Build:P/A Dagger Spammer

The PvXwiki community finds this to be a good build. Through the PvX vetting system, it has reached an overall Rating in the range from 3.75 to < 4.75 and thus qualifies for the lower category of working builds: Good. This build has been designed for the following use: PvE general

This paragon build gives constant damage output using three dagger skills. It has some party-wide damage reduction and uses "Go For the Eyes!" and "The Power Is Yours!" for energy management. Also provides your party with a near constant +1 energy regeneration.

Attributes and Skills

Paragon / Assassin 12 Dagger Mastery 10 + 1 + 1 Leadership 7 + 1 Motivation 4 Command Jagged Strike Factions Assassin. Dagger Mastery 12 Jagged Strike Lead Attack If Jagged Strike hits, your target suffers from Bleeding for 17 seconds. 1 ½ 5 Fox Fangs Factions Assassin. Dagger Mastery 12 Fox Fangs Off-Hand Attack Must follow a lead attack. Fox Fangs cannot be blocked and strikes for +30 damage if it hits. 3 ½ 5 Death Blossom Factions Assassin. Dagger Mastery 12 Death Blossom Dual Attack Must follow an off-hand attack. If it hits, Death Blossom strikes target foe for +40 damage and all adjacent foes take 40 damage. 2 5 Optional Core No Profession. Unlinked Optional Optional Optional. "Go for the Eyes!" Nightfall Paragon. Command 4 "Go for the Eyes!" Shout For 10 seconds, the next time each ally within earshot makes an attack, that attack has an additional 49% chance to critical. 4 "The Power Is Yours!" Nightfall Paragon. Motivation 8 "The Power Is Yours!" Elite Shout For 3 seconds, all allies within earshot gain 1 Energy regeneration. 4 "There's Nothing to Fear!" Nightfall Paragon. Sunspear rank "There's Nothing to Fear!" Shout For 4 seconds and 1 second for every 2 ranks in Leadership, all party members within earshot take 20..35% less damage. Affected party members are healed for 35..60 Health when this Shout ends. 20 15 Drunken Master EotN No Profession. Deldrimor rank Drunken Master Stance For 72..90 seconds, your movement and attack speeds are increased by 10..15%. If you are drunk while activating this Skill, your movement and attack speeds are increased by 25..33% instead. 60 5 Template code

Optional 1:

• Asuran Scan
  EotN

  No Profession. Asura rank

  Asuran Scan

  Hex Spell

  For 9..12 seconds your attacks cannot miss target foe. Killing a foe hexed with Asuran scan removes 5% death penalty.

  

  5

  5
• "I Am the Strongest!"
  EotN

  No Profession. Norn rank

  "I Am the Strongest!"

  Shout

  Your next 5..8 attacks do an additional +14..20 damage.

  

  20

  5
• Brawling Headbutt
  EotN

  No Profession. Deldrimor rank

  Brawling Headbutt

  Skill

  You headbutt target touched foe dealing 45..70 damage and knocking down that foe if it hits.

  

  ¾

  7
• "I Am Unstoppable!"
  EotN

  No Profession. Norn rank

  "I Am Unstoppable!"

  Shout

  For 16..20 seconds, you have +24 armor and cannot be knocked down or Crippled.

  

  30

  5

Equipment

• Sentry's, Centurion or Survivor Insignia on all pieces.
• Rune of Superior Vigor.
• Zealous Daggers of Defense/Fortitude

Usage

• Maintain Drunken Master
• Spam Jagged Strike -> Fox Fangs -> Death Blossom.
• Spam "Go For the Eyes!" and "The Power is Yours!" when they have recharged
• Use "There's Nothing to Fear!" to protect you and your party.

Counters

• Anti-shout skills such as Vocal Minority
• Anti-adrenaline hexes such as Soothing Images
• Blind/Missing, blocking, and hexes that trigger on attacks

Variants

• "I am Unstoppable!" in kd-heavy areas.
• Use consumables instead of Drunken Master, allowing for another PvE-only skill such as EBSoH.
• Replace Drunken Master with Aggressive Refrain

Notes

• Playing this with a source of Strength of Honor is highly suggested.
• Minions and spirits can help increase your ally count.

See Also

• Build:A/any PvE Dagger Spammer
• Build:D/A Dagger Spam Derv
• Build:R/A PvE Dagger Ranger
• Build:R/A Dagger Pet Ranger
• Build:W/A Enduring Dagger