But I've never a seen Mage go down that fast.

 

Equip:

Lover's Embrace + Soulbound Dagger

 

Blackblade Hood + Stalking Cloak

(I'm using Devil Caroc but I think there are a bunch of other candidates)

 

Swift Gloves + Time Dilation Ring + Sash of Judgement, and ofcourse, Assassin slippers.

 

Striking from the shadows, always.

 

@Boeroer I rem seeing you play an Assassin or something similar?

 

 

 

Also, what's the best way to attach screenshots here?

Edited March 24, 20196 yr by Verde

But I've never a seen Mage go down that fast.

 

Equip:

Lover's Embrace + Soulbound Dagger

 

Blackblade Hood + Stalking Cloak

(I'm using Devil Caroc but I think there are a bunch of other candidates)

 

Swift Gloves + Time Dilation Ring + Sash of Judgement, and ofcourse, Assassin slippers.

 

Striking from the shadows, always.

 

@Boeroer I rem seeing you play an Assassin or something similar?

 

Also, what's the best way to attach screenshots here?

was this with vanishing strike? otherwise i don't see how dual-wielding is great here.

 

for screenshots, do "more reply options", make sure your screenshots are jpgs, and then attach file, and then add to post. that's how i do them.

Yeah. What would be better than dual wielding? I actually swapped in Stalkers Patience.

without vanishing strike you don't get the full benefit of dual-wielding right? stealth/invisibility would break on first hit (unless there's some other interaction i'm missing). so a big 2h weapon would do better.

Vanishing Strike, Smoke Screen, Enduring Shadows, and Toxic Strike are all key abilities. It's a stealth DoT focused build.

Edited March 25, 20196 yr by Verde

Lover's Embrace doesn't work from invisibility. Mask of the Grotto Deep might do.

 

Battle axe + Bleeding Cuts + Rust's Poignard with Full Attack while vanished might be cool. Omit the first recovery but stack the Bleeding Cuts.

 

My best guy with Vanishing Strikes is Streetfighter + blunderbusses though: get yourself bloodied, then use Vanishing Strike: +100% crit dmg and increased sneak attack and short recovery while being absolutely save...

Edited March 25, 20196 yr by Boeroer

I still think assassin needs help, hopefully it'll get some before the final round of patching.

 

The time and guile it takes to repeatedly set up invisibility and positioning - even assuming that you land the backstab every time - still puts you at a significant DPS disadvantage compared to any other dual-wielding rogue spamming cheap full attack abilities.

 

It would help if "assassinate* allowed players to regain guile on kills made from stealth or something; that or give assassins a significant sneak attack bonus over other classes (and maybe increase their malus to +20% damage received to make for a true glass canon). As it stands now, there's just not a compelling enough reason to choose an assassin over other subclasses unless you're playing an assassin/evoker. 

I still think assassin needs help, hopefully it'll get some before the final round of patching.

 

The time and guile it takes to repeatedly set up invisibility and positioning - even assuming that you land the backstab every time - still puts you at a significant DPS disadvantage compared to any other dual-wielding rogue spamming cheap full attack abilities.

 

It would help if "assassinate* allowed players to regain guile on kills made from stealth or something; that or give assassins a significant sneak attack bonus over other classes (and maybe increase their malus to +20% damage received to make for a true glass canon). As it stands now, there's just not a compelling enough reason to choose an assassin over other subclasses unless you're playing an assassin/evoker. 

 

Assassinate is an additive damage bonus, it means it is super strong in early 1~5 level of the game, but the effect drops dramatically when enemies have higher health and you have get higher damage bonus from gears and abilities(since the 150% bonus is calculated additively). To make things worse, the introduction of mega boss makes assassin almost useless against these boss with thousands of hp.

Edited April 10, 20196 yr by dunehunter