Build:A/W RA Devastating Hammer

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Knockdown spam assassin. Requires fast weapon switching.

Attributes and Skills

Assassin / Warrior 12 + 1 + 1 Dagger Mastery 12 + 1 Critical Strikes 3 Hammer Mastery Devastating Hammer Core Warrior. Hammer Mastery 3 Devastating Hammer Elite Hammer Attack If Devastating Hammer hits, your target is knocked down and suffers from Weakness for 8 seconds. 7 Falling Spider Factions Assassin. Dagger Mastery 14 Falling Spider Off-Hand Attack Must strike a knocked-down foe. If it hits, Falling Spider strikes for +34 damage and target foe is Poisoned for 19 seconds. 8 5 Hammer Bash Core Warrior. Hammer Mastery 3 Hammer Bash Hammer Attack Lose all adrenaline. If Hammer Bash hits, your target is knocked down. 6 Twisting Fangs Factions Assassin. Critical Strikes 13 Twisting Fangs Dual Attack Must follow an off-hand attack. If it hits, Twisting Fangs strikes for +19 damage and struck foe suffers from Bleeding and Deep Wound for 18 seconds. 15 10 Falling Lotus Strike EotN Assassin. Dagger Mastery 14 Falling Lotus Strike Off-Hand Attack Must strike a knocked-down foe. If it hits, you strike for +34 damage and gain 11 Energy. 12 5 Blades of Steel Factions Assassin. Dagger Mastery 14 Blades of Steel Dual Attack Must follow an off-hand attack. If it hits, this attack strikes for +15 damage (maximum bonus 60) for each recharging dagger attack. 8 5 Flurry Prophecies Warrior. Unlinked Flurry Stance For 5 seconds, your attack rate is increased by 33%, but you deal 25% less damage. 5 5 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 Template code

Equipment

Runes and insignia

• 5 nightstalker's insignias.
• Rune of superior vigor.
• Rune of clarity.
• Rune of restoration.

Weapons

• Vampiric hammer of defense, ideally a 15-15.
• Vampiric 15^50 daggers of defense.
• Shield set.

Usage

Skills

• Build up adrenaline.
• Perform your combo of Flurry
  Prophecies

  Warrior. Unlinked

  Flurry

  Stance

  For 5 seconds, your attack rate is increased by 33%, but you deal 25% less damage.

  

  5

  5
  ↦Devastating Hammer
  Core

  Warrior. Hammer Mastery 3

  Devastating Hammer

  Elite Hammer Attack

  If Devastating Hammer hits, your target is knocked down and suffers from Weakness for 8 seconds.

  

  7
  →Falling Spider
  Factions

  Assassin. Dagger Mastery 14

  Falling Spider

  Off-Hand Attack

  Must strike a knocked-down foe. If it hits, Falling Spider strikes for +34 damage and target foe is Poisoned for 19 seconds.

  

  8

  5
  →Hammer Bash
  Core

  Warrior. Hammer Mastery

  Hammer Bash

  Hammer Attack

  Lose all adrenaline. If Hammer Bash hits, your target is knocked down.

  

  6
  →Twisting Fangs
  Factions

  Assassin. Critical Strikes 13

  Twisting Fangs

  Dual Attack

  Must follow an off-hand attack. If it hits, Twisting Fangs strikes for +19 damage and struck foe suffers from Bleeding and Deep Wound for 18 seconds.

  

  15

  10
  →Falling Lotus Strike
  EotN

  Assassin. Dagger Mastery 14

  Falling Lotus Strike

  Off-Hand Attack

  Must strike a knocked-down foe. If it hits, you strike for +34 damage and gain 11 Energy.

  

  12

  5
  ⇥Blades of Steel
  Factions

  Assassin. Dagger Mastery 14

  Blades of Steel

  Dual Attack

  Must follow an off-hand attack. If it hits, this attack strikes for +15 damage (maximum bonus 60) for each recharging dagger attack.

  

  8

  5
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• Knock down targets until your dagger skills are ready again.

Counters

• General anti physical.
• Interruption of one of your attack skills.

See also

• Backbreaker Dagger Warrior.
• Enraged Smash Dagger Warrior.
• Devastating Hammer Dagger Warrior.
• Flourish Dagger Assassin.