Build:A/E Way of the Assassin

The PvXwiki community finds this to be an excellent build. Through the PvX vetting system, it has reached an overall rating in the range from 4.75 to 5.0 and thus qualifies for the highest category of working builds: Great. This build has been designed for the following use: PvP HA PvP AB PvP RA

Abuse quick-recharging attack skills with IAS/IMS and Conjure to pump massive damage.

Attributes and Skills

Assassin / Elementalist 12 + 1 Critical Strikes 11 + 1 + 2 Dagger Mastery 6 Air Magic Jagged Strike Factions Assassin. Dagger Mastery 14 Jagged Strike Lead Attack If Jagged Strike hits, your target suffers from Bleeding for 19 seconds. 1 ½ 5 Golden Fang Strike EotN Assassin. Dagger Mastery 14 Golden Fang Strike Off-Hand Attack Must follow a lead attack. If you are under the effects of an Enchantment and this attack hits, target foe suffers from a Deep Wound for 19 seconds. 4 5 Death Blossom Factions Assassin. Dagger Mastery 14 Death Blossom Dual Attack Must follow an off-hand attack. If it hits, Death Blossom strikes target foe for +43 damage and all adjacent foes take 43 damage. 2 5 Critical Strike Factions Assassin. Critical Strikes 13 Critical Strike Dual Attack Must follow an off-hand attack. If it hits, this attack strikes for +27 damage, results in a critical hit, and you gain 3 Energy. 6 5 Way of the Assassin Nightfall Assassin. Critical Strikes 13 Way of the Assassin Elite Stance For the next 20 seconds while wielding daggers, you attack 18% faster and have a +31% chance to land a critical hit. 12 5 Storm Djinn's Haste Nightfall Elementalist. Air Magic 6 Storm Djinn's Haste Enchantment Spell For 16 seconds, you move 25% faster. Each second that you are moving, you lose 1 Energy. 10 ¼ 5 Conjure Lightning Core Elementalist. Air Magic 6 Conjure Lightning Enchantment Spell For 60 seconds, if you're wielding a lightning weapon, your attacks strike for an additional 11 lightning damage. 45 1 10 Optional Core No Profession. Unlinked Optional Optional Optional. Template code

PvP skills

• Death Blossom (PvP)
  Factions

  Assassin. Dagger Mastery 14

  Death Blossom (PvP)

  Dual Attack

  Must follow an off-hand attack. If it hits, Death Blossom strikes target foe for +43 damage and all adjacent foes take 43 damage.

  

  6

  5

Optional

• Resurrection Signet
  Core

  No Profession. Unlinked

  Resurrection Signet

  Signet

  Resurrect target party member. That party member is returned to life with 100% Health and 25% Energy. This Signet only recharges when you gain a morale boost.

  

  3
  : for RA / HA.
• Exhausting Assault
  Factions

  Assassin. Dagger Mastery 14

  Exhausting Assault

  Dual Attack

  Must follow a lead attack. Target foe's action is interrupted. If that action was casting a Spell, target foe suffers 10 Overcast.

  

  8

  ½

  5
  : for an interrupt.
• Fox Fangs (PvP)
  Factions

  Assassin. Dagger Mastery 14

  Fox Fangs (PvP)

  Off-Hand Attack

  Must follow a lead attack. Fox Fangs cannot be blocked and strikes for +24 damage if it hits.

  

  6

  ½

  5
   or Wild Strike (PvP)
  Factions

  Assassin. Dagger Mastery 14

  Wild Strike (PvP)

  Off-Hand Attack

  Must follow a lead attack. If it hits, this attack strikes for +33 damage and any Stance being used by target foe ends. This attack cannot be blocked.

  

  6

  5
   for more DPS.

Equipment

• Armor:
  • Survivor's/Blessed, a Rune of Superior Vigor, a Rune of Vitae and a Rune of Clarity.
• Weapons:
  • Shocking Daggers of Fortitude (+15^50 or +15% while enchanted since you'll be maintaining conjure lightning most of the time).
  • Vampiric Daggers of Fortitude (15^50) if Conjure gets stripped.
  • 40/20/20 Air Staff for casting Conjure.
  • Defensive Sets.

Usage

• Maintain Conjure & Storm Djinn's Haste.
• Maintain Way of the Assassin while spammming 1-2-3-1-2-4

Counters

• Enchantment Removal.
• General Anti-Melee.

See Also

Archive:Team_-_HA_E-Denial