Build:A/any Wastrel's Collapse Daggers

This build is in the testing phase. Please join the discussion and rate this build if you have experience with this or closely related builds. This build has been designed for the following use: PvE general

A dagger spam build which has high mobility and resiliency. It sacrifices a small amount of damage compared to other elites, but balances this with its ability to connect with targets more quickly.

Attributes and Skills

Assassin / Any 12 + 1 + 3 Dagger Mastery 12 + 1 Critical Strikes You have an additional 13% chance to critical hit. Whenever you critical hit, you get 3 Energy. Wastrel's Collapse NightfallAssassin. UnlinkedWastrel's CollapseElite SkillShadow Step to target foe. If that foe is not using a skill that foe is knocked down. All your non-dagger attack skills are disabled for 10 seconds.5¼20 Jagged Strike FactionsAssassin. Dagger Mastery 16Jagged StrikeLead AttackIf Jagged Strike hits, your target suffers from Bleeding for 21 seconds.5½1 Fox Fangs FactionsAssassin. Dagger Mastery 16Fox FangsOff-Hand AttackMust follow a lead attack. Fox Fangs cannot be blocked and strikes for +37 damage if it hits.5½3 Death Blossom FactionsAssassin. Dagger Mastery 16Death BlossomDual AttackMust follow an off-hand attack. If it hits, Death Blossom strikes target foe for +47 damage and all adjacent foes take 47 damage.52 Critical Eye FactionsAssassin. Critical Strikes 13Critical EyeSkillFor 32 seconds, you have an additional 13% chance to land a critical hit when attacking. You gain 1 Energy whenever you score a critical hit.530 Asuran Scan EotNNo Profession. Asura rank Asuran ScanHex SpellFor 9..12 seconds your attacks cannot miss target foe. Killing a foe hexed with Asuran scan removes 5% death penalty. PvE only.55 "I Am Unstoppable!" EotNNo Profession. Norn rank "I Am Unstoppable!"ShoutFor 16..20 seconds, you have +24 armor and cannot be knocked down or Crippled. PvE only.530 Drunken Master EotNNo Profession. Deldrimor rank Drunken MasterStanceFor 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. PvE only.560   Template code

Equipment

Weapons

• Zealous daggers of defense with "Strength and Honor!".
• Shield set.
• Any flat or longbow.

Armour

• 5 nightstalker insignias or blessed insignias.
• Rune of superior vigor.
• Rune of vitae.
• Rune of clarity.

Usage

• Shadow step to your target with Wastrel's CollapseNightfallAssassin. UnlinkedWastrel's CollapseElite SkillShadow Step to target foe. If that foe is not using a skill that foe is knocked down. All your non-dagger attack skills are disabled for 10 seconds.5¼20.
• Maintain your buffs/effects.
• Use the dagger attack chain Jagged StrikeFactionsAssassin. Dagger Mastery Jagged StrikeLead AttackIf Jagged Strike hits, your target suffers from Bleeding for 5..17..21 seconds.5½1→Fox FangsFactionsAssassin. Dagger Mastery Fox FangsOff-Hand AttackMust follow a lead attack. Fox Fangs cannot be blocked and strikes for +10..30..37 damage if it hits.5½3→Death BlossomFactionsAssassin. Dagger Mastery Death BlossomDual AttackMust follow an off-hand attack. If it hits, Death Blossom strikes target foe for +20..40..47 damage and all adjacent foes take 20..40..47 damage.52↺ on recharge.

Counters

• Standard anti-physical.
• Standard anti-melee.

Notes

• Compared to a WotA Dagger Spammer, this variant provides a more spammable shadowstep, and uses a stance which provides both IMS and IAS, allowing for greater mobility. The trade-off is reduced critical strike occurrences, but this should be offset by the build's greater mobility.
• Compared to a Shadow Theft Daggers, this variant provides greater versatility, as it takes 3 very powerful utility/resiliency PvE-only skills. It has the potential to have increased mobility compared the Shadow Theft Daggers, but in general, you are left making less give-and-take choices between PvE-only skills. The trade-off of Wastrel's is that it will have slightly reduced damage and critical strike occurrences under ideal conditions.
• This build does require a small amount of external battery (Blood is Power), but in 2020 it is assume that a BiP will be available, as they are present on many/most meta team setups.

See also

• A/any Dagger Spammer Hero

Dagger Spam Player Builds

• Build:W/A Seven Weapons Stance Daggers
• Build:W/A Warrior's Endurance Daggers
• Build:R/A Together as One Daggers
• Build:Mo/A Dagger Spammer
• Build:N/A Soul Taker Dagger Spam
• Build:E/A Dagger Spammer
• Build:A/any Dagger Spammer
• Build:A/any Shadow Theft Daggers
• Build:Rt/A Spirit's Strength Dagger Spammer
• Build:P/A Heroic Refrain Daggers
• Build:D/A Dagger Spam