most of the time. If your target is stunned, it also makes animation lock irrelevant. And it's a LOT more potent than auto-attack damage, especially when teamed with Killer's Eye/Devotion/Clear Focus.

[Meresgi]

I hope you're trying to woosh, because unless you're not playing the job correctly or you're insanely unlucky your target's gonna be both stunned AND poisoned most of the time. If your target is stunned, it also makes animation lock irrelevant. And it's a LOT more potent than auto-attack damage, especially when teamed with Killer's Eye/Devotion/Clear Focus.

If you're popping Killers eye for assassination, you're doing it wrong